ARAMOHO.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 26

ARAMOHO.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Now the holidays are over we are all dropping into the old groove of worn again. Notwithstanding occasional showers, haymaking is making good progress, and the quality of the crop is first-class. Crops of all kinds look well and are thriving. Shearing generally is later than in former years, and good ©hearers are scarce. Indeed in this neighbourhood labour of all kinds is scarce, and there are no unemployed. Businessmen in Wanganui differ much in opinion as to the benefit or otherwise to trade generally of the week's carnival. So far as visitors were concerned, I should imagine they had not much to complain of. Certainly the committee worked hard to make it a success. In rowing events, Aramoho, as usual, more than held Its own against competing team®, and the Club is to be congratulated upon its continued prosperity. Now that the machinery is being landed I hope to see our new industry (twine manufacture) in full swing in the near future. The butter-box factory is kept very busy indeed. I trust that soon we may have the pleasure of seeing other industries started in our midst. Mr F. Murray had a displenishing sale last week, having given up dairying as being lees payable than grazing. Labour and its uncertainty militates against dairying, and where we hear of dairymen making large profits for milk it is unfortunately too frequently at the expense of the women and children. Too often are the dairymen's children to be seen dragging their weary way to school and having all the appearance of being tired out.

I understand that Mr E. Willis, from Masterton, has bought from Mr Burnett his lease of and stock on the Kaikokopu farm.