The Dunstan Times "Fiat justitia ruat coelum." MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2961, 31 March 1919, Page 2

The Dunstan Times "Fiat justitia ruat coelum." MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Attention is directed to the Advt. of Messrs Brown Ewing and Co., the well known Dunedin Drapers, The Court sits at Cromwell on Wednesday and at Alexandra on Thursday, The annual meeting ol householders (or the election of School Committees is ;.el down for Monday, April 14th at 7 30 o’clock p.m. The annual meeting of the Clyde Football Club is called for Saturday night. In view of the visit ot the Alhambta Club on Easter Saturday a full attendance is requested. Mr F. J. Bloy, Victoria Store, Clyde intimates that |he will resume the stocking ot small goods as from Saturday next. A special meeting ul the Dunstati Hospital Committee, last week, v made arrangements lor the erection ol thtcc shelter sheds for the accommodation of sufferers from lung trouble. The estimated cost is in the neighbourhood of ,6'eoo. The Vincent Counry Council gives notice that legal action will be taken against all responsible persons lor allowing watet to How* on to and across toads within the count). When visiting Te Ruili in connection with Supreme Court matters, Senior Sergt Eccles, who was recently transfer!ed to Invercargill, was met by a large and representative gathering ot Te Kuiti citizens, and presented by the Mayor with a handsome wallet contain tug a roll of notes, as an appreciation of valuable services rendered b) himself and Mrs Eccics during the influenza epidemic.

Mi R. Klnnatrd. of Karnsc’cugh.a successful growei and a iccoguised authority on Tomato culUne, n< to deliver a lecture on this subject under the auspices ot the hiuilgrowers Association, in the Town Hall Alexand ra, on Thursday, April 3rd An amusing incident occurred at the official occupation of Stratsburg, when a little eight-year old boy, who had been yelling himself hoarse with "Vive la France!” turned to the group of generals and timidly asked: Can 1 now yell what my father taught me, “To hell with Prussia! ?” annu the freft ef tb» wmy W*

The collector for the Dunstan Hospital visitsi the Ida Valley and Poolburn districts this week. A general meeting of the Womens Patriotic Association is to be held in the Vicarage at Clyde, at 3 pan on Thursday. A meeting of the newly elected ladies committee (in connection with the Garden Fete at Earnsoleugh on Easter Monday) will be held at 3 p m to morrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Attention is directed to the add. of Messrs Orr and Burrows, painters, paperhangers, etc, Cromwell. Miss Stephens (daughter of the Vicar) has received advice that she has passed the first section of the B. A. examination. More than £1 went on to Lord Nelson 'at the Forbury trots from persons who were looking lor signs and omens, and found that this patriotic horse is owned by Haig and Beattie—•Old Identity ” in the ‘Star.’

The Clyde Quadrille Assembly announce tliat a clancc will be held in the Tov.n Hall every Saturday night Last year the Assembly very generously voted ,£ls to the Red Cross, and this season the proceeds will be lor the Relumed Soldiers Memorial.

A meeting of the recently appointed Repatriation Committee for Vincent County was held at Clyde on Wednesday last. There wore present Messrs S. T Spain. C Weaver. J, Sheppard, K. K. Smith, Jas. Ritchie and A. Ashworth. Mr Spain was appointed Chairman and Mr R Ray Secretary.

At labt week’s meeting of the Vincent County Council a communication was read from the Public Works Dept in reference to floods in the hj raser River. The estimated cost to construct a channel to carry oil the Red Bank water and »o. erect a protective bank at the river was £ioo, half ol which the Dept' offered to find Mr D. Smart waited on the Council on bchalt of the fruitgrowers, and asked that assistance be given He pointed out that the settlers could not see their way to assist financially and expressed the opinion that the Lands Department should carry out tlie work. While expressing sympathy with the settlers the Council failed to see why it should have anything to do with the work but decided to ask the Department to become responsible for the whole of the work.