TENUI NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4768, 9 July 1894, Page 3

TENUI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.

On Monday Inst a woman galloped up to tho Post Office, sprang off j hor horse, and quickly and excitedly _ asked tlio postmaster if slio could J withdraw hordoposit at sight, as she ; understood tho bank had " bust." ' The official assured her that tho post " offico bank was riglit.aud she need not \ fear. During the day two or three J other depositors wished to withdraw I forthcßamoicason,the astute Post- ( mnstor liaving to reassure them of ( the stability. Evon to-day on r settlors arriving in Tenui from the " hack-," their first question is, "is ! the bunk safe ?" One can well understand that uneasiness would bo manifest in outlying districts after the numerous ; bank stoppages a few months ago. The settlers who had invested their all in the post office bank, would be greatly alarmed at the receipt of the first indefinite, mysterious, and ominous news of a bank suspending. The County roadman has a very difficult obstacle to overcome on the road through the Black Swamp. Since tho last freshes in the Wharennm river, springshavcbccnbubbling up in the centre of the road, render- ( ing traffic rather dangerous. The ' bridge, too, known as tho Stillborn ' and Lungdon, has had its approaches washed away, and will tako some ' time to repair, Repairs to tho bridge have to be eifected threo or four times every winter, as the river, when in Hood, flows over it. The football club has lost two or three of its strongest players, and / very little interest seems to be taken in it now. At practices not more than tenor fifteen players attend. Jt is said that a team isgoingon tour at the end of the month. If that is so the members will want moie ( pi notice than they have at present, r There are some really good players t in the district and a strong team could be selected if all of them who f arc asked could getaway. J. Owen r is sadly missed in the football field v since he left Tenui. li

No sooner had Constable Collerton returned from Masterton than he had another bird for his cage. A man was using very obscene language on the road, opposite the hotel, when hewassuddenlypounccd on by the limb of the law,' who was rounding the corner from the Black Hill, and the man was deservedly " run in."