PAHIATUA NOTES.
(i'rom Our Own Correspondent.)
. We; experienced a very • terrifio thunderstorm hero on Friday, afternoon, accompanied by a heavy down, pour of rain. However (be' ohange was en agreeable one as the late long spell of heat and. (he whole ooantry being enveloped in smoke made things very unpleasant. The crops and pasture will also receive ({real benefit from the warm rain;
Bush fires have been raging all round and I learn that the burns in nearly every instanoe have been good.
The Makakabi OresmeryshaKin having a bad time of it of late, The two hands employed in working the concern haye been both laid up with la grippe. Then the maohinery broke down and during the same week two of the suppliers' vebioles came to grief through their horses running away, and wrecking carts, and scattering milk- and cans about broadcast. However, the drivers oame off with very little damage.
Mr.Jno Hall is harvesting big fine oropß of oats on the Main: Road,' and the yield is expected to reach 50. bushels per acre.. • > ;
, Mr H. N. Knight, who was so Seriously injured in the horse jumping competition on the 22nd hist,, is showing much improvement.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4634, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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198PAHIATUA NOTES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4634, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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