Pohangina.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 January 1891, Page 2

Pohangina.

(Contributed) This district appears to be moving ahead surely, though by no means slowly. The area ready for burning next month is considerably over two thousand acres. As a grazing country it has few rivals, droughts being unknown in the district, which extends for thirty miles along the basin of the Pohangina river, having the Buahine range on one side, and the high lands of the Eiwitea on the other. Amongst the many signs of progress may be mentioned Mr Corpe's saw mill, which is now in process of. erection on the Foxton Association block. . Totara and other valuable timber is abundant, and there is a totara reserve of eight hundred acres about three miles further up the river. Mr Palmer, late or Oampbelltown, is building a general store and blacksmith's forge. He will also be a purchaser of wool, grass-seed, and other produce raised in the district, and an effort will be made to connect with Ashurst by telephone. Mr Hopkins, a gentleman recently arrived from Victoria, has had a very handsome house erected, which, with the extensive stabling and coaoh-house, quite destroys any idea of being cut off from civilisation. A coach started runing on Monday last, meeting the train at Ashurst, and carrying passengers and mails into the Pohangina district for seven miles, which is as far as the metalel road extends at DWiwnt* Grasa-g*ed cntting U in

full swing just now. On one paddock of thirty acres the cutters expect to save over eighty bags of cocksfoot, and as the bags will average at least sixty pounds, the value of the crop can be easily estimated. We may add that there is a good school in the district, having a roll number of just upon forty.