HIS BIRTHPLACE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 8

HIS BIRTHPLACE.

vv/;M - ;JWhenji^ '("iLaKßeys., the;, other.;day;c(writes;.our.;tra7>lliiig:i!or-, ftl^ : -my-'mind S/./v¥iU^ '•?}(;'&. V family.//Tihautea;" Mr. Bidwill's .; fine. two-story |W'; ;///; ifiliomesteadif stands :biiV ari:;eniinence tho "end LB";f'ii"X of,/this-.road,, about; twoJmilesvrfrom,the;main :K?ftStvwhere' ;^^' thise;isplendid i'sh*p\w'ere-parang.;, It ; :-^ft:uvseemed ..to' me ;that Itho'.{veriest : : - novice. among ■'/;"';'/.* : ;;«heep'/;coiild:;;nc#:fait•"• to/^seb \ 'the ./'-'stamp'' ?, of />;l:'^ aJSvV {.'.(sop'd shape'.; - jTh'ere ; i3'hb\-nntsiiig of the.Pihauconsists of.rich-rivor-fe:K.-?flatsj;!?baxldiis^b2;'t6':;roUing;Vdowns'of sS;;qnality,;'?Brbwlngi/a : ' ; different;' ; feed; .from; -the ■£;/; pother, tbut ; iust/what ; is; wanted' to counteract; v;;t; ( -::S;Jihb> : richness;:pf;thbvalluTial -pastares.^-A;;/f ow. ;;-i>~''fe>:days'!afteiwards'ili.jVras.;locked ;^;;-/ii??,; tionfiwitn^another/farhier;who/as it happened, l S;.?r'Q/watityd;;ra^^ -/«//.' •?' sheepSHo.said, "I.can't, I',ani Any- / ;r';/:)- ; ':/bhe : .wishing/to-.get;rams;of this /strain' has. to y/vi/H-'be-r'iti' th6;'market''!early.'^r ; ;fi';;j;;-, : .V-' '■.''-• vis ■£&# -OE:course/i nearlyVevery/Jsheop'' :mah'/has his. /■■-' ; ir' own/ideas/asto; the. desirablo.vpointsini sheep, ■;K;;,//;.;/ ; an<l:somev.breed.mbre for :one.thing,.some'for S 'iO:^;.;/aMtlKr;<; : As opinion goes,; I;,havo >* ; .'&;>. J seen/ nothing' to; beat,'• and' :very' few to compare S-'.■ i!^'inth;';Mrl' '3< ohnißidwilVs Pihautea '■ tjvc-tootbs, /;/":it;\i;and;-;l{r.'V Henry:Hadfield's,; Otaihanga, sheep l -• C-S/jSv/'ohe'<m/;the : the; other on the .West.''/- &':?. 'bd '■-•' l-sometimes; wonder how;. much su eh a place to its preS;/;.' V l'-:!Beiit'state-of /.perfection.- Huge/rams of money !-¥-'• v ,-'.'/i'niust 'have''.been'spent./and-a/very great-deal .K'Svi-'i'Of -labour /must 'hare:been: .employed;since'the; j!i;i-;5 ; /:/'day/that-!Mr.MBidwill's/father; took ■ up ' : vwhat' : upj/p';iwa3Uheh/a';wydprnesi/ What" was not /scrub" isX ff> ./.'.then/was/flax, arid ■swamp/,/ 'All- this;has.long■ ii;sy "■:'?'. since so. <&*y improved .'tHnt'.one .really./wonders -how s* ■'/'•/ any./more money '.cbuld be' spent .'on' it. ./How-. trees ;' still,'"v'-'and- ://. ,;-iV/ ';" making more ■ park-like.';l'. know ho has v an '• & l i;; : - ¥ 'intense /jovo//f6rV Pihautea;/ w :ho SKV; <!: !much;;forjit.:/:Ho/was/bornvthere.-'.;•' rV-"-.;.;/,/ 1 ;

At tho Wellington wool sale yestorday the fleece wool of llr. M'Parland (ot Wellington) Bold at about 13d., Messrs Brady Bros, Pahau■tanui, 12} d., Messrs. Windley Bros, of Ponrua, 121 d ; and Mi. P. Mungavin, of Porrrna, 12d Soino high prices woro paid for bellies and ' pieces. Two Eomney sheep, from a famous British j flock, are due to arrive in Wellington by the 'Waiwcra to-raoi-row or Monday. They are for Mr. H S. Hadfield, of Paraparaumu.