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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 364, 15 January 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

[FROM OtJK OWN CORRESPONDENT] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. H, S, Wardell has been appointed Superintendent Collector of Agricultural Statistics for East and West Wairarapai Messrs Bunny, Mason, and Johnston, who went out of office by the effluxion of time, as members of the Waste Lands Board hare been re-appointed. Mr Johnson tested 925 cases of kerosene which arrived by the Amelia Ross and found it all over the Government standard. Subscriptions are being raised here in aid of the fund for the relief of the dis. tressed in Ireland. The Wellington, with the San Francisco Mail, arrived here at six o'clock this morning. TAURANGA. Wednesday. The Penguin got off this morning at 1 a.m., with the assistance of the Staffa. No damage done. She sailed for Welling- •, ton, via Gisborneand Napier, at 6.30 this 1 morning. i LONDON. : Jan, 30, ] A fortnight has been granted to arrange ' for the trial of questions which have been ' raised in connection with the Tichborne case, 1 BERLIN. 1 Jan, 13, j The Russian Government, replying to i representations of Germany, admits con- 1 centration of Russian troops on the 1 German. frontier, but says that no < hostilities are intended. This step is i attributable to the withdrawal of the i Russian troops from Bulgaria, and the paoincation of Turkey. ' «

CARTEM, ""4-—•' [from our own correspondent], ' '/ Jan. 7t : li, 1880. The monthly inspection parade of the Oavterton Volunteer Rifle Corps, took; place last night in the Public Hall, owing' to the inclemency of the weather j Captain Snodgrass and the other non-com-missioned oftcers and 35 rank and file being in attendance, five other' members being absent on leave.'-'After the inspection those present were put through the manual and platoon exercise by Staff Sergeant Henry, the newly-appointed Drill Instructor for the district. After dismissal the usual quarterly meeting of the corps was held, when the balance-sheet and statement of assets and liabilities were laid before the members present, The former showed a balance at the bank of L 4 9s Bd, and the latter a balance of Ll6 16s 8d to the credit of the corps. The Captain stated that all the arrangements with the band, which now numbers 16 members, were fully completed, and he hoped by next month the corps would be in a position to provide some fresh instruments that were required, Notice was given that all fines fixed by the rules will for the future be strictly enforced. The secretary volunteered by next drill night to let each member know the number of inspection and company drills he had attended,

EEATHERSTON. (FROM OUlt OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Jan. 13th. On Sunday last a considerable nuriiber of persons visited our quartz reefs, and 801116 testa were made of stone taken from the reef. In. the eyes of most present the business seemed to be carried on in a straightforward manner; one or two, however, doubted. If there are any real doubts, and a genuine cause for them, the sooner they are substantiated or dissolved the better. Most of the tests made on Sunday were very good, if genuine, but the matter will soon be set right, as some of our people who are thoroughly trustworthy intend to go down in a few days, take out the stone with their own hands and crush, when we hope to have something good and authentic. Judging from the actions of Brandon and party we are inclined to believe in the reefs. They are not anxious to sell, and are doing a large amount of labor and expending money in 1 oad making from their roef to the Bite for the machinery. Our State school re-opens on Monday next, and early in the week, weather permitting, the children are to have a picnic. The School Committee met on Monday night, and arrangements were made for making reports and balance-sheets. The I committee are proud to report the very high lesulta from the school for the past 3 years. Your contemporary in a late issue remarked thatthe children were not to have prizes (1) this year, on account of the want of funds at the disposal of the Committee's disposal Ihis is incorrect. No rewards have been distributed by the people of Featherston since 1877, and I think it will be some time yet before a distribution takes place. In fact the school is found to work better without them, as the results show, and when a matter of seventy books are distributed in one sohool, they cease to be prizes, and often cause disappointment. Every provision is made for the childrens' happiness in other ways, and in no place are school and school duties more attractive, and more highly appreciated by the scholars. F, EL Wood & Co,, held their usual fortnightly sale in the Wairarapa Yards to-day. The sale was well attended, and stock well represented, but the reserves proved to high. One lot had a good bid from Mr A. Matthews, but it was not good enough for the reserve. The consequence is that it [was not sold, and I do not know tliat any business was done worth mentioning. The reserves are I higher than the times admit, and while they are so the sales will not be successful,