CRICKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3070, 3 December 1888, Page 2

CRICKET.

'Masterton v Carterton. Tnn return match'between the above clubs was played on the Park Oval on• Bati^f''M«tniixiu;' : on;a;.v6i}' good "wicket; - Messrs Pownall. arid Leeks captained' the tennis, ami Messrs ■ Nix and Skipper acted as umpires, Carterton batted first and the telegraph shewed a total of 75 when the last wickot went down. Beechey 15 and, O'Sliea 11 played , nloTVriokel for" their" i'iins,' "while Leeks, Rutherfurdi-Mereer; and Eagle also got into double figures, the' Car-" terton skipper showing a good defence, j Masterton then went in.: and. more than doubled tlioir. opponents' scoro, towards which Perry contributed; 60 (not out;, got by splendid cricket, his hitting ai| round being lino and clean. Poivnfill and Moore 85 -each played good cricket, the former's f cutting, being' excellent. , Smith put on 19 by steady play before Rutherford got one' past him,!. Though the:total (168) was, about the' highest put together oil the ground, there were'uo less than "five eggs,; while two : only jusi 'l saved their baconi"' Intheir secoiidiniiiugs (lartertohliftd four wickets down for 60 when.tirao was called. Besides' making a third of the score, Perry did yeoman's service with the leather, his analysis giving ; himcreiJit fornine wickets for 82runs, seven being clean .bowled, .The; game wiis decided on the first .inmi^ ! runs, The following are the scores:

Caeterxox'- : Ist Innings. ,' : •: i Leeks, b Perry 10 Baigent 3 I'. Kathbqne, b Powiiall... . 0 Rutherfurd,c Pownal], b McKenme 10 Guest, VBre inner, bPerry ... -1 Beechey, b Pouj 15 Connal,' , ' 0 Mercer, o Kibblowhite, b Perry...-10 Eagle, b.Mathias ' 10 O'Sliea, run out ...• ■ ... 11 King, not out . 2 Extras ' 9 'Total 76 ; Masterton. McKenna o, b Connal 0 Ppwnall, c Connal, b Guest ".-.. SB Smith, s bftutheifard 19 Bremner, o O'Sliea, b Guest. ... 0 Perry, not out 80 Mathias, b Guest... • ...• •... 0 i MoKenzie, b Bntherfuid . 8 Moore,;b Beechey , 86 Aiik'en,' b Leeks 1 Kibblewhitoj b Leeks 1 0'

