COUNTRY NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 8, 14 February 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

COUNTRY NEWS.

AKAROA. A property in Lavaud Street, Akaroa, containing about a quarter of an acre, ■with oid house, in the estate of the ;late M. A. M'Clure, was offered for sale by. auction on Thursday afternoon. The property was passed in at-a. Did.,of £490. The cocksfoot seed is rapidly being got in and threshed, turning out very : -well. One line of rough seed was sold at 4d per lb. . -v; • The contractor for- the new post ofiice; is making good headway. That part of the old building standing on the site' of the new buliding has been removed, and the foundations are uoWt>eing put in. - There is a prospect of a butter factory being started 4 shortly in Akaroa,! should receive good support from dairymen in the locality. . ' The steamer John arrived on Thursday from the West Coast, with 30,000 ft «f timber for local requirements. AMBERLEY. S.M. "COURT. Before Messrs W. H. Rhodes and F. G., Lewton, J's.P., R. Lester' was charged with being a rogue and vagabond, and with being found on the premises of B". Marsh. Accused was remanded until Monday on a bail of £SO.