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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 353, 2 May 1884, Page 5

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. ' N - '','. , XFrom a Correspondent), , ;^,^^ce tay laat' the weather bay been 1 aft 'tHSt cpuld be' desired, ahdj considering its unßeaspnableness in the early part of t^B^aßon, %® crons beiri^ condition^ \ All ■ pne or .-Awp ; I fa^^Bawes|edj : and nearly allthe wh|at. I ston jdktncfc^iare thrasheicl, 'iaid'':g&a('_ 'nilyV^ve^^hjMadspme. returns. The \ JMloNirne^s/ say that tb^ grain |s Very • Hard\t6 pitt from the straw this yearj requtririg .extra car&:to dress "it ipron ,s*\f.*-: t -■■■■'■:, -ft, ■,■' ■•• ••■:-•-■,';■;.-, There are rumors of a, strike /an)ong j the- 1 aboring cjasses. They are holjcling '.puit ,f oy a shilling per hour ; the f armersdfclihe to give more than tennence 1 ijos mjlil hands. , ( ; "Tne Swift Preek school was re- ' opened on Monday, the 21st instant, by Mr Piliing, the newly appointed teacher, and there are signs of an in--1 crease in the number of children, eight juveniles having arrived within a few weeks to swell the ranks. The petition for a daily train to this L . place is going the rounds of the dis- • trict for signature, and I need not say 1 that every settler in the district is 1 subscribing bis name to it. J A stationmaster is urgently required 1 here, as there is no one to look after r the goods at present, but I have no j doubt we will soon hear of one being 1 appointed.