Martinborough.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1786, 25 January 1886, Page 3

Martinborough.

,'raon s coaazapoxDxsi.j 1 was glad to see a letter by Ur Welby Jackson in the Braroaxo on the necessity of giving abeep plenty oi water. I agiee with him that (deep need drink as well as any other animal, and 1 cannot understand why aome ol oar abeep farmers think otherwise. His letter will do good, for there is no doobt that bandreda of (beep have bean lost through being deprived of water. A match of £5 a-aide, 1 mile, was run on Saturday last on the Martinborough Bace Coarse, between Mr (i. Harris's Miro, and Mr J. U Keefe's Coascek. A good Ural ol mtersat was taken in the affair, and quite a crowd went np to see it. Miro was the favorite, ee she bad been in training for some time, and Coaaack was on grass. However, Mr Pain pal them swsy to e good start, Miro at ones going to the front, and at the half mile was a eoople of chains ahead. Comiug round to lbs straight, O’Keefe let Coaaack out and finally won by shout twu chains. Miro did not look quite well. 1 have beard it asked, " Who is. the Sraxnaao’e correspondent down here ? " And •o 1 moat be ear etui wnat 1 say or I shall get mobbed. The Cricket Club tbonght they had " bawled year correspondent oat," bat it wee given against them by public opinion. Lit me express a hope that they will not allow their practices to fall through. If they watfi to make their mark it will ouly be done by being often in the held together. Judging from wbat I saw recently they shoold practies “ banking np." When the ball is thrown in and paaaee the wieket-keeper the held should be on the alert to prevent any further runs being made 1 am not liwimg fault, for the players shape well as a rule, but 1 throw oot e suggestion which, if acted upon, will probably save many a ran by their opponents.

Hamatiog is in full swing and tbe crops are taming eat better than waa expected. The wheat will avenge from 20 to 25 bushels oels, 35 to 30. I think the farmers are beginning to find oat how to work this land, f°* * few years ego, the land (with a very dry •exeon) would not tore oat more than twothirds. The balk ol the crops are on turnip land that was fed down in the winter. Lower down tbe valley the crops are much heavier. The settlers are much pleased with the additional two mails a week. We get tbe news fresh now.

You see we are progressing. In time to come communication by coach will be a thing of the past. We are not getting on “ “J Jsapa and bounds ' as Yogel said we would, bat the tuna may come when a rail w*y will tun through the entire length ol the V*iiey. The hoe was surveyed once, bnl it was thought tue engineering dithcul ties wer* too great (so Miles s boy says}, sod they ran the line over the Uimutsks. What fanny iellowe those surveyors are. But. there, I euppoae there were " wbeelr within wheels, ’ when the Una over the Uimutaka Was arranged.

Ui Bocbantn u to address the elector! of the Lover Valley on Saturday night at the Martmboroogh Hotel, and he ie lure to meet *uh a good reception. Hie speech, as publistvl to the Btasm>p, has been the subject for much favourable comment. To eettlera living away from the large centres of population and unable to gel hold ol the ropes, his apeeah is most Veleome. We like to know '• bov the eat jumps."

1 am glad to sec that the price ol frozeu meat baa " nz " to the Home market, and that it* consumption ia becoming mure general. Time was when tbe prejudice against Koxeo meat was great. It vaa believed to be notit for human food, and was passed oil by tbe botcher a under vaiiooa disguises. A certain wrote • letter to the Timea denooaeing it aa carrion, and giving bis opinion that the project would aoon lizzie onL Though the letter was looked upon aa a “ clincher " at the time, the frozen meat trade haa inenaeed wonderfully, having over* acme all ptwjadiee. The present dry aaason ia agunM aheap farming, but we live in bones of plentiful ahowurs coming soon. 1 think old Jnpitar Flavins most be offended at something. What have we done that he should trsal us so ssarvily ia ths matter at watsr ? Perhaps he’s piling it op st tbe Poles, and will give ns a freezer when tbs winter semes- Anyway, I'd like to know why he is so backward in earning forward.