The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA: TUESDAY. JULY 14.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLI, Issue 2, 14 July 1914, Page 4

The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA: TUESDAY. JULY 14.

A bundle of men s f t awaits an owner at the IU 1 a !'■» ' station. Mr Guntli.oi'i), duitist, \ K usual fortnightly \isit i > H iThursday next, 16th imt We understand the i military officials in Miltoi district has not proved t it was expected to bt u i is shortly to be in id« i i ing previously. \\ ( ;m time the absurdity of \v from one end insh i I < l l ' Constable Har\ n ui of Constable Fox (Milt. stable Martin (Kill ui„ i Paterson's Hailw nil J i afternoon, and ma U i i of the premises from -1 all l.'il bottles of wliisl \ one bottle of bi i i claimed by boat hi- i property, and had 1« i district as such. Oi again, the same constal the premises, but thj> i tire blank. Overheard in 15 il . Said stylish Miss \ t ' B.: " 1 'm having a t i ' for whiter." "Who Kirby, of course. Ib> n everyone admired it. T so smart and sei\ nil and finish just puti t oh, not so much as \o \ ' where.'' Miss B oi I i > tume this morning—wh i , You will admire the -uj < " % tailoring confers—tin *>M >x Jt match your ideal, wlnl-t ' v r J n 3 ship throughout makf-* i ' ' ' good service. Will \ou „ ' portunity to codmuu \ , i Ve' you'll be better u I '** , pleased. C. 0. Kirbj, la In " ' « eDI For Chronic Chest Complaints, Voodi' ere»Vl-«ppeniiint gore, IZ'i«»

I ],i tin' li' lo ' ,asc > Fairhairn v. O.D. rimes the jury returned a verdict for Lintiff <in all four causes of action, L-jl, damages totalling £8.31). It is Lderstood the costs will lie very heavy. [Two 'i' l '' l •'"''' ' ie '"K prosecuted in conLtioH with the Christchurch "joy(•je" car case for administering whisky E j jrjrl under 16. The hearing was urnt'dThe Mayor has called a public meete l' ()i to-morrow evening to further iijj iir<ij"'-al for widening the centre Lj„ oi the footbrfdge and also the pwav proposal. \ deputation from the anti-Bible-in-U OO U party before the Prime Minister J att .,t tiat the party in favour of the Kitlc in -ehools were using their church L]|,vti'!> ro'supporr their propaganda. Hr The r'iuegaud Freezing Works did Lj ~|d-i' down for the season on SaturL r hi;; we understand will probably to-morrow or Thursday. Only hgall !"'" (lt "fe''''!' Il:lv< ' I,Pen sent to the fork? during The last week or two. but ig(< of rattle continue to come in. ijfhe IV[.otinir.;> Lodge. 1.0.0. F. \C\\nLi. on Wednesday last celebrated its g|h ar hivei-ary, when, after the inMlation of officers for the ensuing L n i a dinner and re-union was held to flirh past and present members were Lyjted. The gathering was a most sue-' Ujful one. Our lengthy and interestLg report will appear on Friday, as it iod too late to publish in full this week or two ago we referred to a eninit which was spoken of to get extended hours of the Balclutha ihone exchange made 7 a.m. till 11 , instead of 8 a.m. till midnight. ; movement is now taking concrete i, and Mr George Smith is to place titiiui to this effect before telephone rrihers in a day or two. Two-thirds he subscribers are required to carry proposal.

The Balclutha Foresters, Court MolyKox. preceded by the Balclutha Band, gnt'led t'"r divine service to the Ballutha I'lc-d'Vterian Church on. Sunday orenoon. when the Rev. Mr i'urrie fetched a suitable sermon for the occatoii. Hi-; text was in the Epistle to the Itlatians. chapter <i, verse 2: "Bear ye ie another's burdens, and so fulfil the iw of Christ." Such organisations, he speaker said, fulfilled a gracious and iiist-like purpose in helping thos'e wfio iere in need, and in appealing at the pie time to a man 's industry, and projjenee and sense of independence. The borough daymen have lately been liployed most of their time spreading Kttl on the south end of Clyde st-e't t scraping mud off the main street. esterday they were engaged on the liter work with the old scraper, but it jsan impossible task for them to k'-ep |e road in anything like a clean state. Ie "Adaptable" rotary horse broom, I six brushes, cabled for some time ago, I not expected to arrive for about a fath. It is unfortunate that it war. it ordered earlier, for it would h* 1 . '"e [»ve>l very useful on the main street lis winter. To keep the road in good Bier, however, the borough council wi l ! ire to go further than obtaining a Itarv broom: what is wanted is reKilling «>" all the road, for the formalin now worn down to the clav.

