The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1097, 12 June 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1882.

The Loyal Mastertqn,,Lodge meets to' morrow evening,

•.; The Masterton open meeting this e.yeijjng,

The Claroville Post Office was removed

to Mr Feist's store'On'-'Thursday last . , .Both light and heavy traffic now.crosses the new Waiohine Bridge.

Mr Wallis of Olarevllle sustained a' nasty aocident on Friday last. A chisel he was using slipped and ran into his knee,., wounding it to the bono. The first practice of the gymnasium Club is announced for 7.30 this evening at the Volunteer drill shed, when all' members and, intending members are invited to attend.

Work is not so plentiful in this neighbor-, hood as it was.a short time back. No less than thirteen tenders have been received for the Masterton Park fencing. They will be opened we understand at a meeting of the Trustees on Wednesday next,

~ We. hear-that a special meeting- of the Masterton School Committee will be held to consider the present state of the playground, which has been reduced by recent rains to mud puddles.; Probably an appeal will be made to parents and guardians, to assist in> providing the indispensible gravel.

It has been definitely ascertained that no serious damagehasbeen done to settlers by, the latt floods at.Gisborne owing to the timely precautions taken in removing stock. .The.greatestdam'ftge has been to the country roads arid the Arai bridge',, the latter being in a hopeless. state The Brigahtine Isabella from Oama'ru is hii»h and dry at Muriwai. Tho cargo has been, saved.- ; ,

Majpi' Atkinson is expeotod.to make his' financial statomeut to-morrow evening. ?

"The usual meeting ;bf the; Loyal. Mas-; terton Lodge|:";'l.O.O-;FrM l : U.,v'wiU be; ■Heldflb-morrew; evening at .aix.plplook. At 8 o'clook the aupper to celebrate the; ;fifth anniversary of 'the Lodge,will be: ■held.-;.-- ■,::>•■■■■.;■/■'.■

The New Zealand Clothing Factory which has made'a namo.fi'om one end of. the colony to the .other, and even beyond Now Zealand is still 'progressing ■ at an astonißhing,.rate. -This is entirely; owing to the quality of its goods and the moderate rates at which they are sold, a single garment being disposed of at the wholesale price. The Wellington branch of the Company is now displaying new manufactures "for'winter'wear, and we ; would refer our readers to the advertisement from this depot in our adrertising columns.

In May last- the County Engineer obtained permission from the Council to protect tho embankment above the new Waipoua Bridge. Owing to unfavorable weather and o.ther causes there was a delay in carrying out the work. On Saturday a heavy fresh cut into the embankment and partially destroyed the roadway. At the time.Mr King was in Carterton, but in the evening on his return hearing, that traffic was suspended, lie got together a gang of men and set to work to repair damages. It took eighty bags of stones to fill the hole'made by the current, and the Engineer and his men; had a hard battle that night. They however won the fight and saved the roadway., On Sunday morning they we'nt.down again to the bridgeand completed the filling so that traffic is now resumed.', J ,.;'!'. '■/ '.' ; ' Tlio l'esult of ilie.poiiini!'"on Saturday oxtremely satisfactory. The proposal to raise the sum of £4OO to pay off the'debt on the Miisleiton Institute, .beingcarried by 205 votesagiiinst 26 recorded in the negative. /..-■■'•'

.'(.The-.Masterton Highway Board on Saturday last gave* the.-foH&wh'g answers Id'thequestiuns in .cu!ar.-No. 1, No,. 3, "This would simplify matters wheie'practicable but wouhhiot be fuund so in many cases"; No 4, "Present system,, works fairly" ;' No, f "Left to Chairman"^ No. 0, "A petition of ratepayers sanctioned by Governor in,, Council"; No. 7," Road boards or ratepayers should have power with consent of Governor" ; No. 8," Sections of county should have power";' No. 11 "No alteration"; No. 12,."No"; No, 13,"Presentsystem works satisfactorily"; No; : 14,' •'• Proper valuations should be made, and land classified" No. 15, "Yes. if satisfactory Boards were appointed." The full text of thevariousquestions will befo'uiid in the county report of our present issue, Mrs Lankey an old'settler, died at Kurupuni this morning. The deceased recently same to reside in town from her husband's property at Wangaehu in order to obtain medical treatment, having been for some time past an invalid. She leaves behind her five children, •

The Napier floods are subsiding. The >beach is reported as strewed with drift wood and dead sheep, cattle and _ One loss of life is reported, .that 'of Martin Shannassoy, who was drowned by being washed.off his horse, while crossing. the creek. The coaches were just able to get into town on Saturday morning. -..,