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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2602, 19 May 1887, Page 2

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PBOH OUB OWN CORBESPOMDEKT-,].. I was very glad tjo b last week that Mr George Moore of the Lower Wlurehama whs hoaorably acquitted oa ~ V the absurd charge of sbeepsteahng which the Maoris in this part of the district had preferred against hibtj ■ It is a great pity that steps cannot bo taken beforehaud to prevent such ■ Uutupery charges as those being takea ' J into Court. JTroiu all accounta it appears that the prosscutor and defendant should have -changed .jilaces, : aud [ should think that the .late proae-' vcutor stands a very good show of being indicted for perjury. The inaunor" iu which sheep have ijuyateriouely digappeared in this aud surrounding dis* V. tricts duriog the ...to isbeqiuingtocausenolittlo alarm to' flock-owuCTS.but so far not ihe slighest clufl has beeu obtained as to who the marauders arc. law very glad to say that our owu little local 'ease,; rr the iljßpqtod-carqjiirk. (j : cuivifot, .by , any ijhe<3|i stesliug). bidij fiiiiv tq .be ainjc^bly settlod. TQ ' aiiytlj'iag liko ag indp|H;udent3ccqunt:U|ijfqgy ions njaioii|Vtliat Ijavo beeu.flyipjf. about lately, Wpuld requiro iiiore legal acutucu tljau I happen lo blest with* ; - 5 w I just leavolt m Muqumte, . > ' John Frost Ijas suddenly arrived ia our uiidstoow ijiore, which will W # great tlra'wbuot to' tbo grasßj'lvbicb'r.'y'; to coming do iu Bpleiidid style, but ° : I fear the last two nightshade glveoi it a severe chock. •/ ■ • .

. Mr B.roti has bmi progressing . slowly wiib his uietalliug contract on tbo Alfredton Roail, and to all appear* anccs, it will be some time before it isJ oot of hand, the late rains buying /put j a coinplote stop to ajl work of this W*- [ kj|id. The action pf.pue o|" tbo County Counoil inmpving- a peso- | lution to modify the restrictions of ;" ! what I may call the "tire by-Uw 11 ''. | will, X think, be generally approved . of, and should Jbo be fortunate anough, . | in carrying it outfit would, I .think,'" 1 meet all requirements. I very much ' doubt if any vehicles having tho regu«' lation tires, would : bo able to travel At ; all on our roads in midwinter, if they were limited to the number of horses' *'•' or bullocks allowed by the by-law, A little excitement was caused in the ; township on Saturday morniug by tbe ; arrival, in rather hot haste, of a young couple .who were on thoir way from the r Coast to join their fortunes in the bonds • of matrimony. While on tbo road a i bullock, wbiuh is supposed to have-'" been poisoned with " tutu," challenged'^' them for the run in, which under- tho,;:' circumstances, they were not very loth to accept. After an exciting chase, tbasy; bullock coming with a rush for tho - finish collidod with the- laflyfc.'iifcM horse, bringing both' |o grass. I flgjgl ({M that nq ayl after a slight xtttprvalja wbipjj pwover from their iuiprompt^".raw,'' : - they proceeded ou.thei? way,. ;; .. I see Inspector Drummonii h*'»Wft . holding meetings of tljose • ;th'o rabbit question, but'Jhbpi) will meet with more support when hq. comes into' this district than be hsn ia : '■ Mastertou, There fa % doubt'that & system of simultaneous poisoning, ; H| properly carried out, would do a vast deal more good than the indiscriminate., way in which it has beenV for the pgrt two or three years,' > l'totf;:'state that tbe mootiug hero will held on Weduesday, 25th inst. Our Telegrapbio communication w#bstopped for a few days' last we?k, 011 account of ut couplo of, breata of:' the lino (at ditl'creut intervals) norl| of (Jastlepoint. However, we ; are thaukstoJ ■Watson, who lost up time' in put, in spite of tbo rougfi. effect repairs. ; ,' ; T Before concluding, I c§onptl)elp csingratuk}jp» your" Wellington valuablejqlrnl/ iihinlf say they pve dona a deaf to ' bring the Dailt i))to universal favpy' : : up here, and svp eagerly, looked fw by ■ ■ 4 " 'young and old, ■' ' | should feel obliged, you kindly porreofc. tWlittJe errora • appeared in my'noN of Jj4'weelc r iV tho percentages quoted b/'( make' tuo say "KthiaiMecreMjngiJlv;. ■ wijl say no more-'-r/It should " m thia is no/ deoroatjing/' ia ttho : . if? unless they : j)a88-tihV;. ! ' ! subjects twice," the word " subjeo^ should bo " standardß ( " they passed the same Jtemiwv&lwlofc'f •>, L