THE RAINFALL.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 66, 1 April 1902, Page 5

THE RAINFALL.

Mr G. S. Huffam has kindly furnished us with the following record for the month of March :

Rain fell on 1 0 days during the month, the maximum fall being on the 7th. The records are taken at 12.45 daily.

The Grey Argus writes a follows : A number of personal friends of Mr Bett, of Reefton, as well as others, endeavoured to persuade him to allow himself to become candidate for the represention of the Inangahua district in the next Parliament. Mr Betts, it is understood, has taken time to consider. He probably realises thatMr Colvin would be a rather difficult candidate to defeat and consequently does not see his way clear as yet. Mr Colvin possesses certain personal qualities that could not fail 'to make him popular* with the average class of electors, while he is persona grata with the Government—or with Mr Seddon which is much the sarnS thing—all the more because he is not one of those fussy, meddlesome politicians who are never satisfied rrnless they are trying to teach Government how to do things. If there is one class of members more than another that Mr Seddon cannot stand at any price it is those of the Pirani and “ Rickettv ” Russell stamp. They are a deal too alert and active to be appreciated by gentlemen of Mr Seddon’s kidney: With reference to the despatch of the Tenth Contingent, “A Parmer/' writes to the 'Wellington Post, as follows :—Allow me as a farmer to enter my protest against the depletion of the labour market in sending away so many of our young men to South Africa. The First Contingent numbered only 250 to 300 men, but they are now mounting up tu a thousand men each ; far and away more than the colony can spare As a. farmer, I can see lots of work being neglected, more particularly in the drain cleaning, and wo shall know what that means next winter.- Then the lads from the milking sheds are now'anxious to go to the war, and we farmers will have to dry off our cows. As it is, it is most difficult to get our milking done, and if another thousand of our young men are sent away many farmers will have lo close their dairies altogether. Mr S-ddon has no.idea of the hardships he is in-

fi eting upon the farming class, and we cm only hold him responsible for it. The Greymouth Star says: -It is understood that there will be no cal’s to the Upper House till after the general elections, which take place in December next.

At a meeting of the Mastertou Benevolent Trust, it was stated that a receipient of aid, who was being treated for consumption", was making a marvellous recovery under cold air treatment.

The other morning a careless bricklayer dropped a brick from the second storey of a building on which he was at work. Leaning over the wall and glancing downwards he saw a gentleman with his silk hat jammed over his eyes and ears, picking himself up slowly from the ground, as if he had been nearly stunned. The bricklayer, intones of anxiety, asked, “ Did that brick hit anyone down there ?” The gentleman with great difficulty extricating himself from the wreck of his hat, replied with considerable warmth, 14 Yes, sir, it hit me. “ That s right,” exclaimed the brickmaker, in tones of undisguised admiration, “ You’re a noble man, and truthful. I would sooner have wasted a thousand bricks than have you tell a lie about it.”

Mother : MV hat s that smacking noise in the parlor ?” Studious Boy (who goes to school): Its sister and her young man exchanging microbes. Magistrate : “What happened between yourself and the complainant ?” O’Brien : “I think, sor, a half dozen bricks and a lump of paving stone.” Messrs Laird and Sons, nurserymen, of Wanganui, writes the N. Z. Dairyman as follows “We are being constan ly written to from farmers on this coast complaining that their furze 1 edges are dying out, and asking what is the best hedge to plant to take its place. Undoubtedly the best hedge to plant, which is stock proof and at the same time affords capital shelter foist ek from the hard cold winds experienced on this coast, is the African B xtnorn. To take the place of dying out furze hedges, it should he planted as close as possible to the old hedge in thoeoughly prepared ground, and a c uple of wires run along to keep the •■tack off for a couple of years. Th Boxthorn does not succeed well in :

c >ld, wet, heavy soil, but stands th heavy salt gales admirably. The valu or shelter for stock—dairy stock par fcicularlv—is not yet thoroughly ap predated, 3'et it is a known fact that good serviceable shelter such as pro vided by Pinus Muricata is of more benefit to the cows during cold snap t an good feed. We mention Pinus Muricata because it is a real hard

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Mar 6 Total Rainfall in inches. ... 0.03 .7 ••• i-55 8 ... .. 1 0.80 9 ••• 1.06 21 ... 0.19 22 ... ... 0.89 23 ... 0.33 24 ... ... 0.11 2 9 ... O.OI 3i ••• ... 0.1S Total ... ... 5.14