AWATUNA EAST.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9305, 22 March 1907, Page 8

AWATUNA EAST.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Considerable improvements are being made to the factory manager's house. A new chimney and range are being put in and other very necessary arrangements made.

During the recent heavy Taiinfall the Awatana stream was in dangeitous flood, and there wane some nanrow escapes; from serious accidents. Now that the dountdes have been ari-aoged all these fords should be bridged over. Especially ante ithey dargerttas in the dark, and very ioffcen :'«/ requires much engineering to get nervoi 1 houses U> cross. Really we are a 10%suffiering public.

I hear i-f some big deals in cats durin ; the past week. To- make anything very special out of oats this steasan will be a very hard thing, because at tihe very openting of the sjeason prioes are (ruling abnormally high. One firm who got a quotation from the scuih. for 300 bags says 2s lOd fo.b. Lyttedton was the best price they <fcyald get. This moans 3s 7d or 3s 8d her;- 1 , while sacks ape charged extra.