LOWGARTH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 June 1923, Page 2

LOWGARTH.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

i Talk about making a parson swear is not m it with the weather of the past tew weeks. We have actually had a couple of fine days in about six weeks, and m consequence with the cold weather cattle and, horses are beginning to get their rough coats on. Most farmers are cutting into their hay stacks and beginning to feed swedes, for once cows get down in condition how they take a power of bringing up by the spring. Ihe local factory had another good innings for cheese awards at the recent JNew Plymouth Show, and the manager (air. J. L. Taylor) and Mr. L. Jones are to be congratulated on their success. A word of praise must necessarily apply to the suppliers for producing good

I TJ«.*alk pf building a hall at Lowgartn is no longer a vision. A gang of , willing workers have been on the spot tor the past two or three days, and have got the piles in and tlie floor joists, etc., all arranged, and in another couple of days, given fine weather, the frame of the hall should be a conspicuous object. The ladies of the district have already commenced their ball dresses, and the men have selected their attire in preparation for the opening ceremony, which is expected to eclipse any gathering yet held here.