Clutha News Items.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 59, 29 June 1908, Page 8

Clutha News Items.

fe- —. f (From the Clutha Leader.) § The Kaitangata Oddfellows have apI'pointed a committee to deal with the |;jprocuring .of a piano for the lodgeSSfOOBI. % , Jainea, Sheddan and , Janies &fif.';tyilsoni newly ■• appointyd, Justices I; of Peace,, sworn \jx ,fa Mr s Konrick, S.M., on Wednesday. & Tapanui School Committee has re- ,j f commended Misd Janet Grigor first Miss Margacet Ford second for |,"the appointment as assistant. % The members .of Lodge UuiUa iMa- | sonTc) .have decided to celebrate theii & Ihstjillatioh ceremony .this you* by a | tianqtiet instead >ii bV a utoll. Bto. <f J. h. Inghs is he new W.5l. H "

%\ The next meeting- of the Balclutha Society-will take the form oi t;|- a Borough Council night. There wi 1 ■$ bo motions, amendments, i»nd "talk £ ,on matters municipal. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., # report the sale, on behaH of Messrs Bros, Hiilend, of 100 head fat $ Miitocks to Mr Wm 1 Duke, of Dunedito. &■ These are a very prime line. fy' There was only a moderate entry of £ Bheep at these sales yesterday, and a *: small attendance.—The JS.Z. Loan and &' M.A. Co. report the sale of 630 hogh gets at 14/3, and also a lew tdd lots. ■V There was an attendance of 160 at a ]Mr Malcolm's meeting at Tapanui on r Monday evening, (fie spoke for an V hour an a quarter, and received an ex,l cedent hearing, his remarks being fee,V quently applauded s A vote of 'i thanks and confidence waß carried by *, acclamation, • The Presbyterian Bazaar is making .'■ mort*Wisiactory progress. Despite i the unfavourable afternoon yesterday / there was a good attendance of works era at the fortnightly meeting. As ■"- usual a quantity of work was return- * ed and new material given out, and *> "thereafter a pleasant half-hour was L spent in sooial intercourse, Miss Clark N hfeing Veicy kindly *eat In afternoon The Iroit makes the Balolutha trAiQle bridge very slippery. at tunes, InCpow V W = a ho **L °° mefl do&nYbto tio Jar thke have beenmo accidents, With its usual promptitude the Borough Council hae taken • notice of the matter, and informed the ' County Engineer. Some gravel would meet the case very well and minimise '' the risk, for at present it is a wonder [:■ that some of the horses do not sus- [ tain broken legs. ' Some discussion arose at Wednesday evening's 'meeting of the Bprougii i Council as to whether owners having drays carting in the township should ■ not have to pay a license fee. At ' present only the regular carters are i licensed, and though one or *wo councillors were of the opinion .that it ' was hardly fair to these, the majority were against malamg everyone pay a fee. As one of the majority : put it, "We might as well ask the 1 business firms ..to pay a license for [ casting goods to customers/ The half-yearly suoimoned meeting • of the Loyal Pride of Kaitangata ST Lodge was held on Thursday evening. ""'"There was a very large gatnering, 50 ■ members attending, 'M.G. Bro. John Oliver presiding. The oiheers for tne ' ensuing . half-year are as follows :- G.M., Br,o. John Oliver; N.G., Bro. H. Bennett; V.G., Bro. H. Cuthbertl. son; E.S., Bro. F. S. Edwards ; W., . " Bro. W. M'Laren; 1.G., Bro. John Dick, jun.; auditors, P.G.'s Bros. 1, Espie' and E. P. Lavery. It was decided to hold a social and dance next lodge night, July 2nd, in «onnecticm with the installation of officers, the members to invite their lady friends to be present. One candidate wae in- - itiated, and two new members were f. proposed. The receipts for the even- / ing amounted to £6O 17/,-. An important sale of fat bullocks took place this week, when Mr Geo. McDonald sold, through Messrs Dalgety and Company, to Mr William Duke, the well-known Dunedin butcher, a line of 124 head. These bullocks are' mostly "four and five-year-olds, large framed", well-bred, quiet cattle, and have,been fattened on Inch Clutha . Taken altogether, they are reokoned * to be one of the finest lines of fat cattle seen in Otago and Southland for some years. The price is not for publication, but it reaches the highest level attained for many years for a line of the' numbers stated., Delivery commences next week, and thereafter they, will go forward in weekly batches. Mr Duke is to be r ' congratulated on having seoured such a tip-top line of prime beef. By a huge fire in a village near Berne, Switzerland, 1,800 persons were rendered homeless. Th«ire it a feeling Of dissatisfaction amongft .a section 'of the "applicant* for Motions on the Oulverden Estate in regard to the financial qualifications rdeniahded by the Land Board. "The Government'do hot "provide section for the, poor man now," said one of "The idea of the Act was to help oh to the land the men ~ who could, not get there any other, way because they were not possessed ol enough monejfe That was the .. right, course *p take. The chap who has £4OO or £6OO in the Bank, or who oan secure a guarantee from • a rich father or friend, does not want State help in taking up land. There is any amount of it ready for him all over the place. Any nmn 'who can produce a few hundred pounds of his own can get help from the financial Houses or land agents. The man who needs a 'leg-up' is the one whose capital is his.; ability to work the soil, but he does not get a chance on Culverden. Of course expensive land] means high rents, and the Government have to protect themselves from losses but" all the same it seems hard that a * man should have to show three years' rent before he can get a section on a place bought by the Government." In answer to questions from a reporter % 'the Commissioner of Crown Lands .fori ;.* "the Canterbury district said that the .; ' Board were making a general rule of : ',: - requiring applicants to show their ability to produce the amount of three Sears rent*