Otaki and District

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 July 1916, Page 2

Otaki and District

(Nuws Items from Monday's 'Mail.)

•Mr W . H. Field, M.P., who last week purchased the three sections »f land at \\ nikiannc, offered for sale by Mr Hiru Parata-—aggregating some IC6 acres- --intends to almost iiumediately subdivide tlie property, and. put it on tin; market again. There is some magnificent native busli oil the property and Mr Field, who has always been zealous in his efforts to preserve native bush, will carefully set aside the bush portions. The open land which comprises about throe-quarters of tlio whole. will be cut up into small sections for which tliero should be a keen demand.

s a of "trying out" the whale recently stranded ou the Otaki beach, ohven 3<j-galh>n barrels of oil have been wived while portions of tho iiame of the monster have been sold at

good price. Tt is understood that Mr Henia t." Ao has purchased the jaw bone- 1 ;.

Rumours are current that farmers in the Otaki district intend to establish a co-operative store at Otaki 'Railway.

A deal of improvement has !>ecn effected to the Oioki Dairy Company's plant, and the machinery now is in first-class working older.

It is understood that an effort ji< l>e:ng made by local farmer* to establ:»h n co-oporative dniry company at Otaki.

A number of local men left by this morning's train for I'almerston, wheiv, after examination, they will proceed t Trentham. Among the number were: Messrs A. R. Rudkin, G. M. Lethbridge. Ray Edwards (Otaki); Cooper and Biprt Collier (To *Horo); and L. Bryant (Manakmi). Mr C. Wildismith loft for Wellington, where he enlisted.

The orange tie s and lemon trees in Mr Wilton's garden Otaki—planted by Mr Byron Brown—are just now a sight well worth seeing. There are several beautiful lemon trees in full bearing, cue having some hundreds of fruit in ■fill stages of growth. The orange--1 roes, though comparatively young, arc yielding a spleindid crop, three or four tr.es having a splendid show of fruit, while one, planted only a few years ago must have quite a hundred oranges •on. The oranges when quite ripe are < f fair size, and though a little, thick in the rind, are sweet and of good flavour. These trees prove conclusively that oranges and iemons ca-n be grown successfully in "semji-tropicnl Otaki,'' and, judging by Mr Wilton's ( rch'.irtl, should also prove most remunerative. Mr W. H. Field. M.P.. is at Waikai a<; to-day, it having been Arranged for Mr Field. Mr Furkctt (Government Kngineer), Mr "Malcolm (County Engineer), and Horowhonua aaid Hutt county councillors to meet together t > 'inspect the Wuikanae Tiwr and consider what is best to be done to prevent further damage by floods, It is probable that Mi- Field will persuadio Mr Furkert to visit Otaki river also while in -the district.

Messrs Spiers Bros., of Otaki Bailway. have gi:kl their To l?oto road property to Messrs Reid Bros., the wellknown dairymen, of "Wellington, who, who. we understand, intend to use tlie farm principally for winter milking for the Wellington market. Mr E. Spiers has leased a portion of Mr RansfieVl's property, at Mn.nakau, which "he will take up tat beginning of lioxt month.

Mr G. Tolhurst has disposed of liis farm at To Horo, in threo sections— to Messrs C. Spiers, S. McKenzie (homeetead section), and a Wellington gentleman respectively. The figures r-alised show that Te Horo property is rapidly increasing in mine.

Mr D. .Tudd, of Obaki, has sold a two-acre block of his property, adjoining Mr P. A. Gillies' residence, to Mr C. E. Stone, of Wellington, who is erecting a cottage on the property. Mr Stone intends to grow smail fruit on tho land. In all probability another portion of Mr Jiukl'fi property will shortly change hands.