TENUI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2854, 22 March 1888, Page 2

TENUI.

(From our own Correspondent.) The Gale, Since my last we have been having very strong Nor'-wesfc winds, accompanied by occasional showers of rain, which have greatly improved the appearance of the country. On Friday last the wind blew a perfect hurricane, and capsized Mr Nicholl's large haystack. I think it is about the strongest gale we have had this year, and that: is saying a good deal. Cricket,

The cricket match which was arranged to be played on Saturday last, had to be abandoned at almost the last moment, owing, I hear, to the Whareamaites being unable to rely on putting a team in the field, The number of cricketers to pick from is very small—not more than a dozen or so-so that when two or three are unable to attend, it upsets all arrangements. The young men here who would probably make cricketers, are bo scattered about the district and have not the necessary time to spare, that it is impossible for any number of them to meet at a central place to practice, so that the game only drags on a half dead and alive sort of existence. The Licensing Bench. The Licensing Bencli met last Friday and appointed Mr Hugh Belliss Chairman. The police report beiug favorable, all licenses were renewed. The Tenui Hack Races. I hear that the Rack Eace meeting here was not a succes, and that a considerable deficit has to be met. It is hard on gentlemen who go to the trouble of providing amusements for the public, and in most cases disinterestedly, that they should have to put their hands in their pockets and 1 make good whatever deficit there may be.