MAUNGATUROTO.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 192, 7 April 1893, Page 2

MAUNGATUROTO.

[from our own correspondent] We are now having a spell of fine weather and the ground is much drier than it has before been this summer. Unfortunately most people have done their burning off, or rather spoilt it; hut the weather has been so uncertain, or I should say’, certain to be wet, that people were afraid to wait longer as the thoughts of short days, long nights and heavy dews were ever before them. The contracts let by the County Council are being proceeded with as quickly as possible, and by working hard and for long hours the contractors are making good progress. I notice that your Paparoa correspondent bewails the poor attendance of Maungaturoto people at their Show. Could Paparoa expect anything else, when they fixed the date of their Show for the Ist March after Maungaturoto had fixed theirs for the 3rd and given Paparoa notice of it as an act of courtesy. If Maungaturoto had run over cn masse to look at Paparoa they certainly cculd not have got their own Show off so well. There should be at least one clear week between the different shows. The Otamatea Pastoral and Agricultural Association Committee held a meeting on Saturday last and have decided to pay all prizes in full, and to devote the balance of their funds to the clearing and ploughing of the Show ground and erecting substantial yards and pens for future Shows. We have a handy man in our midst just now, who has proved himself pretty smart in helping himself to other people’s goods and chattels, and also I hear at tendering cheques, and seemingly living and going the rounds at other people’s expense. We hope •oon to hear that our constable has clapped the darbies on him. Stock of all kinds, with the exception ot lambs, are looking well and fat. The wet summer will no doubt tend to make lambs suffer from worms and scour, and as the Autumn rains and grass make their appearance settlers will need to attend to cleaning, dosing, etc., or they will be likely to lose a great many.