ALEXANDRA.
Thk Wkatukk.—The spring is very forward here, crops, gardens, and orchards arc looking very promising. Fruit trees of all descriptions are covered with blossoms, promising heavy crops. Contrary to all expectations of professed judges of the weather, we are getting more than our usual share of rain at this season of the year, and all the creeks in the vicinity are flooded, and the Waipa is still very high. The N.vnvKsj.— Some (10 natives left Whatiwhatihoe on Friday last, in the war canoe, for Tawhiao's meeting at Pukekawa, his only surviving sister, Te Ako, being amongst the number. The few remaining natives are all out rabbiting, and just now bunny is having a warm time of it. Does with young are principally caught, and rabbits are comparatively scarce, so much so, that they aio looked upon as valuable stock, and tho native owners of lands on which they run, invariably order off and confiscate the bags of any poachers found in search of them.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2688, 3 October 1889, Page 2
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165ALEXANDRA. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2688, 3 October 1889, Page 2
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