TAPANUI.
January 12.— The weather that we have been having lately i.-> beyond all description, .and holiday seekers will long remember the advent of 1S!)2. Through the terrible rain much damage has been done to grass crops which were ready to cut. Most of these weie very heavy, and a large percentage is rotting on the ground, which will be a serious loss to some of our farmers.
Ins>truwi:\tm..— At a meeting of the Pro-.-bytery of IWataura held at (.lore on Tuesday loVt it was decided that the presbytery sanction the use of instrumental music in the church at Tapanui. It is very gratifying to be able to .state that the minority in the late vote taken on the question will fall in with the majority. There may be one or two who will hold out for a thort tiioe, but in all probability they also
will show their wisdom by bowing to the inevitable. The Crops.— The oat crop is looking splendid, but it is feared that from the extraordinary growth in the straw the yield will not be quite so good as was anticipated. The portion of the turnip crop which was got in early is looking very well, but the crops which were late 111 being put in seem in many instances to be in a very miserable condition, the fly and the grub making terrible havoc with them. I notice that the small birds have already started on the oat crop. New Ro\D.-Thc road leading from the newly erected bridge across the Pomahaka (near the railway station) to the North Gleukemch settlement has, with the exception of a little 1 piece s at the Glenkenich end, been formed. When com plcted it will prove a great boon to the settlers m the district, and to the commercial men of our °EutTH(iUAKE.— A slight shock of earthquake was felt in this district on Monday afternoon at about 3.30 o'clock. L\iioui:.— Recently a large number of men left this locality for the NorHi Island. It is consequently thought that men will be hard to get When the harvest sets in. In the meantime farmers who require men to tie grass find it a very dilh'cult task to get them.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1977, 14 January 1892, Page 20
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371TAPANUI. Otago Witness, Issue 1977, 14 January 1892, Page 20
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