It may interest some of our readers to know what the Wolseley sheep shearing machine can do when working well and in skilful hands. During tho last four days 24 men on the Blackhead station have turned out 16,351 ewes and lambs. There has been so much broken weather that the men have been longer at work thao usual, but the four days mentioned have been fine and the work uninter rupted. The average was about 170 per man. The fastest shearer, Mr T. Gamble, of Mohaka, did 895 io the foar days. Hia tallies were 216, 217, 232, and 230 respectively. There are many in this district who will remember Mr H. T. Baskin, formerly secretary of the Waipawa Tennis Club. In a letter received in Wellington by the laat mail, Mr Baskin wrote that ou account of continued ill—health he had been obliged to leave Dnblin and go to America Ho wrote that he had ado lightful trip from England to the United States, travelling in the steamer Bar barossa, a magnificent veritable floating o-istle. He was at New York at tho time of writing, but was leaving tbero the next day for Longmont, C lorado, to which place be Wil going via Chicago and Niagara Falls. He wished to be re membered to bia rnaoy Waipawa friends, soma of whom be mentions have not fulfilled their premises to write to him He thirsts for Waipawa news.
