MOUNT SOMERS NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1703, 4 November 1887, Page 3

MOUNT SOMERS NOTES.

■ ■■♦■ Tuesday was the opening day of the Mount Somera Tramway, Two trucks, freighted with coal were Bent down from the ooal pit to the local railway station The event was made the occasion for a litfcfo festivity, to which the owner of the ooal pit had invited the Mount Somers publio, who freely availed themselves of his invitation. Owing to a little stiffness of the gear, the traoks arrived too late at the station, to permit a propor inapeotlon |of their content!. I had, however, m opportunity of judging their quality, and can only say, that, if the coal improves m the same ratio, it haß done of late, the optput will Boon reach a degree of excellence, high enough to entile it to the name " Not to be beaten ?" Expectation waa for some time on tiptoe, to see bow an assault, oommlttaed a week or two ago, by a woman upon a lady resident here, would be settled, It seemed at first that a serious law case woald be the outcome. The offending party had the alternative of an ample apology and the payment of lawyer's preliminary fees offered, She wisely accepted the alternative, tendered the apology demanded, and paid the sollciton guioea, choosing the propaa way of getting out of a troublesome eorape, that a little restraint of temper might easily have avoided altogether.