COUNTRY NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 15 January 1907, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondents.) OITXAKi;, There is still another change to be chronicled amongst the business people of Hie town, .Mr M. Finn having dis posed of his bakery business to Mr IbiHil. who lakes possession on J'VbWary Ist.

"Mr .1. C'arkv, who met with an ac eidenl some 1 inic ae ( , |,y ln-inM- thrown ft'oni a ii'ap, lias, I ain pleaded hj, slate, so J'iir recovered as io }>>.' ;ih!e fo leave [he Jlawera llos])i(al lie is able to ovt alM.ut with the aid of a ci'ufcli. which, I trust, he will soon be able io discard.

Owing (o llie holidays (he Usual nion)(hly sitlittjg of Hie' local Court will not lie held until Wediicslny. .lanuai'v 2.'.ln|.

The Maoris were . u( lisbing on Friday and got a good haul of schnapper, which found ready sale about the town at Is (id and is each, A fishing parly, under llr d. I)es Forges, is going out early in the week in the surf boat to try their luck.

\\i' haw had some splendid rain, which was badly needed aflcr tin- spell el' exceptionally warm, dose Weather which we have been experiencing, farmers who have put their turnips in can almost sec tlicm grow. .Mr K O'Meara. |iropric(or of "Midti'.elon's Hotel. is at present awav on a slior- holiday, WAI'KA. Messrs Duckcr tiros., of the iVewall road sawmill, aw putting; in a liO hp. turbine lo drive the machinery. The water Wheel is to le kept in 'ea<e ot emergency, .Mr .lack I,awn is starling a hut-cli-ry business in this di-t.rict. The weather during tn ■ pa.,l week has been very luisok'cd. beim' wet most of thd time. I lie school commil tee have been making some improvements to the "■rounds lately. Tim teacher's rcsidence and pardon have been fenced and oilier improvements made. The ock inspector (M r IViUain) inoculate.l over ,">Oll calves at Mr •lil'lfHf's yard-] on Saturday. There ale still more to be (bine. A eonliilnation c'ass was held in tile hall on I'ridav eveninp bv the ltcv T. Fisher. " '

-V lew crops of hay. ejit some time ii go. are slill lay-in- out in the lields.