AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
The following letter on a subject of Ik| peculiar interest to the farmers of this WM district appeared in the Lyttelton Times: H|| Sir,—Seeing a suggestion in to-days El Lyttelton Times, that the manufacture ot H barrels for the exportation of potatoes H| might form a useful local industry ; a" 01 ' sgil ine to remark that thousands of barrels ot ||| just the right sort and size, are wantonly E|| broken up thrown away in this |H namely the Portland cement casks, whic |g with a very littlo care in emptying, c° u ra be put together again, and couw ;|| started back to England, &Q., . 11l potatoes.—On the subject of encourages || local industries, it seems strange that || Timaru Borough Council should pr e '® r . M, send all the way to Glasgow for the P'P ,n ° 1 for the waterworks rather than to enco | age some Dunedin or Christchnrch maD « faoturers. All the while this Colony j| persist in sending its money away, ■ 1 | might just as well be kept here, wan |j employment, and scarcity of cash niua jg the consequence. —I am, &c., "• ' || :EsjpENKi"i\ 1
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 18 September 1880, Page 2
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187AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 18 September 1880, Page 2
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