Page 5 Advertisements Column 1

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 142, 10 March 1908, Page 5

: correspondent of tho "Manawatu Evening' Standard" writes:—l took' -an umbrella ,wichf';.mo to.Marton on Saturday night,'-and; wonderful to 1 relate, ii saved ; mo from getting! wet through, for.when wo arrived at '5h,0 Junction it' was and (continued ! to dp'so till .midnight.As a result on'. Sunday all haturo looked very much .refreshed for a. good and much-needed wash. Tho; Jlartoii householders aro rejoicing in clean.tanks, .half-filled.' with good rain-water. At tho Upper' Tuiaenui they had even njoro rain ;,than at Marton,f'«,aiid tho- tanks aro filled.; Already tho'turnips and'other young crops'aro looking' all . tho better' v for the copious showers in this district. But from M.art'uii downwards thero seems to have been yery'littlo rain, tho whole .country presenting the same old whitey-broivn Australian aspect. —Tho eyes .of tho! Mai;tonites; are sparkling with'animation; at: their brightening prospebls. One company of optimistic speculators 'havo. just acquired a 40-acro block cf town ]iui(l, 'through- which they : 'aro now putting two up-to-date' streets and offering building sites to residents. In tho Broadway new brick shops are now filling up tho burnt blanks; and. new commodious dwellings, both at tho town and junction, aro common; At the -there aro largo numbers' of hands' employed laying down new lines 'audi fixing things up generally in preparation for' the great . increase of traffic.' •, And /tho branch lino'across through Poston is not tho least of. tho '-.expectations, of. i tho Marion peoplo, in• tho near future. • They - will not bo!a,little bit surprised if it eventuates;

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