WAITUNGURU.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 628, 17 December 1913, Page 2

WAITUNGURU.

Own Correspondent. Those who are in any way connected with the dairying industry are !!,<v,-~ oughly conversant with the imp:;rLance attached to the :20th day of each month, often designated "cheque day." What castles are built on (he foundation of the results pertaining to the advent of that day. What good times are prophesied, what cows are going to hs bought, what holidays are planned, and what extensive improvements are going to be done to the farm, all by the lit?ln of the sold derived from the 20th. Every settler eagerly looks forward !o that day. as it brings him into possession of ready money, and many even though they have raised a b:g mortgage on their section and have ventured to the end of their tether, regarding the borrowing system, and are unable to procure an overdraft even of the minutest dimensions, imagine they have struck a sold mine, and feel for the time being thovoughly independent of the bank capital. But: unfortunately in the case of struggling pioneers, such as our own settlers, the cheque has to be divided into so many parts and distributed in so many directions that his independency reigna for a very short; period; and hia spirits again fall to rise again only on the near approach of another 20tb. The 20th of last month was unique in the history of this district, in that it constituted the first pay-day of the Co-operative Dairy Company, and the settlers received their first monthly payment for their butter fat. Throughout ail the days eince the advent of the first settlers in here, there has not been a day when so much money has been circulated among the settler- at the same time, and the receiving of their respective cheques provoked a smile on the faces of receivers. But every penny that is received in this way is doubly earned and the pity is tha.r, there is not mor3 20ths than one in each moonth.

A meeting organised by the Waitanguru Progressive Association, is to eventuate next Saturday evening for the important purpose of debat ing proposals which are considered of the most beneficial interest to the district.