ROXBURGH NOTES.

Lake County Press, Issue 981, 26 September 1901, Page 4

ROXBURGH NOTES.

I (LAKE COUNTY PRESS COHRESPOXDEN I’.} General Notes. The weather lias been very unI settled during the past fortnight. S verd showers hive fallen. Snow I fell on the tops on M unlay. The limit crop will not ba paction- | lar'iv heavy this season, hut, neveithuj less, tlie orchards ati Coal Creek mu look it,g Well. Socials to our re fumed soldi-us i,... . t. ~,t r edo ' V' Coal Creek | ‘I f * .J v !. 1 , j 1 rooper Cuun was presented witn a I gold chain. Corporal Wcscult, ol -Moa

Elat, was also given a gold mounted whip. Both troopers went to South Africa “on their own’ and joined tin* forces over there. The building trade here is v. rv brisk, several new houses bring erected, (Mrs Heron’s new hotel is neaiing completion, and will bn sec md to none on the goldfields when finished. Mining, The dredges around hereare gradually increasing. The Endeavour made a start last week but stopped owing to a broken clutch in the winch. The Jubilee pontoons are still waiting for the machinery to arrive, none of which is as yet on the ground. jfe latest one to start is tiie Gold Deposit. The official opening took place on Wednesday the 18th, when fully 100 people wore present, the fair sex being largely represented. Everything went well, the machinery running like clock - work Several .speeches were given, and refreshments were handed round by the ladies. Shifts were started on Monday, and I predict a successful career for the company and its able dredgemaster Mr Guyton.