EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3543, 23 June 1890, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

[From Our Own Correspondent] Tho usual monthly meeting of the Ekotahima Eoad Board was not held .- v on Saturday in consequence of the ' '..■'.' Olerk and other member? of .the Board having to attend tbo aittings the Supremo Court at Wellington. school,bell,rang.oul an^larm■-"■■•V-. of fire on Saturday night, It was ".:■}■■. discovered:that Goddatd's ■? chimney Had caught "fire/-A w feW : buekets'of *atsr;toweTer;iiUt ! it'6ut;^:'' *■ The Kev Mr Bowse conducted divine service in the Wesleyari Church ) I y ■'. on Surjdky4Bt/jTlioßlvglnllblnarl '* Kt-f. annouDCod Mr,Berry.. ,' would not bel able to be present at the' • jubilee on i; Tuesdayynexts s) through sickness in his family, b'lt that attend ! ! n his place "on' that'ofay.' '" *''' The sketch plan of trip new,Eketa*' ; > ,i{L: buna Hotel! shows a deoideil improve- \o ■'ss:■' meat on.the q|A buildiogs, biiildiiinsmliibaveftfrpntage'of.Tßfl;, •. with a depth of 40ft, and will codtaia l - : .40rooms; The'building.:willstand'' . : V; nearer to the footpath'than (he* one destroyed. ■ The billiard, room i- 'separate /building .'standing '4oft ' elear of the main building,- and the. : -.,''' atables at about the same.' distance!' The whole,, ■ A sn. imposing; '.. front to the main road.' Tboerection'•' of building's is tp.ba. proceeded'with i at orice.' In the meantime; the''. ' ;' : business Wtll'Be. carried -"'■ Publio 'HaVthafrwas saved from the fire, andl is npw. r beinc fitted up'for the'conriMence of'the public, ;; l -}<-'\'s '.! At the half-yearly-meeting of ; the ■.■'■"'". Loyal Eketahuna Lodge, No. 6795, 1.0.0. F., the following officers were elected :-Bro. F. Turnor, N-G'; ' M, Murdock, V.6; F. Bright, acting. Seo jßros. Murdock and Brenmubl, , Sick Stewards. It was decided to bold,a ball on tho occasion, of .the,. ■., ; . ■ meeting of the Grand Lodge in : August. ■ ' ;•; lam informed that, it. was • the Eketahuna Koad Board,'met in solemn conclave,. s wboj decided < to; ' request : tboOobhty'CfoudcU '•.;. 'a. tollgate at Hawora.. If th.at ■ is so it was done in defiance; of tbe.oxpresset] opinions.of rata< , payers at the public meeting. At - that, meeting it was unaniropsly 'i decided to take over the County roads ' and form thorn into diatrict'roads, Mr MathießOn' being ohairman of that . meeting, I shall have a little more to ' say on this subject in a day or two. ' Hfc'. At the annual .meeting of the • Ljconsing Bench, a list of names of; - resit'ents at'Hawe'ra, and; pifrpor. ! ting-.'to be signed by -them r favor of a license, was handed into tl.§ ' Committee. It is openly Btatod now that seme.of the names,-pa that, list,.' .; had no i'}gh't < ip^e ! inere ] >theiretrideniß V? ■ M / ' whoiO : names appear having no . '.' knowledge of such a list. In fact, one I resident when interviewed on the i Buhjecl gavoa written statement to I tho effect that he had) not signed the list or given anyone" authority to sign it; nor had he seen the list. I hear there is likely to be a prosecution in % this case.

