EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3071, 4 December 1888, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent,) The weather here during the last week has been very cold and stormy, quite winter weather, Oiv Saturday afternoon we had a heavy hail storm, and to-day (Sunday) it is very cold with showers of rain. There is no appearance of the wither clearing "fir ' ■■■'■ ■•-"',-': •.. Tho Eketaluma Cricket Club intoud giving a concert; on Tuesday, 18th December. I hear the club hayo received a challonge ftom the Mastcrton Club to play in Masterton, but f he date is not decided on yet.' ■ One of our new settlers; Mr Kerr, got; burnt cut on Friday last. : from, what I car gatheiv a; spark go| blown on to alongside the fireplafi;'ill 'Kerii~ ; was v away 'at the tjnie, falling bush Ofl fya seQtjon; and before he canTuVg?t back the fire had ! got £jup]i tt liold 'Mt ;lie vws unable ;A. -noting >& tmf .-for-next

that ;-\vaa placed before : tbera some time ago byAlr Von Redon as to the adyisabjeness of getting a loan under the Loans jo Local Bodies' 'Aot to supplement, the amouutreqeivecl from the sale of frontages, so as to form a footpath through the town and widen the road. • , '/■>■ ■

I hear that one of pur local publicans has been summoned ■ for keeping his house open after hours, the Case is to be'heard hero on Monday, Decemberß. :..'..-

• The E.M.A.S. are quite pleased with the very, favorable report of thpir last concert. Some, of them' say they would: like to know who it was that wrote the letter, as they would very miieh like to make him a present.. I can assure them I wrote ifrom merokindness .and,fullness of heart. Ido not-want thanks. If! theymeant topresentnmwith any- i thing more.' substantial than thanks, I shall be just as satisfied if they \yill give.it to the iMasterton Benevolent Society.. It is: not decided by .the above company whether: they will give a performance, in MastCrton before they proceed-"to". Wellington, or after, they/'return.,.' Jf they do treat' ybii : ; to. a .obneoi't, 1 hope the' Mastertbh public >vill roll up iii forco'.

ißahkniptoy Proceedings. ' y ; An examination of .the- bankrupts' in the;estate of Brown, Bodgors; and Nee,, took place iu'tte,Old.Court Boom, Mastertbii;' .on" Monday, before Mr W. Mar, Deputy Official Assignee. Mr W. G.lkard for the creditors, and;MrC, r A v Pownall for ,the Bankrup : ts;- : : V: "'-.'- ■'',-',''.-'-.'.-',-' .' : y. The oreditors represented were W. MI,J. Graham &j30,,W.-Whftt,-G. Colter, W^Prangil'elll.D.'Pickering,: Williams; and Barker, S.E. Gapper,-'aridJ.Eussell. '-.::■ -■:.'".;"'-

The Deputy' Assiguee ; - explained that .oil the lltli: August lie! receiyecl andtiee from the ■District Court' at Mastertoh stating thut A. W. Brown, W. Rtftlgers, and U. Nees; had filed; a declaration of insolvency, v tjpou that notification he took course and opened the examination iii Masterton. The proceedings' were afterwards : transferred' to* 'Wellington. When brought before the Supreme he was confronted by the: statement I that "the bankrupts had not filed individually) and the. judge notified that as the declaration was only signed bp one member of the firm, the bankruptcy proceedinga, as far as they had gone wore nul and void: since receivMaysh petition from 'th^toWjpini^dated 27th l&fly)^fl^Hyoll£see:was ,«I to dfifiidfl tWtelinHihAliai'n^B

