DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 194, 25 November 1910, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

OAKUBA. l (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Heavy rain fell, all round the district at intervals yesterday and the night before. Feed is growing very fast, and a few more hot days and then more rain will soon put this district at its best. Next Monday night Mr. Corkill is to be banqueted in the Hall by his many friends. A rifle match is to be fired against Oka to at the local butts next Saturday, when Oakura hopes to give a better account of herself than she has done in two previous matches. A number of Maoris have been about this last two> days, a tangi at the local pah being the attraction. A little native girl, Emma Edwards, died here on Monday morning from an attack ol pneumonia.

Our township was quite lively to-day. the occasion being the election of one member for the Road Board. Mr. & Mace and Mr. H. Looney were the can» didates, and Mr. H. Looney was returned by a majority of fifteen votes. Koru rolled up strong, and returned, their representative. Four members of the Oakura Road Board are residents on the Koru road.

The local post office is to be shiMft to the store at the end of the mcitffc and Mr. Aroa is to be appointed postmaster. MAKETAWA. "

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) We have, for the past week or so been experiencing remarkable weather I might say ideal weather for the dairying industry. The pastures, which at the beginning of spring were very backward, have responded to the genial warmth, and the cattle likewise are showing their appreciation by good returns at the bucket; Sunday was a real scorcher of a day; in fact, old residents express the opinion that it was the hottest day they have experienced for years. Preparations for the turnip crop are being carried on vigorously all round the neighborhood, and it is to be hoped' "Messrs. Fly and Blight" will pass us by this season. A while back an article appeared in the News anent a blight cure for the blackberry nuisance, and several readers of your paper have enquired as to whether there is any foundation in fa#t for the opinion expressed, or whether it is simply a theory.

The Durham Road Creamery is ranMly nearing the last stage of completion. The boiler and engine and other machinery parts have been fixed into position, and I understand that another ten days or so will see the building open for receiving milk.

On all sides one hears the hope expressed that the intention of the Agr*cultural Department as to noxious weeds as contained in an advertisement which appeared in the News recently, will be rigidly adhered to. The immunity from prosecution of some careless individuals in the past, and the severity meted out to others who do try to control the , pests, cause a deal pf discussion; and;