WAITAHUNA.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 32, 17 December 1897, Page 29

WAITAHUNA.

(From an occasional correspondent.)

The cold, wet weather of the past two months has greatly retarded the crops. The prospects for the next harvest are not at all promising. This week the weather is very much improved, but cold winds are still prevailing. An old resident, sixty-seven years of age. Mr. James Jenkins, was found dead in his hut last Monday morning. He lived alone and had no friends in the district. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon. A live weight guessing competition and a shooting gallery are to be added to the Agricultural Show programme this year. A few minor changes have also been made in the programme.

The opening of Miller's Flat Bazaar took place on last Friday night. The bazaar has been got up to assist in raising funds for the building of a church in Miller's Flat, a want much felt by residents in the district.'

The annual breaking-up concert by the pupils of the Dominican Convent School, Lawrence, takes place next week and promises to be very successful.