The Bruce Herald MILTON, THURS., AUG. 21st, 1919

Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 64, 21 August 1919, Page 2

The Bruce Herald MILTON, THURS., AUG. 21st, 1919

Gravo risks attend every mode of travelling at present. On Tuesday afternoon cno of Messrs Stephens and Co's, lorrie.-, laden with flour, got into difficulties on tho maiu road between Messrs Whytocka and J. J, Jones's properties. Losing the line of tho submerged road at one of tho bends it got off the crown of tho road and skidded into deep water, from whence it was oventua'ly hauled by tho combined. efforts of another lorry and a draught horse. An unusual development occurred as tho result of n, r-plifc in the "Whitoria Bowling Club, Hamilton. A week ago a vote was token on tho liquor question and iho club decided to " go dry " during iho cmiing Boix3r.'ji. A Boction of the meuihrrs thereupon ruled that about 30 of tho Mi'Miibers wero disqualified owing to ihic never hiving been electod ac* cordi.-.g to tho raloa, f though they had played ai members for yoar3. and that thcro wovo only 29 legally ehartered members remaining. The disqualified memberg sr-izod Iho club's roller and mowers with tho intention of forcing legal action regarding their position.

Tho characteristic ineptitude of tho Railway Department, which has obtruded itself more than over since the dislocation of tho regular train service, was brought home to Mi'ton on Tuesday night upon tho arrival of the train from Tnvercargil when, owing to tho lack of those qualities in its responsible servants which are ordinarily regarded as essential in the constitution cf an intelligent individual, forty odd travel-worn passon-i gory wcro dumped out to take their chiince of finding accommodation in a prohibition town, Leaving lovorcargill about G a.m., they had tho distinction of creating what mast be a record for the line ; tho journey of 140 miles occupying twclvo and a-half hours, or, an averaga of 12 miles per hour. This record of slow but sure progress obscures tho harrowing experiooce of the 'final p.tago of the purnoy which occurred between Bi,lclu*ha aDd Milton. Upon arrival at the former p'ace the passengers wore drafted into one carriage, tho other one being shunted off to save haulage, in which they were confined for four and a-half hours covering a distance of sixteen mile?. Oa arrival at Milton fresh adventures awaited them Soma of the more cute 2ut for the boardinghouf.o.=, but. as these are generally full, very few of tho travellers could get in. Until a late hour elderly couples, and mothers with children were parading tha strepts in a defperato endeavour to find shelter from the inclement night. Eventually, wo understand, the hospitality of certain residents provided all tha wayf.•irav. with a shakedown of som& sort. We regret not having been on the scene to record the voluablo utterances of an older!}- Assyrian female who, in review* ing the situation, dc&U with tho politii cal aspects with a precision that elicited general approval. A sure and pleasant specific for removing worms is WADE'S WORM FIGS- Price is 6d,