KELSO.

Otago Witness, Issue 1602, 5 August 1882, Page 13

KELSO.

(FROM OUR OWK CORRESPONDENT.) August Ist.

Since my last we have had some exceptionally fine weather The roads were drying up wonderfully, the our «treets-a miifhty river. The-e floo « are a«sinning a >ertoi» aspect, and cry aloud fo ™sdia , c Aution On Sunday it was with boats n y that some of the inhabitants could go to or from their Am .llii^s, with the alternative of wading to the waist in water. Om Wedne-day ovenlnir the Rev Mr M array gave his first public lecture ia Ketao. Tho <m>.ject wa, •' Mind your P.* and CJ.'V and the nbjooi to . rs i c money for defraying the expon««w co-inectud w'tn the Sunday services of the Wesleyan Onuruh neio ll ie lojture id an excollo.it one, fttiii the result was high j nafcißf-c'ory, tho amount required beiii*' cjnsuler*bly W A*Lui 'oy Mr J. A. Moonoy, held on SatnrcUr, w*. largoly attended, notwithstanding tho weatlwi, and good prices were realised for horses, cattle, and farm ing implements. , . , T . . fho Presbyterian manse is nearly completed it i» well situxtod on a conspicuous and convenient site north of the town boundary, and a number of forcsttrces have beon al-ewly planted in the srouml A large number of young trees have heen brought here thi» sea.on, chiefly from Invercarglil. Those m.a few yiar* wili greyly enhance the value of many properties, and add to their beauty and comfort considerably.