Lumsden

Southland Times, Issue 18019, 15 December 1902, Page 4

Lumsden

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Tho church parade of the local Oddfellows’ Lodge on Sunday last was well attended, and owing to this addition to the congregation, the church was filled to its utmost limit. The Hev. W. C. Wood took for his subject to address them on, “ Who is my neighbour,” and from these words preached a most stirring rind brilliant sermon, making it applicable to the objects and aims of the Order.

His Lordship the ♦Bishop of Dunedin visited Lumsden on Wednesday an,d conducted a short service in All Saints, in which he was assisted by the vicar. The Bishop seems a bit shaken by the trap accident at Queenstown on Sunday last. The bazaar in connection with this church is to be opened on. Thursday

■ next, 18th inst., by Mr-J. O. Thomson, tho newly-elected M.H.jR. for' Wallace. Shearing is now going’ on steadily, the weather having become seasonable, and the crops are now moving ahead rapidly.

There is a little item In connection with the despatching of telegrams from this station which' wants attention, and that is to give the senders n little more privacy. At tho present time tho desk for this purpose is situated, without any shield whatever, in the passage leading to tho post office boxes and window. Any one who is curious enough could look over- a person’s shoulder who may be writing a message. During the election excitement a candidate wrote a message for his Queenstown friends—ho was on bis way to that place—and in five minutos after tho nature of tho message went -the length of the platform, and in less than an hour pretty well through the township. This is not aS it ought to be, especially as a few boards and a carpenter could do all that is required inside a day. I understand our school breaks up for the Christmas holidays on Friday next, when the ustial distribution of certificates of merit will be made. ' Efforts arc to be made to induce the Department to run u separate wire for telephone purposes from Lumsden to Invercargill. The - delays which occur at the Bureau are frequently most vexatious ; it is nothing unusual to have to wait from twenty to thirty’ minutes. This of course also applies to the subscribers who hqvo tin instrument in their places of business, and such a source of nnndyance has it become that steps are to bo taken to get the mattei put right, with what result we shall see Jater on.

Our local cricketers played the third match with a Dipion team on Wednesday, tho lOtli inst. 'l'he wins were one for each club, and this was to decide who was to carry oil tho honours, 'the home team was weak owing to some of their best players being engaged in the shearing sheds, and on the other, hand the visitors had a strong team. Ihe match resulted in a win for Dipton by seven runs and three wickets. I aln pleased to say the most friendly’ feeling exists between these two clubs.

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