BOWLING.
INTER-CLUB MATCH. GRF.T LTN>' V. ROCKT NOOK. "Rocky Nook players tor Gtpv Lynn on Raruriiav. September IS:—P. Smith. R.-v. Smith, w H. Jenkin. H. Jenkm: TV. Keaiey. G. ("lampion. C. Adams. F. liTow-ne. reavers at Rocky Nook win be chosen, on the green.
" The Government Keystone borer at I work on the Earnscleugh fruit settle- ■ ment hlock struck an excellent supply '! of water on Wednesday (wires our )! Dunedin correspondent,. Water was I met al a depth of -V 2 feet, and the clsy . at 7f> feet, giving IS feet of M water. The Terrace Orchard Company ' are lifting hv means of oj-h.p. plant , 3.0(10 gallons per hour a height of 150 ' feet, which give* some idea of the value of the present find. This is another r | triumph for the Rev. Mr Mason (the i water diviner I. The machine, which is now engaged in putting down a bore for :.: artesian water, can £o to a depth of '•'nearly a thousand feet. but. of course, ■ everything depends on the nature of ; the country.
Welcome rains have fallpn in Central Otago. which (wires our Dunedin correspondent ) pute quit* a different aspect on the prospect* for the coming season. With thr exception of the fall last week of about half an inch, there had been practically no rain for months. There is a magnificent ?ho«" of bloom in all the orchards, and if there are na late frosts the fruit crop will be a very large one
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 222, 17 September 1915, Page 7
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