UPPER OWAKA.
Ju£y 3.— Our till now genial winter has broken at last. The summer and winter seasons had, till the p>eßeut, changed places, and we were really petting better weather than we had *t tho beginning of the year. Yesterday, however, the weather broke, »nd the real "Owttka weather. " is raging now. A great deal of rain has fallen, and the Owaka River is running in flood. Agricultural.— ln some quarters the # water is needed, for, winter season though it is, many tanks are nearly dry. The fine weather jußt gdne - has been very ncceptable, for it is' not often that our end of the district has been to short of f«ed as thin year. Health Note.— Colds, with all the little inconveniences they bring with them, are very prevaleat just now. Indeed, we hear of sickness in one shape or another whichever way we tun» round our district.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 25
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150UPPER OWAKA. Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 25
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