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Clutha Leader, Volume XLVI, Issue 17, 26 August 1919, Page 5

A Wellington publication has an alleged photograph of a Balelutha '' legal luminary.'' He has a case for libel. • -Mr A. J. Baker, district- engineer, accompanied by Mr Monk, of the Public Works Department, on Friday visited Clydevale to inspect a site for a proposed bridlge over the Clutha. Oil Saturday. accompanied 1 by the county engineer, they inspected the roads at the Clifton Settlement, where there is a good deal of scope for Government, expenditure. "The ma in road from Balelutha to llinton is in a scandalous state." —Thus Councillor Begg at Friday's county council meeting. The council resolved to ask the Government for a subsidy of £>W, the council also to spend) a similar amount on metalling it, its condition be--1 iug attributed to the excess motor traffic > due to the restriction of railway ser- , vices. \ For Children 'a Haeking Cough Woods Great Peppermint Cure.

•Mr A. E. J. Blakeley, dentist, Dunedin, visits Balclutha every Friday. The cables state that the Sydney seamen have decided to man the ships immediatelv..

The annual meeting of the l Balclutha Bowling Club will be held in the County Council ChainVbers l to-night at 7.30. The express train which commenced to i-un yesterday from the South was not patronised to any greater extent than the ordinary train. Hon.. D. T. Fleming and Mr 'Malcolm, M.P., proceeded! Nort'h bvi it.

"Journey's Ivnd" is the title of the star picture at the Band- Hall to-morrow night. It stars Kthel Clayton, with Muriel Ostriche, Frank Mayo, and John Bowers .in secondary parts, and is a masterpiece in> dressing and setting. Statistics have proved that during the world war nearly 15,000,000 women actually were drawing pay for their services. More than 1,000,000 of them never had done a day's work in tlioir lifes. The number of volunteers would add another million to that total.

The following are the items of expenditure in: connection with thei recent peace celebrations in Balclutha:— Children's sports and entertainment, £24 2s 10(11;. profession and decorations, €!!) :)s 4(1; concert and church services, £lO lis 6di; souvenir booklets for children, £22 10s; printing and advertising, £.15-Is (id l ;—total, £l'll 9s 2d l .

Miss flames, an organiser of the Chautauqua movement, is on a visit to Balclutha arranging for sessions here, proba'bly in February, provided the necessary support of HO guarantors is obtained. Sessions have been -held at Auckland, Wellington, 'Mastcrton, Levin, I'alinerston North, Feilding, AVauganui. Stratford, New Plymouth, and other North Island towns. Chautauqua i* the name of a kike in America which became the headquarters of a system of literary camp meetings, which have extended to many parts' of the world. The sessions iu New Zealand include' lectures, musical performances, and highclass en'tertain-ments given in a large tent.

A meeting of tin 1 committee of tht l South Ota«o Hospital District Cominittee was held in the Council Chambers on Friday. There were present: Messrs A. Xortli (chairmanO, >A, IS. Malcolm, M.P., G. W. Wood, Jd. Fleming (Milton), ,!. Chris-tie-, W. S. Ma si in, ami T. 'Maginliess. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs C. King (Mayor ol' Milton) and E. .1. Boyd l (Deputy- Mayor of Baldutha). The chairm-an- reported on the visit lie had made in co-iupany with Mr Malcolm to the Tapanui district. It was stated that a definite reply had not yet been received from the Kaitangata iiorongli Council. Mr Malcolm submitted a draft, copy of the Bill to be presented, containing amendments on the one drafted by Sir F. P. Bell, and it was resolved to adopt the amended draft., which defined the area of the proposed county as the Bruce J and: Clutha electorates. It was also resolved to forward a copy of the same to the Otago Hospital and! Charitable Aid Board.

There was a smack of the story of •'the cow with the crumpled horn" at Friday's county council meeting, but on this occasion, instead of meeting the

".maiden ill] forlorn." the bovine rmi into the aims of an unpoetical stock inspector, whose opinion of Daisy's health, wa's not of t'he best, so she was duly consigned to the afterworld. A letter was received at the meeting from •las. Robertson, Kaka J'oint, who stated that- some time ago a large red cow with cocked horns strayed from his selection, Kororo Creek, and went back to Toiro, where she originally belonged, and' ivaa seen on the road bv Air If. Townley. As the writer was laid up at the time lie instructed Mr Town'ley to arrange with any settler for her grazing, failing which to take her to the saleyanls and sell her. He found after searching; for her that she had been destroyed by order of the council. As he paid a high price for lier-the council would greatly o'blige by handing over any surplus to him after paving ex- j penses. —The Chairman said that the animal had been destroyed by ordei oi the stock inspector, not the county council. —Councillor Christie said a ratepayer had complained to him about a diseased cow on the road, and after inspection it was taken to the abattoir and' destroyed. Its value was £5. Jt was resolved that the surplus be handed over to Air Robertson after expenses had been paid. Gardening' "get ready."—Wo havo just landed a large assortment of tools suitable for gardening purposes. Quality .is of the best, and prices- are at bedrock. Garden trowels, forks, longhandled trowels and forks, Dutch hoes, 6in, Tin and Sin; long-handled rakes, Ji, U, teeth; handled hoes, swanneek and turnip; hedge shears, 8, 9, 'loin; handy pruuing cutters for fruit trees; also a large variety of other tools needed "for the garden. Garden and ilower seeds are now ready, best quality only. Best lawn grass seed, spray oil for' fruit trees in half-gallon, 1-galloiv, and 4-gallon tins; spray pumps, bucket pump for spraying, scythe blades, all sizes; scythe handles. Special Certainteecli roofing, 1-ply 40s, 2-ply 50s, 3-ply 60s; takes the place of roofing iron, and is much cheaper -and very lasting.— Import Stores.