PORANGAHAU NOTES.
The country about Porangahau is looking very well, the spring grass giving it a welcome tint. There is every indication of an early spring. Sheep are looking particularly well, and lambs are plentiful. The dearth of small selections is very noticeable between Porangahau and Waipukurau, though the land is eminently suited for the small farmer. On the road from Porangahau to Oakburn, a distance of six miles, there is only one house to be seen, and that is occupied by a roadman. The road is metalled right out to Porangahau, and is in good order, except for about four or five chains. Recently a bullock was killed at the hotel by the Maoris. The killing of a bullock is always regarded as something of an event, and many come to share the spoil. One wants the tail (his wife wants to make ox-tail soup), someone else wants the heart, another rump steak, yet another a forequarter, and in a surprisingly short space of time nothing but a few lumps of hair mark the place where the bullock lay.
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Waipukurau Press, Issue 301, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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180PORANGAHAU NOTES. Waipukurau Press, Issue 301, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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