DISTRICT ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 186, 24 December 1912, Page 5

DISTRICT ITEMS.

MAKETAWA. .".i (From Our Own Correspondent). $ l'or 1.) days, we had practically a rain- i, less time, and the shower on the 19th mat. was just the right thing. At present it is continuing fine, and old iden- • titles are scratching their polls to find the period that will compare with December, 1912. Grass is abundant; ploughing '■ operations are in full swing, and many have their turnips sown and others almost ready. A couple have "saved" ' then- oat crop, and generally we are having a rosy time. Old Taranaki has for- ' ' gotten itself, surely! '■ Mr. Beere, of the Stock Department,' '" had a busy time on the Durham road on " the 11th mst,, and on the Norfolk road ■ •' the day following inoculating calves. * lho number put through on the Durham road was close upon 500, not quite up to - ' net seasonV figures. A second visit will he necessary later on, as there is a good numher of young'nnd aged to operate on. ; 1 did not hear how many were treated on the Norfolk road. ■ The county alterations to Burgess" hill whereby it will be lowered somewhere about 10 feet, is a work that was urgently needed, and the fine weather is allowing good progress to be made. I believe '' the side track is a stiff proportion for motor cars, and at times it is necessary ' '■' to haul them out of the "soft." The hill near Inglewood (Dudley road hill) w another that needs re-grading, and it is hoped funds will enable it to bo done. A motor car is rather a startling apparition to horses when it suddenly appears on the brow of, the hill ■, and I have heard numerous remarks as to the necessity for alteration. « f hGep farmers uave been on the shift during the fine spell, and the biff ' prices of wool at the sales in Wellington (per report in News) no doubt had ' something to .do, with it. During the week a conveyance piled with bales left Durham road.

,„?& arC - a SC , arC,ty 3uEt at P resen t» and the prices asked for wcancn is look- • cd upon as almost prohibitive, and, as a consequent, calf-rearing is largely gone in for. The big price for ski.\L. "too, i» another matter that causes a lot of discussion Dear bacon, beef and bootsthree B s There are not enough producers, and we must get some of the .coves out of the cities, else wiere will it all end? TARIKI. A competition for a club trophy which has been in progress on Thursday afternoons during the past month "at the ' local nfle range was concluded on the 13th mat. The conditions -were three ' shots, the aggregate of the {wo best to count, and resulted as follows:

T, Schrider Net. Hp. Gross ... 143 60 «« H. Rmnball ... 131' «0 lfll J. Therkleson • • • 179 10 189 E. Crossman ..... . ... 173 10 183 R. Hancock .... 171 ecr. 171 '■■'. G. Thompson ..... ... 93 60 158 ' A. R. Thompson ... ... 126 25 151 B. Riley :. ... 81 60 141