WAITOMO.
The continual downpour we have experienced durnig the last three weeks has caused our roads, which were just beginning to dry up nicely, to resume their wintry appearance, and mud is again very much in evidence. The dairymen will have some difficulty in getting their cream out to the station if the present wet weather continues.
Mr Powell, the metalling contrac- I tor, has not been able to get in much time with the crusher lately, and consequently the "thin white line" of broken limestone on the road is not stretching out very rapidly, but no doubt when better weather arrives the Work will go ahead much faster. From the sheep breeders' point of view the weather has scarcely been ideal, but still things might easily have been worse. Although generally windy and wet the weather has not been cold, and the young lambs seem very strong and hearty. As proof of the mildness of the I season might be mentioned the fact that a Waitomo settler found some
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 501, 18 September 1912, Page 5
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170WAITOMO. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 501, 18 September 1912, Page 5
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