WAIROA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4010, 29 May 1884, Page 3

WAIROA.

fPEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The R.M. Court sits here on the 29th instant. For this sitting there are thirty civil caaes to be heard, some of them involving heavy amounts. These are, so far, but two criminal cases, one of assault, and the other for unlawfully ear-marking sheep. Decisions will also be given in the cases of Harbor Board v. Keru Te Ota, Steele v. Public Trustee, and Hird v. Deighton. There has been some trouble here to find Mr E. H. Bold'splans and estimates for the Wairoa bridge, which were not to be found at the last meeting of the Council, but which were known to be somewhere in the clerk's office. A diligent search has now, however, unearthed them from between the leaves of a book in the safe. All the documents were not found, but those of greatest importance are now .secured, and application will bo made to Mr Bold to finish tho rest, so that the necessary key plans may be prepared for sending into Govcrment. The Harbor Board met on Wednesday, 21st instant. At the meeting Mr C. Lloyd, the contractor for snagging the river, plied for a progress {') payment of £100. As but very indifferent progress has yet been made, the Board refused to pay any further sum until the works were inspected. The following resolution was carried: —"That Mr Saunders, engineer to tho Napier Harbor Board (who devised the present snagging scheme) be requested to visit the Wairoa as soon as possible, to inspect and report upon the snagging and blasting contracts in accordance with agreement between him and tho Board."

Mr W. L. Rees publishes a long address in the local paper to the East Coast electors, setting forth his political creed. I can say nothing for its bonafulcs, but I may remark that he is not singular in desiring to see the natives taxed for railways. Sir Julius Vogel docs the same. Will either of these gentlemen tell me why European owned lands, through which a railway passes, should not also be taxed proportionately to the benefits derived from such railways ? The Guardian states that a very unusual demonstration took place in St. Paul's Church on Sunday last. "During the course of the sermon the preacher—Rev. Mr Penty—alluded to the coming election, and advised the electors to vote straight. Tho occupants of the back seats responded (as is usual at election meetings) by stamping with their feet." The paper requests such people to remember where they are in future, or certain measures to keep them quiet will be adopted. If I might venture a remark at all, I would say that a repetition, of tho scone would be avoided if the rev. gentleman contented himself with preaching the Gospel, and did not make the pulpit a theatre for tho delivery of stump orations that even in their legitimate sphere carry little weight with them, and only stimulate the rowdy to exercise the loud guffaw. There is very little excitement yet in political circles, but I suppose tho issue of the writs will send \is up to fever heat. Pheasants arc frightfully scarce this year. "Growler" informs me there are more licensed dealers in arms and ammunition than there arc pheasants to shoot.