DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 324, 15 January 1909, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS

WAREA. (From Our Own Correspondent). On Wednesday last Mr. Monro, Stock Inspector, inoculated about 320 calves at Mrs. Judge's yards, and another lot at Mr. J. I>jggan's place. Xewcll road. The Telegraph Department's gang of men has completed the new line as far as Puiigai'chu, and have shifted camp down that way. The weather this last week has been lather misty and miiggv. and it was some days after Xew Year before we ■.aw the sun. The weather, however, did the grass ami turnips a lot of gocaf although harm was Tlone to the hay that was king out in the paddocks since Xew Vear.

The Puniho school picnic will be held in .Mr. Green way's paddock on Thursday. 14th. A concert and dance will be held in the school in the evening. Ragwort is beginning to show up with (its beautiful yellow heads all over the listrict. There are bunches coining up this vear where there was no sign of it last season. At the rate it lias spread during the last two years, the district will he a ragwort farm before many rmnre years if something is not done to the Xewcll run. the seed-bed of the ragwort and blackberry. The Xoxious Weed Inspectors say they do not know of the weeds on the run: they cannot lind any trace of them. List year when the weeds were all out in lull'bloom an inspector rode along the main road and called on a, farmer and a<ked where Hie ragwort and blackberries were on the Xewcll run. as lie had been all over it, but could not lind any. Xow, if the inspector had looked across (he road he could have found any amount inside the run fence on the side id* the. road, and if he had gone half a mile back and got in amongst- the blackberries lie and his horse, would have been in them yet. The annual general meeting of 'the Warea Athletic Club will be held in the hall on Saturday. Kith January.