DANEVIRKE.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2713, 26 January 1892, Page 2

DANEVIRKE.

(OWN CORRESPONDENT)

The annual meeting of the Danevirke Domain Board was held on Saturday evening, the principal business being the election of a chairman for the ensuing year. Mr A. Mackay, who has held the position since the present Board was constituted, was unanimously re-elected. Messrs Wratt and Elmbranch were appointed a committee to confer with the Friendly Societies with a view to obtaining their assistance in putting the ground in proper order. It was decided to defer ploughing the ground for a month after the crop has been removed. Trotting is “ catching on ” in this district lately. There was a match on Friday evening between Mr J. Allardice’a mare and Mr B. Allardice’s Vagi ant, the distance being from the Masonic Hotel to Mangatera. Young Allardice succeeded in “ doing ” his father by 80 yards and securing the stake, £5 a side. However, Mr Allardice “ saved ” to the extent of £2 by beating a storekeeper and a baker who had backed their nags and trotted the distance against him. Another match between Mr Allardice and the Maoris has been arranged for Saturday next, when a three mile trot will take place on the racecourse for £2O a side.

Mr P. Hunter’s hurdler Rough arrived from Wellington by the express this (Monday) afternoon. I expect he will have a big say in the hurdles on Wednesday. A very distressing accident occurred here on Sunday afternoon. Mits Neagle and another young lady went for a ride together to the Umutaoroa Block, and while in the block Miss Neagle’s horse took fright at a calf and bolted. She succeeded to pulling up at Mr Miller’s place, but a party of horsemen came galloping to her assistance and her horse started off again. Miss Noagle either fainted or threw herself off and was dragged along, being held by her habit for a considerable distance before her dress broke. When picked up she was quite unconscious. Dr McAllen was sent for, and the young lady was taken to her brother’s place at Danevirke, where she remained in a delirious state all night. Upon enquiry this afternoon I learn that there are signs of improvement in the young lady’s condition. Mr Webber returned to Norsewood on Saturday from Canterbury, where he has been spending his holidays. School was re-open d on Monday.

The Norsewood Road Board had an adjourned meeting on Saturday evening, it was resolved to instruct the engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the formation, &c., of France’s road, and call tenders for the work.—Only one tender was received for forming and metalling Dahl’s road, namely, that of E Christopherson at £6 per chain formation and 25s per chain metalling. It was found that the tender would amount to £127 10s, whioh the Board thought was more than the work ought to cost, and accordingly resolved to. caM for fresh tenders.—Accounts amounting to £4l 5s 5d were passed for payment, in addition to an allowance of £2 10s to Mr T. Nicholls

for extra work in removing timber from Price’s road, for which he had the contract. Mr Hulma asked the Board if they would acoept the rent of the land he had leased from them. It appears that the Board had purchased a small pieoe of land for the purpose of straightening the German line bat they bad not got a oomplete title. Mr Hulma leased this land and commenced to take off the grass seed, but Mr Adrian objected and Mr Hulma now wished to pay the rent to make his position good. The Board decided not to accept the rent until they bad a better title, and in the meantime to take steps to compel the man from whom the land was bought either to execute the transfer or refund the purchase money with all costs. A lad named Archie Wright, son of Mr G. Wright, baker, met with an accident while out riding on Sunday. He was crossing the Piri Piri flat when his horse began to play up a bit, and the girth breaking, young Wright was thrown off on to his head. No bones were broken, bat the lad has since been confined to bed. Quite a number of the spieling fraternity arrived this afternoon “ to assist ” at our annual race meeting on Wednesday. At time of writing (Monday evening) the weather looks very unpromising, and the hopes of the “sports” for a fine day are down to zero.