CASTLEPOINT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 775, 23 May 1881, Page 3

CASTLEPOINT.

, (From oM'own.corrdspondent.) . , May l'Jtli. With the exception of a few sharp frosty mornings,, the weather of late has been imusually mild'for the time of year, and inl <;pnsequonco tiiero is a fair growth,of throughout ,tho district. Fears were entertained some little time ago that feed for stock would bo very scarce, but now there is hope of sufficient. A very large quantity '-f grass'seed lias hcen sown on the v. i ins stations this season, with'every apprrv.iice of its coming on well. .. • Babbits are «'nutted to bo on (lie increase. Now that;the'Trustees have appointed an inspector, it is to ho hoped; ownersof prouertymvill'. bo made to tako efficient steps to lteop i the ■ nuisanco in check.' ' Some resolutions bearing on rather : important subjects wcro passed at the last meeting of Trustees, with respect to tho increase of rabbits.on Crown lands and also-tho, desivabxiity of making wire netting a'legal fence between neighbors. The : rapid increase of rabbits on Crown lands is a Bubject'Of'vast l importance; and one which the Government must faco in an-'enefgetie-'aiid manner, 'Or very shortly tlieso lauds in their rough state will become oue vast warren, from which Hie freehold -lands of settlers will he .p,erpqtua]ly re-stocked,. . To "\Yhiti, fjir. G. Grey, scab,'etc., are minor evils when compared with this plague of rodents. Thp, constitution of, wive nottingasa legal fence has .advantages outside the rabbit question, viz., as. .a.proof fence for sheepf'a desideratum in neighborhoods where scab, exists. I may mention that Mr/Merddith,:-senior, 'has fenced his Kohiwai property with this description of fenco, and the good resulting is apparent by there bcingiew, if any, rabbits on it. Tho bffieors'comiectod 7 with tlio sheep department arc p/irticiilarly active in travelling tlio just now. It is a common, occurrence, 'for; tlireo o£ them during a'.week to'visit fi 'station. "While on this subject I'may state.that there are a good mnjiy comments i adverse : to Mr Inspector' i,' Butioii -'re' tho' 'indiscriminate manner in which he ..has issued herding and yarding.prders-uiider. thojSkcpp Act. Doubtless it wouhVkavo been more judicious if Mr ; -StittOn: had ;porsoually:made himself acquainted-with;, tho various star'. tion properties, as to how they were feneedf-etc., before proceeding to an extreme and, in many cases, what limy provo'avexatioiis'course.' Itis tliebpinion of-many -persons-tliaHko - stringent -enforcement of clause 45 re negligently allowing sheep to-stray, would;have done more practical good than warrants to herd and yard, which,-from thp. manner- they, have been issued, may or may rot be legal. Tlio orders issued to settlers to remove slicop from Crown lands is ail innovation]; possibly itis the'thin end of thewedgo to make-owners of property adjacent fence, hilt as many of the bqimda ; ries ai'e 'unsurvoyed it My provo a iuoro ''brutum-ftilmeu;'';- ; i - Constable Darby .-has, I :notice, taken possession of tho _domicilo called the Tonui pplico atation./ 'Clio dwelling house is absurdly small and quite inadequate for a mamed man with ivfamily. Inebriates; and" others lodhted' iii the look-up may abodo the' rovdrso Of dry,- as'its floor is several I 'feet bolow high' -flood

ijvel. '. '. _ Bomair Criliolic Clnirch at Tcnui is fast drawing i!2,u completion, and when finished it will Lo a decide ornament to tlio township, ( r- vell as'& : mark(iffather Halbwach'sfluiiiiflg zeal flMl-,energy. An ovent ocmuvod at Tinni some timo ago, and as I lmvo not noticed it mentioned in yoiS r phporß,l now licg" Fo~"refei r to-itj-viK.,-a tc&imonihl was presented to T. W. Butters, Esq. f|omtho principal settlers in the tlisfrict as a ltfavli of their appreciation ,of his, : public, .services f ns Chairman of the Road Board, kc.

long sinco roiiredfrom tho sceuo to the 1 ml of their birth—"Laud o'tho mountain and tho flood, „ ..„Lp<l.qf.brown beat hand shaggy wood, tii tho year Mc iVpasaed into the iiands of 'Mn;JAsila,Smith, thc : present proprietor, who gavc.to the premises tho appropriate nanie of To Aro House, and under whose maiiagcmoht business lias steadily progrcsscd with tlio rising fortunes of the city. - until at length it was. found that a considerably enlargement was necessary, and the result was, 'l'e, Aro House, as; at-present, oiie|of tho most complete and Extensive Drajiory Establishments, in. tho colony of No\y Zealand, 'l'he Jeneral Drapery ocoupies a lai'go spaco, being 49. feet by 25 feet, ■ amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Sillts, Gloves, Hosiery, liibbons, Laces, <ic. The Men's, Boy's, and -Youths' Clothing "Department' measures 24 feeli by. 14 foot, and lias attached a comfort ablq fitting-room, Carpets and Household' furnishings havo a similar space allotted to thoinV Tho .Shbsv-r6o'ni for the nileof/Millinory, 'AiaiiHis, Jackctsi Costumes, Ac,, is a very, spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, iaud beautifully 1 ' lighted froin the roof, -and measures'SJS) feet by 22 feet. Tho stock of goods 's at'all times' largo and' well selected," and' patterns rtre' forwarded post free on application.- A special feature at To Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful .attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents. Allordci'9 are executed' under tho imiucdiato supervision of the proprietor, -and securely packed and forwarded id ilieb.'destination'.- with that promptness and despatcli which havo always distin guished To AroHouso, Cuba-street, Welling. Oil.—JadVT.l