MOA DISTRICT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9839, 27 October 1893, Page 2

MOA DISTRICT.

(from odr own correspondent.) j Ootobeu 25 — Tho drought — of ten daya' duration— has at last broken up, and iho ' ' wet season has Bet in with its usual and oft recurring severity, Jupiter Plavius having again apparently obtained the solo management of tho weather Since 1 last wrote you things have been booming along in this favored district, especially in the Dairy Factory Vine, several new ones having been erected and others nearing completion . On the Monntain Road, at the corner of the Rugby Road, Messrs Honor & Crockett have a creamery in full working order; nearly opposite W aipuku railway station, on tho Mountain Road, they have another, nov nearly reaiy lo start work; and on the York Road and tho Salisbury Road j the same enterprising firm "have placed similar works, all working in conjunction with their factory at Midhirst. On the Kaimate Road, at the point where it strikes the Junction Road, Messrs Reynolds 'rave now a creamery at work in connection with their factory at Inglewood, a 1 d have a large number of suppliers. Settle-a seem to be at last waising up to the fact that it pa> s better to run milK to a factory — if one is within reasonable dstance*—than to make up butter at home in the oil fctyle, with it* 1 everlasting worry and htiuggle against c imatic vagaries and all the other difficulties so well-known to those who have gone through the process. Another pleaaing and marked sign of the way farming is progressing hero ia shown in the quantity of land now to be seen under preparation for cropping ; amongst others Mrs Marsh on her farm on the Durham Itoad ia especially noticeable for a goodly show of ploughed land ; and lower down the same road Mr Anderson is making considerable changes in the appear ance of the place lately owned by Mr Haworlh, having logged up quite a nice piece of land and brought it into cultiva tion.

The disciples of Izaak Walton are now in the full enjoyment of their favorite pastime, aud so far appear to havo met with lair success in luring the wily trout from his rocky lair. Mr Gibson, I hoar, baa caught eight in ono day in a very short time; and Mr C. O. Smith caught two in a few minutes snatched from busintß* hours.

Spoaking of Midhirst reminds me that there feeras a good opening for a saddler there, settlers in that neighbourhood having to go to either InglewooJ or Stratford before thov can have their wants attended to. I may also state that the religious wants of the district aro boing attended to, as ia evidenced by the neat Weßleyan chapel, erected by Mr Goo. Turner, near the bridge over the picturesque Waipuku, on the Mountain Road. The site for the building was generously given by Mr Coutta, and on Thursday last the opening ceremony took plac ■, in the presence of a goodly number of the future congregation.

Tho new public hall in Egmont Village was successfully opened by a concert on Monday la6t, and tho dance which followed w<is kept up in truo Taranaki stylo until

the email hours of the morniog. 1 Since commencing this letter the weather Ins again changed, this time for the better, and the last two days have been such as to gladden tlie heart of man— and woman, too, for that matter.