(From our own correspondent.) ' November lOtli, ISTS

,-1 regret ]to iiiform; you "that'Mr fTal ,. combe lies at his., house,, Hawkstone, dangerously ill of typhoid fever. Happily, however, the .disease has taken a. favourable turn" and hopes are how'en tertained of his being able to pull through. MrHalcp.nbe left Feilding oil" * Tuesday." morning-,- •■ in the company of: 'Messrs" Pearce and Levin, on a -to in* through the block towards the town that bears his name, and the exposure to the fearful weather last week I fear caused his ill ness. ■ I hope to report more' favourably in a day or tAvo. '-' y a A XI ' The new road.,from Peilding to ..the Orqua Bridge at. Awa "Hun, progresses splendidly, tlie formation' being for: the most part completed. The timber for. the; bridges and culverts'is-beingi cut at* the- mill, and a large quantity has been; delivered at the' respective sites. , Th. ride*"along''the new line of road" mud'excepted, is"really beautiful. The* country openedis-most picturesque show- ing-vistas ,snch as one sees in some of the illustrated books descriptive of the Tyrol. Lovely spots, are, met with at every bend of the road, where nature has actually -formed sites for villas, wliich no .doubt will shortly grace the scene, if the natives learn to deal Avith the Avhite man on terms that will induce settlers to invest their capital in. tliisiiew'elysium. ■■. ' .'. Fprn a conversation I had a feAV days

since, Avith" Mr Alexander McDonald, there Avill be every facility given by him. to those Avho may wish to deal Avith the Native Laud ancl in a cheap manner, so that the usual excess_A Te fees Avill be Ti/voided as much as possible, consistent Avith tho requirements of the Land LaAvs of the Colony. Mr Thomas Drummond of AAva Huri has been for a long time the Surveyor on theprt of the "Native oAvners of the neAY ■ township of AAva. Huri,. and he also acts, for the suburban and rural land so that settlers Avill have no : obstacle in the way of survey. Mr Bradley.! am sorry to' say, met Avith an accident on Monday last, close to Sandon, by the -upsetting of his coach, Avhich Avas crowded Avith passengers at the time. None of the passengers Averehurt, the poor fellow himself being the only victim. 