WHATA WHATA. December 13th, 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 559, 18 December 1875, Page 2

WHATA WHATA. December 13th, 1875.

|f We, like the rest, have suffere.l graatly f»om (CHo ftoa I, on frrid »v evening, n dwA tng house, the landing «tore, aid the Native Company's store, a 1 built on the low river flit we.-a aweol away. The Company's s'oro *(ood uatil the water rea hed tlie roof, a'ul now ii, is stick 1 og in some peach troeo, half a milo duwn the river ; many nan»e whares have come down, and strange to «!iv, one of thorn on fire as it floated along. Nothing like tbis flood has been seen by the ok'e-t natives, aud it ii to be hoped never vr\]\ agiin. It has nearly ruined the natives, for t'ieir main crop the potatoes, are all gone, and in most cafes tlieir houses with th«m. Allhough not a believer ie the flour anrt sugar policy, a few tons of supplies should be given to the nau**s thu season. We are quite blockaded, so that Ihe damage el*<>whereiB noL know a to vi vet, but it is feace I that aunj of the bridges li*ve gone, but they are »t i l uaJer water. So we must hope for the b3*r. ful'u L«s seem to hi quite fur^tten, fj-rnearly all of us hive •♦uffj.vii mjid or leas. — (Fkok octr own CittaE^posDgvr.)