DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1921, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

DURHAM ROAD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The dry spell is having its effect on the milk yield, but a tremendous lot of good Is being done in burning up timber. It is many years since we had such a continuation of fine weather, and many creeks are completely dried up—an occurrence which is very rare. Many settlers, in attending to weeds on their road frontage, throw ragwort, plants in full flower on to the metal in order that the carts will pulverise same. Though this may be al! right vhen the flower is only partly in bloom, they are only providing trouble for the future when throwing full-bloomed flowers out. I have an idea that there is a penalty attached to this, but in any case It should be stopped. vA meeting of Maketawa. factory suppliers, held at the factory on Wednesday night last, decided to hold the district picnic on March 24. It is a pity that Wednesday night was selected for the meeting, that being a day on which settlers attend sale-yards, etc., and therefore could not make the double trip. Many on this road would have put in an appearance had the meeting been on another night. In the school on Thursday evening, the Rev. Mr. Stanton delivered a lantern lecture to a large and appreciative audience. The subject was “The Life of Christ,” and the pictures were particularly good and interesting, while the lecturer’s description of the various scenes was very Instructive. The dry weather Is “playing up” with the road, which is at present in a very rough state with loose stones. It is often remarked that on those portions which are shaded by the tall pinus inslgnus there Is not a loose stone to be seen, and the surface is wonderfully smooth. -It is also noticed that those portions do not take much' maintaining. Dry fodder (hay and oats) is still coming into stack In this district, with still tmore to come. Some very nicely thatched stacks are to be seen dotted all over the place, while others are showing the new style of corrugated iron, the scarcity of thatch material bringing the latter article into use.