Awaroa.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 374, 7 August 1908, Page 2

Awaroa.

(from oub own correspondent.) There has been quite a welcome EhftXiau in the weothur lately. Cold ftOSy nißbts and bright clear days, instead jof rain, rain, rain. The lambing season has started and !if the weather keeps fine there should be a good percentage this season. Feed is not too plentiful yet, although some who sowed early have good crops of turnips and young grass. Las: week I noticed a nice line of three to four hundred wethers passing ' through to Mr Pearsun’s farm, at Kaii mangu, to shock bis young grass and ■ turnips and also a line of bullocks for Mr H. Babbage, of Awaroa. It is rumoured that the Kaimango > road is about to be opened up 12ft wide from the Awaroa-Maboe road to the present tormed sft track. It is to be hoped that the rumour is correct as this road will be one of the main stock roads for the district south of the bardour, being several miles shorter than by any other route to the Ohaupo sale yards. Several settlers are bard at it getting bush down, and il is to be hoped we get a fine season for burning. There should be a good prospect for tbe farmers next year as cattle are selling very freely at advanced rates, and sheep are very much firmer than they were some little time ago. If wool keeps hardening, and butter keeps up io present prices everything should be all right for settlert and they want it (or it will help to recompense them for Josses last season by . bush fires. Although rebates were promised to many of the settlers who found their own grass seee, 1 have not heard of any one getting a rebate yet. I suppose we all will, as it would never do for the Government to go back on their promise, aud eo near election time to j.