WAIRARAPA NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 2

WAIRARAPA NEWS.

IBy Telegraph.. 1 Our Own Correspondent.. ) Grkytown NonTH. This Day. At a public meeting hold laßt evening, it was decided to ro-organieo the private Brass) Band, and form it into a public one. Mr. Varnham was appointed bandmaster, at a salary of .£5O per annnm. MABTKRTON, THIS DAY. The Blind Musical Students gave a successful entertainment nt Eketahuna last night. They appear here to-night. It is stated tnat Mr. T. C. Williams intends erecting a largo hall at Eketahuna. The eighth session of the Masterton Mutnal Improvement Society, which is bocoming a very popular institution, commenced last nigbt. There aro at present 52,782 horned oattlo in the Wairarapa North County, 8327 of which aro breeding cows Only 845 acres of wheat were grown in the Wairarapa North County laat season, against 1973 acres in the previous season. The ravages of the Hessian fly are responsible for the decrease. Carterton. This Dat. At the County Connoil mooting yesterday a poor-rate of one-tenth of a penny over all the ratable property in tho county was strnok. On the motion of Councillor J. Mat tin the following resoluton was passed :-" That the attention of the Government ba called to tho urgent necessity for more oare being exercised in tho labour reports, and that special mention be made of one instance in a recent report from Martinborough that the local labour market waß not over supplied, in consequonoe of which tho district was flooded with" unemployed." The cost of tho recent licensing election was .£lB7, which the Council passed for payment, also deciding that the following roBO. lution be forwarded to the Government : — " That it is tho opinion of this Council that all future elections of Licensing Committees and local option polls should be under tho direct control of tlie local bodies, believing they could be more economically and quite as efficiently conducted by the local bodies."