WAIRARAPA.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 71, 23 June 1877, Page 3

WAIRARAPA.

• ' (From our own Correspondent.) The main topic m the Wairarapa at present is the elections., Through the resignation of the Eev J. C. Andrews, a seat m the House of Eepresentatiyes is now vacant. There are three candidates expected to come forward, viz. — Phara-' -zyn, Beetham, , and Duncan. Mr Pharazyn has had~a numerously signed requisition -presented to him, and he has after much pressing (?) consented to^ come forward. As a settler and neighbor, Mr- Pharazyn is not very much liked, but it is the. opinion of a great many voters that there is- not another candidate capable of coming up to him m regard to looking out for the interests of the Wairarapa district. 'As for Mr Beetham, he is a young man and re- > mains to be proved; and for my own part, I think there will be a close fight between the. two for membership. Mr Duncan has not yet. publicly expressed his intention of coming forward, but it , is currently believed he will., There are a good many of his old friends m this district who would like to see him, returned, and his friends say that it would be better to have a member resident m Wellington, as m ( the event of important business to be transacted with the Government he would be on the spot to do it.. As I do not take much interest m elections, I shall not say any more at present about them/ but will, leave it to the ballot box* to decide who is to be the fortunate man. i 1 The Waiohine river, has been .very high for the last week or two, and sometimes threatens to flood all Greytown. On last Sunday night it was so high that it was dangerous to attempt to cross it. I should have explained to you m my last that notwithstanding the bridge that was built over the river when inits t old course, through^ the river shifting, > another had to be r built' about three years ago, 'and about five or six month's ago that was found not sufficient, and so the Government ordered another bridge to be built, but that is not sufficient now * as the river is running between the two bridges last put up,- and, also on the Greytown side of the bridges. " When will the river stop ? "<■ is the cry of jthe Greytown inhabitants, but if they had put their shoulder to the wheej. about four or five'years ago, 'they could'have stopped its encroachments , at r an 'outlay of £20 or £30, but now it could not be done for that amount m hundreds. « A.t- s one of the last freshes of this river it cut m one night. a new channel 1 between Eiverside and Woodside, .which is described by an eye witness' as being' J perfectly straight and nearly a mile m length. But I think I have said enough about the Greytown bugbear for fear of coming into contact with the Wairarapa " Standard," or as the Masterton "News ' Letter" facetiously (?) calls it— "the dilapidated Greytown cur>" To tnis the " Standard" retaliates by saying — " Tne editor of the ' News Letter,' m his* last issue, gracefully" alludes to the ' Standard ' as ' the dilapidated Greytown cur.' Were we really of the canine order we should be afraid of our contemporary eating us iip. Nature always compensates, and m denying our contemporary Jbrains, she gave him 'a" remarkable 1 Let the pensive pelican of the ' News Letter ' office try if- he^ cannot , whistle a little more melodiously." Eather warm for journalists, is'nt it ? 1 Talking of dogs reminds- me that> m Qreytown there is a Scandinavian who* prefers dog flesh to beef. The other day he caught a dog, hung it by the neck and deliberately stuck it. He has since been brought up at the Eesident-Magis-trate's Court and fined 10s and costs. The " Standard" remarks that he should be appointed Registrar of Dogs, as all he did not register he could. 'eat.* ' The editor of the " Standard" (Mr E. Wakelin), is issuing a very entertaining book to colonists and old identities, entitled " History of Politics." It is to be a complete history of < Parliamentarydoings for the last 20 years, , and will number about 150 pages.' I think it will 'be a success, as the writer's handling of a subject is widely knbwi, and I believe he has already received more prders for the work than will cover expenses. . ( The Wairarapa Lake has been very high for sometime lately, and a good many acres of grazing land have been submerged. It is going down I believe at present. , * ! notice that Mr Hammerich has parted with the Greytown Hotel to Mr John Quin, of Wellington. The price has not transpired, butJE have heard that it is £3,000. Mr E. Braggins, of the Eailway Hotel, Masterton, has, also l disposed of his business to Mr It/ Greening (late coach-driver for Hastwell, Macarra & Co.), and Mr Bragging has taken Mr Donnecker's^Hotel— " the I Empire "m Masterton. Mr Hammerich, I of the Greytown Hotel, was- entertained by his friends at a public champagne supper, and everything passed off well. It is with regret that the Greytown pub- , lie lose Mr Hammerich, -as a' more genial I h6 st could not be found m the district. ' I heftr that the metalling of the road

from Masterton to your township is nearly completed. The metal is very rough at present, but m a few months it will be really a splendid road, as the metal is chiefly limestone. The operations of the Boiling Down Works at Tauherenikau are completed for the present season. I hear that the number of sheep boiled down this season exceeds 13,000. June 13th, 1877.