SHANNON.
, "■ The Misses Dunckley have been visiting ■ [ 'WoodviHo/ ■.;.■ .•.'_" j "Mrs; Robinson and family are <m a visit ' 3to Mrs. Mv Moynihan. ■ >...>■ ; ~i-.-';. . ..... v 1 Mrs. Curtis is shortly going for a change j to' Now Plymouth. ■. ! v ;:■•■.■ ''• /■• . . ■; 3 "■'•Mrs. Murray, of Blenheim, is at present j the guest of Mrs. T. Sowman. .!.,.., . ! _Mrs.Hawson, a former resident of this dift- | £ trict, is staying with"Mrs, Butts. '■'■ . .'On these clear tutumn days the snowI topped summit ofJtfount Ruapehu*may be l seen from. Makerua. Behind' Ruapehu at ' present js a thick, black cloud, which is said to bo the BDioko from Ngaurahoe. • '] .The contract system, which has been, or is about to be t introduced into some of the flax- ■ . mills in this district is causing a conßider- ■ able discussion. The workers at one mill in. the Tokomaru district are being paid so much ' per ton of'fibre, or .so much per ton of green ;" leaf as tho case may be, and are said to bo, g giving the system a fortnight's trial. , : ' *•'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 6
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168SHANNON. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 6
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