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Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 29

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April B.— The weather during the 1 a-tt threa weeks has been beautiful, witti'mce vvi'rm days and light frosts at night. Threshing has gone on apace lately, and is now nearly finished — about a fortnight will see it through. Most farmers are now carting their gram or ploughing for winter wheat. Potato-diggm° has commenced, but the crops here are only middling-, about eight or nine tons to the acre being the average, but they are a good sample, being not too laige.

Cieainciy. — lhr- local creameiy n kc»7 -\.crV 'i.g It started last Monday, lot mot. The supply of milk is not very large, as the grass is done very eaiiy up this way The crcameiy at Toko Rain is going ahead, a lot of the rm'k coming from Livingstone, seven or eight miles away. Dairy butter 13 only 16d per lb, so that there is every encouragement to send milk to the factories.

Church. — The new chinch is getting alcig well now, the icot being on, and a lot rt tiiu inside work done. Still, we have a lor: r - time to wait jet — quite till midwinter. Ea<=toi Day was the last service that will be held m t'l* old mission room, the lea3e being up, and tiro lessee will not re-let it, so that the senices will in future be held m Orr's Hall

G.ime Season. —On Monday last nea'ly all of oiu local sportsmen weie uo betimes to try Toi a cluck or tv o, but most of them were doomed to disappointment, as the paradise dicks did not leave the river, only a few coming to the stubble. The Waitaki bema; rather high, the wou'd-be shooters were also blocked down that way. Hares are very plentiful here.

Accident — A young man coming from Kurow el his bike about three weeks ago met with lather a nasty accident while coming across onn of the rivers between here and Kurow, o\ er which there is no plank for foot traffic. The river bein» rather too deep to cross on the bike or without taking off one's boots aiid socks, bo took the usual way of coming over the railway bridge. In crossing the bridge the pedal of Ins machine caught his leg, and overbalanced him, throwing him on to the boulders 12ft below, causing him a badlyspramed wnst and giving him a very severe shaking. Some navvies working not far away rendered first aid, and helped him to Duntroon, where Mi C. B. Morrison fixed him up. He has now started working again I hope som» of tho nipmbers of the Waitaki County Council will see thi3, and have the required plank put over the two streams — Oteaike and Otakaike.