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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 877, 6 February 1879, Page 2

tt ist pretty wett known that the tat? heavy sou'-wester lias proved very »t«f tractive to the grain crops. Wherever it h;i,s visited, the crops have heen very tiailty shaken, ami instanees* are n«t wanting where the tops of the green oats have tieen- (down or lashed off hy the form- of the wind.. Many tietds have tin" appearance of having heen recently sown.. ! and it appear* ti* us that rmr fanners conM i not do a Fx-tter than cover the shaken grain J at once with the gmbher. This operation 1 would give them a rich crop of green feed up to. the peri<»t of spring sawing. Another ; very good, praetiee is to-plough in the-grain and: afterwards feed it facie with sheep. ; This will ensure a splendid erop of winter I whteat which we might safety guarantee. ' wowfd W tree from smut. If these sag- ■ gestion* wsrs yarned oat farmers wontd have reason tt* r>e th»nlcfuL Their present totfses wem td in n> great nwasurp ho .»ttt«<srvient : to- their future profit, a.* they wovtM gain tn ; mead. woolL mitfc. andi butter in ths first instance, and in flesh, wool, and grain in the : seuond. besides enriching their lands W i means of green and animal mannres. and ; pulverisation, by the compression of the funrf* of the sheep, which graft: thereon. Deahnre i« grain arts reminded that the sate of t3M> acrw* of growing crop on the fcttmfey fcatate will ta Jtofct hy Messrs. tKmalit R«UI and- Co.. on the ground, at 11 tv*ctoefc to-morrow-. The crop* consists, of outs ami wheat.aattiww amongst the taost. promising ii» the Otago tJtsttw*. having eswapstt WW scoitrg* of ttW tate scorching wnvl*. As 6h«.« railway passes* through the land! in crop. liftfo trouhU* and expense wilt W entailed in getting it to market. The crop* arts twang sold because the «stats M ahettt to W |>ttt into the marfcet. >tr. S-. S.. Macfortarw* kit* tearne*t the art of g!«niag popularity am«r»gat hi* eon* stitut<rtfc». BCu'does* not present each of tho<*«r upoft whom he nfepertds far his seat in the HottSß of Representative* with a nice volume. That wwtM not artawer the purpose. K» e»pcn*t* hj» honorariam. or more, in the purchase pi hanks >earty. an«l presents them ti> th« tiß>rari«s throaghoot tii& <iistri«t whkb fie represents. Whatever hit* motives nviy be, th« effeet of hi* aetton t# goo»t. »n«,i th« intutatioo of hi* vxsvapte,

would redound to the credit of other wealthy M.P.'a in the Colony,'who not only pocket their honorariums, bnt travel on business with their Parliamentary railway passes. Our Shag Point correspondent sends us the following:—" I perceive that yon had a" telegram relating to the death of young Mr. Hartstoogc, and I herewith send yon fall particulars as far as I can glean :—lt appeals he came down for a load of coal for his. father, who resides about, I should say, 16 miles from here, on the ranges in the Dun-, back District, leading off the Macrae's Flat road, which turns off nearly opposite Jordan's Hotel on the Shag Valley road (north) from Palmcrston, and on returning with his loaded dray, in which lie had three horses, two leading abreast and one in the shafts, after getting about two miles away from the Point, he stopped to alter the traces of the near side leader, when he received a kick in the abdomen. It must have been about noon when two navvies who had left off work found him lying against the bank on the side of the road. One of them named Joseph Thornton, and the other whose name I am not aware of, immediately rendered him every assistance, and conveyed him as far as Mr. Barney O'Neill's Hotel, about two miles from Palmcrston, which, of course, was ;on his way home. There he received every hospitality, as you may lie sure, Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill being noted for their generosity (especially in such cases) in the Palmcrston district. An inquest was held on the 3rd inst., hut the result I have not yet heard. He was a young man, I should imagine about 23 years of age, and, knowing him personally for the last IS months, I am sure that everyone in the neighborhood will regret the sad loss, he being, I might say, the mainstay of his father and family since his arrival in