FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3298, 2 September 1889, Page 2

FOOTBALL

'Napier, August 31,

The football match plajed to-day between Auckland and Hawkss Bay resulted in a win for Auckland by 8 points to 3. NEWS BI GABLE ENGLISH. London, August 30. Tho latost development of the strike is that the Sailorsand Firemen's Union, 50,000 strong, have offered to coino out. FOREIGN. ' • Pekin, August 80, Typhoons and heavy floods have been experienced in Japan, and immense destruction is reported. Ten thousand persons were killed and twenty thousand rendered home, less, Paris, August 80. Awards made by tho Exhibition jurors for Australasian wines liavo excited much curiosity and tho salo at the bars is increasing daily. Australian, Sydney, August 81, Heavy rains have been experienced generally throughout the colony. Three trading vessels, named Margaravine, Fleur do Lis, and H, L. Tiernian, have been wrecked at the Marshall and Kingsmill Groups, The wharf labourers have cabled £SOO to the London dock strikers. Meluourne, August 31. Public subscriptions aro being invited here and at Adelaide to assist the London strikers. The Sherard Osborne is engaged repairing the duplicate cable to Tasmania, which was injured by the recent storm. Heavy floods litive been experienced in many pf.rts of the colony, and at Beualla tho railway lino was washed away. Tho interchange of opinions or, the subject of garrisons being placed on Thursday Island and q,t King George's Sound has resulted in an Understanding that, the work will ire undertaken forthwith. The opinion of Major-General Edwards 011 the question has been requested,

Tiniu [and Castlepoint District

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

It is rather n novolty in writing from these parts to record, 'at this time of the year especially, such remarkably line woather, To do the climate justice, t)iis month of August has beei a really exquisite one, when we take into consideration - the fact of tbers being usually at this timo a good deal ot rain, and in somo cases evon snow storms. Well, the tables arc turned this tiiuo, and instead of grumbling at the quantity of rain, we aro rather inclined to wish for a larger supply of that commodity. We often complain of having too much rain, but} tjijnk if it were not for the rain our little Colony would not be ablo to lioast' of its remarkable fertility gpd the varied nature' of its products.' 3o'uot meply should wo enjoy tlie proverbial''v/et day, but wo should' Ije' pleased' to think that we are provided, ap times, with' 1 every variety of Vef flays, and every phoicp of rain, from the very light skqwef fo the steady unrelenting downpour •iiiting twenty-four hours or longer. Had they ni^ 1 * Wifislon wot day« : would certainly teach us appreciate fiue ones. Even while they last days arp jipt au unmitigated annoy- ] nnce. But, oh! how dqutily delightful when they are passed is the brigStness and the glow of sunshine, and that dazzling clearnessiii tli'o air which the sober rain has left as its legacy. Although, wishing for vain we cannot but {eel that this fine weatbor at

Iniubiii" lime will be found very beneficial by tho equuttera round about, so as llm old snying goes, "It's an ill wind tlmt blows nobody good,"

There is not ut present much extru libom employed on stations here. The work of poisoning on mostly all lilucps is now finished, ond from what I hear has not been such a success on some stntion.l, the number of rabbite poisoned being considerably less llian tlio previous year. Although work sneins Bcnrco, I do-not notice such h number of swngraen travelling through this district as in the two previous years.

