LAWRENC.

Otago Witness, Issue 1650, 7 July 1883, Page 13

LAWRENC.

(FROU OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) July 3. DarßEtsiON. — The periodical winter dullness lei.-ns supreme. The uepressed state of the labour market <i 8 shown (by the competition for the sludge-channel, which is being sub-lee by the contractors, aud the low . figure it ha» been taken at. * Mining.— The Prospecting Association have not j efc met with any success, but tneir operations on vvetherBton.es Flat are auxioualy looked forward lo by the ever-sanguiue miner. Arrangements have beeu concluded witn Horemen ana party to take up their lease in that locality, with the object of systematically teating it. Mr J. C. Brown, whose claim, ihe Wetherbtones Cement Company, is affording employrnbnt to so many, has given the grouud-plau of hio workings to the Association, with sundry information as to the 'direction of the different runs, &c, which must be of material assistance to the practical men to whom the .prospecting will be entrusted. amusements — A very biicctssful concert (or the 'benefit of the Hospital has recently taken place under the management of &lr J. J. Wouds. Local amateurs turned out in full force on the occasion. Two recent acquisitions to their ranks, Mr Manley Ash and Mr Griudley, lent valuable assistance. Alter an excellent programme bad been well rendered, the hall was cleared for dancing, which was kept up for some hours with all the euergy a cold night ami good music were capable of infusiug into the young folks assein bled. The proceeds reached £50, which, with subsidy added, meana £100. A gathering for the same benevolent purpose eventuated at Evans' Flan previously, and our friends at the Spur contemplate a similar entertainment Waitahuua, always to the fore when the Hospital is concerned, will doubtless follow suit. A Yaoanct. — We are again ltfD withou' a second medical man, Dr M'Carthy having severed his connection with Tuapeka The Friendly Societies are corresponding wnh several guutleinen with the object of filling the vacancy. Dr Low, or Clinton, appears to "find moßt favour, but no decision has yet been arrived at. Later. — I have just heard that Dr-Blair, of Inver- ' CJUgill, has been appointed.