Otaki and District

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1916, Page 3

Otaki and District

» .NEWS ITEMS FROM OTAKi MAIL. Mr !' red Chapman, who has beeii stud groom 011 Mr lan Duncan's num fur some time, yesterday severed ln» connection with Mr Duncan, with ti intention of going fanning. There is urgent need at Waikanao for <1 mortuary cliapel, and a move is being made to secure one. A 1 will shortly be circulated among residents to raise the necessary amount. Mr and Mrs Duncan, in view of tiie shortage of teachers, still have charge of the Waikanae school, pending tU-' arrival of Mrs Jriwgreaves (relieving tear.her) ami Miss Cori'., of Levin, w-.o will arrive 011 the 7th iust. ' jTY Duncan, together with -Vtr Fled, liarclay, will go into camp next week. .Mrs Duncan will shortly take up duties at the Terrace school, Wellington. Mr It. J. 'Port, who has been in tm Otaki Hospital for upwards of wo

months is making a slow recovery. Mi I'ort bos long .suffered from log troirbie, and it is hoped that a permanent cure will bo effected. tie was able on Wednesday to leave his bed for the first time for some weeks. The Rev. Fathers Melit, Meyer and Henry, of Otaki, are at present attending the "retreat" at Wellington. We regret to loam that Mr Tom Bills, well-known in Otaki as brother to Mejssrs .T;i|ck, Jiarue«, Fred and Allan Rills, is seriously ill in the Otaki Hospital. Mr Wilton, of Wellington, has bean appointed as manager of the Ot a I ' Dairy Co, in place of Mr T. McDonald;, resigned, Mir Wilson hopes to take up residence witlh hiis family in Otaki almost immediately. It is generality recognised as an understood tiling that, it is a farmerr pri'villege to growl, and, indeed it would be a unique kind of farmer who could not at all times find something to grumble about. The Elthnm "Argus" tells of an Kith am resident who was congratulating a ramner upon the splendid weatlher not forgetting to mention the recent refreshing rains, which must have added thousands of pounds to the farmers' milk cheques. "Oh, well," was the reply, "you see we hare too much grass tniT the time of year, the eotws are getting too fat, and Ihe milk supply is going down." This reminds us of m true story of a Ho owJieniUia farmer who was always "gro iirg." One day a friend, wlio knew the farmer's failing congratulated! him or his remarkable prosperity, the fine feed in hlis paddocks, the splendid prices stock was bringing, etc., ibut *■■> every remark tli e farmer had some disparaging reply* to offer. At last in desperation, the gentlemen, pointing to a magnificent crop of turnips, the sight of w'hiuii should gladden the heart af any ifinrmer saut. "What a magnificent crop of turnips 1 You cannofc possibly find; anything to grumb 1 a/t, with a crop like tfhait!" reluctantly replied the farmer, "it's not suah a. bad crop, hut you roust remember that a crop like that takes a hV. out of the ground I"