ORMOND LETTER.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1324, 3 July 1883, Page 3

ORMOND LETTER.

(From our own Correspondent.) In my article on the late Ball in Ormond I omitted to mention the name of the musician, Mr Cullimore, who presided at the piano, and who played some excellent music to the entire satisfaction of those present. Mr A. M'Leod has started planting willows along the river banks, and he is only waiting for a fresh to test th*- capabilities of his efforts to protect the Ormond township. The engine for the Ormond saw-mill was brought up from town on Wednesday last, and was placed in position by Mr Brown, of Gisborne, under whose hands it has undergone a complete overhaul. The whole of the machinery, etc., connected with the mill is now being removed and cleaned, and Mr King will start cutting timber on Monday morning. Our respected townsmen, Mr P. Barrie, is about to leave our midst, having disposed of his business to Mr Wallace, late of xMatawhero. Mr E. Bennett, the successful tenderer for four of the contracts, let by the Ormond Road Board at i ts last meeting has started work, and is getting on very rapidly with them. There are many ways of killing a dog, but the method tried by a young man in Ormond on Friday last did not have the desired result. It consisted of tying a tin to the dog’s tail and throwing it over the riwr bank. In falling, the animal broke its leg, but managed to reach the other side of the river, where it got entangled in some manuka. There it remained for some hours, till the same young man was compelled to put an end to its sufferings. In the absence of the Rev. J. M‘Ara, Mr Teat, of Gisborne, preached here on Sunday forenoon,