LAKE WANAKA.
AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) ! ' , Albert Npvember 10, t Y/X sorry to observe the recpnt arbitary .meaflpres. lately a4opted .by the squatters in ndg|)borhopd in impounding cattle, and .Imrans, them severe distances, to nearest , pounp’. f , The settlers remedy the evil by applying for a v.ery;^ly-,»e(s4ecl., t,, Jlqphow that our district is now adyancing, Jnp.w,,: btisily engaged in perfecting their new at jhe nead, of La)te ; Wanaki*. yphen finished I am.tola that the price of timber Jwgely which will be a great tPPjS, 1 }II S' i .y. w;ll be glad to learn that Messrs Rusßeljti. Co.’s new steamer will Ije in jkjme for the coming season. l- 4l Tlje faf Bmiles in. anticipation of goods crops caused; by the fine growing weather which is jbeing,, experienced. , The j same may be said .of".thesq natters, fory on account of the mild ttye old ewes, the, like of which formerly: used to die, are pomitfg in with a and a fleece on their backs, .will go a long way towards paying I. TThe land recently thrown open near the |Hawea Flat is. being gradually taken up, the being applied for a short time ago. . The hew blocks at Mt„* Barker seem to he, thrown in the shade, probably for want of 'in / • a;>( Anpther start is being made in move for a flour-mill. Lists are being circulated in, the ■district, on which every person is invited to pls&e' his name and the sum of money he is prepared to expend in shares when a meeting is called. Itappears' that a very good show ol moriey is on the lists. The district should subscribe to a man, if only with a £s.note. I would respectfully draw the attention of the county authorities to the fearful state of f jkh© rqsd five miles from the Hawea bridge, i down way. It is full of biground stones, i varying in size from a fnan’s head upwards, almost, 1 may say, without limit. are h?w beginning to get very roma&tis. smsll .b|hi-.j>est” will also force itself on our farmers in a year or two. I havd'rriuch pleasure in recording the fact that the thoroughbred stallion Haruha stands In this for the season. Competent judges have declared him to be the best home lever bp-country, being heavier in the bone ifcnd muscle than most crossbred draft-horses, -And* having the necessary style, he is as well ?able to do a hard day’s stockriding over rough aground as he is to win a race, which is more J than v can ■ bo said of most of the weedy ''thoroughbreds whose presence is annually -inflicted on the public. It is a pity that •kome one here does ' not improve on the •Clydesdales usually advertised up-country, -Rnd so be on a par with Lake Wakatipu district, which is supposed to be the best up- ■ Country district for Clydesdales.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XI, Issue 575, 16 November 1880, Page 6
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478LAKE WANAKA. Cromwell Argus, Volume XI, Issue 575, 16 November 1880, Page 6
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