Moutoa Notes.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3501, 25 March 1905, Page 2

Moutoa Notes.

(Fi'dni dui ; dwii CdrrespOrtdent.) It is said that the spirit dl flrlhodox religion is dying, but ’twill die a hard death while parsons are willing to ride fifteen miles to bold divine service in the Country for eleven persons, six of whom were little children* Such was the congregation that Brother fo» met when holding his usual monthly service lart Thursday evening at Moutoa. The Moutoa cridketfcts have been practising bard (on Sundays, of coarse, that being the only available day tor farmers) for the match they hope to play in Foxton next Wednesday. A big fire was raging last night in the Makerua swamp at the back of Moutoa, the glare of which seemed to light up the whole of the eastern horizon. It is to be hoped that it has not damaged the flax area. Can anyone give a reasonable answer as to why horses too old to work should be turned loose on the roads for the remaining terms of their natural life ? A sentimental reason may be the principal one given by their owners, but then horsemen, cyclists, etc., also have lively and sentimental reasons as to the value of their own lives and limbs.