LOCAL NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 43, 28 October 1867, Page 3

LOCAL NEWS.

IViii.ic Meetings. —lt will he seen from announcements in our advertising columns that Mr Bunny will meet the electors of Wairarapa at the school-house, Greytown, on Thursday evening next, the 31st iust., and at the School-house, Fcatherston, on Monday Nov. 4; at the School-house, Masterton, on Tuesday Nov. sth; and at the School-house, Carterton, on Wednesday, Nov. 6th. The meeting at each place to commence at 7 o’clock. Wesleyan Anniversary. —lt will he seen form our advertising columns that Anniversary sermons will be preached in the Wesleyan Church Greytown, on Sunday, Nov. 3 and that aT ea Meeting will be held in the same place on Tuesday, Nov. 5, which we have no doubt, judging from former gatherings of the kind, will be duly patronized. A Prolific Cow. —A cow belonging to Mr Hirschberg was safely delivered of three fine calves on Friday the’lSth inst. The cow and her interesting progeny are nil doing well.

Coroner's Inquest. —A inquest was held at Masierton on the 19th instant on view of the body of the man named Drew, who was found drowned in the Euamahunga, (not in the Taueru as formerly stated), before H. T. Spratt, Esq., and a respectable jury. Verdict: Accidentally drowned in the Euamahunga.”

The Telegraph. —The wires are stretched so far as Greytown which is now in communication with Southland and all other portions of the Middle Island. We shall be well pleased to find the wires have reached Auckland when the extremes of the colony will be in immediate communication with Wellington, the seat of Government of New Zealand. The telegraph Office should have a public clock daily regulated by Wellington time.

Petroleum in the Whareama District. — A gentleman on whom we can place the greatest reliance writes us as follows: —“The' public may be interested to know that several more escapes of gas in one continuous line have been lately discovered in this district. There can be now no doubt that Petroleum underlies a, large area of country hereabouts.” We trust that some steps will be taken early to test this important discovery, for should it be found in payable quantities it would be alike a benefit to the District and Province.

The Taratahi Saw Mill, Three Mile Bush— Which has been erected for the proprietors under the direction of Mr A. Huglian, the managing partner, commenced cutting at noon on Monday last. This Saw Mill is owned and worked by a party of working men who have combined their labor and capital together, and have now entered into competition with capitalists of the district. The co-operation of labor has proved eminently successful in some of the old countries of Europe, and more so on the various gold fields and we shall watch with some interest how far this undertaking will succeed in competing with capital. All the partners with the exception of Mr Anderson have had large experience in Saw Mil I operations. Mrllughan the managing partner is assisted at the bench by Mr Wilson, and the engine, a high pressure portable one, is under the charge of Mr Baird, Mr Kiddie is assisted in the Bush by Mr Anderson.

Butter.— At the early period of the gold fields, Wellington butter was very much in demand for its excellence, since then the complaints have been numerous about the state of this article, one of the staple productions of this valley. Butter should not only be well prepared but put in the cask and headed up in the same week in which it is made. Many producers cannot do this, their weekly production often not being enough to fill the fourth of a cask in a week, thus a month is required to complete a cask, during which from exposure to the atmosphere it becomes rancid. In Ireland, whese similar quantities are made, they are, we think, weekly sold to a trader who works all his weekly purchases up together and puts them in the casks forthwith. We think if this plan were adopted that we should again recover our good name for this article.

Greytowx Eoad District. —A meeting of the Board of Wardens was held yesterday when the tender of Mr Charles White for the formation of the Underhill Bead was accepted at the low price of £252 for its entire length a distance of about three miles. A proposition of Mr Jackson’s that the Board inspect the two, lines of road, that of Mr Baird’s and that of Mr Jackson’s to determine which of them was the cheapest and best, was assented to.