the country, which occurred about three or four years since. We arc glad to see the harbor once more assuming a busy appearance. In spite of all ol>staclcs, the trade of our port is steadily and substantially increasing. Our Inch Valley correspondent writes : The engineers are busy surveying the line of the .Shag Valley railway. They have made a change from the old survey line, which went np the north side of the main road. The present party are taking the south side, ! i suppose for the purpose of keeping clear of : the river. When once made, the railway will lie a great boon to the settlers at the ttpper end of the Valley and of the Waihemo; ', and if the traffic on the road at the present time is any criterion to go by, I should say it ought to be a good paying branch. A party of surveyors arc also employed laying ©tf the lutteh-talkcd-of run No. SO in suitable sections for disposal on the deferred payment and agricultural leascsystems.and I doubt not the whole will be soon disposed of when open for sale. Partridges arc seemingly increasing in this locality. The other day I saw two broods of young ones in a stubble field--one brood of twelve and the other of nine. They were all healthy-like birds. Pheasant.-* seem to be taking more into the rough country, as I do not see so many about the settled part of the district as in former years. The return mateh between the Banks v. Town will he played on the O.C'.C.'s ground on Saturday next. The following will represent the Banks : —Anderson, Castclli, Du Pre-. G. Fenwiek. F. Ftnwick, Filleul. Kerr. Lowe. Maedonald, M'Jennctt, TcmjKist. Our Livingstone correspondent writes : •' In my last letter an error inadvertently crept in. in connection with the meeting of the School Committee held on Saturday. Instead of " It was arranged to erect a bell,' it shontd read ' It was arranged to make enquiries respecting the erection of a school bell. Also, some necessary fittings were ordered to be procured."' Ottr Shag Point correspondent writes : " At the recent election of members for the Shasr Point School Committee, the householders fell into the same error as the Balclntha {*oplc did, by electing nine members instead of seven, according to the Act. What steps our worthy f'hairnian. | Mr. Rowley, may have taken. I cannot say, but I am sure he will leave no stone unturned to remedy the error." The cricket match between the second Eleven of the Excelsior Cricket Club ami the Tradesmen will be continued on Saturday afternoon, at 2.30 p.m. We draw the attention of members of No. I Co. O.R.V. to a notification which appears in onr advertising columns with reference to tiring for prizes. No. I Co. O.K.V. arc requested to attend weekly drill on Friday next, at S o'clock, at the Drill-shed. This day at the K.M. Court, before T. W. Parker. Esq.. R.M.. Patrick M'Cuskcr was charged with trespassing on the railway tine near tin Wr.iarcka Junction. His Worship fined him 30a. During his visit to Northampton, Mr. Irving related an amusing anecdote. Ten years ago. while passing with Mr. Toole through Strat ford-on-Avon, he saw a rustic ■sitting on a fence. "That's Shakespeare's honsc isn't if *" he asked, j>ointiiig to the building. "Yes." "Ever been there?" "No." "How lotsg has he heen dead?" "Don'tknow." "Many people come here?" "Yes, lots." "V-em to the house." " Been to the house?" ** No : never been to the house." " What did he do?" "Don't know." "Brought up her*?" " Yes." " Did he write anything like the Family Herald, or anything of the | sort ?"' "O, yes : he writ." '* What was it ? Yon mast know." •* Well," said the rustic. " I think he wrote for the Bible." 1 • ! HasseM,, Sox, and Co. are agents for the j celebrated Marsh Harvester and Automatic i Crane Binder.—fAovT.] ! MnSEV Saveo and no time lost by using | the Marsh Harvester.—[Ai»vr.] | To save TRorm.B. annoyance, and a last- ; ing regret, yon should see and thoroughly jexamine the Marsh Harvester and Binder i before purchasing elsewhere.—[Anvr.] I What the Farmers Say.—The Marsh I Harvester and Crane Binder is the simplest land best machine ever brought to the ! colonics.—f Ar»VT.] | Table.* for hand binding with every Marsh ! Harvester or Harvester King sold.—[Advt.] j Gkai* Hakvktis« made easy by using the | Marsh Binder.—[Af>VT.] 252