OPUNAKE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1835, 23 January 1888, Page 2

OPUNAKE.

(FROM OUR OWN^CORRESPONDENT.) The school opened on Monday last, after the ( holidays, th,ere being a fair, attendance. Mr. Etwin, the teacher, was present, .tljoueh he baa met with, an accident of an inconvenient, if not gainful, nature. It appears that, last week, he had a sick cow, and was endeavoring ■to get tho animal to her feet, for which she bad not strength, and her head falling back the: point of 'V. horn /pane* trated into Mr. Elwin's foot, through the boot. Mr. Elwin now proceeds to and from his avocation on crutches, but, no doubt with care, he will soon be moving about as usual. The school building is now being -painted, by MV. Bellringer, who obtained the contract for pain till g the schools- of the district, ana if other schools were in tbe same condition as our own, they very much' needed, attention. It is , proposed to paint with. three coats ,of. hematite of. -a Bomewh'at lighter shade than/tha: usually used, and as far as one ia at' present able to form, an idea, it will be" ariy thing but a pleasing 'color; at'uny rate, this will be far better than allowing buildings to goto rack and ruin for want of -a little paint. The Town Hallvia' f also- to oe painted, so our pub,lrc n buildings will improve .the' lo^k of the tjovrn, On- Recount of the' recent improvement in the price of flax, the industry is about to be 1 opened np.mor'e largely than heretofore. " A. gentleman, now of Havelock; has' made': arrangements for working the flax becweea ißahbtU' and tho Caps,, and be is satisfied with tbe prospect* df tho venture. :~He < lis-- aur . experienced flaxdresserj ana intends to work by steam at first, as he anticipates being able to pro-

talke fu&ftonrthe pi&veß^t *rate. Tjo|pelß\son|E^|exceHen.( iflaifin ;that if.ithe%ricej keepsiro settlers *wi!l up -doubt' ,regrefc. that, they Have destroyed what they bad of it. !&s an example of the injury that is constantly being done to this portion of the district, and which in fair play it is to be hoped will not be indulged in for the future by those parties interested of course in their own districts, and who use no opportunity to decry the neighboring districts,' hoping that they may benefit thereby, this gentleman was told whilst coming up the coast.-tfciat he.Jiad better not go beyond Opunake,. as the., land . was no good, and there was no flax. Did anyone ever hear the .'like, of this? That gentleman may or may not have travelled the road north of Opunake, but , such a misstatement proves that he knew nothing whatever of what he was talking.' Many other in* tending settlers are repeatedly being told that it is no good for them to go on north to Opunake, as there is' no good land there? To all such, one must say — Don't be deceived by, any. suoh clap-trap; in* terested, motive's, dictate Buch. advice; come and see as good land as any on the Waimate Plains. f No visitor to the coast should be ' satisfied to .leave the district before seeing for himself 'the natural bat* let of the district and the land aronnd and 4t beyond it. Jan. 19.