CASTLEPOINT DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1142, 3 August 1882, Page 2

CASTLEPOINT DISTRICT.

, r\,. .-, ryfy t JuLv 31.,., The heavießt<wifi4xpiriW)W(l'thitf wiirter fell on Friday Inat, and i lie roads are in a 'verymuMy stole Jrp its effects, , ,-< T iMejW taken /wlda pi*tidh «r signatures. with" the object o( obtaining' uOteauonS'n (teuiail settlers <sDinh of WWharejmWiver \nay tt Weld on? the sdttelM'liingi arrangementaj-ajithe 'people atTefiui. • TtF attain t-his end iris p/oj>dsefl to have thY mail carried via the Blairhsgirwffihrnd vicinit y' of % -bliMsMCu'siihop (i.eni'new/tbe jgnption> of Uriti-Blairlngie aBHiOFiVi-T-eriui-roadsj, 1 - the coach mailman to lwwive-the-up-Mas-terton mail at thiß office, in- ib' KOing back too muoh f tojhejim.ejthi!ij{ at -sWH.'be p ppat.office was kept by.,Mr the service wouhl 1 bV twice The queßtinn tor the JisTric{To"'coniii3er is this: Will or can the Icou'fcfator for the rirailjfofonTe in theeveriV .of. the Department- Banctiodiuj a .cnaiijie' rtraveJi via the "Blaitlbaifc '■ M/T Twlth a( wkA Mf W- the interests of the district as a whoje tohavj) the alteration as the Blairlonie.road can be.madj fit for coaoh t®ti6jfljy_ £4;oba\d£«s)l£ of quWotrMle requisite funds are available withiiut ,uu«, duly Bacrificiiiu othenrMs ofmore ' importance than, anralteratton. of, mail service _ Tne4dmdual L who; sottfttiinV ' .»«", petiiioned for the twice weekly service to Teuui, and l so more with the objeoLof getting a:, yaoli to than foitWadvamage tharwoiild-a'oifrue ffonY" &$• ■■ trict is not in a' position to keep two roads in repair for coach or>bpy, ) iraJc.iAn residents south of the Whareama.ate_hot in an enviable position with regard'.(o.< i postal matters, but they are no worse off, if as bad, as the settlers. inland fri>m> ( Tenui, and on the coast north of Castta, point. I may suggest an alternative to the onginators ot the petition and-those, who are interested in the matter, by haying a post office established at the junction »f the Blairlogie and MungapakehTf roads. The coast mailman to receive the. Masterton up mail there, at say, 10.30, ''' thus giving him ample time to reaoh>JM , Point station. He could return nejt day, meeting the down, sSs&fo*Ss> < from Tenui at, say, 3.30 p.m. Anaccpmmodatiou house has been by me before as being of advantaged) travellers on both lines of road, also .'as.'a'very suitable for the coach to change horses at. B .j„a, [

■ There appears to be very little chance of any money being placed on the'Jßstw mates this session for the ereqjioit-of aboat jetty at Ctiailepoint, but .-a has. been made by the Government to a marine surveyor upiijerevtMepiWoMhi} Bubjeot. This is one step in the. right direction..i;< dm JuaiiiftOMi: aapimi-l'.«u The Rev. Father Halbwachs was to have held but he failed to pnt iii an appearance,', much to the of persons who. had iiasembled. 'Bad weather on Friday no donbi prevented thfci Eevereud gentleman fi'om'ifiioing our muddy roads. ■ -,,„■

Members of the Ohuroh of England at. Tenai are somewhat amuaed»Mh#ipr<yfl , oeadings at the St. Matthews parish meeting,'with arrange'menWEt;, is supposed Jo' 'have 'j existed olthat'piriah i and fenui. jEeqple&ere are innocent of.! : .anysuph arrangemeW.; I 'clerical •■ halluoiuatidfl." ■ ; - M&ny , se*er . funds' to - eupportj. a resident ' Agyman in the i'am'l ! M/iiii^gi■] to his v.propowl ■ that'the; wadlt ■ «l ' Mr Paige ialeported to' have said that the congregation at Tenui was betweenDO and : titer were memhwa'''M> the? t Oburoh:■)of not We members, amoiigi.hem, it'even de'ubtfai if there are ; jnore,than,4o in'-tne- CastjepomNiatrwfc, J "J venture to assert that if tnejßishoj). the i -will come ; forward anjjl i aet^'lotth!'whaf reaidenlß^UL'.j^TOfreiatyiiiiiptiipor^n for soch« sef^ices'jfo; OflWditelfewith , i On'dit that a : ball mil^;gi^{i^|M;

the auspices of the Tenui hull roiJinutt about the end of August, the proceed if uny, to go towards liquidating the d« of i he Public Hall. ; By direction of the Highway Board party of men started from Tenui th morning to lake up the bridge Waitawiti which has been damaged by of'this bridf : "wilfput travellers to'some inoonveniem ; as-theyJwillJiaVe ttyrnake a detour throng Mr KeuWs iand, and crosa the rit er son "tu!3rIo!8lt^liB^Iow r ihe bridge aid