FEATHERSTON.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1201, 8 March 1895, Page 19

FEATHERSTON.

Featherston, February 28. Last evening a well-attended meeting wrb held in the Oddfellows’ Hall to discuss the ways and means of obtaining a ~ resident medical man for Featherston. It was intimated that Hr Lamb, late of Petone, was willing to come if a guarantee of j 6200 for the first year would be given. Over ,£63 was guaranteed in the room, and a strong committee was formed to canvass the whole district. It is thought there •will be no difficulty in obtaining the re--1 competition for the Wairarapa Rifle Association’s bronze medal A. Yule and T Sinclair tied at 168, and on firing off ' Sinclair made 21 and A. Yule 22, the latter . thus winning the medal. It is a pity that the Acclimatisation Society’s ranger could not pay a visit about these parts, and put a stop to the -wholesale slaughter of trout. A few days •since Mr J. Murphy found about a quarter . .of a cwt of lime near his creek at Toroj&anga, evidently put there for the use of ' progress is being made with our ' -new Courthouse, and it is thought that Tthere only will be one more sitting m the ' ‘Oddfellows’ Hall, after, which the new 1 Ibuildinglwill be ready for use. 1 On Tuesday Mr Anderson, of this town, Twas married to Miss Clark, late of Ballarat. ‘The ceremony was performed by the Rev Mr Rowse, of Grey town. Featherston, March 4. The usual monthly meeting of the Road IBoard took place on Saturday. Present Wardens Matthews (chairman), James _ 3J>onald, Nix, Harris, W. Bidwill, J. P. A ' \ ■

Russell and T. Evans. The treasurer reported the gross overdraft as =£1756 3s lOd, and the net overdraft as <£1261 3s lOd. Accounts amounting to =£277 2s lOd were passed for payment. The Bank of New Zealand wrote, stating that they had reduced the amount of interest on the overdraft from 8 per cent, to 7 per cent. The correspondence relative to the FailRents Bill was laid on the table. T. Greenaway and M. Gaskin were the successful tenderers for metalling on the Te Awaite road and Lower Valley road at Is sad and Is 4<-|d respectively. The special orders under the Loans to Local Bodies Act for the Martinborough-Pukeo, Kahautara-Pukeo and Tullock’s roads were confirmed.

An artesian well yielding over 50 gallons a minute has been struck on Messrs Bidwill Bros.’ property at Kahautara. On Saturday Masterton and Featherston played off another of the Cup matches at Featherston, the game resulting in a win for the home team by 20 runs.