THE WEST COAST.
From Mr N. T. Maunder, of Paterangi, who has just returned from a short visit to the West Coast district uf this Island, we learn that matters generally are looking very bright down Taranaki way. Business is brisk and people are not afraid to spend money upon land. Mr Maunder was astonished to see the extraordinary growth of grass, particularly in the regions which have been recently cleared of bush. In many paddocks the fences could not be seen for the grass, and this was not dead seed stalks, but fresh green grass—a marked contrast to the country around Auckland. It appears that the new land on the coast is not suitable for sheep, or very young cattle, the grass being altogether too rich and strong, but for older stock it answprs splendidly. Mr Maunder—liko almost every other visitor—is very enthusiastic about the country extending from New t'lymouth to Wanganui, and predicts a great future before it. The settlers down there are now largely turning theirattention to the dairy business, a number of butter factories being either just started, or in process of organisation.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3055, 13 February 1892, Page 2
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187THE WEST COAST. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3055, 13 February 1892, Page 2
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