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Mataura Ensign, Issue 13, 30 July 1895, Page 2

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.. «. BALFOUIL Arctic weather hare pan be summed up truly in the old man's quotation — " First it blew, then it snow, then it friz and snew again. 1 ' Farm work is terribly behindrhand in this district ; little his been done during this past month The farmer will have to forge ahead when the weather does improve. Should warm winds and rain come earjy in the spring the Mataura Valley is suge to suffer from floods, as the hills about Ufip£r£ inches deep in snow. .*^ * Stock are feeling the effect o* tha ldnßcontinued severe weather. In other -years, bpagts vyould not look at the old stray stacks, but now they are in great demand. This should certainly teach the farmers to take care of their straw, as it leaves the mill. There ia always too much hurry-scurry at threshing time I the object seems to be not so much to make a good job as to get the mills away as soon as possible. i\ We have had a share of sickness here I lately, and lam very sorry to chronicle that |LMr*E. Oisey, one of the oldest and best ■knows.!-' settler.i here, is at present in the l^hyercar^ill Hospital suffering from eomo complaint. Mr Casey, I learn, has a surgical operation. We trust will pull through, and soon be us again. >. H^^B^eva that Miss Shields, who got her H^^^valded some time ago, and had to go Hospital, is progressing favorably, she expected home in a f^w da;?. have no amusements save the Band of nope onca a month, and the Draughts Club weakly. I have nothing to say for or agiinst draughts, but if tha Band of Hope had a little more spirit instilled into it, it would take much better.