TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1661, 27 February 1883, Page 2

TE AROHA.

, The Floods. , l ' SATURDAY. , Ttik weather still continues stormy with strong south easterly 'gale and 1 heavy, showers. "Work out ot doors is entirely, suspended, and the river 1 is still in high flood. The whole of the roads in the district are in a wretched condition] and. if the wet weather continues, will shortly become impassable. The Hamilton 1 coach has not been able to cross over the* punt during the week, and we have to wait for the mails until they are brought across an the morning from Mjssen's hotel, at which place "Billy" has. had;; to put up for A thc night, since the , stormy weather commenced. The irregularity in receiving letters since the hour that the' coach leaves Hamilton was ' altered shows that another change in that respect must bo made, as it is almost; impossible that the coach can arrive with punctuality when driven along such roads as we have in the dark. Although tile rainfall has nob been so great towards Waikato, we are informed that at Ohinemuri and the Thames' the creeks are even more flooded than around Te Aroha. Such., a flood has not been experienced at Paeroa since the opemug' of the Ohinemuri field, the, water being within a foot or two of the bridge' over the river. " Two stores have been washed away, from the landing- The loot hiidge at Owharoa lias been carried away .entirely,' and great fe.irs are entertained that the bridge over the Waitekayii crpek on the Tauranga road , will meet with a like fate, as large logs and smaller timber and debris had almost choked up the openings at, the latest accounts from there. The Komata creek, near Paeroa, on the , Thames road, was also iv a dangerous state, the Tauranga coach being unable to ford it on Friday last." The leading horses were carried so far down with the current that the pole broke, and the whole team were swept some distance I down the creek. !Nb further damage was done, the coach being got oiit, and on the arrival of the coach • from, the Thames, Mr , Bradley, who has" had experience of the 'danger of crossing that ford, taiid knows the, road -well, took all the passengers, safely over in his coach.- T/he amount of, damage caused by "^the fl6pd M| has' not yeVbeen ascertained/ but, judging from the different accounts given, it must be considerable in the Ohiuemuri,distriet. With the exception of landslips on the tramway at Waiorongomaij we have not heard, of any, serious loss in this district, and it is to be hoped we may escape such an occurrence, although heavy showers are continuously falling, and there is no sign of the storm abating. The River Tr a&c. , I noticed to-day the s.s* Kotuku passing up the river. This is the first time, she has been able to get up so far for several months, as the water in th.c Waihou has been exceptionally low this summer. Tlie traffic from Matamata had to be conducted in barges towed by the ! sniilll steamer, Fairy, lo where the. Kotuku could be taken in the lower part of yfche river. CMirch Meeting. ' ' ''"J" J At the animal general meeting of the congregation 1 of the' Chttrch of England, the churchwardens appointed were: Mr Thomas Carr for the minister, and Mr J. Cuff for the ■ people. The Vestrymen chosen were Mr 'Gv A., ' Burgess (lion, secretary and treasurer), Messrs H. Crump, Geo. S. O'Halloran, Chas. Longe, F. Pavitt, John Coleman, and Dr. Bond. i '.{'•', 'A -Doctor for- Te/Ajpha? i $ ' ' l'Mr' t rQhnH.R.Bonfl,to^C.^..of'sJdinburgh University, who has lately come' to New Zealand as, surgeon of the N.Z. Shipping Compares -ship Hurunui, has now settled amongst us, and will supply a want which has Been very much felt in this neighbourhood lately, as in case bf sickness we were hitherto obliged/ ,to send 40 miles for a doctor. \Ye hope that ihja large district like Te Aroha, where the ' population musfc every day inorease, Dr. Bond, who has been a very distinguished studeut of one of the fir3t , medical cqlify&QL'ibtltiaiW, wmM'sufficient ifaducement to canse him to make Te Avona , his permanent head quarters. Another want much felt here is that a registrar of births and-de'aths is-,not*yet appointed, and the people are put to great inconvenience in having to forward the. necessary information tq the registrar at Hamilton. Mining- 1 u ,PREMiHßt.4iSomo{ exaellent. , 'Stone is coming to hand from the winze, which as' •'nbvf sunfr'tb'ai'tiefrth. 3f2o'feet froitf-the leveL The repf ,looks well, and ( the sliOjV of ! gold is'equa.rto'th'a£ found ' on thd'surface. There is nothing fresh to report from theidthertanihea. }iThey/,,are ftfstly 1 engaged in surface operations whichicainobfeejpjO3eja^dAhiBi>ejgk,<bAtaccouh^ of the heavy rain. - ,- '* j,

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