CARTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 232, 7 August 1879, Page 2

CARTERTON.

[fkom our ows copjiesponeent] August sth. 1879. The annual meeting of tlie Pastoral Association took place to-day, and held a somewhat protracted meeting. The attendance of tiie members was far in excess of any previous meeting I remember, and the business transacted was the election of officers and relative to the finances of the Society. One item must not be forgotten, and that was the very excellent cheer Host Jen ton placed before his constituents. A better spread I never saw at. any house in the Yalley, and if any ofthemimerouscompetitorsforpublicfavor at the present moment were to lay as attractive a bill affore before those whose suffrages they seek, I feel well assured he might rely on universal support from the constituency lie may desire to propitiate. I have gleaned no tidings as to the 4th having proved very disasterous to any amongst us, so I presume black Monday passed off satisfactorily, The Volunteers meet for drill to-night, and as there is to be a meeting afterwards of members to consider certain matters affecting the welfare of the Corps, I hope to see a good muster. The Panorama of the American War is to open here next week. THE LATE PLOUGHING MATCH. To the Mitoi' of the Wairaiupa daily, Sir,—l. have read with surprise a letter in your paper, signed by Walter Morrisou and A. Burnett stating that the first prize in the double furrow class, at the late ploughing match lias been given to the wrong man. Now, I feel quite certain and all the members of Committee who were present will bear me out in my assertions, that the prizes were awarded according to the Judges decision, viz., Ist prize to No. 3 on the field peg, and 2nd prize to No. 1, How the judges could have made this unfortunate mistake, I am at a loss to understand, as the proofs of the case are undoubted, Mr Morrison himself having explained at the dinner, the judges' reasons for giving Mr Creswell tho prize, in preference to Mr Heggie, using the names of both gentlemen, lam, Ac., Donald Donald, Chairman of Committee. WAIRARAPA REPRESENTATIVES.

To th EJ'.ly: of the Waihaeapa Daily, Sir,—As the time is near when another election will take place, is it not the duty of every man in the Valley to think well over the matter before promising his vote to any party 1 I see youiiwe furnished us with the names of probable candidates, and, wisely expressed no opinion. If the right man are not returned, better not to represented at all, than fill the House with rubbish. What have the old members done for us ? as far as I can see, nothing. Then why return them again. Wairarapa is ten years behind other places, as far as public expenditure is concerned; it never had half its share of the loans, or 'we would have better roads, and mores of them, kept up without that ancient landmark, the tollgale, : For years the Yalley has been represented only by men without ability or Dei ' 3eyei ' allce^k|nifflitfß||ft|