CARTERTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1162, 8 June 1894, Page 20

CARTERTON.

The Carterton Borough Council is adopting a by-law forbidding cesspits.

Cnief Justice Sir Charles Lilley, of Queensland, who was anoldschoolfriend of Mr John Tucker, a law clerk who recently died here, has forwarded his widow, who was left in straitened circumstances, the sum of L 7.

The damage done in this district through the late storm was not great. A few sheep perished by floods and exposure. At Daletield the flo >d water obtained access to the houses in places.

By a fire which occurred at Mr Rutherford's premises, South Carterton, on Wednesday, a buggy, five saddles, a quantity of bacon, and a number of household utensils were destroyed.

Mr G. A. Fairbrother, wh > unsuccessfully contested the Wairarapa seat at the last election in the labour interest against Messrs Buchanan and Pownall, is about to start on a trip to England, Europe, and America. Mr Fairbrother is prominently identified with the dairy industry.

Mr J. Bertie, a well known Wellington boniface, has taken over the White Hart hotel from Mr J. Meyrick.

The authorities are calling upon the owners of rabbit-infested land to take concerted action in destroying bunny by poison and otherwise as from Ist Juno. Failure to comply will prove expensive.

On Thursday, notwithstanding that a southerly buster was raging, and that, next to the North pole, Carterton w<<s about the coldest place on earth, a juvenile team calling themselves the Mastt rton Violets, donned their warpaint and played a football match against the local Rovers. When it was all over they were so coatod with mud that idemitication was very difficult. The home team wen by 12 points to love.

The action of the New Zkaland Times Company, in giving such prominence in the columns of is journals to the Agricultural Conference proceedings, is very favourably commented on here.

A cake show in aid of the piano fund of St. Mark's Sunday School, was held in the Asiemblv Rooms on Thursday and Saturday, and was largely attended. A party of bachelors bought and won by raffle no fewer than eight cakes, one a bride-cake. Foureen young ladies entered for a scone-making competition for three prizes, resulting as follows :—l-»t, Miss Crichton ; 2nd, M'ss Ray ; 3rd, Miss L. Diamond.

At a meeting at Featherston on Saturday, it was decided to re-erect the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Union factory, recently destroyed by tire at that place. An amendment, " That the factory be erected at the Camp, Kaiwaiwai," was rejected. A writ has been issued by John O'Keofe, farmer, Otaraia, against Coleman Phillips,, runholder, Lower Valley, for .£SO damages. Plaintiff claims that defendant did un reasonably, and without probable cause have a search warrant issued against him on the ground that he suspected plaintiff had a horse secreted on bis premises belonging to defendant.

The annual meeting of the Licensing Committee is being held to-day. The report of all the houses are first being taken, and probably the whole will bo adjourned for a week for the Committee's decision.

• . • . Au epidemic of "socials" is raging in

Carterton just now. "Socials" are being held every second day, as it were, in aid of the English, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Churches.

An inquiry into the late fire at the Club Hotel, Featherston, is to be held before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., on Tuesday next. Mr Skerrott will appear for the Insurance Companies. Mr Pownall for Messrs Caselberg and Searl, owner and lessee, and Inspector Pender for the police.