Kaeaea.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 344, 11 March 1911, Page 5

Kaeaea.

A meeting of the provisional directors was held at tho Aria buttery factory on Saturday, linth I' ehruarj , to ascertain the price and other matters important; in the establishment ot the now company. Ihe manayyi ot the I'.ank of i\V»' '.'calami ami Mr Mine ,v, lv present. i\ 1r K. Townsend proiw.ied to try !.n n\ a price toi the iamldine' and plani without arbitration. and accordingly lowered his price eous'iderably. After' a yood deal of ili:uru:i:ii.»n a strive was fixed, to bo ratified by the shareholders at a iiiceiI.i, in- lie Id last Saturday, -lth March. . . Welcome rains have been tailing h..,v en Sat.tird.ay and Sunday last and .since, and consequently w'e are tkiini; all available labour to <<et iirass seed'' sow p. Tho acrenye amounts to several thousand acre.;. Several ;sjil*-ml Ul t»inii|' crops L ' an lu> -i,.,.;, in t!i!• district and owners are measuring the e.ivwih by inches from day to day. A meetiii 1 " was iielil at Kacaca tor the pu rpoHc ot yettim; available "tliiril.t" spent in met.diiny several 1.-ul lillim's on l.he rouil to -Aria, am) we hope 'to see a! least 'A> chain of metal on betore the winter. Settlers at l\a.'ar:\ wall soon have to lace t,lie old post cilice problem as 1 understand our pos tin is tress is ;-om>' to res; y n at the end of this month, and unless we make an etlort will Kmc not. only the post, olliee, but also the much-needed telephone. 1 think if they would club together and nut un a small room a I some convenient place they could yet someone to ; attend for two hours per day, anil, 01 course, half-day tor the mail. I think pijj; shootim.; is a thini; of the past here, but settlers still have a chance of potting a occasionally.