LAWRENCE NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19939, 5 November 1926, Page 2

LAWRENCE NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) LAWRENCE, November 3. The weather during October was very variable, periods of ■. unshine alternating with sudden changes in temperature during the first portion of the month. Heavy rain showers fell during the latter portion, and at present the ground is very wet and unworkable. Rain fell on 16 days during the month, the heaviest fall, 95in, being on October 27, rnd the total rainfall registered was 2.89 in. For the corresponding month of last year 2.78 in fell for eight days. LAMBING. Reports of the lambing season from various parts of the district are very satisfactory. In the majority of cases 100 per cent, and over has been realised At the beginning of last month a snowstorm was experienced, and the mortality among lambs, especially hill »heep. was heavy, but fortunately the general lambing had not taken place. Feed is plentiful, but it wants more sunshine and warmth to put substance into OPENING OF DENTAL CLINIC. The opening of the dental clinic, which has been established in connection with the Lawrence District High School took place on Wednesday last Mr Smyth, chairman of the School Committtee, who presided, outlined tile advantages accruing to scholars during the last 25 years, and said they all appreciated the action of the authorities in establishing dental clinics in connection with their educational system. The Mayor (Mr Simpson) declared the dental clinic open, and expressed his appreciation of the generous manner in which the resident, or Lawrence had responded to make the. clime an established fact. The dental, c mici has been established in the. Technical School adjacent to the school building. MANUKA GORGE ROAD. The work of re-erecting the bridges and widening the highway through the Manuka Gorge was completed on Saturday last. It was in 192" when these bridges were washed away, and this road was completely blocked for traffic. After considerable delay and negotiations the work was put in hand by the Automobile Association, and the adjacent borough and counties contributed their quota to its rebuilding. The work has taken over two years to complete, and is much appie elated by those using the highway, as during its reconstruction it created much inconvenience to vehicular and mo or traffic A tally on this portion ot the road on Labour Day demonstrated the increasing traffic from these parts to Dunedin, over 200 cars being counted. LAWRENCE BOROUGH COUNCIL. The fortnightly meeting of the LAwrence Borough Council was held m the Council Chambers on Monday night. Mi Simpson (Mayor) was in the chair. A letter was received from the secretary of the Municipal Association advisiuf that the annual conference would be held in Palmerston North in February, 1997 and that remits should reach him before December 9.—lt was decided to forward a remit recommending that the Government make provision to have the main roads through country boroughs declared main highways, and also a remit objecting to the recognised method of assessing payments to the borough based on the work done by the county councils adjacent to boundaries of the borough. D. Stewart wrote applying for permission to install a second bowser'. —Granted. D M'Neilly, borough ranger, reported on the number of straying cattle on the streets, and said that the owners would be prosecuted. The Town Clerk, Dunedin, wrote enclosing a statement of heavy traffic licenses for the year ended March 31, 1926, and enclosing a voucher for 10s Id as' the proportion due to the Lawrence borough. <T. B. Thompson wrote asking the council to take over the saleyards under certain conditions, which were outlined. — The matter was referred to a special com- ™ The ’ Chairman of the Works Committee reported 011 work executed during the last month. He considered that the council could not cope with the upkeep of the main roads under the present conditions, and suggested that they should not be repaired in order to impress, the Main Highways Board with the desirability ot giving more equitable treatment. The Waterworks Committee reported on the revision of charges for the special water supply. Some alterations were recommended and affirmed by the council. The Cemetery Committee reported that t„ere was an urgent necessity for the laying out of an additional burial ground. —The members of the council decided to inspect the ground.