The Otautau Standard AND WALLACE COUNTY CHRONICLE. Tuesday, August 22nd, 1905.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 17, 22 August 1905, Page 2

The Otautau Standard AND WALLACE COUNTY CHRONICLE. Tuesday, August 22nd, 1905.

J.E. Watson and Company, want 6or 8 ] months good grass for 200 to 400 ewes and !' lambs. A dance is to be held m the Feldwick sohoolhouse on Friday, 15th September, m aid of the school funds. Tickets are selling / readily, and a big attendance is looked for. With the long continued spell of fine weather spring is now pretty general thiougiout the dis'rict, and the season all rou..d is an early one. Mr David Dickie, at one time manager of of Aparima Dairy Faot"ry, and which posirion be left to enter the Government Dairying Department as a grader, has resigned his position. An aocident happened last week to a young man employed by Mr James Ryan, of Heddon Bußh. While doing some work on the roof of one of the farm sheds he slipped and fell off, giving bis wrist a very bad strain. The football match between the representative teams of Wellington and Australia 1 ] played at Wellington, on Saturday, resulted m a very easy win for the former by 23 points to 7. Mr James Green, at one time Member for Waikouaiti. and a member of the Eduoation Board, died on Saturday as a result of the injuries he received through being run into by an electric car, at Dunedin, while driving m a buggy. Want of space compels U3 to hold over an account of a most interesting interview with Mr W. Scobie, giving particulars of the early settlement of the Waiau, which will appear next issue. We are also compelled to hold over letters to the Editor. Grass is reported to be extremely backward , this season owing to the long continued hard [ froßts, and spring feed iB expected to be I very short. Land intended for cultivation > this Feason, owing to the same reason, is m perfeot orfler for working, and promises au ideal seed-bi d. Attent'on v drawn m our ndvercising columns to an exec p ionally finepropervy for sale by Mr Join Fishi r. The property is that occupied by j Mr P. Faliey, who contemplates gel ir,g owing to the long continued ill-health of Mra Fa- j hey. Investors should make early application i for .Ms fine place, ' ' F ' ' - "'" ■■' i y-- *

A splendid line of Komr.ey .stud ewes from the flock of Mr Carnegy Gardner, ltannoch, passed through Otautau on Wpdncsday last, m charge of Mr John Kerr. The ewes were a beautiful lot, being models of syinn etery, and showed evidence of tht-ir highcia.s eroding. Another mob of 250 prime fat bullocks have ten bought by Mr Dickson, of Portobella. The bulk of these have been secured m the Ota-itau district, through tho agency of tbe N. 7 .. Loan Coy, and represent about aB fine a 1 Jt of cattle as have ever gone from this part of tho country. There are evidences of spring on every hand- While Burrounding farmers are busy sowing, local gardners are not idle. It is a very pleasing sight, m walking round the township, to see the number of garden m which work is proceeding. A great many have already got small lota of early vegetables m, and a few have seeds up. Bey Mr Brown of Limestone Plains, oooupied the pulpit of the Otautau Presbyterian Chuich, on Sunday evening, and preached to a full churoh.Owing to the absence of Mr Tait, of Nightcaps, for a protracted time, the Presbyterian Ministers of Wallaoe are taking turns m supplying his pulpit, and this throws a lot of extra work upon their shoulders. "Mr Darley, at the social send-off to Mr Scobie, on Wednesday evening last, waxed poetical m his reminiscences of his settlement at Eastern Bush, detailing how the beauty of the moon rising over the Twinlaws and shedding it? glory on the snow-clad Takatimos, appealed to his imagination, and pictured the East.m Bush district as one of the most lovely m the oolony. A young girl named Mabel Shepherd, employed at Messrs J. Wilkie and Co's printing works, Dunedin, met with & terrible aocident on Thursday afternoon. It appears that her hair, which was flowing, became entangled m aome of the shafting, with the result that tbe scalp and half of one ear were torn away. The scalp and ear have been replaoed, and it is believed she will recover. With|the progress of settlement out west, additions to present buildings and new steadings are appearing throughout the WaiauMerrivale district. We notice that Mr John King, of Orawia, is making extensive additions to his dwelling.Mr Jno Scobie.at the Gorge is erecting a new dwelling, whilst Mr James King, Clifden, haa just finished a large eightstalled stable, and contemplates ereoting a handsome new dwelling.

the reins with her, and these being jerked out of her hands, left the other two occupants of the trap without a check upon the horse. As it happened, two boys, named Grant and Prendivle, who were riding along together, saw the danger the occupants; of the trap were m. Young Prendivle immediately went m pursuit of the runaway, and, after traversing about two miles, overtook the animal, caught hold of the reins, and pulled the frightened steed up, much to the relief of the trap occupants. Miss Reynolds, who reoeived a severe shaking, is not much the worse for her adventure. The brave aot on the part of a boy so young is well worth while bringing under tbe notice of your readers.