LOCAL NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 26, 1 July 1867, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS.

Gbeytown School.— A public meeting wag held at the Greytown Schoolroom, last, evening, for the purpose of appointing a collector of the school rate. Mr Puller proposed and Mi Hirschberg seconded the appointment of Mr T. Braggins. Mr John Hall opposed the resolution, believing as he did that the meeting had no power under the Act to make such appomtment. On the resolution being pnt it was declared carried, Mr Hall being the only dissentient. 1 Accidents.— A man known as Mike, driver of one of Walker and Kay’s drays had his arm

broken at Buck’s stables, Taitai, bn Tuesday last, by a kick'from a hofse. On the same day George Salisbury, a driver of one of Skipper’s drays, met'with a serious accident, having his ankle broken by accidentally slipping down when one of the wheels of the waggon passed over- his leg. He was taken to the. Albion Hotel, Taitai, where he still remains,' suffering severely from the ■ injuries he received.

GhhapCakeiagb and Hoesb Sale. —We direct’attention to. the Advertisement in another column to the large sale of horses, carriages and harness which will take place at Wellington, on July 2nd, under the hammer of Mr. J. H. Homer.

Thb Manawatu Purchase. —The Superintendent and Mr Walter Buller'are at present at Manawatu. We learn from the “ Wanganui Times ’’ that the long pending question of outstanding rents due by the runholdefs will, we believe, be now finally settled and the rents paid up. The aggregate aknbunt due is said to exceed £ J,OOO. Thesb and other matters are likely to detain the Superintendent at Manawatu and other places on the way'fbrthe asst two dr thrtee’weeks.

Cheap Sheep— An old settler just returned from Auckland infroms the “Wanganui Times” that some ten days’ ago a cargo of 'sheep from Napier were sold by auction at an average price of five shillings and sixpence per head That so keen was competition amongst butchers,'that meat was selling at from 2Jd to 4d. a lb. That tradesmen were daily closing their places of business, and that creditors hardly ever thought, in those cases, of looking after aa estate or expecting a dividend. It is pretty clear, that sending sheep or cattle to Auckland at the present time would be a losing peculation.

Bad Times.—Bad times arenot the exclusive possession of this colony. A telegram from Adelaide, contained in the “ Argus ” of the 7tn instant says: —"Want of employment is severely felt by the mechanics, artisans, and labourers here. The newspapers strongly urge on Government the necessity of carrying forward public works."

Hobsbs. —There is no sale for horses at the Hutt Market, but it would appear from the following extract from the “Hobart Town Mercmy" that they are in demand in the Middle Island —The demand for horses for New Zealand continues, particular at Lyttelton Dunedin, and Hokitika; and in reference to the lists of shipments of this description of stock, we find that since the commencement of February, there have been shipped to those ports alone 223 horses, valued at £5000; and the Bella Vista, barque, sails for Hokitika to-morrow with a further supply.—Upon this the “Nelson Colonist” observes:—“ With a large and steadily increasing stock of horses in New Zealand, and a steady reduction in the price of horse flesh, it is surprising that importations should take place. Stock owners must be blind to their own interests, for it is well known that New Zealand, and especially Nelson bred horses are as good as can be produced id these seas. The Condition or Cakteebuet.—We give the following from two private letters received from Christchurch: —“ Matters in the agricultural line are at a very low ebb here—wheat, 2a 3d. to 2s 5d.; oats, 25.; potatoes, £2 lOa per ton. How farmers are to make a living out of these prices I cannot telL If you could live on fine weather it could be done veiy Well, for I have never seen more beautiful weather in my life than what we have had here for the last two years, quite equal to anything in Nelson." “No doubt you are aware that bread and butcher’s meat are very cheap at the present time—bread Id per pound and mutton 3d to fid.; in fact, cash is so scarce that many tradespeople are selling for less than they really purchase, as it is all credit now with most dealers.”

Telegrams. —Our contemporary the “ Lyttelton Times," recently contained an anecdote to the effect that a telegram leaving Wellingtoh on Saturday at 5,25 p.m. reached its office at 11.4Q .m. on Monday. We are enabled to cap this story by a still better one. A telegram which left Lyttelton three months ago has not come to hand yet. Fa V the Printer.— ln the “Southern Cross” of the, 17th inst. appears the following':—“We have been in the habit of reading many amusing as well as disagreeable communications, in the course of our professional career ; but’we think the number of Saturday last was greater than on any one day formerly. For length of time past we have been used to receive polite intimations from legal gentlemen, to the effect that A, B, dr C had “filed his petition for relief ” under the Debtors and Creditors Act. Wc made no complaint at the receipt of these notices, although they came much to frequently too be pleasant—as many, often, as one daily for an entire week; but “ our feelings can Better be imagined than described'" when we suddenly found the sky change for the worse at the close of last week, and the constant droppings succeeded by a jugular shower. On Saturday we were treated to-apiersusal of five of these polite notices. We trust the shower of Saturday may Be the prelude to settled weather, for really its toq bad-to have one's equanimity disturbed by the persistant flight of birds of timid and desponding souls for relief to the precincts of that Court in which Judge MOore sits enthroned as the friend of the poor and needy. In any amendment of the Debtors and Creditors Act, we expect that if shall be wisely provided that nn debtor can obtain relief who has not firtt satisfied the Court that' he has paid the printer.'