ROXBURGH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1427, 8 February 1888, Page 3

ROXBURGH.

(Front an Occasional Correspondent. ) Harvesting is going on smoothly, and all the farmers are bnsy. I fear, however, that the crops will be generally light. There is plenty of fruit at Coal Creek yet, and the glowers must be making their pile. As regards mining, it's dull times. The lucky shareholders at Roxburgh East are waiting to scoop in the dollars when Mr Pyke floats their little spec, but all the other miners look very glum. A sign of the times is the number of men that are prospec ing at Waikaia. No use grumbling, that's what it must come to. Bey. B. Telford gave us an awful slating last Sunday week, about the observance (or rather non-observance) of the Sabbath. Didn't we catch it ! No body escaped. I only trust the discourse may do good. The farmers came off worst, by the way. The schools are open, and pretty busy. Where on earth do all the children come from! I greatly regret Miss Oudaille's resignation. She has done a great deal of good useful work in the school, sparing herself in no way, and will be missed in other ways. I hope her successor will be as good as herself. Grand flower show coming off here shortly, and we shall be glad to see any Lawrence visitors. Of course it's our first effort that way, but we'll do better next time.