NEW PLYMOUTH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 16 January 1885, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH.

' ; ,;[F»OM OBR''OWN CoRBESfODDEST.]' : TBEearly part, ,of; Ne w; Me ' was a. rat .of compromise-doubtful whether to be wet or Irie, consequently but few persons : made their appearance. • :.m programme for the day was the' New .Plymouth ..Athletic Glub's Sports and a race meeting at.the Waitara township It was thought at first both meetings would, . -hav*> be.bo postponed as.'the.'ground was scarcely in a fit conditiori : for-either 'horseor foot racing, butaboutnoon the weather' . changed and. the stewards decided to pro- " 'eeed with the event§.i., ; . Thd-race meeting was-r'ather" poorly patronised, not more than 300 people putting in an appearance. ••The-•Athletic Club however," were more fortunate, the attendance numbering nearly 1000. Taking into consideration the . unfavorable oircumstances under; which the sports and mees-:were held, it • : maybe said the evonts of both meetings passed off fairly well,. The fact of the two clubs holding then' meetings on the .;same;day.has, however, given-rise to an • unfriendly- -feeling • between- the '.Waitara and New Plymouth public and has been' ; the icause. of numerous correspondence in the lpcal-.papers. '-.'■' • '■:'•'■:."" •*'. :.A,party of gold prospectbra left Waitara ; on-Thursday, inthe-s:s.' '"Waitara," fpr.the Mokau district, for the purpose of :prospecting,;': They have obtained- the. consent of both the Government and the : natives,, and intend to thoroughly search the. surrounding country before returning, Inmy.next letter I hopeWbe able.to give a few interesting items concerning the operations of the party. • .- Numerously attende meetings, have beenheldatOpunake and Pu'ngarehuduring. the past week,-re theestablishmentof dairy factories in these districts. Mr, Crawford. of Auckland, who, during the past two_years, has been.actively engagedill planning and building machinery for a number of factories in the Waikato and surrounding districts of Auckland; has been paying a visit to New Plymouth, He attended these meetings, and imparted to settlers an immense amount of useful information concerning their-factories'; also expressing an opinion that the Taranaki district was in every respect suited to make the industry a success, , Committees have been formed at bath'Qpunake and Pungarehu, and at Opuriake I hear ■ it has been decided to form a company, with a capital of £2500, ..The Pungarehu" committee' are at presentawaiting further information, but I believe a company will shortly be formed. The Auckland Freezing Company's works at Waitara are beingrapidly proceeded with, ■ The frambwork of the main building is already jn- position; and gives anyone an idea'of the magnitude of the works,. There are over twenty carpenters employed on the works, exclusive of bricklayers and laborers,' The Company, 1 believe, expect to have the works in full swing by July or' August next. " The Taranaki Rifle Volunteers have received a challenge from the Wellington Guards to fire, a friendly match on tho 17th insfc, The teams will number eight men a side; The homo men are practising assiduously, and hope to give a good account of themselves in the coming match. The New Plymouth representatives of the Fire Brigade in the coming demonstration at Dnuedjn are practicing steadily, and havo performed many of tlio various evolutions in remarkably quick time. The local representatives leave on the 21st- ■ inst. If the team chosen do not figure conspicupusly in the different: events, it most assuredly will for want of practice.

Another section of the breakwater was completed on Monday, and since then a further section has been commenced, The. engineer expects to make good pro»regß during the present month, jf the weather is at all favorable, ■ '