Our Wairarapa Letter.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 121, 20 November 1888, Page 4

Our Wairarapa Letter.

(Our Own Correspondent.) Greytown, 19th November. After the delightful heavy rains we experienced hero laat weekaome beautifully fine weather has now aefc in, with every prospeot of continuing for ft time. Down the valley there have been a few plaoes slightly flooded by the rivers having overflowed their banks, but there has not been muoh loss of stock from that oausa. . . The next haok raoing meeting in the Wairarapa will be held on 29th December, at the Taratahi course, Carterton, and training will continue very vigorously until that The* Taratahi-Carterton Road Board is now calling for tenders for several contraots in that road distriot. There are altogether 141 ohains in three contracts, re-forming and metalling on Bast Taratahi and Bristol roads, and 130 chains metalling on Moffat s, Joseph's, and Perry's roadß, 100 of whioh is on the latter alone. The annual eleotion of Mayor of Carterton will take place on Wednesday, 28th Novembar, nominations to be in by the 21st inst , but at present there ia not muoh exoitement over the probable result, and it is qnite likely that there may not be aoontestfor the position; bnt at Greytown there is a prospeot of a keen fight between the present oooupant of the municipal chair, Mr. Hart Udy, and a former Mayor, Mr. P. H. Wood, who is at present in Melbourne on a trip. Both these gentlemen have a considerable following, and speculation might be rather evenly divided as to the result of tha polling. There is also an extraordinary vaoanoy for a borough oounoillor, and I understand that very little interest U yet evoked in this instance. There is one faofc that the Borough of Greytown may now be congratulated upon, and that is its almost peifoot security of late from any fear from flood visitations j thanks to the precautions and improvements Jatoly tiken and made by the Waiohina River Board of Conservators. We recently have had every ohanoe of testing the efficiency of the river protective works, and tho undoubted result has been that Greytown residents oan.now rest confidently in their b'ds during the heaviest of storms, and oonsider themselves and their properties perfeotly safe from the effeots of river overflows, whioh, at one time, wore a oontinual dread and source of anxiety. *The Greytown HortlouJtnral and Industrial Society has resolved to hold its annual spring show in the new Palaoo B>ll. There will be a very large display of roses at the Bhow this year, and innumerable attractions ia the way of novoltias, &o. Some difference of opinion has been expressed among the residents as to the teachfag power of the Greytown school. A petition has gone ronnd, and was signed by 19 parents desiring a oliange, bnt a oountor-petition has been signed expressing entire satisfaction with the headmaster and his coadjutors, the latter represented a very large majority of the parent* of children attending the aohool, so no doubt the matter, which has been deferred by the local committee, is now praotically settled; at any rate, the Sohool Committee refuse to bear tha onus of expressing their opinions, aB they consider the Education Board should be beet able to judge. i The funeral of the late Mrs. F. Reid took place at Peatheraton on Sunday afternoon, •nd a large number of the residents followed the remains to thoir laat resting plaoe. A orioket match between Carterton and the Masterton Star Club on Saturday, at Oarterton, was won by Carterton by 18 runs. The match between Greytown and MorriBon'B Bush Clubs, at Greytown, on Saturday, was won by Greytown in one innings and 64 runs to spore. It is reported that the Rev. Mr. Whyte, Presbyterian minister, is about to leave here for Scotland. Another rev. gentleman tikes his plaoe.