PAHIATUA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4115, 17 May 1892, Page 3

PAHIATUA.

(From Our Own Correspondent,) j Paiiiatua, Monday. Mr George Avery informs mo that be bus just got in a phenomenally large crop of potatoes, He obtained j no less than 113 tons of these agree- . able (in more senses than one) tubers ( from 6| acres of land, Mr John Hull t has also seuurcd a good crop for the I second time from hia piece of ground ' —6O tons off 4 acres. ' ' Babbits are already making their J entry in this district in very sensible , numbers. Mr Henry Winter, of the < Makuri, shot no less than five on one I section fronting the Makuri (Jorge on I a morning recently. This invasiou of 1 a fresh pest {at least fresh to these j parts) is causing grave alarm, , . Mr Arthur Hempton, of the Bank | of New Zealand, who has been i visiting New Plymouth on sick leave i for a month, has now been perman- \ ently transferred to the Bank's branch ■ at, Waitara. Mr Hempton was the 1 secretary of the local football club, | and besides being a great enthusiast , | in the game, represented the - olub in i

at the Bush Rughy Union's team o: w forwards last year, His place in the olub and team will be hard to fill, Mi H. W. Brabant, from Wellington, . 0 succeeds him in tho i« The prolonged question of who shall have the' honor' and profit of buildi, ing and working a butter factory in y Ballance town for the Masteriono Mangahao settlers will be finally 0 settled at a meeting to be held ® there on Wednesday next. The 3 offer of Mr Herbert Chester, of Wellington, who has already done cont aiderable business with tho settlers, s seems to find most favor, though the 1 Wairarapa Parmer's Cooperative Society are not without their supi porters, Horned stock—of a class—is now l in great demand here, Rome fat 1 bullocks Sold here last Saturday week | at £6 7s 6d, while springing heifers , fetch readily £5 to ffilos. Sheep i seem to be somewhat "ea3y." just i now. I 1 ' ......mju