COLAC BAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2171, 3 October 1895, Page 23

COLAC BAY.

October 1. — V.'ith deep regret I have to r cord a very s.i'i event wh;ch oomricd heiv on tKe Hstb ult. n*m>ly, the m .rriuge mid de-kth of :■. l*ds of 20 si-inmcra. It apposrs that Mis, KHk*b*'.h Kl.iut tt-jis married at 2 o'clock in the af ernoon of the duy named to Mr Alexander lode, a&d died about tlie Siine hour next morning. Qu'tc b gloom lim beea ca-tallovcr tlienti^hbourhcod, an both bride and bridegroom were well known and highly resected, as was show n I y the large cincouree of pcop'o who attei..lo I the fumi-al. The Colac Qu«drille AKsernblv wvro advertieed to wind up th<:ir eeaeon with »n xten»<«d nißut, but owing to the sulden denu c of Mra Clod«, who was on-, of its members, the affair wa3 postponed to pome future oc-a«ion.

Mmmci. — Tho Round Hill Mining Com nr.y are calling for tendiTH forcJeningllni'lesof th irline of water r.icj, which, with the conslructnn, will eiva cmployme.-.t to a number in thU uuriferous loc«H'y. Our n.-ighbouni Uio hillites are not eat i- tied wi'h alluvial g-)M now that thoy hxv>s d'ac.verfid quaitz. \\ h ther the l,\Uei will prove goad or bad, howe\ei - , li>^yct to b; d<'Uioii-t rated. Another claim is bi'Uig wmked by Mcs->ts Jones, Oouc c-, an<l Cj., who have named it the Hi Dorado, a aeie -tion which it ie to be hoped will be fully justified on its btiug properly tried. WHATiiiJtt. — 'Ihe we«ther is all fiat could be desired with the exception of an occwional g»le, which will help to dry our so-called imd« a little. The sawiuills arc busy, as usual, but it in rep.ntwl that tlie New Z",iUnd Pine Compjwy's mil is going to stop f> r repjvira to one of her engine*. This will throw a number < f mi n out of cmpl •ymcit, as there are about 40 or 50 depending o:i it.