Local & General.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1801, 11 December 1896, Page 4

Local & General.

Mr L. FL Preston has been elected mayor of Arrowtown. There were only 36 informal votes received throughout the Tuapeka electorate. Our reports of the Dunstan Presbytery ai d Bhcks comt are held over till next week. The official declaration of thep-11 for the Tunpeka electorate took p ace at Lawience yesterday. Mr G. W. Spooner has been apnointtd hou. secretary of the Clyde School. Committee in place of Mr G. Fache, resigned. The Rev. Mr Edwards preaches, at Cromwell (holy communion) on Sunday morning, and at Clyde in the evening. The Clyle School Committee have nominated Mr J. White for the vaoancy on the Education Board. Among the numerous congratulations (s iys an Association telegram) received by the Premier upon the success of th< j Liberal paity are several from Euglaud and the other colonies. We understand, says the ' Tuapeka Times,' that a number of the friends ami suppo ters of Mr 0. C. Rawlins at the lat Contest fo' Tuapeka, are takii.g the necessary steps for presenting that gentleman with a testimonial. The Dunedin ' Evening Star,' in the. course of an editorial on the general (lee turns gays;—' We should have been sorry to see Mr Ward defeated for Awarua, or M Larnsch for Tuapeka, where he has retained the sea*-, it may be noted, by a very narrow majority. 5 - The friends of Mr Robert Stithon, a former re-ident of Clyde, received a tt left ;.m on Wednesday, stating that he ha • nut with a Serious accident, and had his leg broken, besides receiving other injure-, through a fdl of coal while working in tin Kaitarga a coal mine. It is said that last Saturday Mr Scobie Mackenzie'' received 140 congratulatory telegrams from all parts of the colony. A considerable number came from the Mount Ida distiict, and also this dist ict, where there was a of interest manifested in the results of the Dunedin election. \ Mr W. D. Milne has been nominated by the Alexandra school committee is a member for the vacancy on the Education Board. On page 2 of this issue in reporting the recent meeting of the above committee, we state that Mr Mine was • appointed' by the committee. This should read as ' nominated.' The member's tickets, for the Vincent County Horticultural Society are now out and can be had on aoplieaton to th • members of the committee or t<.« the secret . tary (Mr Warburtou). It is intended to issue a supplementary programme in connection with the 'forthcoming show, very shortly. From the official declaration of the results of the local option poll in Clutna it ai pe..» that the solitary license in the is to be allowed to continue, and Cl"tha can i,o longer be ranked as a prohibition electorate- Out of a total of 3,735 electors who vc.ted, 1,630, or less than half, voted for reduction, aud 1969 for prohibition. The C 0. A. and P. Association commit' tee met at Blacks la-t Wednesday. About 15 members of the committee we e present, Mr T, F« Denniston (presid id) in the chair. A good deal of co respondence was de It with, and accounts were passed for payment. At next meeting, we understand, the ques* tion of obtaining a ground of their own wi-1 be brought forward. Mb Geo, Fache left Clyde last Monday forenoon. Prior to his departure, about 60 gentlemen met at the l>unsian Hotel Clyde, and Mr Gilk'son proposed the health of Mr Fache, and posterity in his new sphere. Mr Fache feelingly responds lin a few Vtordb, Three hearty cheers were given by the crowd as the co'ieh moved off. On Saturday evening Mr Pac'ie was presented with a purse containing 60sovs , from his friends in the Dunstan district. Full particulars will be found in another column, A MEETING of the Tuapeka Licensing Committee was held at Roxburgh on Wednesday, 2nd inst. Present— Messrs T. Andrews (chairman), A. Fraser, D. M'lntosb, J. Campbel', J, Hetherington and Thos. Williams. A letter was received from the Tuapeka Jockey Club, re the granting of a conditional license, which was considered, and the committee resolved to adhere to their former resolution as to not granting any conditional licenses. An application was made on behalf of G, W. Spooner, Port Phdlip Hotel, Clyde, for a transfer to Wm. Allan. Mr Burton (on behalf of Mr Gilkison) appeared for the applicant- The usual conditions having been complied with, and the report of the local police officer being favourable, it was decided to grant the transfer. An application on behalf of the late H. H. Heron for the transfer of hia license to Anne Heron, widow of deceased, was made by Mr Maclonald (represented by Mr Burton). There being no objection, the appleition was granted. This concluded the business. Mr D P. Davis, a prominent livery man and merchant of Goshen, Va t> has this to say on the subject of rheumatism; —"I take pleasure in recommending Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, as I know f.om personal experience nati« wili do all that is chimed for it. A year ago this spring my brother was laid up in bed with inflammas tory rheumatism and suffered intensely. The mat application of Chamberlaiu'a Pain Balm eased the pain and the use of one bottle completely cured him. For sai eby B. Naylor, Clyde; and' J. Rivers, Alexandra.

The Clyde School will break up for the Christmas holidays on Friday, 11th inst., and will re-i>pen oil the first Monday in. Fcbiuary, 1897. Anothkr old identi'y has passed away in the person of Mr Wtn. Hall, who was found dead in his house at Clyde on Sunday, 6th iust. The a resident or" this district since the early sixties, was one of the old Victorian miners who came over to the Otago Guld» Sell's rush in 1860. He followed the occurs tion of miner for a few years at Tuapeka and in 1863. was appointed b&ilig ai Lawrence, afterwards filling the same po-ition at Gyle. He was also, wardsman to tlie Dunstan. Hosyital a few yeare ago. Lately he has been resident in Clyde, wheie he followed the occupation of miner. Deceased was a member of the masonic fraternity and on Tuesday,' bis remains were interred with masonic honors, a large number of brethren and the general public attending to pay their last tribute to his memory. The Rev. Mr Edwards conducted the burial set vice, the masonic ceremony being read by B<o. L. D. Mae*