Rongotea.

Manawatu Herald, 11 January 1898, Page 3

Rongotea.

' '■ i #i h ;'••'■ " ■ *• - (ISOH OVB OWN CpIIIUEPVONSENT.) Jatftor/10, 1898. Tht weather ii I till very dry and feed ie parched .everywhere , conitquentljr the milk test of every supplier hvgoing down, and everyone U crying out for rain. Oar tin band turned out in style a few nlghta back to "do honour to a certain event. The night was warm and dusty and, naturally, after a two mile tramp the band had a big hunger and thirst on. After a three hours performance they had to return, hunger and thirst still un~"s ~loiiflfied, so that the tune played on tfye return was not " For he's a jolly good fellow" but that of "the tucker we left behind us." Mr J. K. Tompkins, late of . Wereroa, has returned amongst us again, and has bought Mr Mudford's fpaa, the price paid being £22 10* gar acre. Mr Mudford is, I believe, going np Taranaki way. Bleakly, our new storekeeper, ii^oing well and haß just had extensive improvements made to iis premises. TjThtre is still room for a good timor, dressmaker and milliner. YOar new creamery had steam np me the first time last Monday and W*y take in the first lot of milk some ftsfe thie week. Great credit is due ja Messrs Grace A Co. for the naanner and despatch in which they have finished the building. - , La Grippe js raging in our midst, -. there being 50 or 60 casea in and •round o«r small town. Great eympatby is foil for Mr and Mrs Merritt at the loss of their daughter. She spent Christmas at home* well and hak, and went away After tho holiday?, was taken ill and died in a few minutes. Messrs Rowe & Sons have proaced another piece of fine busta

which will keep them cutting foi some time. This mill was ail but cut out and would soon have had to stop, which would have meant a big loss to those employed. Messrs Teaz Bros, have secured a fine piece of land from Mr Clark and intend going in for dairying on a large scale. Some Palmerston and Feilding people are having a good time on the beach, break loads fipding their way there every other day, and many families are camped at the Rangitikei Heads in tents for two or threo weeks. It is some 8 or 9 miles to. the beach from here, but we have a good metal road all the way.