e the;bankrupts should'Vbepubltbly j examined., Oil the; advice .of ln's :; 'solicitor, MrArM.;Brown: : had llie j statement.made the,.i7th" . August'read• biver, and.;tliese.he 0 deposed to and submitted as his . present statement of the affiirs "of the j firm at that date. The subsequent statement made alv'Wellington.v/as . likewise deposed toby him, :; • _ William Rodgers was • then examined. ■■' He could not swear what ho drew per week, but he should think it s was an average of L2i Henevergot , a statement from the senior partner t nor saw the books. Theoth'er-part-B ners might have drawn-LSOO to his 3 LlOOas far, as his knowledge went. , Out of the money drawn from-Mao-t dougall Jie retained ouough money j down in Wellington to keep them t going and for .small expenses. He .. was down there four or'fivo months. 3 He made no entry of the sums, The j time book showedthe money that had passed through his hauds. Ho might have drawn L2O or LlO for wages, , but had no record of it, He thought it would comeoutallright when they came to settle up. He sent two amounts, LSO and LBO in notes to Mr |. Brown. Iftho wages book was reck- , oned up and there was fouud to bo any , difference between that and the | amount received from Macdougall , they wouldhave to acoountfor it. At . the suggestion of the Chairman the further examination of witness was. J held over until the public examination | should take placei' , Mr S. E. Oappersaid he would like 1 them to take account of tho class of ; man they had to deal with. Ho had ; been deputed-by the Deputy Assignee to collect and remove the balance of '. the plant, <tc, from tho Wellington contract, for the purpose of realising ! them for tho estate. He saw Mr i Macdougall in reference thereto, and I he refused to allow anything to be < removed until he had first been paid I what was due to him, as by the con- i ditions of contract everything on the : ground was actually ln's property i until the final certificate was received I by him; That was on tho 14th, and < on interviewing Mr Fannin heleamed ' that the final certificate had been | sent to Mr Macdougall a week before, I oji. the 6th. Mr Gapjov further I stated that he had some trouble to i see. the list of the■ things left by I Brown and Rogers, Mr Macdougall i after some delay: managed to find the 1 cataloguo and let him look over it.' < Whilst doing sq he saw the cataloguo f had been interlined with details of ] what had been done with the goods, ] and,he could see that several had 1 been used outside the contract. For- r tunately Mr Macdougall was called \ awayatthattimeandhe(MrGapper), t tolling the boy in charge that I he wanted to look over the 1 list and would be baok directly, a slipped out and got a copy of the list c together with the references made, j and that ho had lodged with Mr' a Sellar, That might be deemed c rather, sharp practice oil ■ his : part, I but he considered he was justified in J his action, When he returned With t tho list to Mr MoDougall, what tho a latter said was not worth repeating. \ ■After some further remarks, Mr c Gapper moved: That the debtors'bo 2 'publicly exaniinad at the District i Court ofßaukruptoy onWediiosday, c December. 12tb, and that Mr: Mac- j) dougall and Mr Fannin be summoned I to give evidence.. : » Mr- Williams seconded the motion, 0 whioh was carried, and tho meeting [, adjourned,' ! ■/■•■'^j

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Hippo's Trip to*theMast^tbii'

1 • •..■.; ...(l'Vdm the Napwr Tel egraph). '^ ; ift* 1 ;; 1 forgot" to ;my going to Masterton was to act: as - • *:7* 1 one of the judges ;6f tiioroiighbteds,;::;';^ bucks, etc.;,• The morningof the show;-' '^ was line, and all the' Mtistertoniiina: : ; [ -were jubilant at ihe the thongKfc 7of 1 hayjnga good day and well!-attetTded tro: show,.ris what might bd. termedl-thO ■••? ;" opposition show," which >w held: ;:W« ; utGartertoii (a township onlf about;!:'/;! , eight miles distant) a short : J; • li «d a m isenible day, arid sas,'cons'e-n'v':;^ • quently, not so well - atttended as it; ;• :' 3 ' would otherwise - :?^ : ; As laaid, Ibn'morning was^lUh'atrtS^v ; would be-wished for. ,ia ;the:,;^.;';^ ; day there were a largo number of ; > ; . s|)ectutoiß on. the ground, and by'half;: -^ past twelve the ground was well filled ,;--;i by peisonS- who seemed to lake a greats• interest •in the show,:.' ■Piscatori Jus,: \ '™i who was looking very„<ve)l/- took: ithe' V'K. first prizo as a thorbugbbred^with;, Administrator second.: Premier, the'.;.: • :', sire of ArainiatrMoiv was ( ; ' ground for; exhibition was J X , decorated «p.wi^irtiie : nwda)ff''Bnd.-V>^» prizes he,, had- pieviiiusly"jvon ■; ori;'; : '-f' : : show, r grounds.: .He- iß^r,grand^^^ out of a thoroughbred, 'showing, .any;: : $'- - ; amount of quality, ■/:-;;. y'r^C^-V^;" About; half-past: one,, whilst -'.llie''y f-: : ] ladies hacks wsre beipg'yjtidged the; day clouded over, andthe rain camey ~ down : intorrinl's. As it.was clearly to bo seen thatthe rain had setjn for y'"' ; V the.day, thorewas no good iniryingyy./ 7 ' tb shirk it, and.judges and exhibitors, : ■".; had- to put ;u"p with a'drenching ; : ; ;W whether they liked it or notVas very yjF few bad .thought, to bringan' ovjrcoat ; with tiieW; The; committee hadj.with . ; ■" ■ - : . praiseworthy, forethotioht,had a scant- - lingframework- erected' in ;the,centre -.'' of the jiuli(ing ring,' to' be covered 1 : with a tarpaulin in case theday proved wet,; but; as the '..tarpaulin bariybeen : forgotten, the four upright .posts did "not afford much --.shelter; but, thanks ' to Mr Lowes, the president of the Society, .overcoats were sent for, and by the time we were wet to the skin, they arrived, so we were able to put them on and keep the wet in. Of all classes of judging tho'ro is no doubt that of lailje'aV haoks is the most ' difficult.: Man "is but man, -even though he be a judge at a horse show. His eyes are apt to wander from the from the horse to the fair lidcr, and his thoughts become distracted whence sees a pair of lovely oyes looking at him, as much - as to say, '• Please give'my horso a prize. I am sure he is the best. There's ut dear fellow." NowJ'thinkyjS |jjacommittce Beg girls lo^^HHM|^H

