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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 376, 30 January 1880, Page 2

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[PEOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] WELLINGTON. Thursday. The Gazette published this afternoon contaiiißaproclamation further proroguing till 22nd April. '"

The case of MoFarlarie and Williams v. Rees was continued in the Supreme Court to-day. It will probably not be concluded until to-morrow.

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Rifle Association final arrangementa were made for holding the annual mooting at Nelson oh Ist maroh. The Secretary statod the Union Shipping Company had agreed to convey Volunteers to and from Nelson at greatly reduced rates.

H. Redwood's annual sale of racing stock takes'place at Blenheim on 23rd February.' The stock comprises yearlings and two-year-olds from celebrated sires and dams.

The grand stand booth and four publicans' booths were sold this afternoon to Mr Martin for a total of £ll9.

A large fire occurred at Oamaru yesterday, when a number of houses were burnt down. A great amount of damage was done. The total insurance on the property destroyed is £11,860, divided among the various Insurance Companies. The constabulary at the Waimate Plains are hard at work road making. Some natives who have hitherto kept aloof oame;' to the camp yesterdayaud brought presents of potatoes, peaches, &c., for the constabulary. Colonel Roberts thanked them aud ordered the band out to entertain them.

I LONDON, 28th January. Intelligence lias been received 1 by the Indian Government that the Kohistanis,' under Mahommed- Khan, are organising a powerful expedition for the'purpose of attacking Oabul. They will be able to' bring up a strong force,, and.relyJor buccess on the fact of General Roberts being isolated in the city and owing to the diffi-' clilties' of, transport in : an* winter, it will bo extremely .'arduous ifor" the British...to.bring, up....veinforcements with any degree, of rapidity. General Roberts, 'however, is linown' to 1 be well, supplied with ammunition and provisious, and his men for a. considerable time have

been ejigased in strengthening -,the fortifi"cations and rendering the position' as imprepnable as possible.'

I ■ ■ ;'M||repridetirtigniug| himself;'' Resident, SByßi\(iyh.^ument /; 'against doing anything the" road between Masterton. and CasWtfointj via -head-oHwrttocHretbnveyeff&at^wa^ ,^hißaß! s ar,Btrong f afetti»ent in favor of the a3 soon as tne railway reaches Masterton. s He seems to forget how dependent great portion of the district is upon the Taueru for building and fencing material. I suppose "Resident" will say, "get it ;by the 'cheap -Water Conveyan'tes!'" The road from Masterton to Castle Point and Tinui is made, with the exception of about two miles in the middle, and to leave this.small gap unfinished, rendering the money already spent on the Mungapakeha road useless, would be shortsighted, indeed. Besides, this unfinished portion connects, or rather disconnects tho Uriti road from Castlo Point and Tinui.

Even supposing that very little produce went to the railway at first, the timber at .'the Taueru is. worthy of,consideration, as j well mi -the. large district, comprising lea i Station. Langdale, Blairlogie, and Mr jOripps', which have no outlet'for their (wool and other produce, .except on sufferance. The f .general. public also t ,havo\.a ■right to expect'Cthelcompletion;'ibf'ithis jlroad, and lastly, a wheel road to Masterjton would regulate shipping charges by checking exorbitant freights, "Resident" must have heard or read of water carriage ; being the cheapest (whichjie'profeWs U demonstrate), and quoted it withoui think! mg. • At any rate Castle Point is an exception, and if we have not a safety value )#f,?haEe,of abroad to 'Masterton. it .will continue'to'be so. ' ' Last mail I received a freight note for £2l9s, for 15owt 2qrs potatoes from Wellington to Casfclo'.Point. : „lhis is within a fraotion of £4 per ton;' 'As these were for seed, I had them carefully paoked in casks. Three of the casks were saturated with aalt water-I suppose they had been rolled ashore/, 'lt.wouldlie quite'in keeping with " Resident's stylo of argument to say that I can occur to. him that the season was lost. A rais shipped m Wellington. Some of the rails came to hand, ; huti,not,;one of the posts ever came to Castle Point or any other place that rh'avflheard,of. So tell lor cheap Water Carriage " i Although the signature 0 , 'and tho deep interest that "Resident" takes tn the district imply that he is a ratepayer, I question whether he is, or he would never produce such shallow, unconsidered argumonts. Perhaps ho may have some purpose in view which does not appear, but the sooner residents with such limited deas become non-residents, the sooner will the district emerge from its stagnant isolation, and cease to be the unknown territory it now is. ' O f cours e any assistance derived from County subsidies, must, being derived from colonial revenue, be expended in a general, not merely a local benefit, and there can be no doubt that the uniting of the two already made piecjs of roadiwould oe both a local and general benefit. It stands thus : a road from Masterton to Castle Point,.42 mileslong,. with a gap of about two "miles intho middlo'impassablo! -. : "' '" "lam/eW;: .-' James Bennet.

A CORRECTION. To Ik Editor of the Wairarapa Daily. Gladstone, 28th Jan, : Sir,—Some short time ago your paper contained particulars of ah R.M. Court case, wherein a namesake of mine figured ihgloriously, resulting in his being consigned to Wellington «aol for a short time. As many people who know ine are under the impression that! was the unfortunate larrikiny may. I. request the insertion of this, communication to B et matters right. '■■' I am, &<>, ,' '^•'''HAKRYBEiND. ;