POMAHAKA DOWNS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXIV, Issue 1222, 3 December 1897, Page 5

POMAHAKA DOWNS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.] The weather still remains very bad, high winds ancl cold rains retarding the growth. Crops are very far back, and I am afraid the returns won't come up to last years by a long way. The Government are ditching and ploughing up the vacant sections, and tons upon tons of artificial manure are being carted up from the railway. So, surely we will see green crops this year, and perhaps they can show the settlers how to farm. I think all will be glad to learn. I see a few shorn sheep aboufc, but, if poss'ble, I think it wore bettor to defer sheaving until warm weather. There would then be some yolk in the wool; at present the wool is harsh and brittle, also very tight. Matters re the school are looking up a little. I hear Mr C. Songe has sold his Eankleburn farm and intends to bring his wife and family over here. This will make the school hum and I think five families will be represented by harvest. The examination is to be held on Wednesday week, and the following Friday, the 10th inst., there will be a concert and social held in the school to raise funds to erect a shelter shed for the children, also to feed the teacher's hack in on cold nights. As your space will be short this week I will defer other news for next time.