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Bruce Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 6, 2 August 1909, Page 2

Forresters sociul on Friday night at fc>c John's Hull, Thero aro sovoral mild casoß of scarinina in the township at pre iani. Tho following are the vital , .itistioa tor Tokoinairiro for tho month of July; Birtua 5, deaths 2, and marriages 2. Mr James Allen's Icciure on Friday night on " Euglish putnotio aongs -nd poetry." This will bo illustrated by songs and recitations. Oa Friday evening tho annual " liosouo " meeting, under tho auspices of tho Salvation Army, was held. Tho bocial work dono by the Army was specially referred to.

A " Strangers Tea " was given at the Y.M.C.A, rooms lasc evening, when 20 wore present, Mr Robt, Pringle pre* biding. Mr 1). Crawford gave & short aduress ou " Temptation." On '1 hursday last a hack, belonging to Mr M'Kechuic, butcher, bolted away whilst being fed, and lell in galloping over the asphalt at the corner ol Ossian and Union streets, breaking a leg. The horse had to be shot.

There is likely to be a revival of the aredgiug industry at Glenoro. A party has been prospering Mr Cameron's land, and it is Mated that a dredge will bo put) ou to work au area there. Our report of the meeting of the committee of the B.Q.K.F.U. at Balclutha on Saturday has nut cume to hand. Though not reported in the Dunedm papers, we understand that the appeals sent in to the Otago Union fiom Owaka and Romahapa Clubs were not upheld. Mr T. dunson, wno is presently employ' d uy National Mortgage and Agency Co., ■) aedm, was on Saturday presented wi.ii jnvur tea service from his fellow* w.uKu'i, on the occasion of his ap» p.ondiiug marriage. He was also made thj recipient of tnree nandsome pictures from his fellow-boarders.

To secure an enjoyable evening's en' teriainmeut there is nothing to equal an Edison Pnouugruph, and with the latent Amberol record tae pleasure is greatly increased, This record, whioh is of four minutes' duration, permits oi entire se; lections being played. Call and hear them at David Moyos' shop.

Mr Thos. Pariauo is now installed as proprietor of the White Horse Private Hotel, and in another column aunounoea that he is prepared to cater for the wants of tho travelling public. This well-known and old established house nus boon rearranged to suit tho wants of mvellers and boarders,

Tli regular nutting of the Bruce Gun . y Council will bo held to-morrow at liojn, Tiio ouungo in tho cimo ia necessitated by tiie intention of Coun-' cillors to interview Mr David Scott prior to Hie mooting relative to a inattor in disputo between him and the Council, and in respect to a drain, Interest in the Skating Bink continues unabated. On Saturday night the management hud to refuse admission to the floor to prevent overcrowding. A further supply of new skalea will be in hand shortly to most the special rtquiremonti of patrons. On Wednesday night a roiuru football match will bo played, and other novelties are promisod later on, At 8 o'clock exactly last evening a beautiful shooting star was seen, which traversed over xMilton from west to east, leaving a loug fiory trail behind it. So far we have not hoard of tho movement being attached to any airship story, After its bitter disappointments, " mute, inglorious Milton " is beginning to feel shy of airships. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report holding a successful clearing sale at Glenore on Friday on account of Mr J, Tulloch. There was a good attendance of farmers, and bidding, under the auctioneering of Messrs R. M'Kinnon and C. Reid, was brisk. The top price for draught horses was £35 tos, and a gelding and a mare sold at £zg each ; light horses —filly foal, £lo', three-year-old fillits, ,£ll 10s and £9 ios, Cows brought up to £6 ss, and implements realised good prices, a drill going for ss. Mr Clement Wragge gave his wollknown and interesting lecture, " A voyage through the Universe," in the Coronation Hall on Thursday night to a crowded house. Tho leoturer was suffers iug from a cold and his voice failed to bo clearly hoard in tho back part of the hall, but dospito this his lecturo and incident pictures were very highly appreciated. After the lecture, for a further expenditure of one shilling per hoad, those who wished to see the wonderful radium had an opportunity of doing so.

A correspondent suggests that there may bo some connection between those who are navigating the airships seen in the district from time to time, and those who aro responsible for the mysterious safe robbings, He supposes that some purty of clever scientific craitsmen are secretly perfecting some new dirigible aeroplane, or other aviating apparatus, away in eomo isolated spot in the hills lying between Mt, Misery and the mouth of the Molynoux, These ariful artisans, ho thinks, must periodically run out of provisions, and, like the Border Raidera of old, sully forth on some common or garden Hying machine to commandeer food in the readiest way pooaiblo to pron serve the secret of their later invention. He believes that, unless we deem their discovery to bo for the ultimate good of mankind, an armed search parly under the command of Ccns ;:b!e Mncßae or the 0.0. and his battalion—ahouid scour these hills and oust them, if onlj for the sake of qut nervous systems,