ASHBURTON NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8732, 5 February 1907, Page 2

ASHBURTON NEWS.

Per Press Association.

Ashbueton, February 4.

One of the results of the dry season in tills district is that many fanners are thinning down their flocks by sending lines to freezing works for the purpose of being boiled down, and some agents are offering two shillings and sixpence per head for such lots. Fairfield Freezing Works are at present very brisk, the average number of fat sheep dealt with being 3,500 per day. Although large fines have been booked for boiling down purposes, boilers have not been handled to any quantity as yet.

In the big grass fire on Saturday near Hinds, Arthur Pawsey’s house and sheep yards were destroyed. The buildings, which wore not insured, were valued at £IBO, He also lost fifty sheep by the fire. Another farmer had eight miles of fencing, besides pastures, destroyed, and another estimates his loss of pasture at £l5O.

While driving out with his wife and niece on Sunday afternoon, John Williams Parker, farmer, of Willowby, leant over and died. He was aged Cl years, and, having lately been attended by a doctor for heart disease, a certificate of death was given accordingly.