TENUI NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3770, 26 March 1891, Page 2

TENUI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The annual Athletic Sports under the auspices of the Foresters' Society were held in Mr Young's paddock on Wednesday last. Owing to the postponement, the after attendance was not so good as might have been expected, but upwards of a hundred people were present. Host Mcintosh, of the Marine Hotel, Whakataki, presided over the booth and did a fair amount of business. The handicappers, Messrs H. Holmes, A. Stewart, and A. McHntchon, deserve great credit for their, excellent handicapping, in consequence of which the various events were well contested. Contrary to expectation, the majority of the prizes were won by local men, the best prize, a handsome bronze clock, being won by Mr Thos, Hudson, who scored the greatest number of points. In the evening the annual ball was held in the Town Hall. Mr A. Stewart ably officiated as M:C, and the event passed off with great eclat. The music was supplied by Messrs Hudson, Southey, O'Kane, and others, and dancing was kept up with much spirit until near daylight everyone appearing to enjoy themselves thoroughly. Mr Robert MoCullagh, roadman, met with a serious accident on Friday last. He was thrown from his horse near Mr Young's boarding house and dragged a short distance, the horse striking him several times on different parts of the body, and finally kicking him into a deep drain where he lay unconscious until found by Mr T. Dillon, who obtained assistance and removed him to his house. Although no bones are broken he lies in a precarious condition, and it will be some time before he is able to follow his ordinary occupation. The usual quietude of the township was disturbed by a fire which occurred at Messrs Maunsell Bros' woolshed on Tuesday evening about six o'clock. The shed was one Of the best in the district and was built some ten years' ago at a cost of over £BOO. Messrs Maunsell Bros, loss is a heavy one, form addition to the amount cv"er and above the insurance, there were stored in the shed, five bales of woo! : a quantity of akins, and a valuable wool press. Three stud rams, recently purchased in Masterton, were in the shed when the fire broke out, but by cutting a hole in the weather boards, two were rescued, though badly singed. The third ran back into the flames and perished. Fortunately a strong nor'west wmd carried the flames away from the homestead, otherwise the result might have been more serious. The above is the second loss by fire that Messrs Maunsell Bros, have recently sustained ; ? few nionths ago a|house on the station, valued at £250, and uninsured being burnt down. Jn both cases the cause of fire is unknown. _