INTERESTING ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 128, 21 May 1908, Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Ratepayers in the llahotu district are requested' to attend the Knhotu i'pwn Hall on Tuesday next, to discuss the New Plymouth Harbor .Hill and the s"ggesUons' relative to an Opumikc Harbor Mil:. Willing hands ha\c ueen working during the week lo give a Hour unequalled for dancing in Xi .v Plymouth for natrons at the Taranaki Rillles' military Ball on .Monday next.

'Hie adjourned general lmicting of the shareholders of the Taranuki Co-opera-tive. Bacon Co. is set down for Smuiivday next, at 1.31) |).m. ,at the Council Chambers, New J'lvuioutll.

A general meeting of the t'ilzi'oy Bowling, Tennis, and Croquet (lull wjil lie held at Hie pavilion this evening it 7 o'clock.

To-night at WliiK'lcy <.:li U rcli a nicknack socii'l will lie held. A programme of musical items, games, etc., will he given. Admission will be by nick-nack, tile proceeds from which will he in aid of the bazaar funds.

Notice is given that on and after li.jtli inst. the Sentry Hill and Leppcrtim ling stations will be closed, and the new station (Lepperton ,I unction) opened for tral lie.

At L. A. Nolan and Co.'s mart on Saturday next an auction sale of men's, youths', and boys' clothing and mercery is to be held. The goods are all new, and include almost every line necessary to clothe a man or boy. Everything will be sold without reserve.

See what cash will do at ike A.li.C. Boot Co.:—Cents' kip shooters, nailed] 7s 6d; Cents' Balmorals, wide-lit ting. 7s (id; Scotch grain water-proof knee hoots (for the stockyard), 22s Cd; gents' dancing shoe-, (is (Id; ladies' felt slippers, Is; childrens', 7dj goloshes ;is fid; footholds, 3s (id; gum boots, lis (id; ladies' glace shoes, us (id. Coif boots to order." All parcels carriage paid. A replace advertisement from Feasor's drug and photo, stores, Devon street appears in this issue, For the winter requirements the firm have just landed an extensive shipment of liritish-innde hol-water bags. Also in stock, cough and la grippe remedies, lotion for chapped hands, and everything that is needful in a well-stocked pharmacv. Country orders, accompanied bv postal notes promptly attended to.

Messrs. L. l>„tttin and Co., land agents, Xew Plymouth, advertise foi; lease a 300-acre farm, close to town. -Mr. E.. Woodhouse, sliarebi'Oker left tor Auckland last night on a short business trip. Mr. Woodhouse will be pleased to attend to any enquiries. Address is care Eliott and Waller, Auckland. '

THE DARLING DOWNS. ('apt. A. T. Robertson, icpresenlin,. Messrs. Seholelield, (Jodsall and Weaver" or loowooniba, Darling [},„ vns> Queensland, arrived at Xew Plymouth last evening and may )lc consulted at the \ hile Hart Hotel. Capt. Robertson states there is a very keen enquiry mm New Zealand fanners regarding the Darling Downs. -This great tract ol country comprise /JOO.OOO acres oi rich black soil from 30ft to 40ft in. 7:!' , vo l ' r "P s mrtize 'ire taken oil the land in the first year of eultivaiion. These crops give a return of £4 per acre. Lucerne is then sowed for fodder, and does not incd to be re-sown j lor 10 or lo years. The lucerne crops arc cut four or live limes each year ■ ".eh cutting producing from three-urn, rrs to one ton per acre, besides being eaten ol! by sheep. Lucerne crops carry ■I mm hve to ten sheep lo the acre, other crops are prairie grass, rape, paspalum, oats, malting and Cape barley. The virgin country easily carries a sheep lo the acre on the native gras-s, anrt every acre of lucerne that is r : ,'„ ft(l ,| s to its value. The Dl . ~,,„ „ situated for markets. )ta i,ies a„d creameries are established over the country, and dairying j 3 hein „ „„.,.;„,, <»' •'-■acnslvoly. |,„ lll)3 , S( ,„' rt ,. iailv he price for crossbred lambs on the hrst cross averaging from l Ua to 12s. I his department of sheep farmhi" is only in its infancy. The Downs "are situated about l!lf)||ft above sea level, ami have a temperature of from (!(j to Ho degrees. Water can be obtained at depths ranging ]•,•»,„ yoi't to lotlft. Auction sales ~f cattle, horses and sheep are held forlniglitlv. the average yarding being Lion |,,. 11( |. The pig industry is very large, last year 2(i.l|t|(| hogs being put through Ihe yards. The average rainfall | s .it inches. Lucerne ' growing has obviated the terrors of the ' drought, large slacks of this succulent ' todder being utilised in case of a dry ' season. Train services run daily to anil ' Iroin Sydney and llrisbane. Persons do- : sirous of inspecting the Darling Downs ' are met at the station a nd driven oyer the country by representatives of ' Messrs. Scholelielil, Oodsall and Weaver.