CASTLEPOINT DISTRICT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1228, 13 November 1882, Page 2

CASTLEPOINT DISTRICT.

"■ } !> • h 'i' ;n!, "^^y.' ; Shearing operation) are now in fall progress on all the prinoipal stations thioughout the.Jdiatrict.; The Very unseasonable,; cold, and wet weather is however retarding'the' work very much. Sheep are clipping well, and the lambing is said to bp, exceptionally,, good. Scab (till keeps &' tena< ions hold ill. the diatriot, and it ia very improbable that it will be Btamped oat, to long as the Sheep Department it managed or mismanaged as at present. .It has been suggested that j( one of the smartest rAen in (the service was stationed at Tentii, it would be'adVan- : tageous. It does seerifconly.reasonable that an Inspector should wrftationed as near ; &b possible to the centre ( it ..the infected portion of the diatriot. ;The : fieS'tlemon,';who :l some two years got up an 'agitation on account of the alarming spread of scab ou the East Coast, must now feel that their -«ffortß have borne but little good fruit. The Sevilstijl remains spread oyeic> v lafge portion of the district,- and added to .ii.» pUgue.bf lice on several runs. Verily the last state of things is worse than the first, An' application raWto the Hon. W. Johnston for the use of the race oourse on the Island Flat for two days racing ha« ( been refused. In the face of'thie it ii very doubtful if races will be held at Tenui next Easter. - Tnere is some talk however of a meeting of- persons interested ..being held with»view to arrange with respect:to some other suitable course., • ; . - There is a probability; of the district losing the advantage of VtVce-we'ekly'mail service as the aje>nwil!ing,or,unable to subscribe the skb'a)dy Of £2O required. Why is this subsidymoce'fjS'ary may well beasked? The district ,as» vhole' «ontributes'j ,very;> considerably to the revenue of tiie oolony, and the benefits .derived in return .are very infinitesimal, 'Under' provincial regime this locality was treated as .a milch tow, and the process appercs "about to be perpetuated under the new dispensation. The school committee's application totbo Eduoation Board; asking' the teachers, salary be increased t6' r the amou'ut (£l4o)', formerly paid has been ,'pjgeo'nihobid pend-';, ing the report! of trie' Inspector! ' In the meantime a gentleman'wit]i,a large family is expected, and has to maintain a,'reajectable appearance ori, : a, pittanuo almost inaufficient to support aday-labpWr, With re'speot | to .attendance the school is in a bettorposition than ever it has been, eotliat tjjefp can bo no roas'on on that score for not-grantiug the, increase applied.for. •- \ • I

i regret to reoo'rd 'that' Boraejtip ago &■ entleman had v> Reason • to the afooted((ho expressed it:louay) state of (some f tbe children attending the rlennf. school,' nd as a remedy'he 1 'sugges'ted-.that a.dip hoiild be erected 'and the children .immersed herein. SeTerdl! outbreaks Sof tthis,- nature iivo takon place' pfoviomlyj and; it would * just as well; if some parent) would have a ittle more bare as to'cleanliness bofore sendug their ohildrea to school,'> The teacher, I icar, is in perplexity si to the offenders, ecriminations bbiug ai abundant as tlio l»fafllt9l.'"..:,';i' : '- : > 11 ' ■!'■'■■:> ';■• :.;.■.■'! Some little'sign of progress is' manifest in Penui, Mr F, Marignueson (iorniorly manager or Meials''Nathan"'4! r o6.', 'here) ■• having iponed a gemral store in, promises lately /Coupifd'byMr G. Coil 'l",;' ! .''.",'''!.;. Fat itook should bo abundant thii soason, 'or the pasture on the yarioWrnns is luxuriint.; •■' '-V. v '.; iT'.^J^'.-'-J'.'.'y It Jb to be Koped'bur will not be behind hand in asking the'Eduoation Board W a ehare.of the. subsidy grant, I understand the cbairnian, of the School Committee,; baa - been' commnhicated with, and that he bu ref«roaJhe qubatiori to! Mr R. LibraryUommittee.'"::,;• v : '" •'■' '•: ' ■..:.: \,.\ .,.., ;Nov«ntber'llsh. ' Rain has been falling.almost'inceatantly since Thursday. Byiuing,'aM'J$ >R j?ff. .*" in aatateoflfloed." l '' *'-\wi ■>■■> iAi '':■'