KENNINTON(SouthIand)

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 39

KENNINTON (SouthIand)

August 7. — The winter, which the calendar informs us ,is over, , has been a remarkably fine one. We have experienced little frost, and not more than an' average supply of rain for the season. As a result, farming operations are well ahead, ploughing being well in hand all over the district. On account of our being so far south, the ministerial storms foreshadowed by Prophet , Wraggt, have expended themselves before readfnmr us, and — with justifiable pride we chronicle- the fact— the sunny south - has again justified its name. The King's Highway.— Owing to a ' drizzling rain coming on top of a froet ■ about a fortnight ago the roads have been in a worse state this winter than for many , years past. Slush, mud, filth have been in • evidence, and moving about with any com- ! fort has been impossible. Our railway : siding is always a busy spot and the row , of useless trues beside it sheltering the j road from the sun, renders the approach to the station a veritable quagmire. However, the old-timere try to pacify us by referring to the early days when there were "no roads, no bridges, no nothing and assure us that we "don't know we re born. Of cour&9 the matter of discomfort in travelling is one of degree, and probably we should find something to complain about if the highway were asphalted.. Amusements.— These are never lacking m our district, summer or winter. During tn? lon- evenings tho bowling and card cub meets weakly, and occasionally indulges in friendly matches with clubs in neighbouring districts. This club is as popular as ever, and does much to foster good fellowship among its m-mbcr*. \V c lately had a visit from Ilex. Knowles .Smith, of Glast ow who lectured in the P.M Church He is a very line platform speaker, and his address was much appreciated by an all too small audience ' Business Chanses.— Messrs Watt and Henderson have removed into a new and commodious store a few chains to the south of the one they formerly occupied. The removal of the post office and tele- , phone from the old to the new building . caused a little stir in our civic hie, but, doubtless, we shall soon fettle down to the new order of things. We contain all the necessary elements of a big city, but so . long as the vcy necessary clement of a 'large population i« wanting, we cannot afford to allow animosities to exist in our ( lutle community. i Obituary.— lt is my painful duty to record the sudden death of Mrs Win. Bonney. who was lately cut oft in the prime of ( life, leavi'ipr a hu'-bind and >ouni? family ; to mourn thoir lo- The s\mpathy of j the district goes out to them in their be- , reavement. I Dairying.— The supply of milk to Mr , Gilfedder's creameiy is, of course, some- I what limited a!, tlii-, sr>a=on. This industry has, since its inception, been of sreat benefit to suppho •«. and has been the means of circulating many hundreds of pounds among them. A iipw factory in brick is bein£? erected north of the flaxmill, by a strong- company, and is to be run on the co-opcrativp principle. The ' work is to bp pushed on with all speed, j and will be roady to betrin work for the | new season. Shares have fcrn?n readily taken ' up by a large number of residents, who ' have strong faith in the dairying capa- j i bilities of our disti ict.