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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 699, 27 October 1909, Page 4

In future the mining registrar will visit Alexandra every Tuesday instead of Monday as heretofore.

So far nominations in connection with the annual sports gathering of the Alexandra Caledonian Society, to be held on November 9th, have filled satisfactorily, especially in the pedestrian events. The society has decided to extend the closing of the nominations until Saturday next, when it is hoped record entries will be the result. Included in the running events arc such well-known peds as Curry, Harris, M'Leod, Aitcheson and others; whilst Wilhey, Hansen, Roxburgh; Ongley and other visiting riders have nominated for the cycling races. The meet ing gives every promise of being as successful as former fixtures.

The court sits at Blacks to-morrow. The annual examination of the local school is being held to-day. Railway excursion fares in connection with King s birthday holidays are advertised in this issue.

The annual meeting of the Alexandra Cricket Club is called for Saturday evening The altered time-table in connection with the Otago Central train service commences on Monday.

the Alexandra Dramatic Society will stage the humorous comedy " Facing the Music" at Cromwell on Saturday night. It is the intention of the land commissioners to visit Matakanui next week to confer with the people re the subdivision of Matakanui run.

Annual horse parade at Blacks to-morrow, together with sale of show privileges. A meeting of the A. and P. Association will be held alter parade. The Railway Department notifies that the time-table alterations for the Otago Central train service take effect from Monday next, Ist prox. The train now leaving Clyde for Dunedin at 8.55 a.in will leave at 8.20 a.m. and Alexandra at 8.42 a.m.

According to a return registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act to 31st December, 1908, the number of members m the Otago and Southland Gold-miners' Union was 103. In the Employers' Union on the same date were 50 members.

, During last week Mr D. Barron, of -the Otago Land Board, and Ranger O'Neill paid a visit of inspection to Mt. Benger Station with a view to reporting upon its subdivision into small grazing runs. The lease of this pastoral run expires early next year. No. 1 and 2 Hansards of the second session ot the seventeenth Parliament is to hand. We notice that Mr Scott, M.P. for Tuapeka, is a member of the reporting debates and printing committee. He has also been elected to a seat on the goldfields and mines committee.

Ihe site of the proposed footbridge across the Manuherikia river at Galloway is immediately adjacent to the Olrig pipe-line. Although not favorably impressed with the site, we understand that the county council will at its next meeting decide to erect the structure.

One of the walls on the new borough dam is causing the council a great deal of anxiety, and a visit of inspection was made by some of the councillors during the week. At a special meeting of the council on Monday evening it was decided to build an abutment against the wall to prevent it from subsiding. Our readers will be pleased to hear that the illness of Mr Schaumann, mayor of the town, who is at present under treatment in Dunedin, is nut regarded as having any serious effects. Mr Schaumann will undergo an operation tomorrow, and it is anticipated that he will be well enough to return home in about a fortnight. From a return just issued we learn that at last general election 4,483 persons recorded their votes in the Tuapeka electorate. Of that number 2,705 were males, and 1,778 were females. The nnmber of. electors who did not vote is set down at 1,031. The number of votes recorded at the second ballot were 4,265.

In this issue Mr J. Richardson, universal provider, has an importonl replace advt. He has been appointed agent for Spencer pianos, and anyone desirious of securing a high quality instrument would do well to ascertain particulars of same from Mr Richardson. Indent orders are now being obtained for bowls, and prospective bowlers are advised to place their orders locally.

The cost of the various second ballots held after the last general election was shown in a return presented to Parliament last week. In Tuapeka Mr R. Scott's election details amounted to £4O 14s lid, whilst those of Mr J. A. Macpherson were returned at ,£4B 7s 3d. Only one candidate's expenses exceeded the allowance of £SO. The return of Mr G. Hutchison (of Bun Tuck fame) was filed at ,£49 19s 9d.

An illustration of the productivity of fruit orchards has recently been authentically given by an orchardist at Coal Creek, Roxburgh. From 13 acres of land planted in stone fruit a return of close on ,£I,OOO was received last year. A firm of Invercargill auctioneers forwarded the successful orchardist a cheque lor £BIB 19s 4d, whilst he also received over £ 100 from sales of fruit in Dunedin. This will give readers an idea of the importance of the fruit industry, and should act as an incentive " to go on planting." ' __ At last week's meeting of the Otago Education Board the architect was instructed to carry out the repairs to the school buildings at Bald Mill Flat as recommended by him. Mrs Parsons, who drives theWaikerikeri children to school at Clyde, wrote asking that she be paid a fixed sum the present system of being paid according to the number of children carried was very unsatisfactory.—lt was agreed that the board had no power to do as requested. The annual report of the Tourist and Health Resorts Department just to hand contiins many interesting passages. The Minister in charge (Hon. T. Mackenzie) considers that Lake Wanaka should be connected by motor service with Clyde, and inquiries are being made to see if such service can be instituted with a reasonable prospect of success. Probably Lake Wanaka is one of our most interesting tourist resorts (says the Minister), but owing to various causes this district has not been developed to the extent that it deserves. Efforts of an inexpensive nature, however, are being made to effect an alteration in this direction. Very severe weather was experienced throughout Central Otago at the end of last week. Heavy southerly gales kept up with vigor for over 48 hours, and these were a,£-. companied by hail and rain, with snow on the high country. Luckily the lambic season was well advanced otherwise there I may have been a heavy mortality amongst the lambs. The weather was extremely cold, and will no doubt play havoc with the fruit crop, especially strawberries and apricots. ' A lire occurred at Clyde on Sunday evening about 9.30 p.m., by which a six-roomed dwelling, situated alongside the town hall, was practically destroyed. The origin of the lire is unknown, and the building was tenanted by Mr Worsdell, skin buyer, who had £2BO insurance on his stock. Mrs Dawson, of Conroys Gully, is owner of the property. The fire brigade arrived on the scene promptly and with the aid of a plentiful supply of water soon had the lire under control, thus preventing it from spreading to the town hall. The Dunslan hospital treated 2-1 patients during the year ending 3lst March i ( JO9. Qf these, only three were females, there being seldom any women patients. The average , daily cost pet' head amounted to lis 8d } average daily payment per head, Is 2d j average cost per head after deducting inpatients payments, 10s (kl. The nationalities of the patients is set down as follows : New Xealanders 13, English 0, Scotch 0, Irish 5, Chinese t, German 1, French 1. The localities front which patients came are : Vincent County 24, Alexandra Borough and district 12. Mauioioto 1, swagger 4. The annual report of the Inspector-general of Hospitals states that there is not a great deal of nursing to do in this hospital since the mining work has ceased in the district. The water-supply through the town has not been so satisfactory as when through a water race direct. The hospital was in Very good order. Very few' fees have Decn collected. ' ■■