OTOROHANGA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 238, 2 March 1910, Page 2

OTOROHANGA.

-♦ - - Own Correspondent. very fjne sheep have, been, unloaded fqr several IJqrnkjwi farmers, having been purchased at the rocont Qhaupo sheep fair. This speaks volumes for the progress of tho famia in the district.

Those who took up land in the block which was reserved for retired civil servants are all getting on to their sections, and things are very active in the carting of timber and other material from the local timber yard and station to their various destinations.

Mr. Whyte, late of Pukckohe, baa com'menced business as a chemist hero. Mr. p. Qrmbsy, qf the 'Qtqrohangi-j, Temperance Ifqte), has sold bin intciv ests to a Mr. Seaton, of Raurintu, who takes possession on March Ist. The welcome rain has done a deal of good to the turnip crops, which are looking exceptionally fine in all partH of this district. -

The New Zealand Dairy Association, Ltd., creameries at Kio Kio and Otorohanga ' are receiving a steady supply' of m,ilk, t)}o falling oiV beiiny slight. Much regret; was foil, at hearing that Mr Percy Ellis, of I'uketarata, son of J. W. Ellis Esq., has been stricken with typhoid fever, but 1 A learn thai, it i-i of a mild nature, and 1 that he is on the road to recovery. A billiard tournament is now in progress at Mr. T. Weir's billiard na!oon, and is keeny contested and watched.