DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 319, 8 July 1912, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS

SOUTH TARAXAKI. (From Our Own Correspondent,) Dairy clearing sales are on every day in the week bar Sundays, and good prices are the record of the' day. -Generally I speaking, the well - known herds are |b averaging from £lO to. £l,l. per cW, 1, Feed is good for the time of year, ij arid there has been hardly any jj i weather, except during the last wfeetvl Social functions in the evenings are] the delight of the hafi-workeS'people' in this locality. "Tripping, the light fantastic" is all the "go", just it is quite commotio see ; fro'p{ 1$) to, 200 couples enjoying themselves, , tjl] •the "wee sma' 'oors." Speaking_of,,n'um- ; bers, brings to my memory-that the i record held in this district for wrcountvy> | dance lies with Kapitni—openingiof hall: 300 couples, Toll social-25t) conpleSj" and } Catholic social 215 couples', il merely- t mention these 'particulars ;to gsve icityij 1 folk'ail' idea of country sociability atid || rion-olassifieations. " » - f A progressive movement is 0n... fooi'T among many farmers on thd Plains, byf whicli they are getting the' telephones, laid' bn to their homes. ' t

A settler here who has'land' tire'other side, of Opunake, is reported "to, have seen two deer on, his section, which is near the mountain, r Holders of West Coast leases, ar,e, be-, ing notified remaining-,-foif, nejy leases,, ;uul a large meeting in connection with the same will be liekl soon,. ~Thp'Mapri landlord sits still .wjiile his. white .'brother is building up -for .him arid r worrying over the future, and what it will bring forth. Fat cattle are> getting scarce, and both dealers and butchers are scoring in all corners, for cows particularly. ,Ihe somestemarks, i»pply to shepp, t ~„f , . Tiidigraince at the law-re -absence-from school by pupils is a pretty hot. subject just n'ow, 'and it is 'to -be-hoped [that. thU'dfastifc law will soon-be-<modified. ••: