DISTRICT NEWS.
(From Our Own Correspondents.'
, i MAURICEVILLE WEST. Willi!e serving a customei; with bread oil Tuesday, the baker's horse . became restless, and moved along the road, going over a bank and capsizing the vehicle, as well as scattering the contents. Two earthquake shocks were feJt j here on Thursday night, and a longl er and sharper shock at about 2.30 on Friday morning. The motion was from east to west. The inclement state of the weather prevented a number of peopfe from visiting the Palmerston. Show on Thursday, rain falling nearly all day. Towards- evening a gaJ© set in from the north-west, and continued ail through the night. At times the gusts wore most severe. The heavy roaring of the wind in the hills, the thunder and heavy rain which accompanied the gale, made the night anything but pleasant. , The hoggets in this district ap~ I pear to be keeping fairly healthy as | yet. Of course it is rather early for the young grass to affect them, but farmers are changing their young : sheep to clean.' pastures more often this year as a preventive measure. . The grass is now rapidly going j off. i ii
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10272, 27 June 1911, Page 5
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196DISTRICT NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10272, 27 June 1911, Page 5
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