TE AWAMUTU. BIG GOOSEBERRIES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1796, 10 January 1884, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU. BIG GOOSEBERRIES.

Mk Fottnns Gordon, of Xihikilii, has given a piactical lllustiatum of what can be made fiom d well kept garden. He has giown this veal about half a ton of goosebeines, TOOlbs of which lie sent to the Auckland inaiket, and for which ho got a return of from .~>|d to 7d per Ib. These he packed in comemently-sized boxes, containing, as well as I can remember, fiom ten to twenty pounds each. Some of the variety known as the '" Farmer's Glory," grown by him, measured 3S3 S and 3t inches in ciicumfeience. He ])opes next year to send half a ton of the fruit to Auckland. A sUJM'ANTUr, (JJUKVANCK. Mr A. White, who is the lessee of the Mission propei ty in this place, has been assessed by the pioperty tax valuer at £20 per aue foi his faun. Not haung leceivedany notice le the sitting of the Appeal Court, he, of couise, could not appeal against .such an .ibsuidly high valuation. Had he known the date on which the court sat he would have attended. Unfoi tunately the pioperty tax valuation is taken as the \aluatum for stnking the highway and emmty rates. He wrote a, letter to the Waipa County Council, requesting them to take the matter into then fa\omable consideiation, and if possible 1 educe the valuation for the county late, but the councillors found, to theii legiet, upon lefeniug to the I act, that it was not in their power to do so. Mi 1 White is not the only otic who leceived no notice of the sitting of the Appeal Court. Why he should have been rated so high is a j mystery to everyone, especially as thiee faun siuiounding him aie rated only onethud, and thiee-seventh of the amount for ' which his is rated. Fauns too which are quite as well situated as his, and more valuable than his becau.se they aie freehold. The excuse may be made that the property is submban, that would be a valid reason if To Awamutu ueiea town of 3000 or 4000 inhabitants, but it cannot possibly apply in this case. Land in the vicinity of Auckland would not be valued any higher for taxing pm poses. To put it mildly, it is both unjust and unfair to tax a fanner so heavily, especially in the present depressed state of the farming industry. It is to be hoped that Mr White will get redress in the matter. I am sine if the commis.sioneib knew the case when they were m Hamilton they would have made a very considerable l eduction. Theie is not a farm I m Waikato at the present time worth £20 an acie. MISCEIXANKOUS. The Herald correspondent in stating the puce obtained for the Te Awamutu Factory cheese in Cambridge was correct as regaids I the price, but he omitted to give the reason I why the cheese averaged so little (i\d per Ib. If no explanation were given it would tend materially to injure the company. I give the can so of the low price obtained. Soon after the machinery was erected a portion of it broke down, thus preventing the milk being propei ly heated the next morning. The cheese made on that day was of course not up to the usual standard, and by the advice of the manager the managing directois offeied it for sale by auction, as it was not deemed advisable to consign it to merchants with the good article. It was offered to the public, and before buying they had every opportunity of judging for themselves of the quality. The only fault it possessed as far as I have heaid was that it was inclined to crack. That was the reason for offering it by auction, and the low price it realised. However, Mr Shoit, who mas called in, made the necessary repairs, and the machinery was in full working order for the following day, so that all the cheese made, with the exception of one day's make, is up to the usual standard of excellence. We have had a most welcome change in the weather, warm sunshine at last. The crops are showing the effects ot the change aheady, as they aie ripening fast. Astronomeis say that the cause of all the bad weather can be traced to sidereal influences, some of the planets having got out of their proper orbit are making things lively up above, and we are coming in for our shaie in the shape of bad weathei. Jupiter and Venus are at their pranks again, creating a commotion. Scientists predict many calamities during the period between now and 188 G. Storms, earthquakes, epidemics, &c. I wonder if they reckoned on an epidemic of lunacy. If they did I am afraid their piediction is being fulfilled already, in this district at all events, if I am to judge by some rather silly articles which have appeared in print lately. There was a case in Kihikihi last week, and the disease seems to have broken out with considerable violence in Ngamawahia this week. I hope this paiticular form of lunacy is not contagious, and that the friends of the unfortunates will keep them under proper restraint in case they should develop any signs of violence. — (Own Correspondent. )

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