TINUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2572, 14 April 1887, Page 2

TINUI.

[from our own correspondent.]

jr'is only a. short, time back that'"J wrote to you', intimating that 'we had recovered from the water famine, which had ..visited the township sinco the commencement of the year. It is with very great regret that I have to admit that my remarks at that time'have turned out rather premature, for at the present time we are practically without water, the only present source,. the Whareanm River, being so low,' ant)-tflien it-is in that state, oi)o / 'muat be yery, thirsty 'before he can "''master', up'enough courage,to use it... Should the dry weather continue, and th,e river water have .to be used; r.'-ain-'i afraid tsh,all have something worse to report than scarcity of water, the river being totally unfit for use, owing to the large'-amount of 'decayed vegetable! matter with which it is impregnated. I do not see any necessity for a recurrence of the scarcity of water' which wo have been experiencing this aittmcr, as I {eel.cp.pfj.enU very goodsupply could be 'obtained at a.very small cost from. the Taipos on Mr Maunsell's property.;' Of course, the only other, alternative, would be fo> .each resident to get a sufciontnumber' of tanks filled-to carry him through' the summer months. • , *', : -

_ Wo have got;thwugh the holidays in the same quiet manner as usual, no difference beiug obsorvable. I must! say, however, that I do not remember ever seeing or hearing of work .'being (lone on Good' Friday,; p'til'coming into this district, but! suppose- Easter : has not yet arrived this length. I also saw, I regret to say, work being done in one of the quarries ou Easter Sunday.

The shooting season has now fairly opened for game, ; and I bare ■'■ had the pleasjyl of, or two good dinners of pigeons sinice the opening, They are not in>gos condition this season, berries- being/yery scar* in the buah~so scarcejVttat I .notice they have even been feeding on the leaves.' '' Ihttve Rny very large largest' beih^betweea;tjiipty^ap;.srty birds, mtide lijr -two' Monday, thiolsi' are, 'as * -ipleotlfol ,dawQ -thif«riW,* tuilcaWßip in this particular part Qtthedi|r|s.- .'.-■' .' : 'l.tho«i|ti I ghoulij 'iave''l»«e|i; able to give 'yb'\r.a:;fHllpai!co|titr ;bt the .clrtlcfren's seh^ir^,il)j|^e| ( hi). owing to the ; "hon k the sohool committee at the;meeting*'to> arrange the did ugi ■j take place last Monday, astaitcijajfir However, at a meeting last &atuiwf evening, it was announced that the fete would tab place on "the 19th iast., so that I trust I shall be .atjh}. found you an account of it by' Wednesday's mail.

I rogret to record wmfrlittle tutploasantuess between a afatiffi'iujuwKy aiid a.'settler with .regard to soole sheea ■ Sold t'o.ij- third party ittuei&t sale. Beyond; mentioning that soma wy; ugly charges have been niido, *&4 which I firmly believe to be wiite groundless, I do not fool "tariiolf justi. .fi,ed;iu disclosing anyfu'ller particular especially bb I understand.-.the' alitor will; be' taken ■[ bejprf the Magistrates;.Co'ti| , fc.' : .-T.i. •; ■' ~■*,'-;,!. '■ Matter* deemed" .Strained Good Friday, aoyeralpergonunotbeihg.-tbU to'obtain theiMuaifs, .the office' beiag'' closed-' ! on that"day. Howe^r,the* Telegraph.pfjice:being-''opeV;& the evening,. Mr Watson veryiindly. : tributed the mail then/- and us ail opportunity, of eat letters by. return mail," which we'Slould ! not'havo been able to do do had they ' not been delivered that night. A smart shock of earthquake wee experienced this niomihg at 1 fcVm. The shake was accompanied by.' load rumblings, and lasted fully three Quarters of. a minute, and be travelling in a southerly direction.