MOA FLAT

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 39

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Dooemher 12 —The -weather for several da\s i^ast has been 6ome-what stormy, thewind blowing with hurricane farce at timee, accompanied with ram and hail showers. The rain winc'i hae fallen, will do an Incalculable amount of good, as the crops were Jangtiif-hijii-f for the want of moisture. Turnip- ba\e -a.l«o benefited materially. In some part- early-sown turnips are 6howmcr up \eiy prominently. Feed is in ab'undanee all over the settlement, and ac a consequence stock are in tip-top oondiiion. *

RyegTasr: — There are several nice patcheß of q;ras*= for cutting to be aeen on the settlement. Mr G. Love hae over 40 acres, the Mcssis M'Kenzie a larger area, and on the Falls Estate some 60 acres. The settlement in admirably adapted for grass «eed growing, as the land i 3 comparatively free from wecde.

Cricket.- -A cricket club lias been formed on the Several of th" members are indulging freely in practice. I hfar the club i* likely to try coucliuionb with

' some of the neighbouring clubs early in the year. Mi W. Paul, jun., ie secretary. Dairy Flactory. — A strong and united effort is to be made with as little delay -as possible to try and get the dairy factor v scheme knocked into concrete form. It

is to be hoped the settlers ac a whole will join heartily in the -above money-making-industry. Shearing.—^hearing is general all over the settlement. The broken weather of the past few days has interfered somewhat with operations. There are three machine , sheds on the settlement— Wilden, Downs, ; and Keppoch Estates. ! Property Sale.— Mr J. K. Brown has sold his compact farm of close on 400 acres, the purchaser being Mr Jane, who hails from Canterbury. Mr Jane's coming to the setlament will benefit the school materially, as he has several children '"of school age. Social Dance. — A social dance. wae held in the school on the 4th inst. There, pjas a large gathering of. the- young people on', the settlement. During the evening Mr A. Weir, who has supplied the violin musio for several of the ctances, was presented by the young ' people with a handsome Gladstone bag. The recipient suitably acknowledged the gift. General. — AH the contraotora on the various estates have their hands full in ordei to get through in anything- like decent time. A large area of now territory has been broken up on Wtlden, Keppoch, and Downs Estates. A large area of new ground is being laid down in grass on the estates above-mentioned. The native tussock is fast vanishing in the settlement. i The Messrs Smaill are also renewing a large area of old pasture. On Mrs O'ConI nor'c farm I notice a large area of turnips i in raised dTills for keeping the land clear of weed 6. j Shows. — Mr Adams, Wilden, has been a successful exhibitor and prize-taker at several shows. Mi Tbrop, the Downs, competed at Tapanui, and was a prize-taker. Our New Member. —lt ie a. coincidence that Forfarshire has supplied Tuapeka with ; two members — the late Mr Bennett and the 1 pieeemt member, Mr Scott j Stud News.— Mr W. Paul's well-known , racing mare Visionary has dropped -a nioe filly foal to Mr Mackenzie's horse Pallas. I Visionary visits Pallas again. Roads. — It is high rime the county authorities paid some little attention to the hill alongside Mr Paul's property. Some of Mr Paul's ground is being with the surface drainage from off the bill. Let the member for the riding -look into and attend to the above important matter