LUMSDEN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2667, 26 April 1905, Page 32

LUMSDEN.

Apri 17.— Without exception we are passing I through one of the finest harvest seasons m ths memory of oui oldest residents Harvesting is now completed, and thrashing is well forward, and, as previously predicted, gram yields are quite up to expectations Meeting.— Mr J. J. Meikle addressed an open-air meeting one night last week to a fairly good audience. The speech, if it may ba so called, was nothing but a droll harangue ?r 7f :n ° mous feeling from beginning to end. If Mr Meikle expects reparation for his alleged unjust treatment received at the hands of the law, the means that he is adopting are, to my mind, not calculated to attain thai end, and he certainly has received little, if any, sym- ! pathy in this quarter of the globe. i , L.M.I. Society. — The annual meeting of the above society was held in the Masonic Hall on April 4, when a large number of membeis were present.- Dr Todd was voted to the chair. The secretary, Miss Thomson, read the 1 annual report and balance sheet, which showed a credit balance of 6s 6d. Officers were appointed for the ensuing season as follows • President, Mr H. J. Riddell ; vice-presidents-Mrs M'Fetridgc, the Rev. G. Lymburn, Dr Todd, and Messrs T. Reed and D. Fraser,, commi-ttee— Mrs Stancombe, Miss Small, Messrs T. Campbell, E. M'Donald, A. Small, R. Veint, and W. Munro ; treasurer, Mr A. Small; secretary, Miss J. H. Thomson. Meetings will be -held each alternate Tuesday (be- I ginning on the 18th) at 8 p.m., and an attrac- j tive syllabus is being arranged for the session, j which is to end about October next. Many j pleasant and edifying evening entertainments are looked forward to during the coming winter. Political. — Mt "W. Fraser, M.H.R., our popti- | lar member, addressed a well-filled house m | the public hall on Saturday evening last, a j large number of ladies being present. Mr I Fraser dwelt principally on the Land Comi mission and its vagaries, also the hashed-up I licensing laws as they at present stand. On the question of the settlement of the land the speaker upheld the freehold, a view with which all of us agree, as landlordism in any form is obnoxious to those of us who have seen so much of the evils attendant on it in the Homeland. At the conclusion of the address several questions were askad and satisfactorily answered. A vote of thanks for hi=i j address and continued confidence in Mr FraPer was submitted by the chairman, Mr j J. F. Johnson, J.P., and carried with accla- ' rnation. Mr Fraser., in his opening remarks,

gave an emphatic denial to lumours circulated that ho would not re-election at the general election in November next, and further snd there was no truth in th 3 statement that he was about to be called to the Upper Hoivse. The idea in itself was absurd, and had never entered his mind. Mr Fraser said that, given health and strength, he would certainly contest the "Wakatipu seat again, and that his opponent? (if any) on polling day would fully find that out. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. Correction. — -Tn your view of the drags and passengers at the starting point for the Burwood sale, Winton is mentioned as the place of starting, whereas it should have been Lunisden. This might confuse many of your readers who may not be conversant "with the circumstance of the case. — [The error arose from the photographer, Mr Cameron, hailing from Winton. — Ed.]