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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14550, 11 March 1918, Page 3

The lower end of the Taieri Plain, in the vicinity of Henley and Otokia, is\ still the cynosure of all eyes£ especially of train passengers (says the Ot|i£p;;l>4ily Times). This country, it will! bs Jrenrem. bered, was covered with w&ter^jrd^ the end of May last year up tq within, sonio four or five months ago, with the insult that large areas of it weve vtempofcarilyi abandoned by the occupiers. . Thfc watci's subsided too late tq permit qf -the -.llnd being utilised for cropping, ; and tHip^af-; fected j\rea has consequently, xettj^ined untouched as far as tillage operatipTis arq \ concerned. One effect of tlte floods was; to destroy, absolutely all the finer pas^ ture grasses, and their places has.bepu. ta,ken by innumerable weedaj principally,^ docks, to such an extent that the- suH' face of the. land is no\y literally covcitfd, with vegetation of an unprofitable kiiid. r The work of repairing the breach in tho urotective banks near Otokia is 'progress-; ing. but it will probably be some- six weeks yet before the operations; which: are of a substantial nature, are com-'---pleted. ; • „ Gordon, Reliable Optician, for. aocaraW testing. Rimiesa Glaasea. Opposite Bank of New Zealand-* Gordon's Glasses remove «y«ttrain andt. and improve your appearan<}«. Oh«ni©« moderate.* .... ' ' ; Dull, heavy weather is against "early; risers. Get one of Grieve's reliable* Alarm Clocks, and you will be up. with the lark; 6/6,. 8/6, 12/6, 15/-; auaranljfed' twelve months. 7) ■■-,,.' , ' For those people who liave to ii«e at. irregular hours, you -will find Grievq's ' reliia,ble Alarm Clocks just the tiding ;^ prices 6/6, 8/6, 12/6. and 15/-; guar'an-, teed twelve months.* '„'..' WiKaamsT and Kettle, Ltd., fill all orders promptly for the famous "No Rubbing" Laundry Help in Is packets; £10 guarantee goes with* every -1b packet, — 1. ' .