Te Arakura

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 175, 27 July 1939, Page 4

Te Arakura

5 t ie From Our Own Correspondent s . Personal and General t- Air. Douglas Lewer has baen spending iv a holiday in Christchurch as tho guest oi ic his cousin, Airs. C. Powis. •li Mrs. D. Lewer has returned home after a spending a week as the guest of Airs, n Robotham, of Woodville. o. Mrs. H. AI. Whisker spent the week-end r. as the guest of Airs. W. E. Thomas. i - Sympathy Is extended to Air. E. S. r- Baker, headmaster of To Araltura School, r- in the death of his brother at Hawera on d. Friday last. r; Mr. J. J. Hume has returned home after e, attending the market gardeners’ conferc ence at Wellington. Mrs. J. W. R. Stewart has been receivre ing treatment at a Wanganui hospital. Le Her friends will Wish her a speedy return to to health. Airs. L. Whitehead and her smadaughter Paddy have been staying wit. ig Air. and Airs. J. H. Bennetti s, The heavy frosts experienced last week i have stopped growth in the pastures am. o£ these are in most cases looking rather bare. The heavy rain over the week-end

1. : n has again made the ground saturated. Although the weather Is admittedly seasonable, it Is a bit hard on the early calving cow's and young calves now to be 1. seen about. Supplementary feeding is a i. necessity, and the short days are full of :r activity on the farms. A few early lambs d are to be seen about the district. I