NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 711, 14 January 1919, Page 1

NIGHTCAPS NOTES.

w From Our Own Cji. wpij'n<l..-m The Chri. tin- _ aui New Yi.at* ho.i days ara a thing ol the pis'. Th. former v.- ere accompanied by ida.ti weather, but the weather for tho latter 1 Wiis indifferent, t _!ac i3ay is ag-tiu a favourite it-sort for family -parties from here, biu >.<» f.r the weather has no. been .out! uoi vu (o st-aside enj .y- --. ment. The Wynuhaui Races and aho Imet'cai'giSJ Races "ilr.w th*. usual number of sportsmen from ih. !di.s_icf, . more thau one striking a .substantial dividend.' Our looilly owned trotter "«■ Gia; iclia " changed • hands after the InvercargiU race., , Mr. James li-: mil ton, Wintoa, being the purchaser. The i-.ue owners iiave another animal of pr_uni c whioh msiy figure iv the li__.ii of wiuuen before long. At last ineeli-g of the Town iinar.l, Mr \{. J. Irwin was i-ppM..^. » to act as chairman during the _o.tiai.uder ol the enforced absence, through ii.n ...5.., of the (hsinnan. Tht re is a freiii oase of i^f.iunz:. reported, A youag man f.*om tue couutry, who .c parents r< side m tbe township, came m from the country suffering Irom what appears to bo v second ftttaek of the '• flu." De. Stewart was called m and give orders to have the patient kept .:p*rt from other members of the h uphold iv case of a fr.sh -outbreak „i che epl demic. Wo have a distinguished .i itor on holiday, here, Fro£.s3or if. I>unlop, D. D. of [he utagj University, and on Sin thy eyed g, the Preset ri&n C-iurch congregation ha hl_9p*iviieg of listening to L _. Duulcp, a privilege which those who shared it will not be Jikely to forget. The tex. "1 am the Light of the World," seemed to take on a new meaning as the sermon progressed. The -t.xt.isjono tint is commonly preached on from the pulpits hut th. avenues' of thought, opened up to the intelligent mind during ihe discourse' on Sunday, does not always accompany the preaching from the well known ths'me of " The Light of the World."