TE KAPUA NOTES.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 13 July 1917, Page 5

TE KAPUA NOTES.

(Own Correspondent.) \ Rifleman P. Routeley returned from A camp at Trentham on Monday on a few days’ leave, and will have the opportunity of looking round his fine farm. He has for a camp mate Mr. F. Running, of Taihape, with several other local men, including Rifleman Pearce, a very fine rifle shot. Rifleman Routley considers time does not hang heavy in the camp, but, on the contrary, is very interesting to men who take interest in the various duties.

A sad bit of news has lately come through to Mr. Owen Weeks, of Mangaone, informing him that his brother Harold (Curl) who wrote so cheerily a little while back from the firing line, has been killed in action; also that Llewellyn, another brother, was well, although wounded slightly some months before, but is again back to the firing ine. Jim Thorpe, also from here, is reported wounded slightly. Sid Peed, now Lieut. Peed, has successfully passed for a commission at the Wellington camp. Sid has seen active service and was away in the < First Contingent in Egypt. It has been a very wet winter so far and it looks as though a good deal more can be experienced yet. As a consequence stock are j suffering, more so the hoggets. It has been noticed, even where the careful farmer has kept his best lambs, that they as well as the culls, have fallen away very considerably. There was never such an abundance of grass in the history of Te Kapua, but for all that stock are not so good as they should ije, and farmers are hoping to see more sunshine and drier weather. It is noticeable in the paddocks that swarms of worms are moving ove# them, more so over the very wet ground.

The able leaders written by the editor of the Taihape “Times” are attracting much notice by farmers in respect to the operations of the Trusts, and that in respect to the shipping is cf vital importance to them and that having been shown what damage is being done, and will be tlone they must combine to work out their own salvation. When they inaugurated the Otaihape Freezing works they made a powerful move, which all earnestly hope will be maintained. A high authority has stated that it can develop into one of the districts for co-operative works in New Zealand, because it Is Situated in the centre of a splendid sheep-raising centre, and if £ they are loyal to themselves no trust or rival concern need ever think of getting a lookdn, and no doubt a forward move will be made this coming season.