LAWRENCE NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 7

LAWRENCE NOTES.

(F»ov Ocb Own Correspondent.) THE EXHIBITION. At the Tuapeka County Council meeting and at the Lawrence Borough Council meeting, the question of contributing to the Otago Court of the forthcoming Exhibition Vas discussed. The former body decided to give £2OO and the borough £ls. This district is historic as a mining field, and at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in 1889-SO samples of gold, copper, antimony, sheelite. and pipeclay were exhibited, and the pipeclay subsequently gained an award at the Sydney Exhibition. THE WEATHER. The rainfall for April was 2.32 in for 14 days of rain, and for th 9 corresponding month of 1924 it was 1.45 in for 11 days’ rain in the month. On Saturday a phenomenally high reading of the barometer was registered at 30.98 deg. . The residents are wondering if this indicates a long spell of fine and frosty weather. FARAIING NOTES. From a farming standpoint little fault can be found with the weather this autumn. Feed has been plentiful, and in some cases stubble ground could not be ploughed owing to the heavy growth of grass. A leading farmer who has been in the district all his lifetime considers this autumn is the best he has ever known here. SHOOTING SEASON. Duck shooting in this district is restricted to a few sports, and it is stated that the bags so far obtained have been small. The best place for the sportsman with the gun—is the lakes at Waipori, where ducks, swans, and pukaki are in fair quantities, ihe danig belonging to the various mining claims are occasionally exploited, but the game do not frequent these parts in sufficient numbers to encourage the local men to pay much attention to them. To get the best bags our sports have to travel considerable distances, and this keeps many from indulging in the sport. LAWRENCE GOLF CLUB. The golf club’s opening day was held under favourable conditions, and a good muster of golfers of both and a good muster oi golfers of both sexes indulged in the preliminary games. The club is refraining from playing on its own links this season pending alterations, and has, through the generosity of Mr R. Turnbull, Glendhu, formed temporary links on his grounds. TUAPEKA JOCKEY CLUB. At a meeting of the committee of the Tuapeka Jockey Club, the secretary reported that the club would have a small profit over the recent meeting, and this wa3 thought r>uite satisfactory, considering the atrocious weather conditions which prevailed on Easter Saturday. The question of amalgamation with the Beaumont Raring Club was discussed at length, and the unanimous opinion was that amalgamation was not desirable in the interests of the local club, and it was decided to advise the conference accordingly. * THE WAR MEMORIAL. The executive of the Tuapeka District Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Committee decided to hold the unveiling ceremony of the cenotaph on Wednesday, Alay 27. The chief speakers will he tho Hon. J. Anderson (Minister of Mines), and Bishop Richards, of Dunedin. The inscription block has engraved upon it the names of the fallen relatives of the residents of the districts of Lawrence, Waitahuna, Blue Spur, Evan's Flat, Beaumont, Rne’s Junction, Tuapeka West, Waitahuna Wost, and Waipori, totalling 85 names. The memorial is a very imposing piece of architecture, and is very attractive, standing on the most prominent sito in the' Peace Gardens.