Oparau.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 273, 24 August 1906, Page 2

Oparau.

(from our own correspondent.) Grass is again becoming very plentiful. Cattle have so fir been tbe ma n stock on selections here, but the time ha? now come when t> in tko really first class pasture both &heep and cit lie must be gr z-d Th'.. fact ha - made itself ap ;arent t» .'he id and* xgrazier? of this part. Tbe weather is n - v del'gh.fttl and the roads ar® fast assuming a good a - pearance, especially i b® son gate at them. Mrs Yells has sold her property a £1 per acre—a low p-ico for land here, but a qi/ck sale requires a reduction. There wore several offers at this price, lhe first securing the section. Before long Oparau land will jump to £9, £lO per acre, and so on. The soil has proved tip top, whilst the grass remains really wait Potatoes are already planted on some section?. The natives are out of seed and the Government should send them a few tons to get a start. Formalin is sudden death to all insects, a splendid antiseptic aud would without doubt beat all eradicators tried if used before planting. The Matakowhia member of the Kawhia County CouncJ is supposed to live at Oparau, but it is the opinion of most of our settlers that he has no residence here. I am informed that it is the intention of the ratepayers to ask him to resign.