KAITANGATA.
Mir 30.— Winter has fairly set in ; and the lurrounding hills are capped with snow, but it Is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the Kaitangata Coal Company nave, owing to increased demand, found It imperative to employ a second shift of men. The management, however, is seriously interfered with in complying with orders owing to the iniuflicienl supply of railway trucks. Death. -Or. Thursday last the news of the sudden druth of Mr W. T. Smith caused a deep feeling a regret. In tha death ot Mr Smith (.his dfs'Tict has been robbed of one of its ornaments, and one who leaves behind him «,n unblemished record. He occupied many positions, not so much In recent year? as in the old provincial days. While expressing sympathy \vlth the bereaved family, the early residents ol KuitftL-gata cannot but feel thdt the town has sustained «. loss which will not be easily retrieved
Vice-regal Visit.— We ar<s to be honoured by a visit from the vica-regal party on Monday next. Embarrassment in fuoeu has reduced the number of the reception paity lo 16, including ihe Governor aud suite.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 26
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189KAITANGATA. Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 26
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