VISIT TO BALCLUTHA.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14980, 29 May 1914, Page 6

VISIT TO BALCLUTHA.

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KALCLUTHA, May 38. -H

The. Prirao Minister continued ujj ' tour of Otago and Southland to-day. . arriving at Baicluthu this aftcrnoco ' from luvercnrgill. Ho opened th© j w Carnegie Library which has been' erected as a result of a £1000 doni.' tion from the Carnegie library trust. V .After receiving numerous deputation "'* from local bodies and set tiers, iff Ma-sscy was entertained at dinner t» t!>e ilay<:r and Councillors, and al .3 he addressed n densely crcnrdesl ■ mcetins in the theatre. Tlio building ay.is pae'eed to UlO dours, nud \\. a ■■ c5-tiniat<?d that over 100Q persons Trer^ '* V-rc-ont. A number of settlers came in ■ - from a distance of many miles from the j Mirroundinj: districts. The Mayor jf . I Bnlchitha (.Mr Uoyd) presided.

Tlio meeting was most enthusiastic and Us succas* was, if anything, con » more pronounced than that of tho previous evening at Invorcargill Mr Mai-srv delivered another visorou* ' " and forceful address, and at itiTcoß.-;" cWisiou a vote of thanks and confident in tho Government was carried practic. ally unanimously, amidst gicet cWr- "' jncr. ■ •. ; Tho Prime* Mhu'l-er was aftenranfe 'j ■ ci.tpriainccl at .1 conversazione by '■ ; resident* Ho proceeds to-morroW to -I Dnncdin. where ho will deliver a public "i address in the Garrkoa Hall in tie ,/; eveninj*- ; '