COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10970, 26 January 1899, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[from our own _ Ouaupo, Wednesdayyesterday about 250 head of cattle I .** yarded for Mr. W. J. Hunter's sale.. was not a very large attendance of buycf*' harvesting operations being in full swijl throughout the district nrecluded this. : sold fairly ell, and with the exception of t*J or three pens, all were sold. The^M o *®? are the quotations:— Springing cows a® peifers, from £2 10 * to £3 10s; yearling heifig (well-bred), 12s; three-year steers, from ** s J. to £3; grown steers, in fresh forward coff uition, up*to £5 sa; two-year steers, from* 1 2 to £2 8s; steer calves, 12s; empty from £2 to £2 15s; two-vear heifers (w* bred), £2 2s; ditto, coarse, £1 15s; fat stag rc ni£4 Us to £5 lis fat cows, from #** to £4. .uA On Sunday last the children attending Anglican Sunday-school were presented w* the prizes gained by them for good con«g progress, and regular attendance. J® T: absence of Archdeacon Willis, the R eT \jj Marshall officiated. In the course of sermon he warned parents that the fotore . a child depended upon its early trafojjj He said that the Sunday-schools in some deP met. this want. He thought it very « tionable as to the wisdom of exclpdiflj u teaching of Scripture from the public scWJs m. , TCihikihi. WednesdayThe fine weather of the l ast few daj* been of immense benefit to many o*, v fanners, some of whom had had for over a week. Thev have now teea abled to get it into stack. Several TO ana binders are at work in the distriCw_, farmers are making every effort to avail * selves of the dry spell, which threaten y day to come to an end. „ , , a „ TE AW A HUTU. Wedn&Wjj J™? annual meeting of the subscribe'. Public Library was held on Monday -]* Owing to the harvest the attendants small The rt.port and balance-sM'a heads of which have already appeared i . Herald, were adopted. Tho follow:ins- . elected a committee for the current "ft' Messrs. J. P. Vause. J. F. Andrew, I K'S deno, H. Burton, and R. T. Miller » r - 'ft J"? 8 re-elected chairman-and treasure''- .; librarian was appointed to act as sea*" ■ ~ , Hamilton. WcdnesdH^: Messrs. McNicol jnd Co.'s sheep fa "' m, nntmced for February 1 and folio*®?About 20,000 sheep will be' offered, coffPß breeding ewes, store wethers, and 'a® will also pen 500 pure-bred rains-*"#", if Bomney, Shropshire— the principal breeders in the district; alWj*Sjj bred two-tooth English Leicesters, ißffa f [ om Canterbury. The approach™. should prove an exceptionally success' a * fj*d is more abundant than In the ®\, |i of the oldest settler, and there promis^j^y. an unlimited demand for early V next ear for export. This trade ® lated to do much good to the : true that graziers have hitherto had ? Ad °! freezing on their own account, ' who have attempted it have not B e^; ; uniform success, and small me . ifmiK afford to run the consequent risks. • Jig lp. a large buyer prepared to pa' I ®*s[ #I Jjl 1 ".!" 100 either in the paddocks or jl.. tracks. This will no doubt induce maM^J have not hitherto gone in to l s e ?bi4s u P? n ■jj'tt branch of firming. B -Mis<f4 8 i? that better an( primer lambs produced in the colony than upon kato flats. This trade should gffifrf P°, te toe Progress of the district. ?Jjd | kato land is all the better for beu ZZI fc ? year3 > aod lambs iMf'Skt grass. Bucecss means going in fpr*?.. gjf i IT B '.™? 1110 forthcoming W&M ! settlers to do this to the best advam**^ ,® • '"1$ mm