PAHIATUA NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4496, 14 August 1893, Page 2

PAHIATUA NOTES.

;":'(Frtm Our Own Oorrespondeat.) J,; '■• Theo remains ofj the late Harry <\ Jaius, who was killed by the tree fallngjipon him recently, «rere buried in ihe Pahiatua Cemetery on Thursday, md were followed by a very large loncourse of vehicles, horsemen, and ledestrians,; the funeral being contacted by the Rev. Father O'Meara. ' Tlib Mangatainoka' river 'is likely —- 0 give tho Borough Council some rouble, at .the on the Pahiatua side. floods t has encroached considerably; wasting away the high banks and the road io the ford, and threatens to form a jew channel round the Island Domain. 'There was great rejoicing amongst sporting men here (especially deben. fure holders) when a telegram was received from tho fffcet that the Metropoliton«PrTMJad at last passed the Pahiatua Jockey Olub'a programme. 1 ; The programme is for a race meeting to be held on January 4th. : The township of Mangatainoka is growing rapidly, and a number of. buildings are in course of erection, including a fine store and dwelling which is beinifv erected l , for Mr Brougham, a recent arrival, Property is muob; in demand in this locality, Several town' allotments and Tillage Beotions have changed hands at rates whioh are considered to auger well for the future of the township. '; ; :, A large mob of store, cattle -450 head—passed through Woodville oa Friday m route for Hawke's Bay. They were purchased, in the Manawatu district by Messrs Abraham and Williams for Hawke's Bay olionts, the order of things being rather reversed, as hitherto all surplus Hawke's Bay atock has found in Manawatu. Mr Charles B9ethflm; of Te Apiti, 1 hear, contemplates taking up hia residence in PahiatM, having pur* chased Mr Jacob Melon's property, which is Bituated direotly opposite Mr Beethßm'B 1000 aore property pur« ohastd from Dr. Williams, Mr Manson's property is on the Pahia> taa side of the Mangatainoka river, and fronting the main road, Pahiatua, Monday. On Saturday afternoon the sup- _ ports of the suspension bridge gave way and it dropped right down into the water, In order to save tho material, the bridge was disconnected on the other side and dropped. The river is Btrewn with logs and trees, but the water is considerably lower than on Saturday. Tho Manawtu Football Union Team beat the; Bush Union by nine points to live. .