AKAROA.
The Pigeon Bay corresoondent of the "Akaroa Mail" telephoned on Monday that Mr Duxbury had made a start with the cuttins of his cocksfoot. The seed down on the flat is ripening very fast, and Messrs McHale Bros., who have the road, will begin very soon.
He anticipated that cutting would be general at the end of the week. Several men came down by the John Anderson on Monday. The crops look well, "<?t .ciallv on the lower levels. Cutting vvjU started on Friday and Saturday in odd notches of the earliest crops m [ ittle River, and it is expected cuttmc will be general in two or three days time. There were a fair number ot .ass-seeders in Little River by MonJay aft. _oon, nnd a large number more were ex-vcted by the evening train. In Le Bon's Bay a start was made with the cutting as early as Fnd.y. and by Monday a large number of * crower. "wanted labour. The John Vrderson landed 30 grass . coders in the mornirET, but much larger numbers .ire require.. It was Imped the Cygnet ■si-id Monica would bring a good many •v".c vc-eft-rc. v. The crops are reported to'be excellent, and ripening very "ist.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13622, 5 January 1910, Page 5
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