DUNTROON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 31

DUNTROON.

March 10. — The harvest festival was held in St Martin's Church, Duntroon, yesterday. The church wjs beautifully decorated by the ladies of the congregation with an abundance oi fruit, vegetables, flowers, evergreens," and gram. There was. fully half a sack of beautiful apples, b°sices other fruits. The offertonum was capitally lendered by Mrs M - Lcod and Miss kinton, being a uuet, "O lovely peace, ' from Handel's "Judas Maccabssus' ; and a solo,

"i:iou vi?itcd=t the earth,'' by Miss Wilkinson. Miss Wilkinson will bo greatly misled by the c( ngregatioi, as I understnnd she leaves this chst'-ict foi l'ukeuri at the end cf this month. The congregation wns not so large hs usual owing to the inclemency of the weather.

Agi cultural.— Harvesting has been at a coinp'ete standstill since Wednesday last. It came oi to ram m the evening, and continued c 4 ea4i:y nil night, micl was raining on and off iint:i Sunday at midday, when a veiy heavy th;riderslOi.rn came, lasting over two hours, which has apparently cleared the weather. A heavy west wind hits been blowing all night, which has helped to dry the sheaves. \ cry l.ttle giani has been stacked or threshed. The weather during the past fortnight has been very (lull, only about three days being what one could caJl harvest weather.

AcL!dent.--On Saturday morning one of the iuilk-oirts Irad i> npsty smash. It appears that one of ths traces broke, and the boy who was driv:ng was unable to manage the horss, which went over the bank jnto a ditch. Neither lad ■,icr hov»o was hurt much, but the trap and bc'incib weic considerably damaged.