EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3306, 11 September 1889, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

' (From Our Own Correspondent), . A considerable amount of rain fell during the last weok. I should like to know who has the control of the swing bridge over th(u Makakahi. There is a piece of th#s« flooring just about the middle" broken out of it quite large enough to 1 let a leg ' through: a ' trap ' for travellers in the dark. As tho bridge hag been in this state for the last three months, I think it is almost time it was looked after. It is l a wonder to ino that there has not been an accident before this. About tlireo shillings would . repair the breakage, but I suppose it-will remain iq, its present statejuatil'some ono gets injured.

A boxing match took place in i Parson's hull on Saturday "nigb't between, the Long 'im'' and.'thg . feeip yerjj. j taken on tlie event, " The Ppj." >vaa tlio favorite from the start, the pddg being three to one in his favor. Tlio v match was arranged' to come off at half past nine, and pending t]ie great wept several novlpes put' the gloves on; the first pair who took the floor were coached by the Eketahuna instructor, who vainly endeavored to get them in proper position. Til* way the two boxers threw their ariaa jiboiit was a caution | the instructor se&mod to tbiuk so too, as in their wild endeavors to hitone another tlio instructor somehow got mixed up with them, but it was found that the only damage done was io the instructor's conk. After this display the great event came off, the 1 ' Long 'un" being the first in the ring, followed by "The Pet"; P. acted as umpire and referee, and Albert as time keeper. The hall was crowded' by the eager onlookers, awd

oxcitemont was manifest on the faces of the audience, as they expected to see something new in the way of sciencd on the part of tho" Pot"; talk about Sullivan, Kilrain, and all that trash, but, oh dear, tho first round showed that' we were the viotims of misplaced confidence, as the ll Pet" did not have tho ghost of a show, tho " Long 'im" being too long in tbo arm for him. Tho" Pet" in trying to got to closo quarters, ran liia nose against the elbow of the " Long 'un," who thus secured first blood—aud tho last, lis tho " Pet" refused to come to time, and the umpiro declared in favor of the " Long "un," So ended ono of the most extraordinary exhibitions of tho noble art that it has been my lotto witness. The club now advertises for a new-instructor.