i SoaTv&noisoo Hall Sammarjr. Auckland,, Jimp 22, , , | A stono waa ! tbrdvra' ifitolia' ' Vv) courtyard of Marlborough House on Saturday, May 21th., wrapped in paper bearing the words "Give us , bread ; if you would "reign," and ,■ signed: "thousands of starving --w ;' Englishmen." ' . . ."* , Mr Gladstone predicts an early general election.; j iln tbe;cpurle;pf;. a i ?'.■" ! speech ma'de'at HawardeVbn'llay'' 27, he' denounced the Bill for. the [ .compensation' of publioans who were ,' deprivpd of theirlicenses., ~ The whole',. ; control of tho licorise 'Byßtem,'ho said, 1 , ought to be vestad'in r the Ipcal elective !• bodies. "It 'would add £800,(100,000 to the national debt to. t purobasp tbo publican's licenses. Loril 'Salisbury has administered a | rebukd to Stanley for meddling in , matters of British State policy that do j not conoern him. ' Looped, King of Belgium, went to Balmoral on .the anniversary of the ', Queen's Birthday, and'preEented Her i Majesty with a large boquet, Bft in diameter, composed of mauve colored \ orchids. ! The; English market was reported on May 24th to.be glutted with beef. Seven thousand cattle awaited slaugh. 'ter'kt DepWif-NHAenM?^!',-steamers had abandoned oat'tle' cafrV-''' '4L ing charters. ■ y*(. ■ l There are many, conflicting stories as to jMr Partolh defence 1 in'th'a ;,: ; - ..divorce case.. One,,preyalont report..,... ; is)hathV'willn6t : 'defend the'case,'''''' andthat, fho upshot of the afiair will; ~• be.tbathe.willmarry MwO'Sbea. ■ 0 'j, Emin Pasha, previous to his. reV,. .-.•>, r entering Afrioa,'invested his private i: '•' funds ,in a plantation of Bagamoyb, ' ,; • with'the object of cultivating cotton/ :,;:; and other products,; 'The.inyestme'nt,'' ■"'' represents the savings of manyyoaH'i';"' ! "" It was braitedin political oirolea \' : '' ■"< on.May 10th that. Mr;,Qladsto'aa ■• wbuld probably saorifioe '.his':Owh hopes'ef "returning to power-'by ! '■■'"■■ joining Lord Salisbury in an. effort ■■■: • tomake'a.Land Purollase Bi^i'tfi'iitf'''''■'. will be acceptable • to". Irelaad, and to'!. ?! ;' secure for it \ the,{support, p];,ihe! ; : '■'" Liberal party. ■ It iB rumoured that Queen Victoria wanted toniake her daughter Beatrice Pubbessbf3ussoi, : but Lord Salisbury'' ;: deqlared.be. would .resign ft atioli'a ' step 'were taken. The iErigiisn people;:'' "'..'it, lio eaid.a'egariled. tlie'peeiage. as : no' •- longeramereappendigeoftheGrowni ' jbutajraak'-created by the British, ; 'Constitutioni bpiy'to be conferred as % V ;! •'; mark; biiKpjfil 'favo/ui.iHder'.sps: . : ■- •, exdeptional^ap',,)';• ; '' '"' '''""'" ' '■•' ''ajf WB Gilbert,',tto. lias t reoedea from.hisliterary.nartnerehin. „. With Sir Arthur Sullivan andd'Qyley Carte, after iaY'vioJent induced 'by^Catos /] fl[ianW : ' ! methods, He will probably collaborate' •. -' -' with Arthur Collier White. Sir A. Sullivan will work in', conjunction with George R, Sims,' ' ! ' |L:;:

Duringlhelaßtfeffuiontbs.w^have-' ••:.'•.' oftonjbeon requested tb'ttat'ewhether ''■ the usiof'barbed'wa : on :: fehces'oa ' publforoads is legall^r;wither, jj',.;. ' damage were, suß^edjoyfafookor' l! • ■ person, the owne"r'of'face's'"thus'"' ; . l guarded: might ,:be made ' for the dariiage. s ';>ltqß*'evideat' : B'lSo'.' > from the frequent nation of thin , question in country papers, that ere long?it.wilKpressfor &^ t ffifoy.)-^.. to .%iOTi fi w l .iti«..iioi«B«.. 1 .-i before an Australian,.court", but fa "'. Engjaud complaintßl of'iaisge/ sOlhing have been frequent, and in lit : leaßt^a''"de'oisibn fiaa il J v been] given,'. 1 ' 1 Irl the "ifiisticr of .' ' Peace for, Decembei;-. 21st 4889f appears a report of proce'edngs, taken inth9.Mano}ießter.Qountyc,Oflurli, y ; ;,•" <±j agMpst tS; joining v ■ *'■ barbed ;i ;. '■ overfyjit befog" W • .-V (Wtaiitv:itl>t|o Y-".;.;'.'.;';/.■':.'- '■. :. .-..>■ .v.: •.■:■/■'