TE KARAKA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15743, 7 February 1922, Page 9

TE KARAKA.

The rainfall for January constituted a record for that month, the total fall being 7.71. inches,-which fell Oil 18 da(Fs. The highest fall in any one day was 1.64 inches, which fell on the 261 h. The rivers rose several feet hu't at no time did they reach a dangerous level'. , .The rainfall -for the -corresponding', month last year was 1.63 inches, and the aver age fall for January for the, last nine years (including 1922) is 2.95. Feed Jut , come away wonderfully as a result <>. the rain, but much loss lias been suffered by farmers who had crops* tvwa it ini harvesting. The long continued, wet spell followed 1 bv the cold and shower; weather of the last few days has cans ed a considerable setback to fat stock lambs in particular having- gone back iri condition.

In response to a request from the Hon, the Minister of Internal Affairs the Wai kohu County CouncilTias distributed col lection lists throughout its district foi receiving donations to the proposed Do minion wedding gift forTI.R.H. Prince?? Mary. Up to the'present the list at tb; Council office at Te Karnka contains onlv nine names, but the Wharekopne list which was in Mr F. Richardson’s charge has been returned with 21 names on it which must constitute a good proportion of the residents of that district which i' small and thinly populated. It was suggested that donations he limited to 1? per head so that all mav contribute.