PROVINCIAL.
Cltttha. — The annual show of the district society took place on the Bth inst. The quality of the exhibits was good, but the numbers were short of previous years. Local reports attribute this to the fact that the show occurred on the same day as that of the Southland Association^ a circumstance the Board of Directory Is" asked to provide against in future. The prizes awarded were :— Shorthorns — bull . ©£-ftny^age, D. Carson's Diamond ; 1 year old, W. Eeid ; cow of any age, J. Anderson ; heifer not exceeding 3 years old, J. Anderson; best bull of any breed, J. Johnston. Molyneux-bred stock— Cow of Any age, W. E. Thomson ; yearlings, J. Brown. Draught Stock — Best entire, Nimmo's Emperor, Ist ; Maitland Bros. Young Lofty, and ; best entire colt, Maitland Bros. ; best brood mare, Maitland Bros. ; yeld mare, Maitland Bros. ; filly, Maitland Bros ; 1 year old do, G. Blacklock ; pair plough horses, Maitland Bros. ; best foal by Thane of Clyde (special prize), W. E. Thomson. Thoroughbred horses — Entire, . Maitland .Bros. Tom King; colt, 3 years and under, Mr Lewis ; brood mare of any age, T. Pollock; filly, three years and underj G. Praiii; brood hack mare, any age, T. Pollock ; roadster, Dr Smith; pony, 13 hands high, A. King. Sheep — Merino ram, J. Anderson ; rams, .4- tooth, A. D. Johnston; ; ram hoggets, J. Watt ; ewes, any age, J. Anderson ; ewe hoggets, J. Johnston ; ewes with lambs, E. Eobson ; best merino ram in the yard, of any age (special prize), J. Anderson ; long-woblled— Leicester ram, any age, Clydevale station; ram hoggets, A. Cameron ; ewes, any age, A. Cameron ; ewe hoggets, A. Cameron ; best Leicester ew6 (special prize) A. Cameron,' for the N. Z. & A. Land Co. Tokomaieieo. — Of late, more' seasonable weather has been experienced. Late crops might yet turn out very well, but it was feared that those sown early were ! too far advanced to be much benefited by '. late rains. Crops grown on the ridges ~ iv -w-baek-ward a state as they are at present, considering the season of the year.— ln the ', Waihola district haymaking had ; begun ; the crop being repjorted as a miserable one. — The thistle nuisance is spreading '. with alarming rapidity.— A melancholy r -and- fi».fcal_icclilent occurred at Outram, Taieri plains, on tEe~IOtTTfnBtr — A biaokL ! smith named William Eeid was engaged i cleaning .a gun, which appears to have [ been loaded. The gun unexpectedly exploded, lodging its cDntenta in the head ', of the deceased, who died instantaneI ously. : " . ' TuAPrKA. — Shearing is reported gene- ' ral throughout the neighborhood. — A ma- ' chine for elevating water by a forcepump has been erected on the Tuapeka river. The object is to sluice the high i grounds adjoining the banks. The general importance of the undertaking is that * if successful it will introduce a new pro- [ cess for alleviating the scarcity of water, i on the goldfields. If it succeeds on the Tuapeka, its introduction on the Molyneux, Kawarau, and Clutha rivers may be ? looked upon as certain.— The weather and crops are referred to by the local correspondent of a district paper as fol- j [ lows : — Since my last, the weather has 1 been upon the whole favorable to the hus-J bandman. We certainly would_jtofc-eom-L. -ptftia-if-Tre-liad hacTmore ram, the ground not yet having had a good soaking. Crops look pretty well, especially those early sown. I must say that it is a strange 1 feature in the husbandry of the district, that while some of our farmers have just finished sowing, others- have their crops in ear ; such is more particularly the case at Moa Flat. Asa rule, the early crops are better than the late. While the husbandman,, on the one hand, has been J rejoicing over the timeous rain, he has, on the other hand, reason to lament, as 1 the tutu has got a fresh start, and the | consequence is that his cattle is decimated 1 thereby. From all quarters we; hear of its destructive character, and many whose ' whole wealth is in cattle will find them- ' selves greatlyimpoverished.
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Southland Times, Issue 1350, 20 December 1870, Page 2
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669PROVINCIAL. Southland Times, Issue 1350, 20 December 1870, Page 2
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