URUTI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8135, 15 June 1906, Page 2

URUTI.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Tho last few days have been some of the best we have experienced for a while—bright and sunny, followed by sharp frosts.

The co-operative dairy factory closed for the season a fortnight ago. The factory has done much better this season than last; in fact, it has almost doubled the output of butter. It is wonderful the amount of butter that is turned out from so small a factory, and so few suppliers. Uruti valley has established itsolf as a place well adapted for milking. Tho cows not only do woll» but keep up a good supply right until the end of the season.

Land buyers have been plentiful lately. Mr S. Madgwick has sold his farm to Sir S. Lovell at a most satisfactory price, and several other sett'ers have had some fairly good offers for their farms, but so far I have not heard of any more changes being m ide. Last week Mr J. Jones lost rather a valuable pony on the Moki road. While crossing a small bridgo at a bad portion of the track, the bridge gave way, and horse and bridge landed in the gully below, breaking the horse's back. Mr Jones had a very narrow escape himself, only just managing to net clear of the hoi'se as it fell over the cliff.

Tie Hall Company held ail enjoyable socinl last Frid ly night, aiul one which was well patronised. Miss Bluck, from Waitara, presidod at the piano. During the opening songs were rendjred by Miss Joll, Miss Jennie Joll, and Messrs l!eid and Aro , and a recitation was given by Mr Htm'cr. On Saturday Ouaero journ yed in hereto try conclusions «i h us in a friendly game of football. Tii • game resullel in a win forUruti by 9 points to nil. It would not b' Jf.iir to me it ion individual plajeri; every m n played well on each side. In the evening a smote concert was held in the hall, when sonj.s an 1 music were the order until eleven o'clock, "hen the Onaero teunleft for home, after expressing themsehes as being highly pie ised with the reception they had received here. A return match has been arranged for Saturday week, when they hope to turn the tables on the Uruti team.

Bush-chopping is going on in some of the backdilocks. Mr F. 'r >a has recently let 200 acres to Mr A. G, Crawford, on behalf of Mr A. Lowry! of Piikewhnhu, who his a section on the Moki road,