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• November . 27.— Since last .report there has.only ,been oue.finejday,^ Saturday-andto-day,,tbough'no irajn ia.falUngiithe^ky, is .overcast ana\ threatening, and , a,'; cold; wind, flowing qtrongly, from the/south.,' The, crops , ha,ve "been; badly checked m grbwth : throughout the whole, district,, and hß.ye . more than lo?|t all,^e, benefit . they .derive*!frpm.'tbe,magni- : ficent, wea,tner w,e had at seed-tjrpe., , Ij>ay,attef day. Se have,, had, iweaty)er, just',, like 'fchas, which .lasted* iroughout,the whole«ea'?on,of last' year, and which. , was 'faceij{ouslyj .called ?f, summer !'— hail.,or, ( sleet , storm.B of .great .violence, e.veiy, quarter, ,o{ a.n hour.. One trifling consolation' is that we are nqfe the 'only sufferers, as thejtvintry weather over the whole of the North Island af well as this has been something phenomenal. Think pf sleet andanow at Hokiahga 2 We shall soon be hearing of icefeergsand, ,polar bears* in the Bed Sea, and consignments of snow-shoes for the Soudan. Passing explorers' tell "of sis days snow and sleet on Te Anau. The namby-pamby tourist h^d better .leave that lak^.arid the .wonderful falls B'tcolic'.— Mdßt'o'f the Impecunious " cookies " ara going aDbnt' with'finger-riails'bUWa'dojvn to'the very. ' quick. .Ninety out of a hu^dred'of.tb'ehjhad sptd— , in fact been obliged tb^ell, finder. the present rotten .Bystem' : ,of .farmlnfe-rrevery .grain they, had in thß world long before the big rite took place. It is a very poor consolation that 3jd a' gallon is now. being giv^n for milk at the Otama Dairy Factory, and an agitation 'being worked op. for a similar price, at J Cbffoßßr;— Lidst' Tuesday at '
pairing the school buildings. CountlDg " encores," no less than 27 numbers were given to the public for their eighteen penny - admission, and a dance ' ' chucked in " afterwards .
Council Mbeting.— The meeting of this body last night was aa amusing as ever. Mr I. S. Sioison was in the chair aa mayor for the last time, and Mr W. H. E&lmer in his seat as a councillor for the first
time. ' < Tkmpkranck Sunday.— At the various phces of worship on Sunday sermons were delivered on this subject. -
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Otago Witness, Issue 1932, 30 November 1888, Page 17
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