Ipv. "lino Thomas, of Knox Church, If'lin. addressed the ladies of the iwi'r:i 1'.W.M.1".-'on Wednesday after--19. Mrs Thomas was also present and re an address. Tn the evening, at the nil of I lope social, Mr Thomas was Itwnt and jjave an address on the evils the ilrink traflic as seen in the Old liiil, Tlie reverend gentleman relivptl an attentive hearing, and his llress was much appreciated. Rev. b Williams presided, ami musical Iras were rendered by the choir, under It leadership of Mr M. Dunnett. A leasing programme was creditaldy carifcl out l>v the children under the fclership of their teachers, Misses toad and Wyllie and Mr Charles Roselire. There was a large attendance at ith the afternoon and evening gather<P-

The (■'anu'st Drake Concert I'arty are Ire aj>jn-;ir in the Oddfellows' Hall nl Mon.lay at S o'clock. Ralclutha tople will no doubt not be lacking the ipporr an<l hearty reception this llento.l party deserve. Each member fthe party is a true artist, ami a great I'l jrloii.uw programme- will be sublitte.l. Thi> will be tlie last chance of Brine New Zealand's representative !*or, Erru'-t Drake, as he leaves almost ißdliatcly for Knglan.l. Miss Mabelle kqnilaur, the great contralto, who is bost a concert in herself, will sing ffnal items, ami also sing in Newm's i-liariiiiiig duet, "In* the springW," with Mr Drake. Miss Trene ieywoo-l, tiio charming little girl artist, w> has been greeted with great Itions on the present tour, will give weral of her delightful musieal Ktehes. ZSliss Mary Mitchell is down l»ing a . oaple of items, and also a duet itls Mr Drake. Mr E. Hevwood, 1C.0.. in.loi- whoro rHreetion the const is ••'iiig given, will be the solo "nist ai accompanist.

! Sir Hhv: iiijvton Reynolds, the distintehe.l Aivi-icaii actor, is to visit Bal»tha on the night of Saturday, duly 5, and -»v• iI appear in "The Rosary." wis j)la\. tircording to press reports, U4pow.Mii! lesson to teach, and those jj" l i-oiii].':uii about the of ■* <lraii;:; , :\n have no sound criticism *»inst it. li is stated that it is not a Pjjipous iii.iiii;i or one lacking in enterF'lß «r- ::ll 'ties; o" the.contrary, it is Melijjhtt'i'! -tory of everyday life, in Plfli tin- piot hinges upon the misery Wiih ,r,. is into a household through P*iini-tii!„-i■, which lead to suspicion P.' 1 jcalii ■; .. :ln ,i of a part which a P'st. "liV\. Brian Kelly," plays in al.uit a-correct understanding. I rosary „f |,,-arls figure in the unfoldH of tl.r ( ,lot and its iiual happy rnoanreiinKt. [A «■) doulde ilrowning fatalitv has P Br fC(| i„ the Mataura'river. Mr [iomas F. r.oldie. a farmer of Wendotirje, situated 2* miles from Gore, and p wife, hotii of whom are between 40 P'-W years of age, visited Cattle Flat, Fen mile,. t v,„ n WVndonside, on ThursP ail ,| staved with friends. ~. v left i-.t midnight on Fridav in a ■P. and had to ford the Mataura river. J**}}' of young men, including two of "Gohiio's step-sons, were going to "toor to play football, and at p.m. they found the smashed *P on the river bank and the horse £*■ A search was made, and the b«yly f*Goldie was found 100 yards belri'w* JMord in a paddock about 20'yard^ •we river. Mrs Goldie's body was*' R* » mile below the ford in a pool driver. ,

The work of transferring the Balclutha ovcrhcail telephone wires to the underground metallic circuit system has now been commenced.

Messrs Dunn Bros., Balclutha, liave acquired the blacksmith anil wheelwright business of John Logan, at Owaka, and take over at the beginning of August.

Finds of Maori implements are of rare occurrence in these parts, but Mr R. W. -ivson, of Kaihiku, was fortunate enough to turn up a fine greenstone axe on his property near the top of Moa Hill a few days ago. Mr Ayson was ploughing an odd corner of land where a fence previously stood with a doublefurrow plough, and the implement was turned up from a depth of about five inches*. It is in a fine state of preservation, and the edge is still fairly sharp, while the colour is excellent; it weighs 21b 2oz, and the face is about 3A inches broad.

In connection with the Taieri Collie Club trials held recently a meeting on Saturday evening in Mosgiel concluded the business connected therewith, and found that the. funds of the club benefited to the extent of some £32- over the fixture. The championship trials proved a great success. The sum of £22 10s, which will be in hand as a surplus over this, was set aside in a separate account, and a motion will come before the delegates' meeting in November as to forming an association to control this fund. The secretary was instructed to forward to each affiliated club a statement showing the receipts and expenditure of the championship events.

In connection with the Chalmers seat, for which there are two Liberal candidates—Messrs J. T. Johnson and 0. Moeller—a meeting was held in Mosgiel on Saturday evening at which the Liberal organiser (Mr I). F. Dennehy.) attended. Negotiations were set agoing whereby a branch of the Liberal League was formed and also steps taken which, it is hoped, will lead to a satisfactory settlement of what may be termed a deadlock, and the more fitting of the two gentlemen selected by the Chalmers branch of the league in about a month's time. Both candidates were quite in accord with the suggestions made by the organiser. '

The newly-erected Balclutha railway social hall was formally opened last night, when a smoke concert was held in it. About 50 members of the service wore present, representatives from Clinton, Stirling, Lovells Plat and other stations also being present. Driver Inglis (chairman of the Balclutha Railway Social Club) was in the chair. Mr Saunders represented the Dunedin branch of the A.S.R.S., and that station's branch of the Railway Officers' Institute was also represented. There was a toast-list which elicited some interesting and clover speeches, and songs, stories and recitations helped to fill up an enjoyable evening. The hall, which is commodious and well fitted, will prove a groat convenience and source of comfort to local and visiting railway men.