The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA: FRIDAY, JULY 4.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 4 July 1913, Page 5

The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA: FRIDAY, JULY 4.

Mr J. Ford advertises that lie is runlijga livery stable in conjunction with lis Coffee Palace, Owaka. Dt Hotop, of Clinton, commences an imbulance class for men and women at fiiwera on Wednesday evening. Tie s.s. Maori broke her bow rudder j tie Kaikouras yesterday and missed tie mail connection south. She will be kid up for a time. Last week we advocated having the teal postmaster authorised to witness j&tatory declarations, owing to the ilculty in finding local Justices to act a fitnesses. We understand the apjoiitment will be made in the course if s few days. If G. W. Eussell asked Hon. Jas. lien in the House on Wednesday if he us "Prepared to take back the statemnt that the late Government was re(ponsible for there being only £20,000 island as against £600,000 of commitntsts for advances to settlers." Mr ilk replied: "I did not make that toement, but I did make the stateBit that it left commitments for ii! 0,000 with nothing to meet them lift!" Councillor 1). Boyd reported to the Bute County Council on Tuesday, on khlf of the deputation which waited ■ the Prime Minister and Hon. J. Allen •it! reference to the Otago Harbour Board's proposal to rate country distorts- Mr Allen assured the deputation to if the Bruce County Council objftted to the Harbour Board being given per to levy rates on country districts k would also oppose it, and, in fact, ■id that anything that the Bruce Counagainst he also would be against, fc Prime Minister said that the Harrow Board, in order to levy a rate, wH require to get a Bill passed in tie House, and there was no possible of the Bill going through this year, ■wueiilor Driver: "It would get a % passage. •'' fen the Otago Harbour Board's Wosal to levy rates on country <lis®cts was being discussed at the Bruce wutv Coum-il meeting on Tuesday, wncillor Russell referred to the advis™'tv of members of county councils ■tog made acquainted with all measures modueed into Parliament- likely to ■M their districts, and thought that : J. Allen should be written to askJ him to forward to the councillors ,fes of all Bills which in any affect 'county. Councillor King said he] wrstood Mr Allen always carried out practice; anyway, since he had come 0 the district he had received from cu copies of Bills of local interiand he had always found their memto give all available infor"y to councillors and others con«med. ! Salvation Army are to hold some«l to the nature of a'' field day'' on W w ' ien Commissioner Lamb, of -, °i, one of the leading lights of the Jji/' s peak in the Oddfellows' W° n .''Ration-'' Commissioner f0.., he accompanied by Commis'jrt Richards, of New Zealand, and J.. ' at; the meeting here the Mi,.,™' be in the chair, while the Vonm rass ® anL * wi " turn out to 7 the Army officers. Commissioner jjj j ls . an Aberdonian on the sunny lemj and has a record of which 6ajv^nf e " P rou d, included in the I? omces he has filled being that of tftde i, ea d international ft e ~P ai 'tuient, private secretary to fit 4 f • oi: staflF, and chief secretary Dn--, rita '. He will undoubtedly have kg interesting to say, and we W>, , a people will attend in lumbers to hear him. Is «!- ac i' on ' s the best advertisement, which C. G. Kirby, "Wy'iri stree *i Balclutha, has alb I 6n to^B events has been suffiL _' ln g in more and more orders, ? suit attracts as lie, 88 a badly made one. *hich he puts into Mb orders es ,^ s tailoring, and the wearers tit law .' bas a lar g o stock of 1(4,(1 winter suitings, and gaaran«Qti P ll ' as perfect a finish on his be got in the cities. Do $tj tk« & i? P I6C °* c^ by giving i®, ®heap and nasty" style or 'J? Pve good material to a good tot a good suit. Give him wit to make, and he will Kan i » y° u neo d an overand inspect his stock, js,®®de to order dt him.—O. G. IP Balelotba.***

