Letter from a Waimate Boy.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 185, 6 August 1901, Page 3

Letter from a Waimate Boy.

A letter received by Mr R. Nicol, of Waimate, from hU son Robert, at present in Ontario, Canada, under date ! June 23rd, contains some interesting items. Writing of the wh*at crop in Ontario, he says the Hessian fly was so bad in some parts that t.ho farmers w«rn tuniing the r cattle on the crops, and it was confiden lv stated that there w >uld not be one-third the wheat harvested as there was last year. Many farmers Would not get back their seed. However, the cropi in his immediate district were good. He says that he would have liked to h»ve been, in N«w. Zealand during the return of the contingents, especially to greet his old schoolmates, and Bxprenßed the opinion that the Wm'mate socials mu-ft have been superb. He supposes New Z9idanders had a great time during the Duke's visit, bub says the Royal rarty were going to " fly " across Canada in a train specially built. No public holiday would be observed on their arrival—Girtadians were following too hard after the dollars for bhat. The climate where Vir Nicol lives ii one of extremes. Ho i« " getting along as usinl and enj Al health A few monthi ago I could not get o;i enough clothes, and now 1 cannot get enough off " The writer asks to be retnetnbered to all old Waimate friends, Dot having forgotten that such a place exi'bs, although he himself has journeyed far and teen much.