COUNTRY NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 18833, 28 May 1920, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS

| KAUANA. I . | Kauana. like many other parts of South- ■ ia.ii. i, is wi; ne.-.-h,,: a I rau.-ii ion there is j nothing not (■■.am the weather, tier I ''a- price of gmeud commodities. Farm I aft !> r farm ha< .•tins 1 '! hands, anil at pre.--I mil only (’.vo or three of the early settlers • remain. t);ie tii, • i.i.-i (o dispose uf ills j farm vv is Mr J. Habbui. who lias divided I his extensive property anion;; his ,-e. era! ' .'"Os. .!r t’mPpi /Ms i.r close on thirty ’• c I rs a. .-iutmiiMy stuck to tlm taslc of im- ! ; : r >vif." t; pro; ,-rty ’•■. inch It" round m a wild : aml ti: o:i ,n: o mg .ml now /is ti in re- . sf' /a ; ation, doe.red determination, j Itci skill oe is aliie to lw.|>U’ath to ii;s sons [ one ot ! hi- !; ;c-t properties in Snutldai: 1. 1 In ail p-'-liability another highly re.-pectcd atal n.taai e- irt/iol family wdi ere long he lea vim; the di-triet, \i,u, .Mr C. Cowan. ,1.1’.. a.ml hi- family. Mr Cowan's estate will go und”r lie hammer at U'inton on .fune 1. Idle proj ,;;ty wham eompr.-m- something over Idol I aercs will r ./■ pm up in sect ion,-, and u u is dispos'd tin- Asuana district ■rail -e iti Mr v'ow.tn. .-i-n., a man of exceptional alui.ry, om* who has always hci-a prepack to Use his iir.e.a! knowledge lor the benefit of other-, and in .Mr Cov. an, jinr, and M;-;. Co-van proxies, ive, hospitable I’upie. Tii” only eompen.-ation will tiiat euttir a tip o, riii: e.-taie will likely mean ; elo-.T st Uiotmit. i This. IU-trt"!. in k: eoing with, other parts : ■fs■ j>• [ ; . - [-j ■' ' /■>[’■ i, r /1 ... t uier ami autumn a .-crintn drought which i aal-Tted m at. rially I !:<■ w inter le.-d. With j the exe• p/io ll of ;t m. ■;, m li<’cm crop of .swedes ; ami .'.diu-dei ;;s which i> to he found on . .Mr 'A. Cowt.’s j iVacrty, id"r‘ is not much i in tiie pernio hue ;r. iJo ■ i ■ i.- {; let to hoa.-t I til this dt: eel ton, out toe head teacher is de- j termne’d that ne will not again he caught, j tor the school committee is soon, to -ink a | well in Ih.” garden and to inslal a pump. 1 Seed crop.-, have not been .-o seriously alfee- ■ leil. .'■v.’veial fine returns have open re- ■ corded. Threshing i- now over and all ; have i-ertt v.-dl -ala-lied uiCa their retnrras. i Mr 1!. Audi r.sm iie.d an exceptionally | tine return of timothy. The yield was i heavy and the sample first class. The ! same gcntl. man ha.- from stud stock a fine ! lot of young Shorthorn bulls for which i iliete will no doubt he a gteat demand in ' lie- spring. ! The lot :a school. with an enegetie committee, has !.>c< :s going apace. There arc ; now well 1 \er mj nuior n on tile roil and j a number oi improvements have been made I to buildings etc. The ia.-l improvement was I to place a large drill area DOiT by 2l)ft in 1 concrete in front of the school. This will j prove, especially during the winter months, I a great tminort to .-elitdars and teachers j alike. i

nidi id.' viutii- mi*u ini' u;d;k. iruiu the (.ire,at War local functions are more like they were in d:i>;« gone by. Last Friday evening a harvest home dance was given bv T ■:i• j cling fanners of the place. Notwithstanding the very rough night a largo number of young people, as the result of the energy displayed by the chairman, Mr A. Diack, and the secretary, Mr C. Morrison, assembled in the local hall and kept things lively until the early hours of the morning. There was enough and to spare of the essentials to satisfy the cravings within, so while there was stoim without there was peace within. Mr Morrison in his usual brisk manner acted as M.C., while the music was provided by Mr and Miss Brown, of Browns.