CARTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 190, 20 June 1879, Page 2

CARTERTON.

(From our own Correspondent.) June 19;'187!).. ■ The volunteers met for drill in the Public Hall last night, and were put through their facings'by'drill-instructor Marsh, and, considering that this was only the second meeting, comportgd themselves most creditably, some of the members displayinij a promptness in .their movements, the others will do well' to take a pattern by Captain Snodgrass. Lieutenants .Bennett and Ward, and 23 rank-and-file were present, and John Tully, Esq., J.P., havng arrived by the morning coach, duly administered the oath to those in attendance, after which' tho dismissal was given. Subsequently a committee meeting, took place, the officers and four others being present. It was'decided to call for teMisrs for 60 uuiforms—more' or less—the .ox-, pense'to be defrayed by the several members as follows The amount over £1 cash on delivery, the balance by/our equal monthly instalments; tenders to be'in by the 7th July. The consideration of the framing' of rules.was adjourned, pending the receipt olfurther;.information which the- Secretary was directed' to obtain. Thfe question of payments to be iriade by each

member was adjourned until the next committee meeting. . .It .was -suggested that Mr A Campbell' ho requested to act as drilMnstructor until permanent arrangements were made with regard to the appointment. The next commitWo meeting was fixed for the 24th icst., and the next drill will take place on the same evening at,7.3 Dp.m., when; it is particularly de: sired that'those who were not present last night will he in attendance to he sworn In. A pretty smart gale has been blowing .since Sunday, and' last night was the " blackest midnight' born," and the rain came down in. torronts, filling all the drains and ditches bank high, and as many members of the corps live at a considerable distance, doubtless this may account for the comparatively small attend l ance at the drill, as, without exaggeration, one could scarcely see a yard in advance.

The Alexander's opened hero last night to a tolerable house. The learned pig is very clever, and the entertainment as a whole is "not bad." '

The heavy rains flooded the Mungataueru to such an extent that the lower end of Hooker's line was well nigh impassable yesterday morning,