CASTLEPOINT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 983, 26 January 1882, Page 2

CASTLEPOINT .

• PWiii# ,b'9,aocounted for'by Mroeness of feed ft atTd" wiator.waßOQsi^doupled fttWStSm.hand, •■ - ■ • " IThoreisaprc lapeot of most of the scab ■itlfeoted .flocksjetting. «lean th|s season.! . ftvrould be much rooreaatisfaciory to sea t|je. syste'r* of. iuspectipn beeu. suggested tljaCthe should jo out on.tli&.;sj't)g' fhenpeip are being mustered jjjjd what goes, on then. ' Thf; p|ip£ v planoorf r merely seeing. the ihesp aftir being brought into the yards' gi?fii pTe'rjr facility for owners whp mujjt g*t certificate? "tp 'V the ?°»M W draf tipjf, Pr;putt!nii> !>ut. 'of v iip{ ;\j'py ■sh<iep' r shomtig-'aqtuai of Govfcrpment: oflioiala (imbued with .red tape), itiany others, think':the- declaratiart' in the form 'of schedule E, is a - patiiioea for this • but surely these persons: must be aware that false declarations are 'ijqtoetinies- made, particularly when .thi&l:j»{a strong incentive—.viz,; getting out of a heavy fine. While on the. subject of sheep J may mention that last yeiir Messrs Buohanan, , Beethnm, and others, with commendable zeal, urged the mote-stringent working of the.'Act. The attention of the aiithorities.watf directed to ,(among others) Olimae 26 of the Act,'i.e., the one prohibiting breeding in infected flocks, She'epowners" were cautioned in" the'public prints that this Clause would be enforced, What is the result"?-" Lambs' 1 in some infected' ■flocks. Stationowiierahere are naturally surprised that scab should have appeared so very near, the Sheep Inspector's- office,Masterton. In _ putting "the screw on people-here, was the fact overlooked that sheep in other, parts of the country wero liable to become-infected? Would it riot" -havo, been-m«e:ju*dioious to have era : ployed/.lnspeiitora to- look through some .WaiMjftpa-?ocfcM»jWed to have been' infected, with !«& than'tb have, had them ; stationed;' as; dgite?tivi|a;in (toners'who'sevph?ep ,W{ire known to be carefully worlfed' j»nd V: clean Til Jlumorr wiffi its 6t sheep In tibia Jowlftf tit I Bpo|i^.^7]pro* ■ ' --..'COT;:- '.f

test against the alarming, spread of soab in the Wairarapa, with a view of getting the Sheep Department to send one of 1 their very smartest men up to put matters , ri^t" Query,for the Sheep-luspeotor • How is it thatiinfected "sheep, not 'one. '■ hundred miles from the Waipoua ire' allowed to graza on' the main road ? Persons driving clean sheep from Whareama , may have them infected if this is allowed • to t[o on. Moreover, these S -branded sheep may stray to Brancepeth, Kaumingi, and other adjacent places.—Small need of a gate at the head of the Mangapakeha to stop : Messrs Elder & Co.'s sheep from going' to Masterton. The. risk is the : other way, that scab will spread, north frnm Wairarapa instead of south from Whareama. Squatteis of Wairarapa take care that you have not the red Son all ■ your sheep. Hay harvesting is going on but slowly here, heavy, winds and intermittent showers being against the work/a large quantity of grass seed will be lost in con-, sequehoe.: Oat crops are looking well,' and are ripening fast.- On nearly all the stations in Lower Whareama a consider- : ■able quantity of land has been ploughed ! during the lajßt season Growing turnips is being tried, and with good prospects of success., - The EJuration Board in advertising for a Master for the Tenpi schonl, have, 1 notice, msde.a reduotioii- injthe.'salary .'ct-' some £4O. ' Tlie School Committee -will ; surely thip,. and.bTiUgtrome : to bear on the Board with a view" ,of, having, it; ajEte&eS;.to" the 'atnouiit, £l4O, for it is improbable that st-Buitablo" teaoh©j?A«ftn- be obtained, forfli'OO' .per.' Mr.&e, the to "treat th.j sohflol ;herefifi'afl6it/e'what.'uitfair way. How is that tjie examinations always-takes plaoesotne tjyonion'ths after, •thoije at other schools f A liltle vatiety,. in this would be acceptable. , .Mr 'appears to be: doing; & fair • . .•proojint 5 of business with the ooaoh this ■ npfo, It ißiffith, I noticed the coach brimful of Masterton ladies)-pass (thrtiUjjH Tenui.an. : Tue>day kstj en-route lor Caßtlepoint.v I trflH thay will enjoy ■ thsir'trip, and that their-example will he followed bjjothers, ; ,gpjtiiat ere long'we : »ar !p r f,(i.me>;:bail,Oaatlepoint a fashionabre.J'.wa{erigg; v place.,A well-conducted Mel, frfen raiiy. sea'-bathihg ■ (mind the • slia'fks), a sandy beaoh, a cave e'inbellißhed .with-stalactites, secluded nooksamong the ; BO.itfthJe;for'- flirting, scenery, if not . ; grand, .unique, should tend to make : pleasuro-aeekers, • invalids, and others, . resort thither.' ; Tenui is slowly advancing. Messrs Nathan & Co. are enlarging their store, and also erecting a dwelling house oh the opposite:-side : Hjf the' road, with the.view I understand, of letting it to.a blacksmith. Mr D. Cross, long and favorably known here,"is about to itart a store on Mr G, Cox's land at Tenui, 1 •) ■ Mr 1 ' G Beetham, M.H.R., passed through Tenui en route for Napier on Monday. After some considerable delay the Ten.ui cemetery is fenced, and partially cleared of ..manuka scrub, a number of ' persons having met to do the latter work. , ■ The area of the Cemetery is 1-J- acres, and is the gift of Messrs Maunsell Bros. , to the district, and they deserve the thanks of the.community for their liberality. The funds at the disposal of the Cemetery Trustees are not sufficient to complete all tho work that is required, and efforts will have to be made to obtain money Possibly a concert or some' other entertainment might bring about the desired end. D . .' . Jan. 19. , Rain set in this afternoon with every' appearance of lasting. Much damage will rusult to hay if it continues. . -It is reported that tenders will shortly be invited for niutalling a portion of Maa- i i terton-Citttlepoint' road from Kaumingi towards Tenui.' The JISOO (debentures) will be available for this" work; . Messrs Kins: (County Engineer), Mackay, and McHutchon are to meet next week to arrange what particular .portions of the riiad are to be metalled, fix the site of gravel pits &o. It is estimated that this money judiciously expended will give a fair and passable road as far as Adams' Peak Station near the head of theMungapakeha valley.