r. TO THE EDITOR. ■Sin-In Mr B, Meredith'q letter, dated, 24th 1888,. with : referenco'.to the shipping place, at Uriti he states "That:uninterrupted facilities of access have: always, been afforded to the public and those Laving occaaion to use it." The published | 'correspondence"'proves this.statement • to be absolutely untrue,, and;his own; letters say " iny son would hot permit traffic fAgain,'" That the whole of Mr Beothaiii's st-atementß Teforring to Uriti are foul slander upon myself and sons founded on fiction • and prompted by unworthy motives," ;Mr Beetha'm's generous advocacy of tho cause of '' these,settlers " has brought this torrent of abuse upon him. We who have been so harassed can testify to the truth of Mr Beethani's state- ' ments'andtho honourable nature of his motives, : • ' , . V ' I am, il'c., H G, Moore, Eparaima, 29th Nov-, 1888. ... Pai'tial Criticism. ■V (To The Editor.) . bill.—ln perusing your issue of 27th inst., I notic'o your Eketabuna Correspondent commeiils on the concert given by the Eketahuna Lodgo No, 17, 1.0. G.T. whioh took place last week. I should not have thought of replying,to those remarks made by ydur : correspondent had he have criticised in .a lair and impartial manner, I feel duty bound to say that he has not adhered to tlio truth, and ho has shown a strong patty feeling. If I mistake not 'your correspondent is an ex-member ofthe Lodge above 'named, and from what bus come under my own personal observa. tion, matters wero brought to a very high pitch, during the time he was a member of the order, Suoh being the case be deemotl it advisable to.withdraw from the Ordor, hence the article in question, Now, sir, I think when a person writes and gives publicity to these social gatherings whioh from time to time take place, it should be done in all fairness and leave personal grievances out of the question I also think there is a lack of courtesy shown when' the .writer' in question comments on a duet rendered by the Misses Doraett and Hodder. The ladies in question are, without doubt, entitled to the prefix Miss, before their names. It shows bad, taste to ,be,discourteous, especially to the fair Bex,';. Your 'correspondent further ■' comments on a song rendered by a gentlemau' and thinks'it would be advisable for ;him to romain in the 1 cottage with'the turnips, Here is 1 another display of tlio bad feeling ' existing,' It so happens that tho per- ' son who rendered the song and : your; correspondent would out each other 1 throats, What a happy state of ' affiaira,, your correspondent- also ' comments on a duet rendered by- two gentlemen and Bays it is . something 1 about Tural-ural. I. must, refresh ' your oritics memory by stating' that ■ a lady took part in the ; rendering of the same; and when He states that a: ] rush was made for tlio door, allow mo ' to Inform him that he has perverted • the tVnth.;,He,'closes:his "epistle -by, saying the jEfeetahunaMutualApprobaf j tion Society have inado arrangements to/giye a serieil of cpncerts^inyWell- , is; j just possible there may be some little' i truth m that as I am fully awaro of i the fact that there is plenty of' talent < to.be found t\mene;st the members of i tliis Order. : I will jhst add that they ■ .were a few of the. bush settlors met i together, the. object hojpg" to' render ' some little atpusemeub. to: break" tho monotony of hush life,, at .the ' same Jr.imo.not appearing before :thi public i\s pyofessionalß, it does seem hard in niy way. of : thinking .that we'should be. subject to"be.critioised by a per• eon who a laUrdeoa^on

| ami whom cranium is as empty -as a ■; rnut sbtll when the kernel hiis beeiu. e\ti acted, and it is veiy plain to my mind that had tlie-public not havo. appreciated on iv former occasion, (ha efforts brought forth by the 1.0.G.T^ the. attendance on. tins • ocoaaioU' \ would have been very:8lll;ill,y-instead.: l of «ich bciiigtlie case the room was, ovtT crowded, mid no 'Obligation -on 'yonr.ci'ilios put to attend.- Lastly your correspondent has been a little profuse with Ins kind remarks lo two . or tliteo of persons wW look; > pati'm'the conceit. I wish to inform him i that wo prefer being stigj matised with onr fellow members, As . >?e Uiko.Jii3 laudations for what they tiie worth,- anil th:it ? isVnot sayipg w much,—l am fcc. .■— % ' i IV, Deadman, v Jlauricoville, . . < ! Mi 1 Beetham Attempts- to Viiidiv j cate Himself, (To the Edttoti 1 " ' iSin-The old sayingflmt drowning | men grasp at a straw is exemplifid® lin a. marked manner by Mr Beetham 1 when shown up before the world, bva? his despairing ellort to shelter himseifp behind the fliuisy screen of Mr Baircfa^ well the exact position.and termini of-3 ,the Uritvrbad—that the line by.Mr Baird has no more to do with »•" it, than'the uian in the moon. Mr Beetham knows that the Uriti road," ' : 'over which he wishea to hold up the ; . Merediths: to odium, lies; to : the of Uriti, and is. accurately defined-1& my letter; published in the DaiLy; 'SOthult,—the line' surveyed by Mi'ql Baird is far away to the settlers use the road to tho south > of. Uriti,to get to the shipping place, - whereas they do not and. never used any part of Mr • Baird'sr pegged: off lino. -To my . assertion that facilities® of access ;(to " IJritt") ■' liaye . always* been afforded to the public, and those' haying- occasion to use it.", Mr Bee;',' tharn hpi to fall back upon hear-say, " has heard of looked gates, and oh-

