POMAHAKA DOWNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 31

POMAHAKA DOWNS.

August 23. — During the first part of last fortnight we had frosty mght3 and fine days. Last Tuesday, however, the wind started and b'ew a severe gale, and the frcit disappeared, the weather still coatir.uLng fine until this afternoon, when a gentle nun set in.

Agricultural. — Farmers have just started to get their ground in order for bowing, and it, havi ig had a good touch of frost, is breaking down ini-oeiy. Mr Harriott, alwaj3 to the front, has, I see, got about 5'J acres sown m oats. L<uubs.— A good many .ambs are now to tha fiuut. Although they have arrived earlier than Mb upended, yet the late fine weather la all v. their favour. Mr il'Grc^or tels me that his Limbing is nearly ovei. We shall be able itt th a r.itc to cater for the Clm«.tro»s fat lamfc tr.i<{e.

Praci.LC.il Sympathy —The spiritual comi:, t .r.d, "fJc.ir ye one anoMn'r's burdens," was well carried out last Mcndav night, when Mcs&rs l.iouijs Taylor, John Clarit, and Gordon Shekel waited on Mr John Uoy at his father's house, and handed him a cheque for iSO, Mrs Roy having pieviou'-ly received one for £20. Mr Thomas Taylor, m explaining the ol^ry.t o£ ihc.r meeting that r.ight, said they had cci.-ie us a deputation from their fellow '■ettlers and others to exprr^a tl lr> .r d^ep sorrow and sympathy fo r Mr and Mrs J. Roy, -who by tV- fatal fire .. te'y teportcd in these notes had lest two rw> p: oiu:=jig little beys, together with thci<- hr-me and all that was in !t, and he could i-tun them than the sorrow was deep, and extended far beyond the bounds of their own disinrt. Whilst they a:l felt that th(- ]c-i n: their dc.vr childien wou'd lnvo to b-> Ijome by them^eK-Ps a o^e, yet they •.vou;>i li^lp tluin to bca/ l'i<t ot'ic-r prrtof their Iju-'JI". by :i=.3.=tina th.":i <o prov.de ajio-the-i li" 1!!^,1 !!^, aid he cti'i.isi i--c5 + i-.'-iiii -.'-iii llrot, aa whafe li.vi lal-.-i rlsic v. - 'jvw <1 icaJ . they siicu'tl tj'..o hojrt, ar:s=r, ai d ba.i'l i.r.d taTs-b- .!■-'( .■ n -w hi r.:s for '.ho-" io.it ivpr°. .t • He -.w-iW atid ;!• it t!ic hi' ;-:;..• -a pra-'H i' .i« ! 111 til' IT flial glii. bat t!u-V could 10 !o>- '- vU : 1 f-rm e\u-'?MHg I'm r feh i»» th.it "1 % ..if ' .iri-i'i in 2i. - ?iid Jin Poy -^ „>•'.'? M- CIi 1 -; •-- f 1 hr .-oe'd a'".c! Ir-*^ t.. vrhal Irid been =.i..1. lut . spuri-d them th>^ iv iry rrayer? were be.'ig offered v . 01 tl." J bch.' f . Mr .loin Roy s.iid he rni!<i 1.0! ;T; T * cxpre"3.on tc his f e^!ings, but he ccnid .. them thot the many kind words spokei caoy kind actions don«. the maru lctteitf

tt •sympathy from all parts of the 3and Bince that sad morning and greatly helped him and his wife to bear up under their trials. On behalf of Mrs Roy and himself be sincerely ■thanked them, and, through them, all who had ieiped them, either by word of deed, to bear their sad trial. Mr Taylor then asked Mr Roy, een., to engage in prayer, specially thanking God for that spirit of helpfulness and sympathy for our fellows in trouble -which He has implanted in our breast 3. I'his Mr Roy did in most sympathetic terms. Jottings. — I understand that the Wairuna Church is likely to be shifted to a more central yosition— moat probably to the corner of Mr Gordon Sheed's paddock, opposite Mr Sacgjsier's. This would suit some of us very well. Q'here is also a prospect of a milk factory being tuilt in Wairnna. How would this suit some of the dairymen on the Pomahaka? Last, but not least, I have much pleasure in welcoming to the Pomahaka another little cherub, Mr JDonald M'Gregor having been presented with another daughter. In another district a farmer's wife said to me, "We have everything \cre but children." We can't say that here.