LIMEHILLS AND CENTRES BUSH.

Otago Witness, Issue 1945, 4 June 1891, Page 19

LIMEHILLS AND CENTRES BUSH.

May 30.— Threshing is finished in this district till spring. From what 1 can (earn the yield! of wheat and bats are a little above the average. Mr M'Dougall, Benmore, bad one paddock of oats which gave a yield of 115 bushels per acre. Mr Jai. Hunter had an average of 70 bushels over his whole crop. Our wheat growers are all hard at it getting raady for next year's crop, and deipite the rather rough weather we have experienced lately work is wall forward. There has been the' usual growl and difficulty in getting truck* during the grain season. I wonder the settlers do not agitate to get some sort of a shed at our tiding that grain and goods could be stored in till such time as tracks come to hand. I have teen several truck load's stacked on the ground for nearly a fortnight very poorly protected from the weather, stray cattle, or horses, covers being sometimes as bard to get as truoks; and then the farmers had to corns out four, five, and six miles to meet the trains every day, as it was a case of first come best served

Patbki^Shkbp Fbhck,— l believe our new Induetry is likely to be a success. Mptt of our farmers are giving the fence a trial, and speak well of it as very handy for dividing turnips, being eatily created and substantial when erected. I believe Mr Feroey, is getting it .away nearly as faijt as he can manufacture it. School' Matters. — I think I mentioned ,la my lsit report that Mr Fuller, teacher, had sent' in bis resignation through bad health. ' His time was up on the 30th inst. Mr Fuller has been, teacher here for over 15 years, with very marked success, and his numerous friends and old scholars oould not allow him to depart without giving him some small token of their esteem, so that he might remember Limehills in future years. On Friday, 29th, a social gathering was held in the Good Templars' Hall to bid Mr Fuller good-bye. About 100 persons sat down to a sumptuous tea table, provided by the young lady ex-pupils. After full justice had been done to the good things provided, Mr Oowie, ohairman of the sohool committee, in the name of the parents and other friends, presented Mr Fuller with a - travelling case and handaome silvermounted meerschaum pipe. In the course of his remarks Mr Oowle said that Mr Fuller had a reoord few teachers oould beat, which the inspector's report would prove, and that few teachers oould produce Buph an array of good-looking and respectable young ladiei, and Intelligent and go-ahead young men that had received their education at » his hands, .as were assembled there that night.— Mr John Murphy in a few well-chosen and feeling remarks presented Mr Fuller with an. elegantly framed and mounted illuminated address from his old pupils ; also a purse of sovereigns, the conjoined subscriptions of parents and old pupili, — Mr Fuller appeared very much overcome when replying and bidding a formal good-bye. — After Mr Andrew Oowie, Mr Snand, and other gentlemen had endorsed the ohairman V remarks regarding Mr Fuller's merits as a teacher and friend, the hall was 1 cleared for danoing, and the young people footed it merrily till 3 a.m., to music supplied by Meiers J. and T. Hinohey, J. Balrd. Cowan, and Bunton. Mr J. Murphy officiated at M.0., and Messrs D, M'Leod, Hinohey, and Oowie contributed several songs during the evening Another Presentation. — Mr Fuller was also presented with a . beautiful writing desk by his present scholars on Friday afternoon, his latt day in school. Miss M. Hishon and Master Q. Deegan made the presentation, and bade Mr Fuller good-bye in the name of the rest of the pupils. A good many of the pupils were in tears. Mr Fuller very feelingly thanked them and bade them good-bye, shaking every pupil by the hand. Skating. — Our looal rinking company have made a start again under the management of Messrs Stonner and Cunningham. I do not know if it be that rinking is as much in favour as ever, or that there p-re no other amusements about, but the hall is crowded every night, and the company has every prospeot of a good season.