TINUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1772, 28 August 1884, Page 2

TINUI.

[Prom our' own Correspondent.] ,;. ,; ...the weather up $)! Thursday last has been remarkably mild, foreboding the early advent ot spring. A%dder change then came over the face of nature, and one of the severest snow storms eveiv known here occurred, lasting till noon on Saturday. Fortunately for sheepowners, the lambing season had not commenced, or the loss would, in all probability, have been serious. RABBITS. The systematic way in which landowners have gone to work this winter has done much towards exterminating this übiquitous rodent, On dit that the Government have sent two whole sacks of. corn to be distributed over some 200,000 acres of the Crown Land. This news will be quite refreshing to squatters wi'h 20,000 acres who have been mildly instructed to use many tons of poisoned grain.

THE SHEEP ACT, '; The; meeting convened to consider this subject' was' adjourned in cbnseqence of" : the inclement state of the weather. . I may say that this is a burning question here just now, and no doubt a lively discussion will ensue on Friday next. Settlers are naturally indignant that some really efficient steps are not being taken to kill the infected wild sheep running on Grown Lands. Report says that Mr Liverton's flock at Pakowai has been freshly infected from this source. A portion of the £IOOO mentioned in Inspector Bayly's report as now standing to the credit of the Sheep Department, might be, with profit, employed in the destruction of these wild sheep. A probable outcome of the meeting will be the formation of a Sheep Farmers' Association, having for its object the protection of their interests generally. It is also stated that the Government will be asked to institute an enquiry into the working of the Sheep Act by the Department. BUILDINGS. The Eoad Board office, a neat, substantial, but not imposing structure, is fast nearing completion. Messrs Elder & Co. are erecting a commodious dwelling house on the terrace adjacent to their woolshed. When completed, this will add a new charm to the already picturesque Lower Whareama Valley.

OUR ROADS aie in a most deplorable state of liquid mud, and it will be .weeks before the Mungapakeha quagmire is open for traffic, A report reached here that a medical man had essayed a start for Tinui, but so far no appearance has been put in, and fears are entertained that be may have sunk through the new metalling out of sight. When will some New Zealand politician evolve a scheme whereby local bodies will be provided with funds to construct roads? The Roads and Bridges Construction Act has turned out a re markable failure. If we could get our main road from Masterton to Castlepoint metalled but few would grumble, and in the face of the taxation direct and indirect paid by the district it is but a reasonable request. ROAD BOARD. The monthly meeting to have been held on Saturday lapsed for want of a quorum, and stands adjourned till the 30th inst,