TENUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Issue IX, 29 August 1887, Page 2

TENUI.

■ '• « ..■■. • ' (FROM OUrOWN CORRESPONDENT*).' The keen interest' manifested in the elections here prior, to Mr Hogg's' address, appears to have calmed down since then. I suppose it is that the ,'eJdctorsi ■having heard the candidates express their political views have made their choice to whom they''Shall give, their vote. One thing f'know; and ; tKat r ib, if Tenui can be. taken -. as an ideajlo which way the opting ; .will g0,.. Mr -Beetham will head the: poll by a large -majority. The working men about here,,as a rale, are.too t sensible to be golled by'tbe.Protedtionlcry. They consider the country is. already protected enough by the present customs duties," "and object.to.pay an increased taxation, merely: to go into the pocket of the manufacturer. The recent snow storm here did not do much' damage to stock, lambing, m a rule, not cfltaiaeasmg till towards

the end of the month.. Bat several sheep-owners inform me'.that they are having heavy losseß' amongst their young sheep, through the lung-worm disease. , There is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth amongst -travellers who are unfortunate enough to have,to travel our unraetallod roads' at this time, of year. .' Mr Weill's .coach, in coming, up,from Masterton last week, got bogged opposite the' KftceoourM Plat; and the driver'had Jo bring ha' horses on to Teaui and leave his coach', in the.mud till nest day. The general opinion here is, that the County broad, tire ByVlaw'ought Hotter be. .enforced'' against the coaoh.as it is undoubtedly a great boon to the district. The runholdera. are making a deter* mined effort to get the rabbits. down this year, but from what I can hear they have only partly succeeded in doing so. I am informed that the Inspectors have ordered some of the runs to be re-poisoned. ' The Tenui river promises to be a j source of great annoyance and loss to landowners along its banks. During this winter it has widened out a tjreat / deal and carried away some aores of Isnd. I notice a few of the wise men are planting their river banks with willows.