Makerua Plains

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 28, 3 February 1937, Page 13 (Supplement)

Makerua Plains

inrom Our Own Oorrespendont. Personal Congratulations to William A. Wlnt®, an Opiki student at the Palmerston Isorth Bovs’ High School, whose name was among: those figuring in the matriculation pass list this year. He is the only son of Mr and Mrs A. E. White, end best wishes are extended to him in his future °‘E Alma Sames is spending a holiday with her aunt, Mrs A. Terry. Shannon Mr and Mrs 11. Seifert, of Palmerston North, visited their daughter, Mrs u Larsen, over the week-end. Colin eldest son of Mr and Mrs R. -•» Phillips, Opui road, entered a P rlv nital on Friday for a minor operation. All his small friends will wish him a speedy re Miss r ftona Hunt, of Hamilton Is .pending a holiday with her sister, Mrs C. Y toiler J. Percy is staying with friends %£ffEe r iXof N Mr th end Mrs B M PhilliDS will be interested to learn that their viiuneest son, Graham, is entering tlie WeUington hospital shortly for further treatment. Jt will be remembered that I^^oS'seT/red'^r^cme^aViS month ' General Winds of gale force raged over the plains on .Saturday and Sunday. Clouds ,f .and carried for miles from the beaches making farm conditions generally unpleasant for all concerned. The only thing ?o be said in favour of the sand invasion was that many farms gained in the way of free topdressing. This is something to be thankful for in a district notorious for its heavy rates and toll charges. The heavy wind was instrumental in damaging gardens over a wide area. Haystacks which had been harvested with the greatest difficulty this season stood the strain fairly well but a number will have to be rebuilt as soon as possible. The shearing season concluded last Thursday in this district. .. n . vl Among the many bright garden displajs in Opiki, that of Mr W. Bond deserves special mention. Sheltered by native bush and facing the Makerua Plums highway, it show varieties of dahlias and gladioli, massed in a riot of colour, gam the admiration of the flower lover . A number of farm homes in the locality have received general alterations during the past few months. Jt is surprising how freshly painted buildings add to £ he a . t ‘ iractiveness of the countryside. The on.y -residences" which have not been affectcd by the onslaught of father time are several next to one another in the Opui