BALD HILL FALT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 39

BALD HILL FALT.

August- 30.—Spring is again- with us, aflei on:" of the mildest winters ever experienced here. There have not been any heavy falls of snow, and only very light frosts. The farmers hava already got most of their land ploughed, but the dryness of the soil is against their making , good progress. ■> Sicknesra.—Tho mild winter does not seem to have improve* the health of our population, as there have been a good many cases of ill-health in one form or another. ' Death, has resulted in two cases, the first fo succumb ' being the youngest son of Mr M. Brown,. after a long and lingering illness; and Mr Andrew Mitchell, an old and esteemed resrden. attar • a very short illness. Electoral.—We are reminded of l.tt approach of the general election by a visifrom an authorised agent to see that all those qualified to vote have their n?j;ws on the roll. It is too soon to predict the feeling of electors, but I think it is safe to say that the Government candidate will poll a large majority s* far as this place is concerned. Changes.—Owingixi removals and .deaths th© population here is gradually decreasing, and so far as present appearances indicate->there is not much hope of improvement in thiß»respecfc. A few of the miners^ employed .in the"' sluicing claims during the sumnier are working on the Otago Central 'railway at present, but r .will probably be back to_their..usual. work sb soon 1 as- sluioing is started again. „ . - Mining.—Gold-mining of all kinds is in any* v thing but a prosperous condition. The dredges ' on the Clutha adjacent to this place appear to be mostly failures, the Fourteen-mile Beach dredge being the only one yet to have returned anything to shareholders. The owners- of sluicing claims are now getting their races -ir order for the coming season's work.