WAIRARAPA NEWS.
{Our Own Correspondent.) MABTBRTON, THIB DAT. At tho inquest on Saturday on the body of Donald Falconer, tho jury returned a : verdict of Accidental Death. At an extraordinary meeting of tho Mas- i terton Blacksmith and Wheelwright Mann- ; factoring Company on Saturday, a resolu- ; tion empowering shareholders to take up ■ more than 50 shares was confirmed. A reso- i lution in favour of issuing preferential shares < of tho value of £2000 was negatived on a i ballot. | Mr. Hogg, M.H.8., presented the prizes ] won by the members of the North Wairarapa Rifle Club on Saturday night, and promised « to do his beat to get free passes and oonoes- 1 sions of ammunition for those attending the ( Rifle Association meetings. ( Archbishop Redwood, aooompanied by the 1 Rev. Father Goggan, arrived here yesterday afternoon, and oommenoed v week's mission t in St. Patrick's Churoh lust night. j Carterton, This Dat. i The Taratahi-Carterton Road Board has t appointed a deputation to wait on the c Government and seek aid in repairing flood f damages in tho Gladstone distriot. The Board has struck a general rate of three- I farthings in the £. , I The Wairarapa Sonth County Council has struok a poor rate, to meet ths demands of v the United Distriot Charitable Aid Board, b of one -tenth of a penny in the £. The valne of ratable property in the county 0 is .421,838,031. The Counoil has passed the following resolution:-'' That the Government be asked to ciroulate amongst local bodiea before Parliament meets any measure 3 they contemplate bringing forward next session altering the oonstitntion and boun- p daries of counties." 2 F&AIHEBBTON, THIS DAT. ? A special meeting of the Boad Board was I 1 held on Saturday afternoon, when the resolution striking the rate, for the ensuing year waß oonfirmed In the evening a speoial meeting of the Town Board was held, when the resolution a in favour of a general rate of Jd in the J!, t and a library rate of 1-lGd in the £, were fc confirmed. Tenders were opened for the " delivery of 1300 yards of metal, and that of T. Lswry and J. Tooker, at Is 2Jd per oubio yard, was aooepted. For digging about 350 r yards of drain, the tender of J. Fellingham and J. Bye, lid per y«rd, waa .ooepted The Clerk read a letter from the UnderSecretary for Justioe, stating that the \i Government does not Bee any necessity for v the proposed right-of-way to the Courthouse, b It is stated that the Minister for Justioe ii o shortly to visit Featherston himself, when n things will be definitely settled. I
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 100, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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441WAIRARAPA NEWS. Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 100, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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