WAITARA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16454, 5 June 1919, Page 8

WAITARA.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J'.mo 4.—Polling took place yesterday to fill tiie two vacancies ou tho borough council. The result was as follows:—Ogle. 304, Buchanan 193, C. Johnstone ibS, E. George 33. This livings to a close a very unpleasant position, the possibility ol the borough, being run by a commissioner being thus averted. 'The ratepayers have undoubtedly chosen well. *Tbo new council is a strong on", and if the finances ean bo straightened out the men composing the council are able to do it. The council now consists of the Mayor (Mr. It. Morgan), Councillors Blair, Rennie, Gribbon, Beekbes.singer, A. AV. Ogle, 'l'. Buchanan, and IC. Jones, Ibe lastnamed being flic sole survivor of the original council. A wedding this week between a daughter of Mrs. Jonas, of Onacrn, and a son of Mr. S. Elliott is arousing considerable interest, as both families are well known and much respected. Mr. T. Drynan is ill in the New Plymouth Hospital. I believe that the fuel famine js responsible for bis illness. It hits the old jieople pretty badlv during this cold weather. What a delightful spot Pukcaruhe is. Here naturo appears to have contrived to combine all her treasures of scenic beauty. The beautiful White dills, but not so wliitc when seen at close range as from a distance, then the fertile valley, backed by scarred ranges of lulls, mid at their feet little creeks and swamps telling their tale of countless ages. Along the whole length of the valley from the Mint! one is struck by the vivid greenness of ibe paddocks there was to be seen scarcely a brown pa tell save where a paddock of swedes was meeting with its rightful end. Writing of turnips, a crop that has been this season, with a few exceptions, a, failure, I saw a paddock on Mr. J. Phillips’ farm, which was one of the exceptions, lie having 10 acres of the Superlative and Buffalo variety, which should hold their own against all comers. 1 had with my party Mrs. Armstrong, the widow of the late Captain Armstrong, who 10 years and more ago had spent many happy times when the Messengers and Gascoynes were resident there. She recognised many old landmarks, though the most interesting had vanished, and on making some inquiries at the house a tow chains beyond the Pukcaruhe post office, discovered in a Mrs. Gilbert, one whom sbo bad not seen since her childhood days. Owing to Pukearube being practically a blind end, unless the beach at low tide can be regarded as a road, relatively few outshie the settlers and those bent on business know of this fertile valley. 1 spent half an-hour with Mr. Grey, whose splendid 700-acre farm is announced for.tale, and in the course of conversation, he confirmed the imores■ sion that I had formed that hero was land as good as any in Taranaki, sheltered by low bills, watered by neverfailing streams, and where the air and surroundings are so health giving that the act of Jiving must bo a veritable delight. Mr. Grey proposes to cut his farm into probably half a-dozen sections, as much for patriotic, as financial reasons, for bo considers that it could easily support six settlers instead of one, which would be hotter for the district than his holding the 700 acres, end one could take in at a glance that a hundred acres highly cultured would produce more than it was possible to do in its undivided state. it is the “little farm well tilled” and the “little wife well willed” that is wanted now that the boys are coming homo again.' When the valley to Pukcaruhe has two or three settlers where it has now only one, then indeed will the factories’ returns give a good account of the fertility of this little corner of Taranaki.

A lady without a dressing gown is like a bird without a nest, as both lack that which produces tho most winter comfort. Nature provides for tho birds, and Tho Dig Store for the women of Waitara, who will be pleased to see the dressing gowns and bed jackets offered so economically this week.