Ashurst Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 116, 29 March 1892, Page 3

Ashurst Notes

(FROM OUR OWN COKRKSrOXDBJifT.i The hotel at Cotyton looks a big place now that it is boarded m. llessrfrs dimmer, Craven, and Duley huvc to finish their contract by June, the wholu thiny, papering, paintiug, etc, There is evidently some money m the back ground. I remembor Mr Fred Andruw, who lives I on the Taonui road not far from tlio hotel site, and who sees or hears, the liasscrdby on Saturday en runic for Feil'ling, s-aj-s that anyone who did not know tho back country, would wonder where tho people came from. This spiders' net is sproud at the corner to catch some of theso flics. Our brass baud is making good progress under the vigorous baton of Mr F. Clements (well-known to tho musical world of Palmer&toij). Cownie un dit he's boss, and that is why ho succeeds. Mr Adsett's Pobangma mill is now cutting its timber from Mr E. Pott's section on tho Awahou, having finished Mr D. Hughey's timber. Mr Corpe has quite a forward piece of young grass on his sectiou at Awahou. He sowed immediately after tho burn. Burning is all over now. As far as I can learn the 200,000 acres of felled bush in the Wellington province is all burnt. A splendid year for bush fanners to clear up their bits of badly burnt plav.'.;s. It ought also to bo a good autumn and winter for laborers. When it is remembered the thousands of pounds that must bo spent to sow and fence this 200,000 acres, in fact, we bonefit all round by huyiug a good burning year seufc us. For the last two months we have been more or less enveloped in smoke. It ought to inspire some native-born poetic genius with the outlive of a tragedy such as Dante's Inferuo or Shakespoaro's Tempest, or the witch scone m Macbeth. If the immortal bard could have soon some of our hillsides with logs all ablaze some dark night, aud skeleton trees showering sparks from their bony arms into the murky air, his conception would have been brilliant. We are glad to learn that the separation movement is going on slowly but surely. My latest adyice from Mr Lucas, the prime mover, is that the SuryeyorGeneral has approved of tho plan showing the proposed boundaries of the new district, with the exception of tho summit lino on the Ruahine, which he has suggested should bo extended to the Kawkes liay ('ounty, and has seat tho plan back showing the alteration. I notice au insertion hi your columns of the boundaries of the new district, after this has been done, it has to bo scut to the Governor in Council. On March 13th, Mr Hophms, assisted by Mr F. W. Whibley, opened a Sunday School iv the Pohangiua Schoolroom by permission of the chairman, Mr Gawlor. Twenty-four children attended on this Sunday and seyen more on the following Sunday. Next Sunday tho school will bo held in Mr Hopkius woolshed, which is a very comfortable buildniL', haying windows and a chimney. Mr Reeve, the schoolmaster, has very kindly offered the use of his harmonium . Mrs Roovo played some o£ Sunkey's Lytnns, with wliicli tho children are well acquanted, being well taught by the master. It is expected other children will attend as soon as it becomes known. Mr Hopkins' woolshed is in a central place— corner of Valley road. We shall hear of a good many bouses being built this season in the bush districts. They have started on the Awahou (Foxton) Block. This block has been kept back by bad burns and no roads. Now they have had a good burning season to remove one cause, and the separation of Poliangma into a road district will remove the other. There are three houses being built now — Mr Woodham, late of Foxton school, Mr D. Hughey, of Small Farm Association fame, aud Mr linssell, Foxton, of editorial lame. So you see there will be some celebrated characters residing there soon. I have received a letter from England this mail, which gives the returns of the (Bank's) clearing house in London. In 1890 the total amount passed through the clearing house was i' 7,600,000,000,, 600,000,000, an amount in millions, which seems almost incredible, while in 1891 it fell to .£6,750,000,000, one thousand millions less than the preceding year. The city business on the Stock Exchange lias not been so restricted for years. It is expected that as European securities are so dull, it will haye a good effect ou colonial interests.

Our selection of Autumn and Winter Fashions has been mud& by our own buyers, men of creat experience, taste and judgment, in the British, French and Continental market and may be relied on as surpassing everything we have pre« viously shown at Tc Aro House Wellington, For continuation of Rcadincj Mo tier see fourth pcrr/e.)