A VOICE FROM OROUA.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 170, 2 November 1881, Page 2

A VOICE FROM OROUA.

Oroua Downs, 1 Oct 2Sth, 1881. As a friend is just going up to Palmer- , ston v I avail liayself of. the opportunity of dropping you a few lines, for the information of your many readers. SHEARING. . Shearing commenced at tira R»wns,. this day fortnight as duly notified ft* theTime,, and as. tHe weather ,. with few intermission^ has been fa rorahe, the operations are nearly over. IMPBOTEMENTt- - There are at present a good nuroberofmen, no f fewer than 50 I should say, ,npw employed here m carrying out nu« ! merous improvements irn draining, fen* cinq, and various other works, which when finished will render this fine estate-.-one of the most valuable m the NorthIsland. , iAND COMPART. Messrs Campbell Bros have just floated a.largv Company m. London, for the purchase of some of their South Island properties, but they still- intend to retain pos- : session of this one. . . IENCING: COHTRACT. The contract of M'Leap &c.,.- which Itself comprises some tea: miles of fencing wi t h n umerous bridges, ' and cattle ap- | proaches, ha* been some months m hand, and i* now rapidly approaching completion, wiirgrve:yeu''anJdea of the extensivenature of the improvements being carried* ©n* ■ •. ,'.. '■■..;■• MISCBIitAMEODft;. pafd^a visit toGampelltown^the otherday, ana* found" the approaching election the nviin topic of conversation. J. G* . Wilson, at that timer appeared to be the ' fa vorke,. but since t&en- Mt- Russell has* had a meeting- there, and addressed the electors m a mo»t eleqnerit speech, and? effectual 'y turned the tables m his own? ■favour r also found; that the Man awatu< Time* penetrated- to. that remote spot. SCHOOB.-MASTER's RESIDENCI. :'■' The n*-w residence lor the schooU- . master, a comfoutahle cottage a/ljoining? • tjhe neat little school bou«e-, Which is beinyerectedby JMr H. Kurrell, and C 0.,. ofPalmerston,. is well advanced and i*. now m the -painter's h:ind*. FABMEES CLOB. The more active amongst the settlers--are advocating tie esta' K-hm nt of* Farmer's Club, and Horticultural So,«iety, and as there are several pusbingmpn amo^g them, I thwild not be surprised X they had theirs ia. operational soon as the one m Palraerston. THE FATAL. ACCIDENT. I have just this mbmrnt heard of^k Melancholy accident, whirls occurred ■ about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, about aqtnrftr of a mile from Freeman an«l Wylds* Saw Mill at Kairaka-i^ to a youtb> named Binjamin^ Oshorne, son of Mr. Oshorne of Oroua. Whilst riding m thehu«h, a white -pine tree fell on him, and= he was killed on the spot, as well as the horse he was; ridings The Tad was hit--1 between the shoulders, and I am told thereis not a scratch to be seen on the body.. Deceased was- only 17 years. The daywes very boisterous, and trees werefitl--ling m every flireotion. J ?• TEETOTAL PI.EDOBS. " The wisest man, the world e'er saw," tells us there is nothing new unrUr the-snn-^-this v appHcable to Teetotal, and? Good Templar Pledges— subjoined, is one 250 yea- shack, and clipped from aScofch paper for which you might find a corner m the Times. ■■ ,Fn«t notice the provision m "tbeir».own dwellings," cunning fellows those two :— " A report on the M.R S. \ of Mr A. J. X Erskine, of Dun. F«<r/ ' farshirej contains a copy of the followingcurionß temperßTic? p'^sr" *^- ; Temperau&e Bond, I>uhdee, 4tb July,. 1872. The parties to this contract, which - is attested by four witnesses, are Alexander Erskine of Dun, and Sir John Blair of Balgillo. They bound themselves to- ( drink nothing, except m their own dwet. lingß, till the first of May, 1628, unde^, the penaly of 500 mtrkf for tvery succeeding one, for lecorit j agrctd to regis* ter the contract.