TENUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 121, 29 March 1879, Page 2

TENUI.

(From our own Correspondent,) Since my last, we have had quite an unusual amount of excitement for this neighborhood, owing, principally, to race meetings, and the quartely sittings of the KM. Court; the place assuming quite a lively appearance. It has been decided to hold the Easte • races on Toi Toi Flat, the property of W. Johnston, Esq. The course is now laid off, and the contract let for clearing and building. The race committee appears sanguine in having a good meeting. The stakes, I hear, are to be worth running for. Tiie R.M. Court sat on Monday, before H, S. Wardell, JSsq., KM., and R. Maunsell, Esq., J.P. The business on hand comprised a number of debt cases —Mr Skipper conducting some of them—part of which were postponed, A few cases of assault summed up the calendar, One disadvantage was felt by some anxious to avail themselves of telegraphic communication by tho telegraphic office being closed, owing to the absence of tho telegraphist, who was away on Toiuti duty. '1 ho school committco met on Monday evening to consider the appointment of Mrs Hansen as matron to the Tenui school, as Mrs Scale is leaving for Greytown in a few days. The committee accepted Mrs Hansen as the future schoolmistress, providing she will be prepared to take boarders. As the school-house has ample room in it, no doubt this matter will be arranged to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Paths around the school-house have been metalled. Tlub will be a great comfort, and, no doubt, when means are more plentiful the path ways will be attended to. The Whareama Bridge was again opened for traffic on Friday last, and truly Mr Thomson's work was tried, for traffic has been numerous since, Tho contract will be finished in a few days—there is some delay with the iron work for the handrails.

Mi' Telford's house, which is a nice roomy family residence, is now out of the contractor's hands. I suppose we shall soun be welcoming Mr Telford and family back to the district. Messrs Bannet mid Elders, of Langdale, I see, are rurning into good account what was known and dreaded as the Mungapakeha Swamp, which is about seven mile:; loni;. There is quite a number of men employed in digging a substantial ditch to drain this property, and, no doubt, reward will follow their enterprise, for it is the be3t of land, and, ere long, should this linn be disposed to sell, smiling homesteads will take the place of what was a miserable swamp. We had some nice showers on Monday night, for which we are grateful,