COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8629, 27 July 1891, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

fa ' s ppp m l — rMfrj? | ; PCJKEKOHE WEST. The weather (at time of'• writing) \in th? | neighbourhood is fine I and 1 mild, i and lth winter so far is passing away with seasonkvi. lil weather, although some assert that the ku frosts were the heaviest ever experienced i this: district. Milk, ,so I was told, actual!* ! froze in the dairy. No > doubt it wag vers-H trying on cattle, especially dairy cows, which require a great deal of attentiont in ; mindino 1 them with fodder, ' shelter, etc., if you ££{[WM them to continue to give a profitable yield of milk. Several of our settlers are supplying Ufa milk to the factory up to the present tUneNfill and no doubt jib the winter is so far advance,} will make an effort to keep on supplying dor ing the winter, but I do think the Aasocia". tion should give 4d per gallon for 10 per cent. • milk, : which price : would give a little mora life to the supplier. L ; f Last year the price of milk was so low 2Jd per gallon, that many of our larger rH farmers are disposing of their ; dairy cow* iff!! and buying sheep. >It was an old saying » England, " Never to keep a sheep where yon could keep: a cow," but this does not holdfSp» good in new Zealand, as of late years the I'll farmers here are glad of anything from which«. they can gain an. honest penny. ,-< The daW ir fanners, at the prices obtainable f for dairylfS! produce for the past few years, are not paid for the labour and drudgery in connectjoa with dairy cows, and thus all who can do go and have farms large enough to keep sheen*WM arc disposing of their cows and going in for. - sheep. . v ;»■ -I understand that the householders resid- I® ing in that portion of our road district known <! as Bucklanu are again about making an an- h > plication to the Education Board for a school ' * H Some eight or nine years ago the household* 1 5 ers moved in this ; matter, and again in 1887 but for reasons best known to the Education •'S Board the application was refused. 7 The 'V- * householders now think the time has arrived 'V when the Education Board should at once - erect a suitable school on a site which will ffl accommodate the greatest number of chil- v dren. I hear there are more than 40* children' over five years of age ready. to attend the E school, and a great number under the age. ,* ' who ill a year or two more will also attend. 1 know children at present who have to walk S® three miles, and some over that distance, t« receive education, so that if the Board can % v see their way clear to grant a school it will Sip bring the means of education within the dig. 3| tance of one mile and a-half of the furthest '' children. . ■ On a visit to our local butter factory, on . the morning of the 15th (Wednesday), 'f.: found Messrs. Bycroft, Spragg, Furley, and ** > - others superintending the Betting up and trial of an Alexandra Separator. ■ This is a' nice looking machine, and was working very smoothly, although making at the time about 6000 revolutions per minute. At the time of. my visit, it was doing its work well, the separated milk coming away on one side verj fi 8 freely, the cream coming away by another. :• {§ This machine is calculated to put through f ; 300 gallons per hour.—[Own, Correspondent] TAIRUA. On Monday, July 13, a meeting of subscribers t of the Tairua library was held in the readingroom at 7 o'clock, Mr. Neill in the' chair. The balance-sheet for the period ending 1880 \ was read by Mr. G. Moore, late secretarj and treasurer, and was adopted and passed, 3s!* The librarian, who has been acting lately as secretary, submitted accounts owing to the ! * amount, of £18, and against those subscriptions not paid up to the atnounc of about V>. £13, showing a deficit of about £5. It was decided to endeavour to get in at once all . back subscriptions, and in consideration of the deficit to curtail the expenses by re- £§| ducing the number of papers and periodicals for the present. Messrs. Edwards Neill,' and Howell were appointed a committee to manage affairs, and Mr. James Simpson. sSI librarian, was appointed ; secretary* ana y % treasurer, and authorised' to receive all moneys. In view of increasing the numbet of members it was decided to make the subscriptions monthly, in lieu of quarterly as heretofore. • The return scratch football match between Vsf members resident at Tairua and at the land* ing was played , at the latter place last. -v: Saturday, and resulted in a win for the horns ■ team by four points to nil. Great regret is expressed in the district by the notice just received from the. Board of Kducation that Miss M. E. Dempsey, assistant teacher, is about to be removed at • her own request to Auckland. .During Miss Dempsey'a short stay amongst us she has made many friends, and the best wishes of the whole community will go with her to?<o| her new sphere of actions, hoping by the change that her health, which has of late , been very delicate, may greatly improve, Miss Dempsey has proved herself a tho- 5 roughly efficient ana. painstaking teaser, . and although the loss will, I have; no doubt, be felt by the school, yet we trust it will be (**%{ more than balanced by the improvement &nc ; ' gain to herself.—[Own Correspondent.] " OMAPERE. ' ' The barque Presto, from Auckland, arrived ' this morning, and proceeded to Kohukoho,-Iv. or, more appropriately,'" Sawdust City." r ;■ On Sunday, the 12tn instant, the Rev. Mr. Joughin preached to. a large congregation here. It is a pity that the rev. gentleman ,; cannot visit us a little oftener.—[Own Cor- ■ respondent.]