COUNTRY ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2205, 4 June 1896, Page 26

COUNTRY ITEMS.

The factory on the Glenham estate has Bhut down for the season, the output teing 26 tons of cheese.*;, Mr Gordon Maitland (son of Mr J. P. Maitland, Dunedin), for some time employed on Pisa and Earnscleugh stations, ha-; been appointed rabbit agent at Tapanui. The Dunstan Times tells of a narrow escape. On Sunday, 24 tb, the eldest son of Mr A. 0. Fountain (aged about 10) fell over a cliff overlooking the Molyheux River, close to his father's residence. There was a clean drop of about 47ft, and the little fellow when picked up was unconscious. Though badly bruised he escaped without any broken bones. The question of the establishment of a woollen mill at Milton is being actively taken in hand. A provisional committee, with Mr W. r Moore as chairman and Mr E. A. Pyke as hon. secretary, has been appointed, with a subcommittee to interview people and act generally, and submit the result of their labours to a meeting of the provisional committee on sth June. Mr J. A. Dodd has, according to the Wyndham Times, purchased from Mr Robert Shields -hi« farm of ISO acres, and also, acquired from Mr Robert Dodd an additional 100 acres adioiuing Mr Shields'?, the two allotments thus fo>ming a compact and highly desirable selection. Mr Dodd has already taken step 3to have a substantial residence erected on the property. According ,to a southern exchange, there is, activity in mining matters in the Nokomai district. It is said that Mr Zi'ban. intends promoting operations there. The Sew ,Hoy Company's hydraulic sluicing operations are givirjg good results. The Waikaia district js alsd likely to see renewed activity in the- mining industry, and several claims there are now being surveyed. The Southern Standard says that for some time past the Mataura Falls Paper Mills have been working up to their full capacity. Large consign•Hjentsare heing sent from the Mataura railway station almost daily. Last week 60 bales of various kinds of paper, aggregating in weight | about SO tons, were shipped to Melbourne, and j I another large ord?r will follow in the course of a ! few days. Large quantities are also being sent north by tai'. n The Wyndham Farmer has the following :— "Rather a fancy price was secured last Tuesday at Wallacetown for a line of ram lambskins. They were a parcel of purebred Lincoln, and the figure was 4s 6d. That they were of exceptional quality may_ be judged from the facfe of the breeder originally intending the animals should be devoted to the stud ; but on account of the ' slump ' in rams, he robbed the harem and gave work to the slaughterman." The Southland News of Saturday la3t says :— " Bound for the west. Mr Hector Morrison, of O^popo, north of Dunedin, passed through here yesterday with 10 of a family and three tracks of stock for Merrivale estate, lately purchased by the Government, wheie he haa secured for himself and ■ sons between 500 and 6(JO acres. By the heaity send-off areorded Mr Morrison at Otepopo, it is evident that he has proved himself a settler of the right stamp, and will prove an acquisition to the Waiau distict."