Bulls Items

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 63, 6 November 1884, Page 3

Bulls Items

. . • ■ ■ . > w ~* (rSOM <X7B OWN COBBBBPONDKKT.) Bulls, November 5. A rather extensile focal industry ha* been inaugurated by Mr John Stevens, vix.— that of * pit . farm. Mr Steveas intends. breeding and raising pijjs for sale only, and eipecf s that in less than twelve months he will hare at teast a thousand pigs fit for the marlret. The whole of tho inachinery for preparing the food for this •normous herd is now being erected and Will reduce manual labor to a minimum. At the annual meeting of the Clifton Swimming Club, held oa Tuesday, the elecfeoßrf of* officers was postponed fora fortnight, when it was hoped the weather Would b« more settled. The balance •beet and report were of a most safcisfiicJBtdtJ nature, the club having a balance of gSsto'the good> besides numerous gifts and tooxHfey pri*es that were not collected faint year. The club ha* every prospect of a successful season if (that little word "if") the river will only behave itself decently and hare none of its mad tricks. At the. present time there aro several splendid reaches where matches could be fci'ti. • * . » The Ttti ha« been most tuiscetsturin all her trip< into the Bangitikei. She always brings a full cargo and goes away loaded up. Strong efforts-are now being made by the Lower Eangitikei residents to float a company to purchase a steamer similar to the Tui. There can bo no doubt that if the necessary capital could be obtained, a boat regularly runninc Would be an immense benefit to that portion ot the country, and would also j pay a big dividend, as it would be able to j compete successfully with the tram and tailwaj, but the want of unity damns «rery commercial enterprise that is for the benefit of this portion of Her Majntv's dominions. Mr Dodwell, the Anglican minister, has been seriously ill for some time, but Is now nnder the skilful nursing of Mrs X>«dwell, who arrived from Melbourne Imk freely somewhat better. Mr FitsGerahi and Colonel Gorton have been doing church duty during Mr Oodwell'fl !ltaes£ A general meeting of St. Andrew's parish is called for Thursday next to elect a churchwarden {rice J. B. Harper, resigned) and two auditors. I near that a cricket match is being arranged for between the Union and the Parawanui Clubs, to be played at Bulls Ott Mdndar, th c lOrtu