LAWRENCE NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20703, 29 April 1929, Page 14

LAWRENCE NOTES.

(Faou Oua Own Correspondent.) ] LAWRENCE/ April 28. THE WEATHER" The weather, is:, still ideal, cloudless skies.and .warm days being, accompanied by slight frosts' in the mornings. If : the weather maintains fine till the end of the month it will be the lowest rainfall for over six years: Up to date only .21 inches have been registered on three days;' ■ ■ , - INCREASE OF HARES. Hares have increased. in the district during the last, season.. .Quite,'recently some local sportsmen, secured.a bag of three adjacent to the town. This-class °4 S amc has been scarce here for a: long time; and there appears no reason ■ for their sudden reappearance. A . BUSINESS , PROSPECTS. , : During the iast 12 months no' fewer than five business firms have changed hands,, the’ new owners, hr the majority of cases having come from outside of the district. Also two new. businesses have been opened.during the same time. This seems to indicate that business, here, if not, extensive, is on a solid basis. , PRESENTATION. .' » . On Saturday night, in. the Council Chambers, the postmaster, Sir ■C. B. M'Natty, was presented with a travelling rug by the business men of the town as a token of esteem, prior to his departure to Cromwell on , promotion. The Maj'or (Mr Simpson) made the presentation, and Mr M'Natty suitably, replied. .MAGISTRATE’S COURT. At the-Magistrate’s Court last week before Mr H.:J; Dixon, S.M., Hugh M'Lachlan, who was charged' with’ a breach of the motor regulations and .with driving a car-without being the holder of a motor driver’s license, was .filled 20s (and costs_ George Clark Steel, charged with driving a motor car over the Waitahuna railway crossing at a greater speed than 10 miles per hour, was fined £3 and costs (21s), • . plunket. society. . The annual meeting of the Lawrence branch of the Plunket Society was held in the Council Chambers, the Mayor (Mr Simpson) presiding. The receipts for the year amounted to £l2B 16s 7d and expenses £79 9s. Mrs Stace (president) reported that the year had been a prospeious one for the society..-. The proceeds of, the garden fair amounted to £33 15s Bd. The following officials were elected:— President, Mrs Stace; vice-president, Mrs,.Frisk; secretary and treasurer, Mrs Cowie; Coll ™ittee—!Mesdames Sirrinson. MKinlay, M'Callum, Bowie, Movie Duthie, Walker, arid, Stokesi / LICENSING MATTERS. As. an outcoriic of -the borough being now included in the Central Otago electorate, three ox-hotelkeepers will applv for publican’s licenses at the next meeting of the Licensing Committee.