TUAPEKA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2058, 3 August 1893, Page 22

TUAPEKA.

July3l.— Regardingtheweather.wecanclaimto have experienced within the past weekthe heaviest gale of- wind in the memory, of the oldest inhabitant. Trees were broken through the trunk or uprooted, fences, chimneys, fluming, /roofs, and outhouses all suffered severely. Some buildings narrowly escaped being crushed by the falling' trees, and altogether for the space of a few hours rather an anxious time was spent. j I"or a day or two afterwards the Molyneuxriver. rose'considerably, but has again gone down to its old level. Agricultural.— Considering the weather, our farmers are well forward with their ploughing, and most of them had their produce conveyed to market .before the roads got bad. A number of the Tuapeka West farmers are endeavouring to get the river steamer to come up as far as Kongahere to enable them to get the benefit of water carriage, and there seems a probability of their request" being granted. On the whole, the farmers, here are in a much better position than a few years ago— they don't put their eggs so much into one basket, but by adopting- mixed farming, grazing.'and grain-growing, they are now deriving -* the benefit therefrom. .... ;.../_ „;' Political.— On the subject of politics I will . not trespass much on your space. Messrs Rawlins and Fyke are at present the only two can,, ,

didate3 on the warpath, but I expect by the time of nomination we will have other Richards in the field, some of whom are talked of and others at Pt SiGNs n oF PRosrEiiiTY.— Commercial matters must be booming about Lawrence, as all. the unoccupied shops are now taken up, pnnciDilly by people in the rag trade, some of whom are only visiting Lawrence from your metropolis for a brief period, and who pay no regard to the half-holiday nor to closing at any particular hour, but keep open all Thursday afternoon, to the dißgust of the KBident tradesmen, who have observed it so long. I understand that thcreis not an unoccupied house in Lawrence at the present time ; so it would not seem as if the population was Arbor Day.— Tho date of our Arbor Day is not definitely fixed, it depending- on -the school examination, but it ia to be observed as soon as that is over. Meanwhile the different looal bodies are making their arrangements.