WHAREAMA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 929, 19 November 1881, Page 2

WHAREAMA.

[from our own correspondent.] On Sunday, October 30th, the Eev. Paige held services at Tenui in the morning and afternoon, and at Mr Cribba' in the evening, being met at both places by fair congregations. On Sunday, November 6th, the James MoKeee preached at Tenui in the morning; but not having given proper notice of his intention to do so, the congregation was very small. On Saturday, November sth, Mr Geo. Beetham addressed the electors in the Public Hall, Tenui. Owing to some mistake having been made in the advertisements, the.attendance, though fair, was by no means so good as it otherwise would have been, for the feeliug here is very Btrong indeed for Mr Beetham. Mr R. Langdon, J.P. was voted to the chair. The candidate's address was merely a recapitulation of his Masterton speech. Mr Beetham explained in the most satisfactory manner his action with regard.to the Babbit Act, 10 per cent, reduction, and the property-tax. With regard to a statement made by Mr Eenall, at Mastorton, to the effect that the Legislative Council coat the country £50,000 per annum,' Mr Beetham showed that Mr Renall had (quite accidentally of course) multiplied the comet amount by ten times, making it £50,090 instead of 15,000.. Now, sir. Mr Eenall has published this very interesting little mistake in a printed copy of his address, which he has sent round to most of the electors on the East Coast. Fortunately for Mr Beetham, we have a olassof men about this part of the district who are well able to look down upon a man who is capable of making such an extraordinary mistake. Last week an influential committee was elected to assist the Masterton committee in securing the return of Mr Beetham. On Saturday last, Mr A. W. Eenall addressed the electors at Tenui, there being present about 100. Mr E. Langdon, J.P. took the chair, and with the exception of a little pleasantry from an elderly gentleman of the very uncommon nameof Jones, and a few silly remarks from another individual who had been worshipping rather freely at the shrine ot Bacchus: with these exceptions I may say that the meeting was very orderly, and Mr Eenall was accorded a most patient hearing. He made some most vague, random, and utterly false statements in matters financial. At Mastertpn, he stated that the Government pensions cost the country £160,000, per. annum; here, he lowered the amount to £IOO,OOO. When one cornea to consider that the true amount is about £26,000 per annum, one can only look upon the whole of Mr Eenall's figures with something more than mere distrust. Mr Beetham spoke after Mr Eenall, and entirely refuted many of that gentleman's misstatements ; so much so, that •' His Worship " wus forced to tell hie audience that he entirely repudiated the printed and published copy of his speech, and said that the Tenui people were not to take as a gospel anythmg contained in it, on account of the vagaries of the printers. Those, however, who heard Mr Eenall in Masterton Bay that the publication in question is a very correct statement of what he really did say, lam very sorry to have to record a very painful aud fatal accident. A day or two since a son of Mr Blading, of Tenui, was mounting a young horse, when the animal reared and fell back upon his rider, crushing the unfortunate young man most fearfully. As 60011 as possible, Dr Beard, of Masterton, was in attendance, and pronounced the case to hopeless. The deceasad lingered on till the following evening, when he died. Much sympathy is folt for the parents, who are greatly respected here. Deceased was about 21 years of age, and was a general favorite among those who knew him. The sud event has caused quite a gloom over our little township,