LAWRENCE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2286, 23 December 1897, Page 29

LAWRENCE.

December 7.— We kave had 11 wet Saturdays in succession, and. nearly every other day some rain falls, and is generally accompanied by cold winds, which has naturally retarded the growth of the crops, The vegetables are also very backward. Green peas and new potatoes of local growtb will be very short for Christmas. Mining.— The river is. too high- for successful dredging, and will probably leniaiu so for aomc time to come. — The sluicing claims,, now having « bountiful Bupply of water, are in full work,. and in most c ises are meeting with satisfactory result* —The Mammoth Company, represented here bj Mr J. R. GaFoigne, received tenders' for 25 miles of race cutting, but I understand. they Jiave to ba referred to headquarters in Auckland before they can be definitely dealt with.

Nkw Associations bob. the District.— There has been quite a boom in associationforming lately,, the-two 1 latest being. the' Tuapaku Agricultural Society, who hold their flrat- show, on the 1 .Racecourse Recreation ground on thi last day of the year, and tha Retailers' Association formed for the) purpose or abating the subscription list nuisance,, clipping, the wings ot the Dunedin and other outside hawkers and barmen, curtailing tho number o£ holidays, and generally looking after the interests of it* members

T.J.C.— Tuapeka Jockey Club have- issued. theii programme for their fifteenth annual meeting. II comprise!) 15 events for the two days' racing, the amount of. the stakes totalling close on to j£4O(L The club is making further improvements* to tha course and buildings, and are as. usual doing tlieii bfftt.to cater for the lover* of horse-racing.

Social. — The social in connection with our Law--renew Presbyterian Church- w*s held . last week, the. pastor, the Rev. J. A.. Will presiding., Th« ■ attendance was krg*; Addresses were- given by the-ltevs, Andrew Keajr (of ■ Edinburgh}, Somerville (of.Waihola.), J. Dl Jory (of Lawrence), and • Mr John M'Caw. During; the 'evening:th«'.choit , renderad some first-class- music, and a v«ry enjnr- . able'evcning was Bpcnt. ' A '