The local Orange Ltfdge will hold a church parade to the Wesleyan Church on Sunday, 13th inst. Mr Jackman has forwarded the secretary of the Balclutha ambulance waggon fund the sum of £5 Bs, being proceeds of the concert held at Romahapa in aid of the fund. Dr Fitzgerald is not'' taking on'' the suggestion by the Kaitangata committee that he should stand for the Education Board. The doctor in a letter to I the committee eulogises the three sitting members for the southern ward. The railway side of the main road at Owaka is being graded to allow of the water-table being made 10 feet from the fence, and a footpath from the post office to the railway station yard. When the work is completed it will prove a big improvement to the town. The total amount sued for at the Balclutha Magistrate's Court during the quarter ending June 30 was £1033 19s 4<i, of which £5lO was recovered, there being 99 plaints entered. Two distress warrants and five judgment summons warrants were issued. In the Police Court for the quarter there were 28 convictions recorded, ■ and the fines amounted to £32 13s. A gentleman who describes himself as "A Farmer from the Plains," has (says the Ashbnrton 'Guardian') offered to subscribe £SOO towards the extinction of the mortgage on the CanterIbury A. and P. Association show grounds at Addington. - The Grey mouth Borough Council, by -ix votes to four, granted permission tor Sunday picture shows on condition that the entertainments starts at 8.30 p.m. and conclude at 10 p.m., that each programme be submitted to the borough censors at least two days beiore being given, and that outside ii--iuninations be not permitted. Harold Denton, an active passive register, walked into the Christ church Police Station the other day (says the Press') and gave himself up voluntarily on a warrant for commital to Lyttelton Gaol for 42 days for failure to pay a line of £5 8s for obstruction at the nock lower. Denton was very sorry that he was not going to llipa Island, where, he says, the boys are having a good time. A motoring party of Waverlev residents who passed through Waitotara recently noticed a strange phenomenon (says tiie Cliristcliurcli 'Press'). The oar was turning by a small swamp when a ■Mil ot ligat of a moderate size was observed to rise from among the rushes. After floating in the direction of the oar it circled away and gradually disappeared in the reeds. It is surmised that a genuine "will-o'-the-wisp" was seen—a ball of light, frequently observed in swamps at night, said to be caused by tile decomposition of animal matter or the combustion of gaseous substances. Though frequently heard of in the Old Country, where much legend and tradition attend it, the phenomenon is rarely observed in this part of the world. In reference to the announcement that General Sir lan Hamilton will visit -\ew Zealand in April of next year, the -vlin.ster for Defence (Hon. j. Allen) states that General Hamilton will inspect and report upon the whole miliary forces of the Dominion (says the Wellington 'Post'), and tell the authorities how far the training was effective, give an unbiased and independent opinion, as Inspector-General of the whole of the Overseas Forces, regarding the progress made, together with 'hints for viie future. Sir lan Hamilton would report 'to the British Government as well as to the New Zealand Government. Differing somewhat from the hobby or business of the average art collector, a man who appeared in tiie dock at the Wellington Magistrate's Court has a mania for collecting copper boilers. His utilitarian taste, however, (says thy 'Post'), has frequently got him into trouble when the boiler which holds the weekly wasli is the subject of his quest. The police bore testimony to his penchant for these articles. It was stated that on Friday he paid a visit to premises at 120 Cuba Street, surreptitiously entered the wash-house, and stole the copper boiler, after having removed the brickwork encompassing its ample proportions. Then he hied himself to the pawnbroker's, and converted his "treasure" into coin of the realm. The accused has 34 convictions against him, 15 being for theft of copper boilers and sundry other ar-[ tides, 'lhe magistrate imposed a fine of £2, with the option of 14 days' imprisonment. A movement, instigated by the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce, towards minimising the risks to human life at level railway crossings is receiving hearty support from all bodies approached. At the Bruce County Council meeting on Tuesday, on the communication being read, Councillor Driver said: "We should support that to the hilt.'' Councillor King said there were dangerous crossings all over the country on account of the view of the railway line being obscured by trees. Councillor Boyd said that he was under the impression that the Government had already taken steps to place the onus of clearing away trees obstructing tho view of railway crossings upon local bodies. Councillor Driver: "Not on railway property." Councillor Boyd admitted that this was so, but explained that the local authorities were held responsible for clearing away trees on land adjoining crossings. It will be remembered that at the annual meeting of householders for the election of the Balclutha District High [School Committee the question of the boundaries of the school district came I up. Nobody at the meeting then could remember what were the boundaries, and it was agreed to make inquiries. The proclamation has been discovered, and at the meeting of the committee on Wednesday evening it was read as follows:—"All that area bounded towards the north by the Clutha river ; on the west by section 26, block 11., Hillend survey district; on the north by a roadline, being the northern boundaries of sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, block XVII., town of Balclutha; and section 41, block 1., Hillend district; towards the east by a roadlin) forming the western boundary of section 13, said block I.; towards the south-east by sections 8, 4 and 5, block XIV., North Molyneux district; towards the Bouth and east by the Clutha river (Koau branch); towards the south-west by a roadline between blocks XXI. and XII., Clutha district; towards the north-west by blocks XXVII. and XXXIII.; again towards the south-west by the south-western boundary of block XXXV.; again towards the north-west by block XXXVI., all of Clath& district." '

"Skipper" Francis, the cripple athlete, appeared as an extra turn at the Baud Pictures on Wednesday, when there was a full house and the programme was an excellent one. Although an unusually damp winter has been experienced the rainfall has been light, and where tanks and springs arc the only source of water supply many householders are faced by the imminence of a water famine. It is not often that there is a shortage of water at Owaka, but such is the case now, and a heavy downpour would be gladly welcomed in some quarters. Roads seem to be the only things in Owaka which have the capacity for holding water for any time. The "event of the year" should be the tug-o'-war competition in connection with the Catholic bazaar in the Oddfellows' Hall at the end of this month. The teams will be eight men a-side, and the winning team will receive the handsome prize of £B. Entries close with the secretary, Mr Wm. L. Quirk, on .July 19. It is expected that several local teams will compete, while some big men in Kaitangata and Milton are also intent on carrying off the honours. A son of Mr Geo. Arnold, of Stoney Creek, aged nine years, was the victim of a nasty accident on Wednesday morning. The lad was riding to school on his pony, when it came down with him, throwing the rider so heavily as to break his right arm. The accident happened close to Mr Cochrane's place, and Mrs Cochrane attended to the sufferer till his people arrived and took him home. Dr Brugh was promptly in attendance, and everything possible was done to alleviate the little chap's suffering. Councillor King moved at the Bruce County Council meeting on Tuesday that applications be called for two teams to work graders, the teams to be ready to make a start and work continuously from September 1. Several of the councillors, though admitting that it was a wise step to be in readiness to start grading in spring, feared that the departure may not work satisfactorily, and after some discussion Councillor King altered his motion to the effect that the matter be held over till next meeting, and in the meantime each councillor should hand in an estimate of the amount of grading required for his riding. This was agreed to.