CROMWELL.
October 29. — The month of October has been this year unique -for its (freedom * front, gales, which, with then resultant dust storms, generally make it one of' the most uncomfortable months of the year. We have'had a fair amount of rain, and feed for stock is plentiful. The prospects for the farmery too, are excellent. The alluvial' miners will find their water -supjply keeping up, andyvas for the dredgers, they had a- splendid innings this winter. Volunteers. — The Government has accepted the services.of the Cromwell and Bannockburn Rifles, and' in a- few months we shall be able to talk seriously- and weightily to any" enemy in the gate. The Cromwell company will-ba of full strength, and the Bannockburn not far behind. For the next few- months drilling will be the order of'the day, as the companies will work hard for capitation before the end of March. ' The young men are very enthusiastic, and will ho doubt apply, themselves vigorously to drill. The officers of the Cromwell Rifles are: — Captain, Mr D. A. Jolly, who was captain of the corps disbanded about 10 years ago ; iieutenants — Messrs Ford and Warburton. Mr Smith is captain of "the Bannockburn Rifles. One of the lieutenants is Mr Murray, but T*do not know who the other is. The Cromwell company has secured a- capital range handy to the town. There is also a good range at Bannockburn. Martini-Henrys arc to be supplied to the newly formed corps.
Improvements. — The corporation is now gravelling the Melmore terrace, our main, street, and not before it needed i\ A" lot of work has been done this wintei, £300 having been spent. Our new post office, which Mr Ward on his visit so glibly promised us, is still in the clouds. It may be expected- along about the Greek Kalends o. the 'millennium. Shows. — This year we are to be blessed with, two shows — the A. and P. in November, and the horticultural in February. The A., and P; promises to be a greater success^ this year than ever before, as many farmers who bave hitherto taken little .interest in it, are going- to do as they ought, and endeavour to make it a success. The flower show should also prove successful, as the season proniise,S 'to be f* ( favourable one. , _ '■ j Lupins. — A quantity o£ lupin seed has 'beenq
planted on and around the sand dunes, and on tho ground upon which the wind is acting. The seeds have begun to come away finely, and in a year or two the sand nuisance should bo much abated. Is is marvellous to see how the aiatlve tussock g'-ows during a wet spimg, even in plr.ces where there was nothing left but tools, and not much of them. The tussock seems to "ba the bc-st " natural enemy " that can bo pitted against the sand.
CROMWELL.
Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 33
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