Rongotea.

Manawatu Herald, 18 January 1898, Page 3

Rongotea.

(FBOM OUB OWN COBfiBSPONDENT.) January 17. • Friday night's rain was welcomed bj one and ail. W« pbould liked to have had more, Btifl ifc has done a deal of good. A young man ia pur midst left for Nelson just before Xmaa to take unto himself a wife. He did not say why ha wm going away, but views do get round, and, on retaining last Tnes« day, late though ilj/wae, he found our tin band in waiting, in full force. Mn J . Marshall who has been an invalid so many years was taken worse last week and fears aro enter tamed as to her- recovery. Mrs Marshall has bqgn a great sufferer for many years and has a large «f»mily of little children. Mr Marshall is not in t)*e best of circumstanoes and the work falls on a child of eleven years. - Bpme kind hearted a person might soa an opening to lend " some assistance. Mr Hickford, 'our enterprising carrier, is talking of sending Home for a motor car, to put on the road between Rongotea and Palmerston. It is to carry three tons and to run 15 miles an hour, We with Mr Hickford every success, as he is a man who baa the welfare of Rangosea r Urgely at heart, and is the means of P circulating a deal of money in our midst. We are glad to see a barber here, it has satisfied a •' long felt want." Mr Broughton appears to be a firstclass barber and, judging from appearances on Saturday night, he ghould do very well. y ~ The new laddlor is doing extremely well and is talking of building for himitlf. ' Mr Glover, onr local wheelwright and blacksmith has a great run on the splendid gigs he ia turning out. The style and finish is, without donbt, right up-to-date. Mr T. Bull made a first-class job of the underground cement tank for the new creamery. This is the second one Me Bull has put down here. The depth of the tank ia 16 feet by 22 feet across. Mr H. P. Thompson, at Taipo corner, baa one of the finest crops of wheat that hat ever been seen in

this district. The wheat is growing on a piece of land just stumped. Several of the farmers here are talking of wheat growing next season. The fruit crop is very poor this season owing to the severe gales that have been blowing so long.