fi'iond,.'''!Yef^^^^^^^^^^^| forbead; : '. ey^/''' And lips, and a sweet >yvfcjlpwj judge, i'ldbked-aibimlH with astonishment and found eyes were.metted on a ;; girl who was on the inare's backhand ■'",- the man 'was no 'good until Vshe, tiad«■ ■ ' l : got out of sight. Hence myVsogges-k':o tion of masks, [■■.: ■:,/..';, •:.; _ : But bother thegirls, ; they have got • we away from the show. Well, sbi: ! '|i Inst thing on the cards was the leap-'"" ™ ing match, for which sixteen horse's"-'•■ were entered. There must have;bcen\v': agreatdeal r ofinteresttaken/in thio£ event, for,nearly everyone 'on \W:'\ ground braved the elements andatayed 1 ; ' to see the contest. Owing to the web r ' and slippery stale of the ground, there ' was e very poor exhibition of jumping,''*'.' Directly this was over j'v'eryone made ',' traoke-for., home, dry clothes and • stimulants. .' A friend who I met at tho show promised, to drive me round the place the next morning, and show me ths raco course, training .stables'and' * country, but it rained hard all night ind next morning, which. put" a ', damper on the' dme, so instead I rolled up my wet olothes and caught tbe train at Masterton for home, . having no very favorable opinion of. the Masturton weather. , ■ ,

Taratahi-Caiterton .Road .Board. The ordinary monthly meeting, ') the above Board was held on SaturPday. Present-Messrs Eli, Bunny (Chairman), H. Braithwaite, v 7. , Parker, J. Kayner,, W.B.Allen, E."* VV, Dorset, E. Morgan, and Jas. ' Stevens. The minutes of the previous meeting wore,read ond confirmed and. the Treasurer reported a credit Ealancu of £7B 9s lid, The Clerk reported ' that thoro ut era still outstanding rates ' amounting to £50914s 9d j from' J; ■ Kelliher stating " that a mistake occurred in the for his l tender, and claiming thereby the sum of £ls for extra work dono by him. Tho Wardon stated that the main grievance was that he (Kelliher) had • to go over his work a second time, as he had not put thb metal on in suffii • cient thickness,: Resolved thatKolli- '' hor bo informed that tho Board docs not recognise his claim; from Weilington City Council„ro the gorso exterminator, stating that they had found it to answer very well; fromV H. Stevens ro his cjaim against the '■ Board, ordered to boliiid on the table, j The' Clerk read tho outward corres-m pondoncofrom the letter book which, was approved. Tho report of the Committee appointed to meet Mr Carter re>. his claim for road taken! through his' '.* land was read, and was accepted;.v.; and confirmed, It was rosolvsd'that' ■ - a committee consisting of Messrs H. . S T| K. Bunny, Kayner and Dorset be-. .«$ appointed to inspect a now lino of roacl -. contemplated through Mr Carter's :- land and report to tho .next meeting; ■':, Some accounts wero passed for pay- •' ' : ment and the following tenders wero : accepted:—94 qhains East Taratabi, • Wm. Coilett at39s 6dpei chain, 100 chains Perry's Road, H. R. Burgess at 22s 6d pei chnin, 32 obams Joseph & Phillips' line at lfjsGd per chain; 100 chains Bristol Road, Eaton Bros. 39? ' Odpor chain; 76 chains East Taratabi Eaton Bros at 27s per chain; 30 chains Moffatt,B line Mr Wilde at 22s 9dpoc oliain. Mr Braithwaite reported t' flft t he had let the contract vacated W Mr' Moncrief to Mr Rolf, which, was approved of. He also asked to havo tenders called frdigj.ina a drain qn the Para road, Mr Morgan submitted , the specifications for about 50 chains M, of loadmaliing on Brooklyn Road and 9 Mors wero ordered to be called for , same. ■ Mr Rayner moved that ten: dera be called for about 64 chains metalling or} Hughes' line. Tho motion was approved and, the meeting closed, * I Am