CLYDE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2363, 8 June 1899, Page 29

CLYDE.

June 5. — A bazaar, the proceeds of which go to augment the funds already in hand for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church at

Clyde, came off on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last, and was a huge success, the amount realised by the sale of goods being somewhere nearly £80. Cheap Advertising. — There is but little wisdom of the old saw which would make believe that " competition is the life of trade." Here we have four newspapers printed, published, and circulated within the Vincent County, and all four have agreed to share the Vincent County Council's advertising at the reasonable figure of Is 6d per inch. I can't quite see how this particular bit of competition will ensure anything more than a mere existence in trade, though po&sibiy the proprietors of the respec- , tive organs may view the whole matter from a different standpoint, as it concerns them moie nearly than it does myself. Canv.x*escent.— l was pleased at learning that Mr Nees, who has been confined to bed for some cvonsicleiffMr time with an attack of typhoid fever, is now quite on the way to speedy recovery. The young man's recovery has been somewhat slow, certainly; but it is gratifying to know thai it will be complete, and that he will be ensured a thorough restoration to health in the course of a few days. Commissary.— Mr Jack " Keddell has established himself in comfortable offices at Clyde, where he carries on the multifarious duties of a commission agent and sharebroker. Agency. — Mr A. E. Gye, local r.gent for the Humber cycles and the Anglo-New Zealnnd Cycle Company, favours me with copies of the latest catalogues, descriptive of the machines • and cycling gear manufactured by those respective firms. Mr Gye is aho agent for the famous Victory sewing machine. Exhibit of Chry3a7ithemums. —Mr J. iS. Dickie, of Clyde, is one of our few enthusiasts in the growing of ' the chrysanthemum ; pnd it is pleas1 ing to learn that his efforts in cultivating only the choicest blooms have been attended with such remarkable, success throughout. At the recent show hold at Queenstowu an exhibit of Madame Carnofc blooms, grown by Mr Dickie, "-was greatly admired, and the secretary of the Queenstown Society acknowledges the fact most generously in a letter to Mr Dickie, wherein he states, inter alia : " The booms you sent were in good condition, and the pretty white ones weie much admired. They have been exhibited in ono of our local shop windows ever since. Wo will send you cut flowers for your nest show, and trust a good feeling may always exist between the two societies. (Signed) John Mehaffy, hon. secretary Queenstown Horticultural Society. ' Regarding the promise to send cut flowers to our next show, I am sure the local society will , feel grateful for any such exhibit, and will very I probably reciprocate on some future occasion. | Resignation. — T very much regiot to le?.vn i that the Rev. Mr Lothian has sent bis resignation to the Dunsta!i Presbytery on account of his physical inability to cairy on the spiritual work of the extensive charge which he ha? so capably administered for many years past. Personally, I am of opinion that the Rev. Mr Lothian's charge is much too extensive to be woiked effectually by any one minister, be he ever co persevering and" physically roI bust. I cannot see that Mr Lothian could be | reasonably expected to carry on the wcrk of ) the charge to all time; and in fairness to him I I think it was the duty of the presbytery to j have seen that an assistant waa appointed bej fore now to relieve him somewhat of the great I work which he has carried on so ■well and | faithfully during the mimber of years in which | he Tirs identified himself with the material and i spiritual well-being of the D-unbtan distriot. • The regret at Mr Lothian's intended resignation is not exclusively confined to members ['of his own church, but rather is it expressed j by members of all the churches, who, however 1 they might differ with him on points of doc1 trine, were ever ready to concede him his unj questionable right to the good old title of man j and gentleman.