PAHIATUA NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4514, 4 September 1893, Page 3

PAHIATUA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent 1 ,.

' The swing bridge over the Mangatainoka was oomplcted on Friday. Tho length of the bame has be n increased by about fifty feet, which brings the total length up to 28-lft. Men are employed by the Borough removing logs and other obstructions from the ford, and fixing them against the eastern bank wbh a viewto throw the currant further out stream, which,, if successful,- will be tl o m -ana of saving the land and read oa the Pabiatua side.

We have enjoyed a whole week of beiutifnl fine spring weather, which the effect of drying up roads and enabling settlers to get on willi out door work?, and garden and farm operations, Dust has buen Mowing about—quite ft new experience for Pahiatua. Several settlers in tliiti district arc infected willi tho Paraguay fever and are selling out their holdings prepar • atbry to leaving tee shores for the Eiver Plate. Last night, Mr Bruce, M,H,R,, for Rangitikei, gave a lecture iu the Public Hal!, under the auspices of tho Pabialua Burns Club, the subject being: "The Poet, Robert Burns." It is difficult 10 Bay anything new on a subject which has been bo often treated before jet Mr Bruce managed to give a moat interesting and instructive lecture, interspersed with frequent selections from the poet's works, illustrative ofbisohaiacter as a poet and a man. Songs wero sung at intervals during the lectuteby local vocalists. The frequent applause during tho] evening bore testimony to the excellence of the entertainment and of its being fully appreciated. Needless to say a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Biuce, and as a fitting wind up tbe audience stood up and sang " Auld Lang Syne." Tho mem»| bers of tho Club and their frionds then adjourned to tbe Commercial Hotel, and sat down to an excellent Bupper, at which Mr Bruce was fittingly entertained. After Bupper the evening was passed with speeches, toa&to fijl sotigri, until a late hour, when tuT party broke up, having spent a most enjoyable time,