WAVERLEY.
(FU'OI OUR COi>RESPeNDENT.) Monday. Mr F. li. Jackson bald his men lily sale on F delay last. T!i--"*-wa a large attendance, I nt scarcely any buyers. About 140 Ina.l cattle an 1 50 6 shtvp were offered, with scarcely a bid. A few lots were, however, disposed of privately after the sale. The long period of |dry weather may be considered the cause of there being such .little demand for slock. A meeting of tho Wairoa Light Horse Volunteers was held on Saturday evening, for the purpose of swearing in the members under (he new regulations. Mr G. S. Bridge, J.P., having been requested to attend tbc meeting, administered the usual oath, and a large majority of tho troop were sworn in, A special meeting of the Wairoa Highway Board was held oh Saturday last, when it was resolved to 'call for tenders for the Karihaka Bridge by next ordinary meeting. A letter was also read from the chairman of a public meeting held at Kakaramea, enclosing copies of resolutions re suspending the Counties Act in the Fatea County, and requesting the Wairoa Highway Board to take the necessary steps to ventilate the matter in this district. As only three of the members were present, it was resolved to let the matter stand over till first ordinary meet-
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 984, 15 January 1883, Page 3
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