BUNNYTHORPE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1746, 23 August 1905, Page 24

BUNNYTHORPE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

The marvellous weather we are experiencing is the wonder of even the “oldest inhabitant.” Such a winter has never been known; certainly we had a thunderstorm, and a copious fall of rain, but that only improved matters, as with the present lovely sunshine the rain is producing the natural effects of a promising crop of everything in the shape of grass, oats, etc. I regret to have s to announce the serious illness of Master F. Mace, son of Mr and Mrs Mace of our local" hotel, the sufferer is at Mrs Freeman's Hospital in Palmerston North, where he has been operated upon by Dr Martin foy appendicitis. Up to the present the poor boy is do ng as well as can be expected, and it is to be hoped he will pull through all right. We are advancing here “by leaps and bounds.” A new butter factory is about to be erected in time for the incoming dairy season by Mr J. Gillies. I understand he has promisee of great support from the farmers around, so that what with one dried milk factory, sundry creameries and a butter factory, things ought to be prettylively here in a few weeks. With the new butter factory, and the erection of a new boarding house, building operations are brisk here just now. Mr Andrew, too, is putting up a new residence, and I notice a quantity of timber stacked at the dried milk factory evidently with the intent on of enlarging the present building, besides which an addition is to be made to our public hall by the addition of a new room to accommodate the local Oddfellows' Lodge and also our public library. By the way at last meeting of our Public Library Committee it was resolved to hold a social at an early date in aid of library funds. Our football club suffered defeat at the hands of Fielding, the latter team being far too good. Mr Frank Holland, who has been recently teaching at Mangaweka has been transferred to Apiti. Before leaving the firmer place he was the recipient of some very handsome tokens of esteem from the Anglican Church Choir, the Oddfellows' Lodge, and the children of the school.