LAKE COUNTY.

Otago Witness, Issue 1966, 29 October 1891, Page 19

LAKE COUNTY.

October 24.~'ihe weather baa beeu very conspicuous during the past week, the more so because it u,ade I self cxi rem'ely disagreeable. Tuesday and Wednesday last weru simply execrable, but sjuce then the .weather has bten more settled. Coming as it did just, at tbe beginning f 'the lambing stasou it iutei f e ed to some extent wltb the new arrivals but so far there his been no loss to speak of. Pkesbytbrunism — Last Tueßdav and Wednetday weru re -lettm days for the Presbyterians ia this di'triot, ft* they marked the induction <>f the Eev. Thomas Paulin to tlu" ctiarga of the local flock of that, denomination. Verj pxtentive and elabotate preparations were uiaie to nelebrate the event in ,& fitting manner in Arrowtown as wel> as in Queeiutow.n, at which latter place the ceretnonv itself wa performed by the Key. Mr Whi'e, of Wallacetown, -i»6ißted by the Rev. Mr BUokie. Uufortuuati ly, Jupiter Pluviua was extremely busy upon both day.B, ! making things very r.'iaagreeable ; and not satisfied with sending hail, rain, sleet, and snow in more j than abundant quantities, he also Galled in the aid of old Boreas i o mix up these pleasantries properly, and deliver them wi'h the utmost dispatch and "em- i presaement " However. In spite of the weather, very large crowds gathered at Qu^eustown on Tuesday and Arr»wtown on Wednesday to witness the ceremony. The new paitor ha* every reason to ba "atisfied with the reaeptton he met with, entering vp->n his change in perfect accord with hia p> rishioners. The eeremot.iea having begun at Queesstown, tbey were brought to n olose at Arrowtown by Mr F. W. F Gelsow (eld*r and secretary to the congregation) piesi-nting the Rev. Mr Blacki'e.as the moderator, with a purse of coverelgns in commemoration .of the occaiion. .'CCIDBNT An accident that might eaeily have D3en attended with very terlom consequences happened la»6 Tuesday upon the Crown Terrace road, known a* Tobin'a ttaok. The track, although constructed as a dray road, is an extremely narrow one. an 1 !, being situated upon a hill sidling, whloh in .many places is very Bteep, and in not a few preclpltous, the whole road for a mile in length is an extremely dangerous affair, ac was proved to be the' case Iv the aqoldent referred to. Whiie Mr G. Heller's trap with two ho'rsea, driving tandem oame down the track in question, It met. In rounding a curve, Messrs Stevenson's six horse wsggon o mlng up at a poiat where the road was eoarcely'wide enough for the waggoa alone, and a steep Blope dipping down to the Arrow j I ver. After colliding with the Waggon, trap and horses went tumbling and roll-, ing down tbe hill notll they got stuck in some Bcffc soil, the driver, Sam Rodgers. jumptog out of the fer»p just in time, and with great pre»euce of mind saving himself fr.im being mixed up in the wreck, etcapirg without i. jury The trap was a compete wreck, and the hortta were to entangled in the harness that it had to be cub to pieces to tet them 'ree. When this was done h was found that;, although they had broken no bones, they were frightfully out and brulse,d,,and will be, unfit for work fcr a long time to pome, if, indeed, they recover at all. Th s is the fifth pr sixth s.er.}ous accident that has happened upon this road during tbe past year or two, in one of which thelois amounted to at "least £tSO. In tbe face of these accidents "it is high time (hat the county coqnoil provided a number of turnouts, sn that drayi and other vehicles can pats each other without. tlie risk of injury to Umb and life In the present case Mr Heller bas a good and clear action for damages, to an amount that would cover the coat of the turnouts three or four times." The sooner the county counoil attends to this business the better for all concerned. Lower Fhotovkr Bkidge.— This bridge has a powenul tendency to follow the txamplo of some ,otber £20,000 bridges In these part*- namely get itielf dpeerted by it« »iver, which c»n only be persuaded by the moat (trenuous efforts to continue' runniDg under the bridge, instead of round one end of it A recent and renewed effort of this Mtid has -just proved successful, and bo far all is well, and tha evil day staved off. • Firk.— A very disastrous fire took place last Thursday at Skippers Point, early in the morning, of the origin of whioh there are 'very conflicting accounts. In seems that early on the morning in question the general str.re of Mr J, B irdeau was seen to be oo fire, and although the alirm w»» given at once the fl 111103 sooa gained the mastery over the buildi g. which was of wood, to such au extent that verr littl** of the stock could be taved. and Mr Bordeau lo»t everything in the space of a few ininutFß The loss amounts to a good round sum and it, by repot t, makeup as follow* :— Stole £1000building, £800 ; "furniture, &c. £300 ;— total, £3100 Ag*in«b thi» there i« an Inturanoeof £750. but I oan« not 1- urn ia what t ffioe. Mr Hordeau, who is a lover of musio, had a plan-^, organ, and aome other expensive Instrument, all of whloh, Jt is understood, are ruined, the bouaejbeipg burnt to the ground. Much sympathy Is felt for Mr Bordeau, who is one of the early tiioneers of the district, and who by his push and enterprise bai borne a prominent share in its development. exp°rienolng wore of the rebuffs than the favourß Jot fortune. Nothing definite is known as to the origin or the fire, except that 16 began in the neighbourhood of one of the chimneys in the building. 1 A Pet op Fobtuwb.— The Cardrona "plunger," who has acquired notoriety in two colonies In a few weeks' tlms aji a cost c.f £300, has " re-arrove " afc Cardrona, fch'e first scene of his exploits. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago he sold out of two golden claims at that place, took shlp^for Tasmania, and after exploiting that colony at the cost of nearly all be bad, bat returned for more of the wherewithal

to maintain tbe reputation for prodigality he ha* acquired.