Hanawara Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4433, 8 July 1909, Page 3

Hanawara Notes.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

The Rev. P. Cleary was in the chair on Wednesday night at the Bible Class in the Anglican Church. I understand that there is to be a Sals

of Work as soon as our hall is ready, there being a small debt yet on the Church, Seeing the good seaion that the majority of the settlers have had and being a land of bonuses, we ought to be able to get that small amount in half an hour.

I see your Waihou correspondent thinks that the Te Aroha Dairy Company ought to get a footing here; well, they had the chance, and besides there is nothing to stop them now. There is no need to go to much expense, for all they would want would be a hand separator and a wheelbarrow.

Of 1,000 cows in Manawaru over 800 are going to the New Zealand Dairy Association, the remainder to the Co.-op. The Co.-op, milk some hundreds about the streets in Te Aroha about once a week, in their own estimation. I have not taken these into consideration.

Several settlers in the district are busy concreting their yards and otherwise improving their milking premises. I understand the Thames Valicy Directors had a most enjoyable time in their ride around the country, at the expense of others. I was sorry to see the Co.-op. directors (invite that noted talker, named after our Sir Joseph, and who four years ago nearly talked the great McNab out of bis place in the House. This gentleman, lam given to understand, is not a shareholder of their Company. I should just like to say a word or two to Mr Squirrell. He speaks about deserters from his (Company. In my enquiries into this matter I find that their present Chairman was one of the first to desert. He only milked a few months after signing the bond, then sold his shares, and when afterwards he had to milk he came and started again with one share. Thosa whom youlspeak of paid their shares in full and left as honourable men, not as you say, deserters.* Your Company was not started to make butter but to sell land. This is the rock that has wrecked your affair. Now, Mr Squirrell, if you should milk next year take no notice of anyore, but bring it along to the place where you get the most for it.

We had a pretty heavy blow from the eastward on Saturday, which put the Catholic Church over a little more. A stick in time would have saved a great deal of trouble.