SOUTH OTAGO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24607, 15 May 1941, Page 9

SOUTH OTAGO

BALCLUTHA Potato Crops.—Potato growers in the Stivling-Inchclutha district have taken full advantage of the good weather of the past seven days and the mechanical potato-digger has been busy on many farms, with schoolboys from Balclutha and elsewhere helping with the pickingup and bagging. Where the boys are on piece work some have made up to £1 a day, but the average reward has been from 8s to 10s a day, according to the degree of skill shown. Growers are receiving much better prices than last year, up to £8 a ton on truck at Stirling for tire King Edward variety and £7 for Arran Chief. Some crops were sold forward at the beginning of the season for £6. The increased price this season may be attributed to the partial failure of the Canterbury crop through the recent floods in that province. WAIPAHI Obituary.—The death occurred recently of Mr James Murray, a well-known resident of the Waipahi district. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs James Murray, of Port Molyneux, who came to Waipahi in 1878 to take over a farm property, Mr James Murray was educated at the Waipahi and Tc Houka schools, and subsequently engaged in rural pursuits, working for Mr W. Mitchell, of Clydevale estate, and for Mr Herron, for whom lie carted coal and flax over Blue Spur. Mr Murray also spent several years in the employ of Mr Wilson Hall, of Riversdalo. Following his marriage to Miss Agnes Blanche, lie returned to Waipahi. Twentynine years ago he secured a position on the staff of (lie Clutha County Council, which he held up to the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, one son, and two daughters.