MORRINSVILLE

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4360, 14 January 1909, Page 2

MORRINSVILLE

Own Correspondent. The old established business of Mr T. J. Davenport, changed hands during the week. Mr D.. Wallace of Te Aroha, being the purchaser. I The children attending the local / ■ Wesleyan Sunday School are to be I entertained at a picnic at an early date, fl which is being eagerly looked forward fl to by them. fl Mr Butler put his traction to good fl use during the week. He cut Mr J. C. I R. Watts’ oat crop straight from the ■ stook, loaded it on his lorry from the . . ■ chaffcutter and delivered it at the / fl station, which would have • taken ■ several waggons to have carted it. He M also carted the timber from the station for the bridge on the Kereone road. Several new buildings are contem- • plated so carpenters are promised a busy - time. Mr Burd, District Road Engineer, paid a visit here on Friday in connection . with the change of site of road near the ~ t. school ground. .... ' __ _ • • *”* X Mr Sim, engineer to the Town Board, > and his assistants, have made' a start / with the levels in connection with the drainage scheme. A local resident was out fpr a ramble .7 t ~ on the Kuranui the «sier day aw|ft? discovered the skeletons Samburv stags. They had evidently challenged.'; each other from each side of the. gully, and crashed into one another at the * bottom, as bofti skulls were broken. Rabbits, despite the poisoning done "T during the winter, are fairly plentiful, ’ sixteen is a common bag for an evening’s shooting. V:v