POMAHAKA DOWNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 29

POMAHAKA DOWNS.

s j April 10. — There has been a break in the wea- j 1 , ther during the past week, rain commencing on J j Thursday. No doubt the rain will be welcome ' to the turnips and grass, but I suppose those 1 farmers who have the mill hands with them ' would prefer to have fine weather. We have ' now two mills "busy threshing on the Poma- , haka estate. The settlers at the lower end ' i pulled in Mr George Murray's mill, not caring ci to wait for Mr Trusler. Both mills, having ! been blessed with fine wather, are getting well 1 i through with their work, and it is to be hoped 1 . that this break in the weather will not hinder them long. The fields are putting on a wintry > appearance with the straw stacks in them. As to the yield from the estate, it is not expected 5 that Hie average will exceed 30 bushels per > acre. At the prices ruling it will take all we ' get for this handsome yield to pay expenses. ', Then where is the rent to come from? Ay, that's the rub. Of course some of the settlers > will have better results than others. I heard ■ two outsiders having an argument as to which ' was the best crop on the Pomahaka. One said that Mr Joseph Abernethy had the best, whilst the other preferred Mr Erskine's, on his new section. Both of these gentlemen are farmers , from the old country, and know well how to make the most out of everything. I Accidents. — I am sorry to have to report that - Harry Hammer, who had been leading in for ! Mr Watt, met with an accident when unyoking [ after his last load. The harness not being r quite clear of the shafts, the shatter made a f . plunge, knocking Hammer over and pulling i the dray. wheel over his foot. He was taken ; j to' Clinton, and intended to proceed to the Dun- ' ' edin Hospital. I was very sorry to hear of a i- ' serious accident happening to a young man F at Clydevale, *nd hope he may recover soon. . ! A Strange Predicament.— One of our settlers had a narrow escape from being bound up in , a sheaf. He was driving his reaper and binder [ down a slight incline when the little wheel , went into a Tabbit hole, throTring him off his J seat, and he fell on to the platform. Luckily I the horses came to a standstill just as he was disappearing up the canvaß.