KAIWAKA.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 10 September 1913, Page 2

KAIWAKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The late rains have thoroughly soaked the land, and we are on the outlook now for better weather. Spring has made its appearance, and a few fine days would bring grass ahead welt. It has already made a good start after the cold dry winter. / The long, dry Autumn and cold [winter told very severely on stock, and in many cases the mortality has been very high; now that things have taken a turn theae will be hard to replace. . * The rains last month caused a good few slips on the Railway line, but not sufficient to block traffic, although several times it. was a very close thing, and had it not been for energy displayed there certainly would have been a stoppage. However, they have been yery fortunate, this being the first trouble for over a year. There have been no cases of the popular epidemic in our vicinity so far, and we hardly expect a visitation now, as it seems to be on the decline.