The Sydney Weights. Sydney, June 29.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 110, 11 July 1885, Page 6

The Sydney Weights. Sydney, June 29.

The following weights have been declared . for the New Zealand horaes entered for the Great Metropolitan Stakes":^- • » . . Welcome Jack (top weight); 9at 81b: T*uguard, Bsc 101b ; Oud«is, Bet 41b ; Liverpool, 7«t 41b ; Thunderboltr6?t,l2lb. l , For the Hawkeabury Grand HandicaW,Welcome Jaok was allotted the highest weight: 9at 51b.' « • ' '_r>, i ' s " , 4 •

The Afghan troopa will probably be fed on Khanned goods. '\' • i . .1 . ' One sDunedin solibitor named' Strode has sued another named Anderson ior £5, which he gave to invest on the totalisator. A 'mpmberwof; the JockeyilGlub' had already deoided in Andersons favour, the;contentionjhavin'g/ bee T n that' he ijever invested the mone'y.ai Magistrate's deoieion reserved.'

!Fhe coach to Morrinsville did not run ton fotesday.'the mails . beitujf convi'yivl on iioraeback, and on Wednesday the passengers had to be conveyed across the river and some little distance the otfter side .by boat to the coach. Mr Gbuld, ih getting a mob of fat cattle across on Tuesday, nearly lost one, which became exhausted aud had to be killed on reaching land. Several small lots of timber which were stacked near the river bank were carried away, and ulao a considerable nfcuiber of sleepers vriiicK lay pile! on t\\y western Imiik prior to being car.cd to Morrinsville. Tnese latter wore the property of Mr Darrow, the contractor, but were in vharge of Mr John Read at that time, i he having contracted fvir their convuy•ance. Mr C Kveritl by means of his boats aftd with assistance, rendered good service in saving a number of these wlticJi were in daugcr Mr Hector Raid's steam engine capsized, and was covered by the flood. The flood began to subside about ftoon on Wedues lay. The road to £haftesl«ury has suffered considerably. At the foot of the cutting immediately adjoining whore the load turns olf for Waiort)ii^o:i»ai > the Burface has been all carried away> leaving the culvert exposed in the Ivd of the crueU, <e^iu'tnally stopping all wVvl tnflfio. Ev- iy winter, ami somtitunos twice ami thrise (luring the wvt season, this part of the road is jvn !ored impassable owing to the culvert being too small. Further on t,.e sain.abo'it a mile from Waion>nirom.ii, t i ilie Wairakan property, thero is a large breach in the ro.i-l wnich S»as bet-n •earned completely away for alioufc .2 feet in width and to a depth of seven feet. The road at this place is through B deep iru 1 ley and swamp, which was filled in from an adjoining steep cutting. This part requires immediate attention, a«< neither vehicles or horsemen can cross . &t present.