The Maoris at Whakataki and Matnikima are taking advantage of the fine weather, and are bnsily engaged planting thjeirJ annual crop of ■ potatoes, It :: ia'surprising'how these people manage to exist, half their time it must be starvation allowance with tlieiu, for their ideas of economy are not developed to such an extent as to do tin any good, and their annual rent is no sooner received that in : is ; spent. It seems to be either a feast or ut famine with them. Our school!) in this district re-opened after their winter holiday of live weeks; the To Nui on Monday, the 6th August, withia small attendance, there being, I believe, only seven or eight pupils the first day ; tha Whakataki on Monday, the 29t,h July, with an attendance of twenty scholars the first day, and I believe now averaging twenty, with a roll number of twentyfour pupils. This little school seems to be doing fairly well, and the gentle, men who started it (Messrs McHutchon and Schofield) deserve all praise for their efforts on behalf of education. Had it not been for'them, these twenty-four children would havo been running wild, and Whakataki would bo unable to boast of having a school. Soma short time since, tho Forestors ■of Tinui gave an impromptu dunce, which, considering tho weather, and other difficulties, passed off fairly well. .'lt is'to bo regretted that we aro not oftencr allowed the pleasure of attending these little socials, to relieve the monotony, and weary toil of every day existence in these outlandish places; but to tell the truth people here are rather slow; they are a.bont fifty years behind any other civilized place, and of course for that reason too much cannot be expected Irom them. You have only to walk through the principal Ihoroughfares of Ta Nui after it day or two's rain and get bogged up to the knees to fully appreciate the significance of my remarks. Some of the residents formed a deputation and waited on the Chairman of the Roiid Board and asked that one particularly bad spot should be metalled. ' A sum of money was voted, but was insufficient to carry out the work, and of courso it has never been done, aud it's likely to be a still longer time before it is started, Our Road Wardens seem to be only able | to think of, or talk about the poor littlo rabbits, everything else'seems of no ccnsequenco compared to 'bunny' and his natural enemies, tho stoats, weasels, badgerß, ferrets. &o: even the " Wellington Watchman's " ' ghost story could no! seem to turn them out of the original groove, with one or two exceptions of old gents ovor stocked with nerves, who slopt a lew nights with their doors locked, and

the old family Blunderbuss undei their pillows,

At a meeting of the Whakataki and Tinui Rifle Club Committee, hold at Whakataki it was decided to hold another shooting match on Saturday the 14th of September. I believe they have classed the members ABO. This should give more satisfaction as thoro is rather a mixed crowd of shootists, some of them decidedly superior shots to others,

Tho Ancient Order of Foresters, Couvt Pioneer, held its usual monthly tcoctins!, on tho 17lh inst, I boliovo thislodgo numbers now some sixty members, with every prospect of adding still more to its members. It seems to havo gone ahead the Inst two years and bids fair to become a strong Court of Forostors.

Young Colonials are notacquainted like their English cousins, with the

pleasuios of" Going a Maying"; but instead thoy Lave just as pleasant recollections of youth, of days spent in the busli among the sweet scented ahvubs and ferns, when one returned al sundown, laden with heavy branches and with the benuteons'gifte of nature. Those of your roaderswhoso childhood and youth have been spent in the country, will appreciato most thoroughly the significance of the return of spring. It moans that the dull, sluggish winter is over, that the lambs are soampering in the paddocks and on tho hill tops, and announces the imroedinto approach of the busy and merry shearing season. It is then that station life wakes up; tho snip of the shears, tho creak of tho wool press the croans of the weighing machine are heard all day long in the wool shed while in the evening the songs of tho shearers, and the lively sound of the concertina comes up from the men's huts. Although wo do at 'times grumble a good deal at tho state of the limes, and the scarcity of money, | wo should 1 think take into consideration the fact that wo do not seem to | tain a worse'condition than many other places, and in looking at the bright side of things, we will find, there is much we should bo thankful for. Now.Mr Editor with your permission I \yill cease this lotter, at the samu time wishing your readers, in this glad Spring time," A Harvest of Peaco and Plenty," , Fossicker,

CHARITABLE AID BOARDMeeting of DelegatesA meeting of, delegates of the Wairampa local contributory bodies was held at noon ,on Saturday. Present—Messrs W. H. Beotham (cbairraan)".' IL'R. Bunny ,'Rraithwaite Ji.Fairbrother, W.Periy, R, D, Dig/; and A. W. Henall. ... The chairman said since last meeting writs hud been served, find at the last meeting of the, North County Council tho clerk was instructed to interview' Mr Travel's, and (lie following letter had been received: — " That after full consideration I am of opinion there is no course open ejisopt cpropli.ance with the order-of tlb Court, J cannot talje (ipun myself to advise an appeal, The penalty of disobeying tlio writ is the attachment of the person's constituting the pojip'cjl of ea'pli topi) body, _ but tliero is' no power of levying' tho mpnef,"

