TE NUI NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5171, 1 November 1895, Page 3

TE NUI NEWS.

l Front Our Own Correspondent. [• To Nui at present looks liko a g go-ahead place, but I am sorry to say its looks aro deceiving. Mr Armor is having his boot shop enlarged and re-painted, which will j_ add a littlo to the beauty of the d place, whilo tho Polico Station is !• going ahead. Mr Montgomery, the f contractor, expects to have it finished about Xmas. i A private party of picnickers ii journeyed to Castlepoint last Satur- • day, and indulged in a little sea air. Judgingby hearsay, they all enjoyed themselves immensely. So far, I j have not hoard of any of them 0 getting lost. As I was not present myself, I will not venture lo describe the fun they had. 1 hear our young Indies are liotgiv- • ingthoirßall until next year. Surely 3 this is a long time to wait, but I suppose they are waiting for tho . Leap Year, . A meeting was hold at Grasscn--1 dale last Saturday when it was j decided to hold sports there on Boxing Day, I hear a strong committee r lias been formed, and with a little ! luck they will be .successful. The ' subscription lists will be drawn out I in ut few days. Mr Wheeler bus 1 been elected lion. Sec. The To Nui Athletic Club intend 1 holdingtheirlirst meeting at an early ® date to arrangefortheirAnnual Now' ; Year's Sports, which aro becoming , more popular every year, ■ It is repotted that there is lo be ■ athletic sports at Whakataki on Boxing Day, It is to be Imped they will postpone theirs, as it would bo a pity to clash with Grnsscmlale, None of our " peds" have started i s training yet. ! One of our local residents was ; saying tho other day that lie caught a selmapper weighing fifteen pounds. . One of the listeners not to be done, s said ho nearly caught an eel the ; other night which weighed about ' forty pounds. Can't anyone beat | that ? I must not forget to mention I that tho schmippor was genuine • weight, and was caught at Castler point, one of the most delightful places on the East, Const for a sum- : mor holiday. It is surprising to see i the number of holiday-makers that ■ journey there to spend a few days, liverybody speaks well of the treatment tliey receive at the hands of . Mr S. A. Pull, proprietor of the Castlepoint Hotel. Our river banks are lined every night with oel-fishers, who try their ■ luck with great success; I heard of I one party catching one weighing twelve pounds,