LAWRENCE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XVII, Issue 834, 11 July 1890, Page 6

LAWRENCE.

. iPfIOM OUR OWNCOIUtESPONDfitmJ'K Tlie \veather has 1 beeiiivery wintry" for the last weefc'Ortwd, hot much raiti^ but severe hard frosts: Some' of the "daysaro exceedingly fine for a'^few^hbiirs, 1 but mor'riinga ' and evenings ' ate 1 : very cdld. The bounty 'roads, 'especially the main one, are in' >. very bacf st&fce, , and not at all. suitable 'for \v heeled traifict ! '' ' We are to have, a ploughing match out at Tuapeka West on Thursday, and great preparations have been made " for tho event. Quite a. large number of prizes have been specially donated, and the business people of Lawrence, in.. order, to. givo more eclat to the proceedings,. have decided to give a full holiday .instead of the usual half one.. . . ..- ,;, , ■ ....-•-, . ■„ ... ; There, is not much, doing in court business just now. There .was only ,one -civil case in the R.M. 'C.ourt to-day, when Messrs Thompson and Fraer.,',Jr.B,'3j!pre- ;- sided. The case.was^a complicated '>dne of accounts, and took.some time to* work out, but both magistrates being businoss men they were able to give a sensible' verdict. The Tuapeka Rifles contemplate holding at an; early ; date an entertainment Uri aid of the ; Balaclava relief fund.' '•' As we have a fair ' amount of talent -in 1 and about Lawrence, 1 nd r doubt a'very. attractive programme will be issued, while tlie object should draw a substantial house. ; Mrs Scott ha 3 been holding evangelical services in this district for over a, w.eek, and has had on every, occasion a very fair congregation. Whether her mission ha 3 had any beneficial effect .1 canuot say, but no doubt she will have done some good, which time will eventually show. The Tuapeka Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club's annnahmeeting was held laist wook; The balance sheet showed £ liability of L 43, but this was reduced Ll7 by special subscriptions at; the meeting, and it ia anticipated that a number of new members will join for the ensuing season, co that the liability should bo made much less by the end of the year. 1 -