MUNGAPAKEHA NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4992, 3 April 1895, Page 3

MUNGAPAKEHA NOTES.

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Things up tbis way are improving. The road deviation contracts, carried out by Messrs McKeo and O'Dowd, are a great boon to the travelling public, and the final touch in the shape of a coat of metal, having been put on by Mr E, Manning, the road is now open for traffic, and can be got over without swimming. Tho road wants a few iclmins more metalling on the Masterton side of the Hangman's Bridge, and then would not be so bad.

Settlers were anxiously looking for rain, and now we have had thrco days of it off and on, some are complaining of muddy roads, But they should not forget their grass is also growing. A cricket match between a team from Langdale, and the men engaged on a road contract here was to have taken place, but owing to the bad weather several of the picked men did not turn up, Sides were, however, picked by Messrs Manning and Brooks, nnd a very enjoyable game played Mr Manning's team winning by aninningsand2ninß, Austin26,Mailo 13, Manning (not out) 18, were the chief scorers for the winners, and Messrs Street 23, R. Brook 10, B. Brook (not out) 9, the principal scorers for tho losers, Austin and Nelson did good work with the ball for the winning sido.as did Meredith, A, Cameron, and J. Lowe for tho losers, I might mention here that if the ground was put in proper order, there are very few better places to spend a good day atcricketi the position being central from Masterton. There are three good teams up here, viz., Tinui, Langdale, Homewood, and an occasional team that represented the Calico House here on Saturday. Ho3t Lee did all that he could to make overyone comfortable.

After tea, Mr and Mrs Lee, and the promoters of the match, received threo hearty cheers, and all left for home after baying passed a pleasant day, although the weather was rather against the game, it being showery all day. Imightmention,asaMungapakeha item, that Mr J. Taplin, whilst driving a mob of mares and foals through here, had the misfortune to lose one valuable mare through the animal getting into a drain.