The Clutha Leader. BALULUTHA FRIDAY, OCT. 4,1878.

Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 6

The Clutha Leader. BALULUTHA FRIDAY, OCT. 4, 1878.

*4Win^liaye- to 1 ask- .the indulgence of, our J^aders lor the imperfeetionS'Of.th'e Leader ;^S^We^^ i^e o are v ;stCiW'' that tmder the ;; i eir|unqs|anceß T tliK -will readily be granted. f pnly, yesterday afternoon" we could -commence; to prepare for •_tte present issue, believel that, besides the Banks, -tthis'is tlie-6iily esfeb'lishnient in^Balclutha " ■ u .that-' %a&, reatdmed business this week; " It ' zjus impossible; during, tfe excitement of the , ♦ preseni;^ emergency to.' write- calmly upon *the tsubjecf / or to speak with.any degree 'Ofrconfidence of the effect of the present of the town: and " district*./; . j^pnae^ w know j-are^ disposed to . take the, most glopmyyiewjpf matters, andi will Ve 7 s|ltisfied with. npthiiigshort of utter -ruinV i''<We confess we ar« not of this mind. *'That n the^ ;I calamity; ihas been. f a sad-taad' fseripu^^one all :. ihixst aclmowled^e..- ! But" v tliexe r ai^e "no Hves'lost^'a^iSie; calanii*y J .. It .will' be( ; gpt 6ver. , "J^nyi^placesihavevb'ee^a^se^^s^ r/agedCas'-ia the Cluth% aixk tfife-l«ss-lias* * %efen G sjjeerliiy^' niade*' up and- -forgotten."! J^JDLenijiq flood^siiali^have * gone, arid items, s are reckqnedup^ it' will •be'found.'that in- . .dividual losßeffin.j;h,e r toims^ip;are. ; not so : ' very arer ; bEoken ; dpwn,^ r •gard^iis" are : r destroye'd,- and -houses; and^ '. furniture* soiled,; 4 but rs'in«st ; be borne' in s>jound .that" :many in" prosperous cufdum-. ;:.Bfcances;.havdt. ; » neither. fences nor gardens,r iJor ares iJieir i houses in the» best of order r^sS rSgarcls "cleanliness ! and comfort.?- -We' p'arc^M^fieJl^i^t'afew days 6f;hatd { wbric .themdiyidu^f d^iniagg, iere;i r'^.fbr^tßfi irijuW W publipj apropertyv'it- Bioiply/ : re>quires;,thatrfehe peo*-* their face -to it deterniinedly^ -Tii^a/united and harmonious 1 spirit; and all * i*f|J|, yet go; well.'.~ >J /We'have r a higher idea \ "*o£^he ■ energy, iuidj^pl^^.of^heinliabi^ants,, ;j ef Balciutha and^jtheppoplef of th.^',l6lutha >- >^enerallyito?permit of our^dQubtingtfpr a :*;m|)me^; ; tKal^they-wIL be able f ullylto sirri f Qun^ thVfc' present, troubles^.; %reat as^ SJheySdouDielUy assJ : Cwi .believi^ tha^ gf.^the] district are, -inje^aus^bleUn If; temporary assistance beJ '?_ m. -.i some cases, jiecessary , as iioVdouibVit" J^^,i^le f n^^anxious tq: affer'd ai^^tjass^t^^^p^ar^'lo'Wc^ Let pj«aiSe?lLOpef^ultaffidjdgtepnined tp 4 b,vercome ilfdi^ultdes;' aaidf^e^v.evriof fe^r -complete ■^^^e'ssTnll ferown our effortsA SucMsthe- '*■-- aspe'c^intWliißß tne? ma^ter^preßeAts- itself i^^joff^ie^y&ndwepeiiQye-tJaG same sen-: £t«aerit tier ?ades Ji mind'"of ; ' the ; ' great ' ofithe^people >6f the, Glutha.' • -