struction, disputes and discord." The ; Police have affirmed from' all time," ; " that if there'were no, receivers, there' would bo. ■ bo'tbievesirrwitli " equal. ; truth it may be• aaserted, that if tfieriawore no willingiears,.iliere,would be.> ■: no slanders',; The of the slanders.uttered by Mr ; Beetham. is " notorious, and; the'supply ■lSi 'inex- v;' liaustible—lielias only to apply m the/same quarter, and.he..will: find".' his orders piomptly supplied'at the shortest notice.- -enohi would damiy^Mli^B land at Mtobt :

i.ooi, ana ew MarcMßßp,; BO acres and 400• acsres that it only rewiaiii^x ta lßua^oli^tli ■ torn ship, freiglit. her th B eetliam' nolioiui/ -and''' ; plii6v^.!.Jteij' , ltt", command, and the'tableaux': will /be ;.. • complete. . .' ' ' Yours, etc.,... Edwin.Meredith. Llandaff, Brd December, 1888. <i(| ON THE WING. (By Ulysses.)" •' : Faeilis Decerns iimi—less. the Avorni part of it—wos my' innermost thought as I-rodc down the side of the : Rimutaka range on tny way from, tho gay and frolicsome' Empire City : to plough through tlio fertile tad 1 wool encouraging, • but in many places shingly Wairarapa, What « . ride it was; through the Hutc and ; over those ranges, A marvellous lot of land could be made available for » Borne kind of t use if they were rolled ' out fiat. Here and there some patches , , of very fine scenery appear, but taken as a whole, a vide over the Rimutaka •' is posaessed of little interest or charm unless the traveller conjeoturo what sort of a trod-upon-raspberry-tart appearance he would present wore, he* per chance, to ride: over, one of the. ranges of cliff, presen ted to his usei by a bounteous; naliii'o,' The to thought'on reaching the summit to (after extracting sweet consolation from a partially flat concorn with a screwed top, holding about half a pintW what under the canopy of Heaven iil-T duced any Engineer outside of an ' asylum to run a lino of railway over,' that range ? After reachiuc; good Enfo flat ground where my Buoy (short name for Bucephalus, good'trusted ; steed, barring his habit of Baying .his prayers and going to sleep on the road occasionally) could put bis foot confidently down, I learned that tons and ■ tons of ironwork ate thrown away; over those summit inclined, some of the gripper wheels—l, waß informed—are only used once, and then'thrown ' as ideas" old iron. By the way,' while on ■ railway matters,does it notseem soma, what absurd that tha Government should subsidise the Manawatu Company's lme ! by makin£that connecting ' link between Palmerstoii and Wo6d» ville, while only. 32 mitos of tolerably easy construction remain to bo to conncot Wellington witi Napier on thestato lino? There is.a: kinjßft, of odoiir pertaining to . jobbery surrounding this transaction. But, don't you know, ' I have|befl!i. i told that the shareholders- "in that prosperous Company have very oonV ;; sidorable interest abd influence, The 1 ' ; concern is carried, out on purely commercial principles, while the Go- i vernment line's are riin on a kind of',nepotological syßtem ? ; Wiiila on the' down track I met one of thosojoyous : . children of naturo, a light-hearted Irishman. Ho was sitting on a stone ; alongside his swag, singing—" .".pon't'sajr.naj, charming Judy.CallajHau, Only say,-you'll be Mrsßrallaghatt". ■ • He was whittling a y stick and. his : gaynesß was attractive. I asked him - how far I was ftbrii Feathefetoa -;. merely, for the sako of talking to him, ' and he.replied, IdUn ii0,.60r,;. it's ani ther' beyan^i'' , jYou , re'mflny this morning" I said to him. " Divil: a., merry, sor,'.'. ho responded,l've tramped fiym Whits Book r nig!nipoh< f , fifty miles," and no wurruk, an' it'enorf time to jbe ; merry,", I i&ottiDeiide(C him to. a cbance of employoint-I had' y heard of on the left' a Btato of .joyo,ushess7 Many yardd| away my ears cafagU the refrain , J/ , " Only aay, J you'll be'Mrt j. .. What buoyant spirit)} sonic of those i; sons of Brill have 1 Arrived' ai Featherston, Buoy- well looked after, and Ujy (that's tojself, I aq (qod of iSHUS

