WAIRARAPA NOTES.
(by our aPKCiAfconrcEsroNDENT.) ( A'^number of grass' and stump fires have sprung' up in tho Manganiahoc Hills. With'! rltigh-windsaiidia summer heat there is every of .them becoming a positivo 'danger to the country. The Government 'railway staff is'taldhg time by the forelock !bjv burning all the: grass on the permanent way, so, that danger may be minimised. • ,The. blight. has .. made. its appearance amongst a few crops of potatoes in the Cartrirton district. '■'"■'■ *.'.Tiie.district, bctw.oen; Tahiatua and Eketa:;hun,a is'lppking'mncli bettor than lower down in tho Wakarapa..; ' F.ecd is fairly plentiful, and possesses good substance. A feature of this "district is the- multiplicity of its dairy 'herds. ■' ''•There'. , is' a '[distinct smell of cow as ..one'passes along'tlio'high road. A big bush area between Konini and Hamua, is at present,in-the hands of tho fellerS,! and will undoubtedly in time become a line dairying country. ■ •■■ Anglers' generally report good " business " in the Bush streams.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 73, 19 December 1907, Page 4
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152WAIRARAPA NOTES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 73, 19 December 1907, Page 4
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