KNAPDALE.
October 23 —In common with at'ier parts of ti;e Dominion, wa lave expericp' ed a gco 1 deal of be ; itierou« weath'-r of lat - . Strong trales of wind 1-a\ -> oieva.led accr.-n-panied bj cold, slnet\ =I.owei<!, while th->. higher hills have had "a slight cc;ting f srow on several occa-ior'-. The fov. in^ of f ireal ciom 13 now almost completed, a'ul f armc>i>. alO bu»\ pivparma >ii-» land foi rhe potato ciop. La.rHiig "B o\ci for t!:a soa-on, amd "n the majniity of oa.^'.i c'ockinix lvius haen complete!. Fe^d i> abvndant. t'-3 gra=s having mad» goc,l proprr*. during the pi L-ceJ ing month, which i^ very giratifying tc pa.*toraJists.
Fire.— Some- cowrn war occasion-rd locally when it became- known that th? Otamitd dairy factory had b™n completely rlsstroicd by fire. Tlis oulb.eak la attiiliuted to a spark fiom tlip boiler igniting tlia woodwork in th<} onqii'^ room. The disaster has occurred at a \(iT >nopnoitunc tinio foi suppliers, uece.^iijr'iiig rh<\ transport of ths-ir rnilik. to oth>r l«icU>rie? in the ik-imty. Howevo-r. tha enaction is b"ing-pu-hjd forward with the mtmo-t 'xji <htioin. a 'arga htaffi il carp-rntrrs boirg employed by tlis contractor, Mr O. Kell\. of (ior\ To further hasten tLo wo»k, a number of t uppliers have leadily vohinti erod to a»-i-' 111 tho carting of nu 10 rial. The propn^toi-, Mr Dumbleton, anticipat'<l having ew-i\-tinng in working Older by November 8. Sir!vii,es?. — A good deal of SiC-kns-T is |;icva 1 ' nt in this district at pir-senf, Mi J. Wil=on, jun., Laving had a \cry azut • attack of appendicitis, but. I undci-lar.d, 1-. now making &teady progress towards ivcovery. Cliurch Matter*. — We t=ti!l continue to b-> without a mnr-t.-jr m our m-dst, but it 1, rcpor'^d i'ot tl 3 roi''xr"g-atioii h:u.; fle-t-iddd (o pr^-^nt a. tall to a diwnitj hiud^nt '10m Duiiedin.
KNAPDALE.
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 38
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