PERSONAL.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 52, 11 February 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr C. B. Jordan, Under-Secretary for .Justice, arrived in Balclutha last evening on departmental business. Constable Martin, of Ashburton, will take charge ot the Kaitaugata district oil the departure of. Constable Murray, about the, 23rd inst. The uarae of Mr A. Gillies McKenzie, Puerua, has been omitted by most papers in publishing the list of new Justices of the Peace. Mr Andrew McNeil, of Balclutha, who, as we mentioned in last issue,-was hurt owing to a bicycle accident on Thursday night, is progressing towards recovery. He regained consciousness on Friday morning. Mr H. C. Jones, of Stirling, who has been appointed rector of Lawrence District High School (vice Mr W. Turner, appointed to Balclutha), will bo entertained before leaving the district, and Mr D. Boyd convenes a meeting to that end in our advertising columns. Dr Fitzgerald, late of Kaitaugata, was entertained by the Oddfellows' Lodge on Thursday evening and presented with a photograph of .some of the Past Grand Masters of the Lodge, and, for Mrs Fitzgerald, a silver condiment service, and lialf-a-dozeu silver teaspoons, as a mark of appreciation. A full report is crowded out, and will appear on Friday. At the public meetiug at Wharuarimu on Friday night a presentation of a writing desk was made to Mr .James Christie, of Puketiro, the retiring secretary of the local branch of the CatlinsTahakopa Railway League, as a mark of, appreciation of the time and energy which he has devoted to the work of the League. Messrs C. G. Martin (chairman of the sub-Leiague) and J. B. Waters (secretary of the Dunedin League) both spoke in appreciative j terms of Mr Christie's services. The recipient suitably replied. Mr Mark Summers, of Balclutha, who returned home from a holiday on Saturday, had an interesting tour off the beaten track. Together with a party of five from Invercargili and Riverton, he took train to Mossburn, driving thence to the twin lakes Mavora, on the Mararoa river. The roads were too rough for motors, and the journey was done by horse-drawn vehicles. The country passed through was sheep ruus, but exel lent pasture was evidently obtainable, the grass being luxuriant. At Mavora the time was spent mostly in fishing. The fly was tried but abandoned, the minnow being the bait to take. During the three days spent at the lake 86 fish were taken, 16 of them weighing an average of 10 Alb a-piece, the total weight being 254 pounds. Mr Summers is delighted with the place as a summer resort, and recommends anyone wishing to spend a holiday "far from the madding crowd" to try Mavora.