RIVERTON.
(FROM OUR OWN OORREBPOSDENT.) ' '" I " , ' ."■" ' if ' "'; ' A;prilHth'. "' Riverton is ' lo'oking s 'very deserted 'at present Nearly everyone that' could go has gone, to spend- tr/c ■Easter holidays <awayjt either in i (Dunedin or, to the .Exhibition. ; The, weather down here, is vory,;gpod'; there are fewshoWjers^bufc nothing to speak 'of. We nave' 1 hdd t "no sports whatever in RiVertdn: ■ , !l ".' " '" V" ''" '' ' '"-'"I ' 'The Otautau 'racerf'came' off 'on"Eaßter ! Mohday. There ■ was" a'-'v'ery good 'attendance. Our,' Rlverto)i 'horses Paddy' won' the Cup as he liked ;. Butterfly winining,theTo»yn;Plate. (,(;,. i "1i,.,,.,, •,>>„>■ i- i ,Tho jCkprnittoe^pjt ..tjnft.Wt ,areauyertißiiig for 'a 'married' couole— the pre3e'rit H one'(Mr,'Livesa.v an'd'w^TlaVirif r^sMed; 1 'Mr 'tiv'osay being in:M i )THe cutter that'l ; kpb'ke of 'in myrtast w'entto pieces next day. I hLbelieve it'waa insured! ! Mr Stewart, who had his.farnitmtf o,b; .boa^d, ,was i noji, insured ; ( J>u^ He recovered nearly, everything, and, his i lpss\wi.y only, oe about £5, , ' [[" • • ' ' A' 1 ' ' Thc',""ChinWeS*', haa' their feast 1 Jasfc' week'- tne quietest ! diie' I have seen sin6b my.arrival here.'- J ' • j Thrashing has^now 'commenoddi Faimers areiasK'ing 1 3s for their oats. , Ihope they' will .|?es jit, as, they hayeihad poor priqes for- a, long- %\mp; ,and if,,tne |l farmer haSjnpjmoney^tto spend the/.tov^nspooplo' mv it . i » i ' 'i<'• i' i^^ «,' > iI ' ' i
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Otago Witness, Issue 1586, 15 April 1882, Page 13
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209RIVERTON. Otago Witness, Issue 1586, 15 April 1882, Page 13
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