CASTLEPOINT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 780, 30 May 1881, Page 2

CASTLEPOINT.

; (Erorn. our own correspondent.) • : ! "% sth, On Monday a man named Smith,'in the, t . employment' : dfi 'Messrs* Elder &', C 0.,( J ; Latigdale, met with rather' a serious'accident,, having his left, hand, jammed, ben 'tween the wheels of a threshing machine. Three lingers were so .badly crushed that amputation was necessary, and Drs Farquharpon and Bey, of ;Tenui,; performed . tip operation., lam glad;ipoayiattjia sufferer is progressing fayorabjy. /''^r Ploughing, which has'been'iretarded . until lately by the hardness bitheJgrou'ndJ is (now being oarried on vigbro'usly at' Langdale, lea, and Kohiivai; ;i lt i -ii''i i e'- i ' ported that a considerable breadtlvof land will be turned over on each of these stations this season., . Corn growing in this district not appear, to have begh a success from' a ! pVirn ! iai l i point pf view, the heavy cjiargfs 'foV car* riage to market,imilitating/againstjjfia industry very seriously. Owners' of' land will, liowe.ver, no doubt,.find it.profitablai: «i to grow root crops instead, with a view to fatten sheep and cattle:*' j' \ i \(vj . Scab seems far from* stamped oul4iere yet, as I notice two,more .flocks.in.the.. district have 'been lately found infected',''' The(nfeotion jn Mr Stjllborn's flock,was •.„.•. ■ oauae'd by A' stray fanV'pa'dly tji&eiV; r-: From last accounts no''owner had been 'found for this sheepf neighbors 'natnrallVf / ? being rather jsliy to/claimi in a casgjikel k \X this, .Surely the Sheep Inspector will find an owner ifnr'this sheep,iaa it?isT ea-rt-'.V marked. The attendance, of 'children: at'the Teiiui 'School has 'increased diir'iiig "(he las! favv months, the number on the books, being" now sibout 33.'"''"' ''"' ''■ Persons .doingj.business at,the r |enui « Ti ,. tolag-raph 'station wilbhail witji deiighl'tjia' news that the spsoial extra charge' of fld ip'er telegram on non-paying, stations Is to ■ bea,bpb>hed. This imposition has proved of little or-no advantage to, the revenue, „ ',*» , ~on Sunday last the" Rev MrMe'sheld 1 " i \ \ divine [service at the public hall, Tenpi, and preached an eloquent sermon on the Tararua djsaster. Mr Dpkes stated thaj 't.w'aij Jiis intention to'continuo visiting as far as possible" idunng; tjip winter months:, ';Th»i reverend ,'geritleqiart \ deserves something raofetthan the thank]-./ 9f ,:thej inhabitants,for th,e regular and zealous!manner in whicK l rie'a-fteA'ds'horo, The weather has Boipe**/hat rf bpiß- f : terous, some heavynof-wesiwitids havlngt been experienced during the last week; but with this exception it continues exceedingjy mild, several mornings almost deluding up. into thinking spring had sud-' ■dehlyreturned. " ' .* B '" ■ . J The roads more Jhau ; ;ompensating,|df, ; ? :,the loss'lot.Bubsi'dy. /.' ' , l " •.'"! .''" " • j will '■ •'** Jng'by a ball given by Host Rogers of the Club Hotel, ■'■•;'. • ■. ;"