The, Chairman said his iihw in' resisting had alwiys beeu to force the Government to provide the money by means of a receiver or otherwise, but th& Act did not provide for it, lie thou"ht !!; w ptyM nofc !">y active steps to'dispute'tmi' he iYpli fiot in favor of incurring.any experik : 'iii going to "lay. 1 ■ Mr Buniiy said lie entirely a o with' reference'' to " N not' eipen'ding money in the direction stated,' and he would move tljat tho local bodies bo

advised that no furtlior expense be gone to, imd the legul opinion of Mr Ti'iivors be taken as final, ■ Mr Bi'nithwaito seconded the motion, which was carried, The chairman said the question was whether they should go to prison or pity. Tlio personal inconvenience of the Terrace goal was not so much objectionable as the loss of time. .. . Mr Bunny said whether they should make martyrs of tliQiuselves-andjgo to the stone jitgwa's what they 7 had to consider, He 'did not object to the '' personal inconvenience, if it ivould result in any public good, but ho was a busy imtn, and did not lib tho idea ot tlio loss of time. He would, however, willingly accompany the others in taking it out in bricks. ; . Mr Romill: I should say take itout in bricks. Mr Dagg said the Wellington Board would defeat their own object by v. incarcerating the councillors, as they could not strike a rate, if they were , in prison. ( The Chairman Buid tho general opinion had been to resist payment as long as possible, so as to draw attention to the unjust measure. It was always felt that in the end they must pay up, r Mr Renal! asked if any good would be likely Warise; by-,a-dep'utation to tho Premier.' i Mr Dagg moved '.hat the delegates recommend the Bonrds they represent to appoinU joint deputation at once to wait upon the Premier and ask him to take steps to bring inA measure this session, to amend tlh# Charitable Aid Act so as to abolish); the powiT of tho Central Board over' country districts. ; : •.? : / ; The motion was seconded : by • Mr Braithwaite. Mr Eenall said their grievance was in being attached to Wellington. Could any clause bo introduced to malto this : district independent of Wellington 1 ■ It was too late to press the Government to introduce an amendment that would begot through. Mr, Bunny thought it would be] better for two or three of the delegates r to wait upon the Premier and explain the position of, affairs at:once,, Ho. i would like to know Major Atkinson'u . views of affairs. The Chairman said if the House i could paes a short Act dealing with the special case of Wellington and ! Wairarapa it would answer them, i Thedeputatioricould ascertain whether , the Government would introduce such • a measure, and the delegates could , then determine what steps they should • take, in tho direction of resisting r the demand. ■\vul a. '

With tho consont of the -meeting, Mr Dajrg withdrew his motion, and V moved, That a deputation, consisting of the Chairmen of the Councils of North and South' Wairarapa Counties, and the Mayors of Greytown, Carterlon, and Maatevton, wait upon tho Premier and explain their position, with a view to getting a bill inserted this session separating the country district from Wellington. Mr Bunny, in scoonc'ing the resolution, said it had been suggested to him as a way out of the that uueli ono served with a writ should resign. Tho District Board would then have to commenced novo, The Chairman said that meant a further expense, and they had already ■ . passed a resolution not to incur more.' Mr Braithwaite said • what tliey wanted was tho opinion of tho Premier, they could consider their futuro action after.

The motion was then put and carried, Thursday was fixed as the day tho deputation to wait upon' tHyGovernment. " Where are thy Charms" Tho poet fiend has "busted" out in Ekotahuna, this i 3 his latest Our streets they havo oorae to sur* vey, We're going ahead with a bound, There's to be a gaslighted pathway/ From tho station down to tho pound. Eketahuca where are tho charms . That the people seem to find here, ' Do they lie in the log and stump farms, Or the liberal supply of long Boer ? We're out of the tolosjraph's reach, And our news aro a few days be-, hind, Thoro's logs and mud in our streets, And tho station's a puzzle tofini The cows used to wander around"' And feed by tho roadside all day; But now they aro put in the pound, And you've got four and s'xpeuce to pay. Honesty, friendship, and trust Did not eeora to troublo tho mind 1