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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 54, 22 July 1875, Page 5

Mr George Webster, M.H.R. for Wallace, died at Invercargill on Thursday last. Inflammation of "the brain was the flause of the deesac© of this much respected gentleman. 1 The Clntha Dramatic Otab will give ft grand amateur entertainment in Ban's Hall on Monday, evening first. There will then be introduced the new comic drama, Should this Meet the Eye," to be followed by a musical interlude, and the entertainment will close with the farce "Betsy Baker." We have no doubt 4hat as heretofore ihe performance of the OluVi will of itself be rfuflßcient to attract a tsr^wded house ? but on thw occasion the prooeeds Are to barren in aid of the. fund* of the Mhen»um— «n object * we' are sure !aU wfli most cordially support.' , We hope therefore to iiee a full attendance on Monday evening!

Ik The riwColony of Kji is attracting the atfeen ' 4adjd of > capitalists of Ceylon, England, and Mauritius. ... . ; ';,:''":' ; .. '■ '•'■■' r'r- ''- Several n>w members 'were initiated into the order of Good Templars at the .meeting of the . local lodge on Friday evening. ' To-morrow night the officers for the ensuing quarter will be nominated. " /. ' '■;- ■ • •■■."■. . •■;■; The. river steamier, Balolutha* got stuck in the mud at th« bend behind' the township of Balclutha on Friday last. She , was got off on Satur- . day evening, and no damage resulted. ' : ' "We -observe the timber is now on the ground for the erection of a new English Church at Clinton. v " . ;A. telegram from Wellington^ dated Monday, says; that there io an immense flood in the Hutt river. The water ia over the road' and the country for miles, and is still rising Fast. The. people are all preparing for it. . Mr Richard Roko, merchant, Riverton, died j suddenly on "Thursday last in Invercargill; He'i went to have a lay down for a little in a hotel; ] and suddenly expired. An inquest was held;: when' the verdict was one of death from natural causes. . ._. • '•■"'] For the Hillend sub-division of the Balmoral ; Road Board, Mr Matthew Marshall and Mr John ' M. Begg were duly- elected in the place of .Mr Ralph Moir and Mr W. S. Pillans, who retired by. rotation. There was only three candidates, Mr". Thomas Paterson being the third, and who retired in favor of Mr Begg. • ,- ; . . •The Matau annual ploughing match, which . will be held on Mr SmailTa farm to-morrow, is, expected to be the largest ever held in the district. After the match the dinner will takaplace in Mr Dalgetty's hotel, Eaitangata. -■ ■ ■ At the ordinary meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday evening, there were present his "Worship thb Mayor (presiding) and Councillors Dunne, Mason, and Kilgour. The -minutes of previous meeting . were read and confirmed. Presiding officers at the several booths were ajv pointed For the Mayoral election. . There wao ho other business before the meeting. In reply to a question at his meeting at Port Chalmers on Thursday evening, Mr Macandrew expressed his conviction that Mr Vogel's new . loan had all been expended. Mr Macandrew is the oldest member in .the House of Representatives, except one. He was a niember of the House in 1854— twenty-one years ago, and according to his own calculation he has spent between two and a-Half and three years in attending to his legislative duties at Wellington* It is quite a common thing for the proprietors of home newspapers to hire special trains to con- ' vey their papers from one city to another early on the morning of publication. Hitherto no such speedy conveyance has been available in tbis colony, but ou Thursday, night last a special train was engaged by the Dunedin morning papers to -convey the report of Mr Macandrew's speech to Dunedin,' ao that it might be published in Friday's issue. Last Provincial Gazette contains regulations for the management of pasturage within the Heriot Hundred. In the same issue there is also a notification that on the Ist September about 8200 acre 3 of land in the Grookston and Greenville diBtricts.t)f the same Hundred will be offered for sale by public auction. - * News reached towa on -Saturday last that Mr* Stephenson, wife of Mr Stephenson, manager of Mr Petrie's saw-mill, South _ Molyneux, had attempted to commit suicide T»y cutting her. throat. Dr Smith was sent for, and on arrival found that although a severe wound had been inflicted it was not oF a fafcal nature, and We believe- the patient is now doing well. Many rumors are afloat as to the cause of her mind having been so upset as to cause her to make the attempt she did. These however, we forbear to mention, and trust those with whom the blame rests will see the