Mount Richards Road

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 3

Mount Richards Road

From Our Own Correspondent. September turns the cycle Of shf e P farming life to docking operations ana the breeders’ attention is now directed towards this section of farm work, me bleat of the lambs and tho breath of summer in tho air seem to bring shearing time very close.- The district is perhaps looking its best just now. Tho scenery surrounding Jit. Richards cannot be oveiestimated in its rural appeal. The Ruahines, which form tho eastern horizon, rise into fantastic shapes, and their long, tree-clad ridges slant into the valley to bury their feet in the winding river. Parke’s peak, rising like a sentinel above the other mountain humps, gazes with white solemnity on the Pohangina river and Coal creek which wind in lazy lines through the bowl of painted hills. . Mr. Lange, agricultural inspector, visited the school at the beginning of the W JXiss P. Forlong, of Patca, is the guest of Mrs. M. Forlong, Ngaputahi, Mount Richards Road. A few mild cases of influenza are at present in the district