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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 December 1913, Page 6

Business of al Isorts is stagnant oil the West Coast, and “a sign of the times” is the fact that the picture shows in the country are'showing poor collections; the churches are also dispensing with offertories, writes the AVestport correspondent of the Greymo nth Star. The heavy rain experienced at Masterton during the last week or two has done considerable damage to the crops (state the local papers). Some of the crops on the Opaki and Upper Plain, which are nearing maturity, have been beaten to the ground, and it will .be impossible to cut them. Old settlers assert that the present shearing season is the worst they have experienced in the Wairarapa. The shearing occupied longer than usual last year, but this season promises to lie much worse. He leaves home a hoy—he comes lack a man. Have a good photograph made of him before he goes out into the big world—before the boyish features and expression have taken on the older impress. Don’t trust to meraorv to recall them. Memory nlnvs queer tricks on us all. Make an "appointment with Mr McAllister in-day, ami spare yourself the regrets if to-morrow. x