DISTRICT NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 197, 3 September 1894, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

(From our own Gorrespondnnts.) Ballance. Monday. SaUlm-s have not \«t snttled about the proposed factory, etc. There is to bo mneting In,re t! . evening to finally settle what is to bo dou«. Th i I>ir< eto e of t 1 New Zealand Dairy I’nion do no 1 inset j till the llth inst. Many settlers ero dis--1 satisfied with the di lay, | rdiag it as • waste of valuable tin. at tho begining of i the <ea .on. I noticed that at our last two I meetings there wee a strong contingi nt of i outsiders. With the exception of Messrs j t dv snd IfsrUtono I think we could liavu , I done very well without them. Both these I ’ gentlemen were invited and u ' e valuable | information, in tho case of Messrs ling I ' gen end Grovi'l". then' interieron' e was ' quite uncalled for. Settlers lire well able

to talc# care of themselves. One of the speakers said that in the case of some of the outsiders it looked like Hies gathering round a treacle pot. Mr Greville said he was deeply interested as his brqthers were suppliers, and all were interested alike. Why does he not confine himself to; his district ? He certainly said that if they had anything to do with a private concern he could get out articles of association in less than a week, and that if he had anything to do with the company he hoped it would be sound. We are experiencing very cold w eather. A mixture of snow and hail fell at intervals during the whole of Sunday. The hills around Ballance were covered with snow. Bush felling is making steady progress on several sections. Lambs are begining to make their appearance, but with this unfavourable weather I am afraid the death rate will be heavy.