Our Ormond Letter.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1028, 26 January 1882, Page 2

Our Ormond Letter.

[from our own correspondent.] I «t glad to be able to report that vigorous efforts are now being made to obtain the much-enquired for Bost and Telegraph Office for Ormond. A representation of the requirements of the district in this respect is forthwith to be laid before the proper authorities, and it it to be hoped that the public will soon be provided with the desired object, and, also, have a tri-weekly mail established. Referring to another topic, it would be well for your readers now to recollect that we have sojourning at present in our midst, a number of Natives, drawn hither with views of making money at the grass seed and grain harvests, and that when these gentlemen of color depart for their ancestral homes, they may take a fancy to annex any horses which they may find in their path, and a hue and cry may.be

raised in vain by tbe disconsolate owners. Visitors of the class indicated not being, as a rule, very particular in regard to the nice distinctions existing in the laws of meant and tuum. I am led to make these remarks by the fact that I have, quite recently, heard of one or two cases in which horses have disappeared in a mysterious manner, and people cannot, therefore, at this time, be too particular in looking after their stock. Terbum sap. After two days of heavy rain, the weather has again taken up, and we are now enjoying beautiful weather again. Less damage was done by the wet than might have been expected, seeing how suddenly the rain set in. Nothing Ims been done in the matter of the thistles yet. When a window or door along the line of road is opened the rooms in connection therewith present the appearance of places where poultry have been picked of their feathers, and bring down the anathemas of irate ladies on the unoffending thistles, whereas, in reality the spell ought to fall on those whose duty it is to see the nuisance remedied, and yet neglect the task of doing so. During the heavy rain last week, the drains were choked with water, just as I anticipated, and the consequence was that any person who had occasion to pass through the township on foot, had either to try a few risky jumps over water with slippy landing on mud, or content himself for half-an-hour after his return home, with a pin, extracting various thistle jags from sundry parts of his body. This sort of thing ought not to be. We have had about enough of it. The report of the Ormond School Committee, at the meeting held on Monday evening last, was very satisfactory. It shows that in the matter of education our place holds its own, the Government Inspector officially stating that the Ormond school stands one of the best in the Hawke’s Bay District. This is very creditable to the teacher, Mr Higgins, and the retiring Committee also deserve commendation for the improvements they have had carried out during their year of office, both to the interior and exterior of the school building. The present number of scholars on the roll is 56, with a daily average attendance of over 40.