TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1775, 20 November 1883, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

Two si), up shocks of eaithquako in quick succession weie felt in thin distiict nn Thuisday e\ ening, .about !) o'clock. Tlio diiuutiuii, fi«ni wli.it 1 cut loam, wa- fiom c.is.fc to w est. Mr Wilkinson, \\lu> was at the time with the Defence Muii-toi and Mv ljutlei in Mi' Lewis" diawmg-iooni on the upper -tm y, tn)d me the \ihi,itwn u,idistinctly felt by ;ill tin cc. »Sti ,111 go to say, no one on the ginuud flooi felt it, nor did anyone else in To Awiiinutu fool it, but the .shock \vm very sh.uply felt at Ivihikilu. Jlr Ji. Biidgnian,'wbo was sitting neai the fireplace at the time, distinctly f.ivv the chinniey tiombling. There has at List been a welcome change it's the weather. In-tead of the diving wyj&jrly winds we have soft i.un, with rl ßKorn{itioiis of sim-hine, \eiv favomable to the ciop.-. The wheat ciops in many place- woie looking veiy sickly, lnit since tin; change they haw 1 gone ahead wondeifnlly, and evei.v, thing indicates a good h.uve-t A- laige aie.is of wheat iind oulha\e been sown this Aeai, tlne-hing machine- will have pl"ntv of einplounent. Mi S. Shoit, with his usual enteipn-e, has sent to Kngland foi anothei -team thieshin" niaclnne, which is to )>>> iitted with all the latest and be-t appliances foi cleaning and Muting the giaui. Ho dosnu's thesiippoit of the f.umeis, for last year he ])iiHed di>wn the higli puces which ueieiuhng for tlneshing He has lately enlarged his mill, nnd added coihsideiably to the ])lant, and is able to tuin out flnui tint coiupaies f.ivoiuably with the Auckland aiticiu. r sec by an .11 tide in the St.v that a ti 10 of Plymouth Ifoek Foul- ha\e aimed by the. Jiwil steam'M foi Mi (^le-liain. It appeal* this bleed i.s moie highly esteemed in Anieiica than nny otliei. Among tlie many excellent qualitie- claimed foi this l»aiticular bed aie suitability, foi the m.uket. and good egg piodueei- With the lapidly mci easing jxipulation of 0111 towns, tlieie can be no doubt that iai^n<? fow Is foi the maiket will eventually piove a \eiy inolitable industiy, and any uupoitation of fowls possessing siipenoi ([ii.ditie-' in that duection should be of gieat linpoitanco to ])oultiy iai»eis. Those impoited In Mi li 1 chain have been some of the most celebrated pii/.o wmui'is on botl) sides in America. The immense advantage- accining fiom the cheese factoiyaie felt in the di-tuct. One fainiei milk- eleven cow-, feed- -even cvhe-, and sends the balance of the milk to the, f.ictoiy. After paying a half-penny a gallon for'cauiage, he cleais ti li> a week, a veiy liandsome letuin fiom only 11 cows, and far more than could be made fiom .-sending buttei to the maiket. T lemaiked to the gentleman who told me this that the calves could not bo well fed. He said he saw them, and they looked lemaikably well. J)oubtles> such a 1 etui 11 could not be mode fiom inferioi cows, but if -uch piofits can be made, fiom well-bied stock, faimeis will speedily bleed up to the standaid liccessaiy to secuie such letunis. In conversation w ith one of the directois to-day, ho said, if they had the plant to woik it, the supply would soon amount to KiOO 01 1700 gallons. The Pateiangi factoi v commenced woik on Wednesday with .1 supply of 2'JO gallon-. Tho sottlei-in tho Mangapiko highway di.sti lot .ire grumbling at the rate lev led by the bnaid (thioe-faithing> in tho £). Jt ceitainly does seem an e\cesM\e late, especially as the council has taken o\oi the main loads in the dwtnet. Wliat w itl) the county late. Hie piopeity ti\, and highway late, tho^ettleis in th.it distuct will have theii purses pretty w ell lightened this ye.v. 1 saw in v>ui issue of tho loth, a lettei fiom Mr New land on the subject of coopoiatne associations. If -v few gentlemen took an equal niteiestin the welfaie of the ilistiiet, it would be pioducthe of good to the cominunifcv. The public ow 0 .1 debt of gratitude to Mr Vailo for the time and tumble he lias spent in the matter of railway refoiin.— (Own Coiiespondent.)