KAKAEAMEA.

Patea Mail, 19 January 1882, Page 3

KAKAEAMEA.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) 1 Thursday. , A fine specimen of trout, one foot long, was caught the other day by Mr E. Payne in the race below the mill dam. 1 This is one of 200 which were put into the stream ■by Messrs Williamson in November, 1880; and considering they were only fin. long when liberated, it is evident the stream possesses to a remarkable degree troutcarrying qualities. Mr Payne, after measuring the trout, wisely consigned it to its native element. Our enterprising miller, Mr Glover, intends beeping pace with the times, as far as improved machinery is concerned. He has just finished the making and fitting-.of a machine termed a “ middlings purifier,” which’ no mill of any pretensions should be without. The substance known as middlings is the most glutinous part of wheat, and after purification becomes flour of the best quality. Mr Clover received first prize at the Agricultural Show of 1880 for a well-executed model of a wind turbine flour-mill. The monotony of our existence (for indeed it has been very dull here since the holidays) is likely to be relieved to-morrow by a performance of the “ Pleasure Party,” of which Miss Jenny Nye is the principal artiste. As opportunities of listening to first-rate talent , are rare, townspeople should improve the occasion, and crowd the house.