MOHUKA DISTRICT NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 6

MOHUKA DISTRICT NEWS.

(From ri, --;'';v- ---■ . Shearing no.wi'isyih'' : full: : :Bwifag^ '" sbf, the large' t sheds'.;here;,^ahd'.the''.weat,her,s '.■is simply perfect,"noiraih falling fovstopi: • *he' machines.'""'Fleece-pickers are' : ' : '.very.> . Maori girls, who ..generallyK-dqi •the. work, are not very anxious for em--. .".'jloyment this season. , Consequently-' fthoso who are willing will only work*'; on; ■ .''their own terms, which'they can :*• get..; ■' Large clips have already'-beeh sent • ntby. •wagons from the Kakafiki'Station.'.to' {Napier—what a boon it will be to the set-■. - itlers here when tho railway-is. put fthrough! '..-:"■:;:'"".;■■"':.,?, ■',', '■■;■ [To show how hiild the weather has Wen, strawberries and new potatoes have, ■been picked and .dug at Kakariki, where '••'also at present -a magnificent /sgjw of rose ■blooms is' to'"be seen. .'.'■■ •; \p. ... , Mr. Mitshead has gone into residence in ?his new house, just completed. J t is i.tiiiiteanva'c^uisition'/tavthjj.pk.ce^as.iesi- ■ v ar'e-few ; ahd"far. 'apart.' .'>'• '•■.•■■ ■'. ! Several new roads are nearing tomple- ■■ ,'tion. have been much needed to, allow floug-suifcring settlers to,.get. their .: ,-producelv and themselves into the market and civilisation, instead pf having to etruggfo'through bush tracks—but the late jGovorhnjcnt. ■ never gave the back-block?, 'fair play. Under the jiew. order of ■' thingsi'HJiey should obtain, better treat-ment..',!-..1n these back clergyman ofrany denoniihation.'is' an unknown nualitji I have been:two years' without l >:alsign.of thoclothyet. Still, we ,'. ■. exist. ,i V,, ■ •':''•■'.' ''..-' ■■"