COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13741, 24 May 1910, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS AND NOTES.

—-* ';£ KAIKOUKA. - - isYi*. The Hapnku Dairy Company i'mrf my good progress. Tbo plant winTe on the ground nest necls, ior the buildings arc exported Vl.£ffrom the Government. The w ill bo in working order for UuwS) ' milking season. , «*«' CLAIIKVILLE, V There was a procession of about i£i" - vehicles yesterday at the hi.*^ 1 *? the lato Mr Hay Smivh, o f cSL? ; to the church, whero iho Psalm »SLoksou were, read, ami to the K»f,S '■ Church of England cemetciy. 4»m ' those prcs?ut at the gravida w? pio-enUwvos of all the oldest famifo ' ol the. district, as well as memW\S ; ' local boards j<nd public companies »ia"' which the deceased genllcuviu vaseS reeled. The bearers wore Messrf/6 ' HeywHid, \V. Blackburn. A JW**-' Strachan, J. TocM, an J J CatUrael , Tlie Hew J. Holland, \irar, official A number ot <cry handsome entirely covered iho «ra\<-. The Methodist CH>i»»u"ation at Cl«'villi? on iSunday found that the -«as sentation had been niado to the chjffi' of a very valuaWo ami tine-toned ona? a gift froni Mr and Mrs J. A. ClotfisT ho have mnniiVt-tod deep intcrasFS the welfare of dv- church. '. . ■TAi~TAPi r . >.;; At ;i mectinc of the Hall Ce-onutte! Jielti on iSaturday last it was have a lamp erected over tlie faS gate, and to take, stops tor tho WDcfaan of a sintaHo dn.j) scone and 1 lio hall has boon rerontly paiutS througi.out, ami picsents ~* -asS , improved appearance. " jT? The Beautiiyinj; Association me t • Saturday and decided to go abrad *rtU the preparation of the ground froutu* on tho river, and to begin plaaliug J an curly date. < '*' DUNS AX DEL. ■ -"r. A tea meeting and concert Ten' held in the Dnnsandel Town Hall t« Thursday evening in connection wtft tho "Wesleyan Clihitli. The table' wcro presided over by tho lady jbhu, bers of tho congregation. Tho Bβ**" T. A. Joughin presided at the' «&»;, cert. Songs were sung by Smith, Johnston, and Joughin, 3foi * Barnolfc,. and Messrs Smith, IJ. ston, F. Barnott, and tho Rev. A*:MnUcan ; a violin solo was givon hy*"3lß'" Barnott, vocal ducts by Mr n»d linrnett, and Messrs Banytt '»is; Bryco. The accompaniments played by Misses Johnston, Smith, mjj Jougbin. , .'-.;» DARFIELD. \§ On Wednesday last, by the Ulimaiai;' r D. McClune, of Darfield, his well-known draught stallion' Rojd. Crown, by. Royal Famo, and a year-old filly by Shepherd Lad, Bcaley, of Hororata, shipped hvo Sfien.herd Lad colts, all for Sydney; tliey will bo eniered at the ncst'ioft sale. '~'«■? — i, /,iV MALVERN. . A sovero south-west stone. iHtfc" heavy rain, broke over tho ilaltehr' district on Sunday evening. had been beautifully bright and WJflfy , with a mild north-wester blowing/.bliJ:; during the afternoon a heavy clouds formed in the soutU-vfest, at -i.45 p.m., the wind okangint},brought tuc clouds up with o6tdaii|« ing rapidity, ram eommencuiq; ib?fjiSp almost immediately. For ftbout»J*<j~ lioiirs the downpour was hesTfj* tho roads hanng tho appearacixij*.----i ivuletb. About 0 p.m. the TOot* the etorm was over, and by jradsJni? the sky was clear onco diwfa' severe frost sot in. Another 'b^j 1 fall of snow was ©xperienced - cni-ik}" hJlls x which were covered to'ifi&'v: base, yesterday morning. At .85in. of rain was registered, .nalsiW' the total for tho month S.TOiD^-fW'

M_7T_n*_!N. i^ij_| About o o'clock- on Sunday storm came up from tho *wu'-w-c_tr|jij*Wl rain and hail fell in torrents up to iwf|| p.m., when tho weather cleared. t*Jaj.|| heavy frost set in. Severe frostfl" i*si||| check the growth of grass, and faramjg will be forced to turn their tho turnips, which up to' tho pr<J6&*t. 11 have been carefully husbanded for.Jut-■-■ severe weather that is usually exptt.'H encod in July and August, in this'(sji< m tnct. Fortunately many ffl| stacked their wheat and oat havo therefore an o-cellent re_e--veW.lt fodder. \'3&M