MERCER.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 26, 1 April 1915, Page 2

MERCER.

Ducks are plentiful on the river and swamps, and sportsmen should have no dilliculty in rinding plenty of game in the vicinity of Mercer on the May Ist, the opening day of the shooting season. To aasiat matters in connection with the proposed bridge across the river, at Mercer, a local farmer hai olFereJ a portion ot his farm land en the t'ukekasva fida of the river fcr h road to approach the proposed site where the bridge would touch the bank. The recent rains have benefitted the Uniteu limber Company to the extent of a million feet of timber, which was lloated from Mangawara to the mill during the fresh jn the river. Ihe decrease in the cream supply U the Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd.,, has been the cause of Ihe management having to retrench and dispense with the services of Eome of the stud'.