LOCAL NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 40, 7 October 1867, Page 3

LOCAL NEWS.

Crowded out.— Several letters and articles which are in type, are omitted for want of space, but will appear in cur next.

Public Meetings. —We direct the attention ef the settlers to an advertisement of Mr C. R. Carter’s, calling meetings at Greytown, Carterton and Masterton.

Telegraph Oppice, Featherston. —Our readers will be glad to learn that there is every reason to anticipate the opening of Telegraphic communication between this district and Wellington and the Middle Island in a week or two. The Telegraph wires are now stretched from Wellington to near Drakes Elbow on the Rimutaka. The office at Featherston just finished is the most complete public building which our district at present possesses, and is to serve both as Telegraph Office and Post Office. It consists of a public room and clerks office, besides dining room, bed room, and kitchen. The public room contains the necessary conveniences for writing, and communicate by a trap door with the clerks office, in which all fittings are provided for the battery and other apparatus connected with the Telegraph Department as as well for the Post Office. The fittings are most complete and the general appearance and finish of the building very satisfactory. We hope however that the ground will be made up to the level of the road the whole front of the building. A Charge Unanswered. —The following statement is made by the Rev. A. Stock in a letter published in the “ Independent ” of Tuesday last: —“ No theory of Tricker’s guilt can be made to fit in, in my judgment, with the peculiar agitation of a witness at the trial. This agitation was notorious. lat least, saw it plainly, and felt that he was concealing matter which would if known exculpate TTicker. The same witness said on the evening of the verdict, and as soon as he heard of it, in the presence of a merchant of Wellington. Poor fellow, he could not have done it. °On any theory this man must know all the circumstances of the murder.” The man here referred to in self-vindication is bound to prove the above charge unfounded. It is openly and distinctly made, and demands to be as openly and distinctly refuted.

Caeterton. — A memorial numerously signed by residents of the Taratahi has been transmitted to the Post Office authorities requesting that Mr Carrington’s store, Three Mile Bush be appointed to be a post office. Cricket. — We hare been requested to state that the cricketers of Featherston and Tauberenikau bslong to but one club and not, to two as would be inferred from the notice in our last.

Fire on the Tarataiii. —We rrgret to have to record the destruction by fire on Sunday last of a house and out-buildings the property of Mr Jama Leydon, of West Taratahi. It is not known how the fire originated, and we understand that an inquest will be held for the piirpose if possible of ascertaining this fact. It will he seen in our advertising columns that a reward of £SO Is offered for the discovery of the offender, the owner believing it to have been caused by an incendiary. Moroa School. —lt will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere that a meeting will be held at the Moroa school on Monday evening next for the purpose of taking the necessary steps for the erection of a Teacher’s residence.

Conn’s Coaches.— We are creditably informed that the announcement relative to the proprietorship of the Wairarapa hue of Cobb’s coaches having changed hands is premature.

CiiDEm of England “Bee”— On Tuesday aud Wednesday, as had been previously arranged; a number of strong volunteers made upon those giants of the forest which had from time out of mind maintained a firm stand upon the acre which has been set aside for the erection of an English Church, and succeeded by well directed efforts, to lay them'prostra.e at their "feet. Some of them were hove in one of those gravel pits winch thanks to the taste and public spirit of a former Government engineer abound in Main street Greytown, while others have been loft to be similarly dealt with on some future occasion. The men worked with a will, and deserve credit for their disinterested efforts in a good cause. Provisions were provided by a number of ladies, and the “ Bee ” passed off less like -work than a holiday.