capable hands. WYNDHAM.
December 22. — We are' having a spell of very backward weather here at present. , Scarcely a day. passes without rain. This has greatly retarded turnip-sowing throughout the district, but those sown early aro coming away nicely. - Shearing has- begun on all sides. There has bee,i very little prbgross made, however, owing tcr the wet weather. i ■ School'. — Tlie school broke up on. "Wednesday for the summer, holidays. Prizes and certificates were awarded to the children deserving of tho honour. Mr Fraser (chairman of the school committee) and the 8.2 V. J. Aitken addie&sed the scholars, and the latter gcnetlenmn oflx-red a prize o! a'book each to the boy and giTl who bring th. best bouquet of wild flowers on the Friday after the re-ope.iir;g of the school. Greetings. — Christmas will have come and gone before this reaches you; but I heartily wish you, Mr Editor, and the staff of the Otaao "Witness a happy and prosperous New Year.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2391, 28 December 1899, Page 29
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161capable hands. WYNDHAM. Otago Witness, Issue 2391, 28 December 1899, Page 29
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