GREYTOWN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 33

GREYTOWN.

FROM OUR TRAVELLING REPORTER.) Greytown, November 7. At the Greytown Dairy Factory Co. (Limited) operations are confined entirely to cheese making, the system in vogue being the Canadian Cheddar. The output last Beason was about 50 tons, and it is expected the output this season will be much about the same. This year the factory, as a going concern, has been leased from the Company by three of the Directors. The cheese made here are of a smaller size, about 361 b each than those made at Dalefield and Clareville factories (referred to in my previous letter), the latter weighing more like 561 b to 601 b each. This has been found necessary to suit the "Wellington market, where it is all sent from Greytown. About a hundred pigs are fed at the factory, and find a ready sale at satisfactory prices. This factory has been worked regularly ever since its establishment a few years since. Sheep-shearing is now in full force in this neighbourhood, and the lambing season has been a very good one. The sawmills in the immediate vicinity of Greytown—of which there are several, as also a sash and door factory —are steadily at work, although the strike has considerably lessened the demand for timber for the time being, consequent on the slackness of the building trade in Wellington, to whioh nearly the whole output from the mills is despatched. A Presbyterian church is in course of erection here, capable of seating two hundred. The cost will be £SOO. Some very large trout are now to be found in the Waiohine river, which has been stocked from time to time from the Masterton fish hatchery ; it is, however, a matter of great regret that much injurv is being done by unscrupulous pot hunters, who net- the river in a manner showing utter indifference to its future as an attraction to lovers of the gentle art; and it may be added the Maoris are not the only delinquents in this respect, a bad example being set by a few pakehas, who ought indeed, and must know better. The services of an energetic ranger are much needed. The want of a bridge across the Waiohine River on the line of road reading from Greytown to Matarawa, a farming district about three miles north-west of Greytown, is much felt, aB at present there i 3 only a foot bridge, and consequently much inconvenience is frequently experienced by settlers in the winter season whenever there is a fresh in the river rendering it unfordable. Strenuous efforts, I understand, are to be made this summer to have the line of road formed to connect Greytown with Gladstone and Longbush, distant about five or six miles from Greytown. Gladstone is the centre of a good farming district, and it is here the sheep stations of Messrs W. C. Beetham (Tupurupuru), H. R. Bunny, c! Jury, and others are situated. The chief difficulty to be overcome is the bridging of the Ruamahanga river; but it is thought the work will shortly be carried out, and when an accomplished fact it will materially assist Greytown. A Maori Land Court has been sitting here almost continuously for nearly two years past, presided over by Judge Mackay. The hearing of one important case, affecting a block of over 60,000 acres of land near Maryborough, and which has occupied the attention of the Court for fully five months past, was concluded yesterday; the Judge, however, reserving his decision until December 17th. The block I refer to is the Ngawakaakupe Block, better known as the Table LaDd. The claimants in this case are as followsH. W. Mahupuku. H. T. T Mahupuku, Heremai Tamaihotua, and :

others ; the counter claimants being H. P Tumuaranga, Raharuhi Anaru, Eruer» H* n ßrt*kaiwaho, Ngatnere Tawhirimatec, Wi Te Wfaatakorari, Makere te Waiti, and a number of others. The next important case to be dealt with by the Court will probably be that in connection with the Lake question, whioh will not, however, come on before Christmas. Judge Mackay has been appointed a Royal Commissioner to investigate several import* ant points in connection with this case. On every hand much satisfaction is expressed at the wonderful improvements Mooted in the New Zealand Times and Mail > Md the circulation of both these journals is bound to rapidly increase throughout the Wairarapa under the new proprietorship. The Working Men’s Club here is a most successful institution, well arranged and members * gSd ’ having a large list of