Hawea Notes.

Cromwell Argus, 13 March 1905, Page 5

Hawea Notes.

(From Our Own Correspondent). Harvesting operations are proceeding under favoralle conditions. The weather during the last three weeks has been all that could be desired for the work of staking, and the greater pottion of the grain that has been cut ia now in stack. But there is yet a c n>iJerabb acreage to be cut, the harvest being a month later than it was l*bt year owing to the backward season. Taken on the whole the crops are below the average, and will fall a good deal short of the yield of last season, which was exceptionally goo.'. As was anticipated the climate conditions that prevailed during last spring proved unfavorable to the spring sown crops, especially oats, which are nearly all spring sown, and are decidedly light. On the other hand autumn and wioter sown, wheat has done fairly well, but some of it has suffered from the lata spring frosts. Present indications point to a shortage of oats in the district. This will pro* brbly not materially enhance tho price to the consumer, as they can be brought via Omakau as cheaply as they can from berf. To equalize matters the railway would require to advance more rapidly ; but there is little hope of this in the meantime. So long as the Government persist in spending most of their available money in the centres of populatio i—with the object of getting a quid pro quo in the shape of votes for the expenditure—so long will the Otigo Central be neglected. In a recent issue your Dunedin correspondent, in his pessimistic style, tried to bel ttle the Otago Central Railway Leagu**, a body to whose efforts Central OtasiO owes much. He may yet learn that the Premier and the Minister of Public Works cannot afford to ignore a body like the Otago Central Railway League. It is reported that there Is a case of typhoid fever at the,. Forks, Mr W. Kiogan's youngest son Leing laid up with what is supposed to ba typhoid. _________________