DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

TABIKI. ' (From Our Own Correspondent), farmers around here are availing themselves of the line weather we are having by putting in crops and clearing ground for turnips. The splendid spring has been a great boon to the dairyman, and the cows arc record-breaking. One large herd is reported averaging over 30lbs. of milk per cow, and another smaller one lias reached 381b5., and are still going up. The output at the cheese factory ha- been disposed of at the satisfactory price of (i'/ B d per lb., ami as only lid is being paid out a good bonus should be netted at the end of the »caaou.

There has lieen some talk of railing a meeting re the new Dairy ltegulations, which are viewed with the same regard as reported from other dairy centres. One settler, in expressing his opinion of the registration clause, exclaimed: "What next'; Whv, thev want to treat ih like a lot of Chinese "hawkers!" The, average dairyman works longer hou'.s than any other worker in the Dominion I journalist,* not excepted), and if forced to comply with the regulations in their present form, would either have to learn 1 to live without sleep or make tracks for the towns ami swell the ranks of the unemployed. (ioml progress is being made with the new schoolmaster's residence, which would be a pleasing addition to I lie. township were it not that it is almost sure to be painted the fearful sick'y yellow tint to match the school and other (lovernnient buildings. All school buildings in the country should be painted and kept white. I