short names), comfortably housed and fed at Host Smith's Empire Hotel, I proceeded to sut-voy iho the surroundings of the guy village. V hotels and»railwajriiVcshintiit room whero one, or at most two liousos of the kind would bullion; lour stores, threo bootmakers, a couple ol butchers, a baker or two,two chemists, a saddler, a Hfl»s;xy»y actmdly, two blacksmiths; a wool scouring establishment, a llaxmill, in course of orectiou; two banks, and a public school about.constitute the place; that is of course exclusive of private dwel lings, Life is not exciting; the chief amusement—if it may be so called—being to watch the arrival of the trains, One or two prominent persons attend every train regularlyniul it must be a source of rovenuo to the refreshment room, They know tinpet names of the carriages now. It Beeiued to mo that a lot of loss Ins been sustained in so long neglecting tho flax industry, und it was with a umount of surprise that 1 AJfiartUo projectors of tho Fcatherston 4tf!ill purpose bringing their raw material from the Masterton neighborhood Where is Masterton enterprise 1 Steps are being taken to open up the signs of coal deposits which - huve beon found in the ranges at the buck of the township, and sanguine supporters of the motion are putting down some money j they aver that gold abounds thero too, so thoro may be a mineral boom about the Wairarapa some day, but I fancy not just yet awhile. On to tho quiet Tauherenikau—Great Scott I They havo a race- ■ course hero loo; they scom to Irnvo a race meeting'of their own in every one-horse settlement in tho Colony; time this was put down. By a cross road by way of Kai Waiwai (peculiar name implying very wet something) to Martin borough. Here I may accidentally > remark that Autbony Tiolwas mistaken or misinterpreted and abused for his reforenco to Colonial blowing. I was blown oft* Bucv hardly ever, but nearly so: uprooted trees were a mere circumstance around Featherston, but at Maryborough when the sheep turned to run away from the wind their oyea wero blown out over their faces, Some, of the country from the township to the coast is rather broken, but well watered though fairly shingly, but all decent sheop land; tho wool from the district should weigh out well this , season. I met with much hospitality at the hands of the Messrs Martin, MoDougall, Bidwoll and Russell during my pilgrimage between Feathoratone and the Lower Valley. Of courso Jjfcßukahunga excited jgy attcn- j

tMMßOTelaku A tide buck to Featherston'. proved ■'pliasantpough barring the blowing, and havnng to travol' through the ' water on the roads caused by the ■ afcove mentioned river overflowing, I thought I was a navigator all the time, n(id steered Buoy as well as I could over the road by the aid of (tost tops. After this came Greytown where a flower show was being held, This place has gone ahead during the past few years, and many of its buai- ' ness people attribute its advance to the distance it'is from the main vailway line—it is a sort of terminHs, The skating mania haa reached it, it has a rink, hasn't forgotten the .Church business, a Sair quantum oi hotels, a newspaper of course, and the iißual necessary stores, I should not omit to mention that it runs a real live auctioneer, and wouldn't do without him, An uninteresting ride brings ono to dreary Carterton with its desolate burnt-out appearanco and peaceful slumbering quietude, here, by the way, we find-another newspaper ; how on earth do so many papers live in the Wairarapa surely some must, sooner or later, come to "eternal swash." On leaving Car- . torton, passing Tuvatabi, interviewing some genial bonifuccs on the road, Fabian, Giles, Hodgins & Co., I found your city, a bustling town for its ago aud size—and repose. I could not pass Parson's snug little brewery, whore a knowing ono can see ono of tho most compact little concerns of its kind as ' a malstory and brewery in tho Colony.