propriety of . amending their conduct for the future. . . An amateur concert and readings was held in the schoolhouse, Kaitangaia, on Tuesday evening in aid of the school funds, and was very largely - attended; in fact the building was so crammed that numbers could not gain admittance, and consequently had to remain outside or in the lobby. The whole of the arrangements reflect great credit upon the managing committee, and also upon the public for the very hearty manner in which they responded "to the efforts of a few gentlemen to provide . what turned out to be a very successful and enlivening evening's entertainment. The readings and sonap were well rendered and well selected, and the large audience on leaving for their Koines were unanimous, in their expressions of the great satisfaction they had received. At the conclusion Mr Steven, the schoolmaster, who appears to be a great favorite in the district, kindly allowed the seats to be cleared for a dance, and several of the young people, for the space of two hours, availed themselves of the kind services of Messrs -Kelly, Cook, and Clemenrs, whose names are. so well known both as talented mnsicians and ready. volunteers in a good cause. The dance, as well as the whole entertainment, passed off to the satisfaction of -* The Mayor of Milton is a very useful man, and pushes a-head improvements with ha3te, but he has a bad fault — he can't be kept between the traces. He is continually pottering about the streets and district roads, and when he sees a job which he thinks requires to be done, he gives the order at once. To wait for a meeting. to : consult the Council, or the members of the road board, is in* his estimation only a waste of time. When the accounts come in for payment there is arew, butMr Goodall promises never "tae dae the like again,™ and upon this understanding they have hitherto .been passed.: At the Tokomairiro Road Board meeting on Eriday night, a few more of these accounts came in, amounting to £10 or so. He in explanation asserted that the work had been passed bvthe Board, but it was not so in the minutes. He then assured the members that the work was done prior to his last promise not to "d&e it again," but unfortunately the date of the account contradicted this. He pled hard for another chance, but the Board were obdurate, and resolved that he must pay the amount out of his own pocket, and on these terms he can" dae it again * as often as he likes for the future. • ' The annual meeting of the subscribers to the" Milton Athenaeum was held in the reading room ! on Friday evening. From the report of the committee it appeared that the total receipts for the year amounted to £139 3s 6d, out of which ! the working and other incidental expenses (in- i eluding £20 for new books), amounting t0£136 19s 9d,. have been defrayed, leaving a ! balance of £2 3s 9d. There are at present 86 members and 10 life members? 36 subscribers to the library; 14 subscribers to the reading room. ' The library -consists of 1150 volumnes. 1100 volumes have been . lent out during the year, exclusive of a large number of periodicals. The retiring committee were re-elected, two vacancies which had occurred being filled up by the election of. Messrs JR. W. Capstick and H. H. Marryatt. • , . . {Although only a few weeks have elapsed since : we reported the laying of. the foundation stone j of the new Presbyterian Church at Port Molyneux, we notice that already the building is ail but -finished. The secret of this is. that the tim- j ber was all prepared in Dunedin, and had only to be put together on the spot,, and it is -ex- . peoted to be completed in* fortnight. We shall give a full description by-and-bye, but in themeantime may mention that it is an exceedingly neat and substantial building^ and is seated for • 200, so that it will be equal to. the requirements of the district for years to come. j The Queenstpwn correspondent t>f the Cromwell Argus refers to the discovery of the perpe- ! tratorof a large Tumaber of petty thefta which: have exercised the householders of that; place for some time, in: the. person;" of*: a «arpentSr named Smyth«, an old man who appears to have acquired* *~ thievish propensity, more through coretonsnefss'than need. A peculiar feature in' the affair is i&at some of the articles discovered in Smyflie** possession *re identical with those for the -Uleged stealing of which an unfortunate girl, named Sloan, .then in the employ of Mr , DPowalj, suffered a month's imprisonment in gaol. ' She , protested ber innocence at the time, . and public *ympathy was aroused in her .favor, petitions tieing got «p f or her release, but without avail* Tb^e dwoovery of Smythe's depredations goes to jhow that tibe girl auffered innocentty.'