Blackball Notes.

Grey River Argus, 4 October 1904, Page 4

Blackball Notes.

(Oar Correspondent.) RAILWAY DEPUTATION. As a result of the deputation to the Premier re the poshing on the railway work here, I understood that 12 married mea are to be employed. A whole 12 men, ye gods, I can almosb fancy I bear the scream of a locomotive. When the first pile was being driven and Mr Seddon was being banquetted and presented with a " gold monkey," he made most fulsome promises.- The railway was to be over in 3 yearvhe would see to that. Now it looks as if another three years will hardly complete the work. To quote AbJmhu} Lincoln, " The Government p| $>§ people, by the people, for the people shall not die out from this earth.' This is the creed of the present political party that calls Mr Seddon leader. But if such wild promises are much indulged in and such puny rediculous ctl^rts are made to redeem them then this much vaunted Government will simply undercut itself. The same' thing is happening, all over new Zea« Und Twelve men are to start work at Staircase Gully, so we may expect coma munication by rail with the Cathedral City in a veiy short time. ACCIDENT. The other day «ome excitement) was emend by the upsetting of a gig. Mr TomThom«B, Miss Corsan, Miss Anderand Mr Tom Phelan were having a spin, in the " newly imported dog-cart" when the horse abred and fell. Thegitf tur<if<i n its side and shot the pas* QHnaern into savoury main drain. Miss C-.rsan escaped with a align wetting ,nd Mr Tom Thomas, got off very nearly scot free. Mr Tom Phelan, was lucky enough to fall on a "soft place and so was not hurt, Miss An-lerson was unlucky enough to get severely bruised and whs in rather a bad way for awhile. lam happy to be able to say that Miss Anderson is now all .right and about again. v '__ • COHVALBSCBNT. : .' Mr Robert McDonald is getting abouo and in a short time will be at work again. His in jurie^were not so severe as first thought OBIOKKT. Cricket is in full swing here. A list v/as taken around yesterday and the club wm benefited to the extent of two

or three pounds. Material will now r be bought and the sport started in t earnest. I understood that the cricket* I era are going to hold a ball to open the i ■« Hson. It is a pi<y that there is no \ ;< icket union on the Coast that) would \ make fixtures and promote the inter- 1 est of the game. t _ i