Cheltenham Notes.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 261, 9 May 1896, Page 2

Cheltenham Notes.

[from oub own cobbespondent.l ; t The Committee of the Cheltenham Public Library are determined to leave .V---no stone unturned to bring their institution to a successful issue, and to that effeet are organising a grand plain Land i fancy dress ball on a scale that has not J been attempted in the district before.' The event is to take place on aJonday, May 25. A crack string band has been engaged, and the catering has: been placed in most competent hands, and already the fair sex of the Kiwitea district are puzzling their heads as to what cob- '"V tume they shall wear to grace the 6c- ; casion. I believe prizes are to be given for the two most novel dresses— male and, female — but full particulars will be duly . advertised. , - : ■' The Hon. Sec. of the Cheltenham United Football Club desires to acknow- , ledge, with many thanks, donations of £l Is from each of the following gentlemen : • Messrs Joha Bruce, C. A. J. Levett, and : F. E. Pickering. 'J ; Any person passing through the Kiwi -^ tea district cannot fail to notice the extra* ordinary strides the settlers have made, in stumping and clearing their land. On nearly every farm you pass between Cheltenham and Fowlers, including MeBeth's line, ploughed paddockl rare the order of the day, and large stacks of peas, oats, and beans, together with flourishing crops of turnips and mangolds, bear' conclusive evidence to the fertility of the soil. One of our most energetic settlers, Mr Frank Spencer, has made a new departure, and if his initial trial proves a success, and of which he has no possible doubt, the settlers in this. particular district will have a most profitable industry placed before them, viz, clover growing. Mr Spencer hassaved the product of some five acres, and judging by the amount of seed one can get out of one head of clover he will have a magnificent yield. So far there is no machinery in this nor adjoin- J ing .districts that is capable ot treating this particular crop, but arrangements are being made wich a Canterbury firm of engineers with the view of introducing into this district a complete plant, coh^ sisting of traction engine, combine with ; clover-sheller attached, and the latest double-bagger chaff-cutter. .