EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2913, 1 June 1888, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

(From our own correspondent.)

Thf lack of anything worth chronicling must prove an excuse fo'Wgiy long silence. However, a sTOrt account of the principal incidents which have happened during the past few weeks in this locality may not prove uninteresting, The railway contract drags its slow length along, the woather proving an effectual stopper to rapid ]Aress, yet, knowing the energy of tne contractor, we firmly hope to be connected by iron bonds to the Empire City 'ere the close of 'BB. Such of our settlers that are entitled to compensation for damage sustained through the construction of the railway have sent in their claims. But alas! the era of severe retrenchment has set in, and he that seeks a pound maybe well content with a crown. Such, however, seems to be the case, judging from information received from some of the applicants. Great wrath is expressed at the want of provision made for cattle stops. These, as one would think, absolutely necessary articles, arc conspicuous by their absence, and, according to report, are not included in the contractor's specification. Noticing in one of the papers that the 1.0. G.T. were moving in Alport of the only hotel-keeper in the Township it may be sufficient tnafty that the amount of truth in this Moment was on a par with that contained in the whole of the report from which it is an extract. Good Templary aims at total prohibition. Such being the case, all applications for new licenses will probably be opposed by the members of the order, not from any regard to the interests of Mr Tuck, but simply in accordance with the principles they profess, A half truth is—Well, yoa know, Mr Editor, r We are troubled with a plague of dogs; canines of every make and breed swarm around us. Would that, for the sake of the harmless sheep and the long-suffering mortal who courts sleep in vain, a Government edict, or plague, pestilence, or famine would reduce their numbers to one tenth of their present bloated proportions.

It would seem that the Pahiatua people have tried to steal anarch ou us by an attempt to alter tWooundaries of the respective Road Districts. A petition has been numerously signed against any such movement,

Our cricketers are preparing a wicket for next season. being short, they have adopted the sensible plan of doing the work themsolves by calling a "bee" for every Saturday

afternoon. The work is rapidly approaching completion, As in all now settlements, some are going, some coming daily. However, it k|ttisfactory to know that incomers ex<sß the outgoers in number, and that the exodus has not as yet prejudicially affected us,