South Canterbury Times. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1893. NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7067, 13 February 1893, Page 2

South Canterbury Times. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1893. NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were very few farmers in town on Saturday, the day being too fine to bo lost by those who have crops. Another heat in the Timaru Rowing Club’s double sculling races is to be rawed off this evening. So far only one has been got off, Allen (stroke) and Truman easily defeating Bowron (stroke) and Parr. We are informed by the local manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company that at the annual meeting in Loudon, a dividend of 2A per cent, for the half year (making 5 per cent, for the year), was declared, and £2500 carried to the reserve fund Cable advice states I hat the meeting passed off very satisfactorily.

From erquiries made we learn that the “back” of the harvest in South Canterbury has now bean broken, and that a day or two will see the whole of the crops cut and safely stacked The broken weather early in the season has had no bad effect, except in one or two eases whwe the came to the reaper v.ry earlv. Once the dry w.rm weather set in in earnest a start was made on the bulk of the crop l , and taught by last February’s dire experience, no time was allowed to goto waste. In several inatinces threshing both of wheat and oats has been done from the stook, and excellent samples have bean obtained. The wheat market has opened e-*rly this season. Several samples were offered for sale on Saturday, and amongst them was a large parcel of velvet, grown on the property of Mr 1 onald Munro, of Kingsdown. Mr Munro sold at 2s BJ, and he informs us that his crop was one of the heaviest ever grown in tbit district. It averaged more than 50 bushels to the rcpc. and the quality was first class. Ibo following paragraph relating to the Home market will be of interest to Canterbury farmers. It is from an English paper of a dale late in December :—“ Wheat touched the lowest price on record in some of the South Lincolnshire markets a few days ago. One farmer wee offered 21s per quarte* for a very fine sample, and another only made 22a 6d. Ibe latter was said to have been off a ten-acre field, which only gave a total yield of 25 quarters.” A YEAR’S LUXURY FOR ONE SHILLING. Shavers should bear in mind that for twelve pence a Pear’s Shaving hircx eau bo bought, which will last twelve months, and give a softer and better lather than any other soap.— [Advt ]