LUMSDEN NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 20670, 17 December 1928, Page 13

LUMSDEN NOTES

MEETING OF TOWN BOARD. (From Our Correspondent.) A meeting of the Lumsden Town Board was held on Tuesday, when the chairman, Mr F. Keith, presided. A. circular letter was received from the Public Works Department asking for information regarding heavy traffic in the board area.—The clerk was instructed to supply the necessary particulars. The secretary, Lumsden Caledonian Society, applied for permission to use the recreation ground for the annual sports on January 12 and to make a charge for admission to the grounds.—Granted, subject to the usual conditions. The monthly report was received from the Health Department with correspondence concerning the appointment of a health officer for the town district.—lt was decided to recommend Mr F. de Roo for the position. The district telegraph engineer wrote requesting exemption from the towing regulations for heavy traffic.—Granted. Mr James Richards was appointed to the position of caretaker of the Lumsden Cemetery and to attend to the graves, etc. An application was received for improvements to be carried out to Forest street.'— To be attended to when other streets are undergoing repairs in the New Year. General Notes. The weather during the week has been unfavourable for shearing, rain being experienced on every day since Monday.'* The wet weather has been accompanied by cold easterly winds. On Wednesday afternoon at about 5.30 p.m., Mr R. Seddon, a farmer in the vicinity of Lumsden, discovered a bundle of twelve balloons in one of his paddocks. On examining lhe find he discovered the name of

Messrs H. and J. Smith on the balloons, and it is presumed they were some of those which were liberated in Invercargill earlier in the afternoon by that firm. It is surmised that the balloons were brought down in a heavy shower of rain and became entangled in the grass after having travelled a distance of about 60 miles. A commencement has been made with the erection of the new hall. The building is being built to the plans of Mr Holmes of Nightcaps and will be used for picture entertainments and for general functions. When it is completed the hall will fill a long felt want, and’ its prominent position will also improve the appearance of the township.