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Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 222, 11 October 1878, Page 4

We call attention to advertisements calling for tenders for road works in- connection •with the County Council and Road Boards. The report that the house of Mr Mxirray, carrier, had been carried away was a mis- ' take. The house is all right. '. j Thero was no business for the Recent Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday, and Mr Carew did not therefore come down. The ordinary monthly meeting of Lodge Olufcha, which should be held on Monday evening, has been postponed till further notice. Mr F. W. Bunvell, architect for the new Colonial Bank, visited ßalclutha yesterday, | and expressed himself highly pleased with tho j building and the way it had stood the late floods, there being not the slightest damage done to the concrete foundation. Amongst the visitors to Balclutha from Dimedin on. Sunday last was Mi" W. M. Hodg- , kins, Solicitor, who handed Dr Smith L 5 for distribution amongst any who may be in necessitous circumstances. Such acts are deserving of notice. I The Finance Committee of the Borough Council met on Wednesday, and telegraphed to the Government asking for LISOO to assist in making good the damage done here by the flood. They also requested Messrs Thomson and Driver to support tho request. At Whitelea, the flood of. 1866 was eighteen inches higher than that of 1862. Oa Friday, 27th September, the river rose eight inches higher than in 18(36, and on Monday tho 30th, five feet ten inches above any known flood. All through Sunday it rose steadily at the rate of four inches an hour. During the past few days the trains have been running as far as the old terminus at the bridge here. A strong gang of men with an engine and trucks have been repairing the slips in the large embankment near to the bridge, which they evidently will shortly have put to rights. The viaduct on the reserve has sustained some damage which, cannot be repaired till the water is off. But for this the trains would at once be brought on to the foot of Lanark-street, which will continue to be the terminus till tho line to the station is repaired. The public are informed by a telegram we received last night and publish elsewhere - that no unnecessary detention of mails has occurred here during the floods. They are also informed that until last Monday there was no chance whatever of forwarding 6he Port Molyneux or South mails. We regret, however, that if such an inquiry has been made- by the Government, and such results reported, the confidence of the public here in Government inquiries will certainly not be strengthened, DOT Will much confidence be felt as to the veracity of those from whom the Government are in the habit of obtaining their information. As to the detention of tho mails, we need not inform the public of the Clutha that thero was not the slightest occasion for the detention of any of the mails for a single hour during an}' stage of the flood. This will be shown when a real instead of a sham inquiry is made into the matter Our Wangaloa correspondent writes: — Tli ere is nothing of importance going on here, only that Mr Beattie's new house is finished. Messrs Mickllemas and Carson, the contractors, deserve great credit for the class of work they have put through their hands. Both Mr Beattie'a and Mr James Darling's homesteads look very imposing, and show the good taste of their proprietors. They both have planted and are still planting trees, and are laying off their ground in a most credible manner. The farms on this side . of the hill are looking magnificent in their summer coatof greenness, and the district is really worth while visiting. Although when you stand on Waugaloa hill your heart may be cheered and the eye pleased in feeding on the beauties of nature, which are so plentiful on the coast, you have only to look back to Balclutha and the Island to change the view. Oh ! such a scene ; how grand and fearful the view. Hardly a single spot of the fertile Island to be seen ; no vestige of the Kaitangata railway line, not even a fence j all the low-lying houses at Kaitangata deserted with the exception of Mr Jenkins' and Mr Aitcheson's dwelling-houses ; and the old . church is of good service, so is the schoolroom and Mr Stevens' dwelling-house. All the hillside houses are full of families ; some even came over to the coast, and are safely and comfortably quartering on their friends.' A paragraph in the Morning Herald says : — " It is reported that a large slice of railway line in course of construction at Waipahi, ! on the Balclutha to Clinton section, has given way. Through traffic from Dunedin to.lnvercargill can by no possibility be opened until well into next year." Our contemporary's acquaint* ance with New Zealand geography seems someJ what limited. " "Waipahi on the Balclutha to , Clinton section ! " And this mythical large slice of railway given way at Waipahi ia how, we presume, to be held up to the . public as the cause of delay with the completion of the Balclutha to Clinton section ! Well, it is just about as good " an excuse as any that have yet been 'advanced, and just about as relevant But! is it really true that the through traffic from Dunedin. to Invercargill can by no possibility be opened until well into next year ? Where are all the lime lights that were, at an enormous expense, imported from England, in order to enable work to be carried on night and day at this contract ? Did not the Daily Times a few weeks ago intimate that the contract would be completed by the middle of this month? Did not Mr Proudfo'ot, at the recent Dunedin banquet, intimate that it would be completed by the 2n,d November 1 Did not the Minister of Works intimate in the House of Representatives the other week that it would be cotnpleted.about .this time? Why is it now to be " well into next year 1 " The answer is, " the large slice broken at Waipahi on the Batelutha to Clinton contract! This we suppose has also puti out the lime lights. BahJ we said •from; the fii^ \ and 'haye 5 ; never seen any reason t6.cHange : our opinion, that the contract would; tfipiv be ; finished till next. year.

It * wilf be "observed that Mr ; Griffiths' *Sale has been postponed in the meantime. ; - It will be observed that" the Wangaloa -concert and ball has been postponed till further, 'notice/ It will be observed that the Crown lands sale advertised to beheld at Gore has been postponed till 6th November. There was no meeting of the Clutha Apicultural and Pastoral , Society on Tuesday last. The date to be fixed for the meeting will appear in next issue. ;; In addition to Mr Mosley's loss of 40 head of cattle in Inch Clutha, we hear Mr Geo. "Wilson, of Dunedin, has lost the whole of his cattle oa the Island, about 25 head. - When we went to press at two o'clock this morning the street in front of the Post-office Was entirely covered with water, and the river rising rapidly. No very heavy flood, however, Is expected. In consequence of the floods the Walking Snow of Entires, which, was to have been held here on Tuesday last, did not take place* Owing to the 'unsettled weather wo presume there will now be no Walking Show here this season. i In consequence of the disarrangement of the district mails, our correspondents have not been able to forward their usual contributions, j^s was also the case from the same cause last T*eek a number of advertisements we believe are dttained. As there is no grass in the reserve or to\mship for cows, nor likely to be this season, it ia to be hoped some of the neighbouring settlers ' wilithink of starting a dairy farm, otherwise it is difficult to see where a supply of milk for the township is to come from. Mr George f iVI c Donald, Inch Clutha, safely boated 1000 sheep across' the river to >" Finegand on Tuesday. Of these 1 , 500 had been [ sold for fat in the Dunedin market. Mv Scott, \ of Waitepeka, has kindly accommodated the I balance in the meantime. \ ¥ ' | We have to thank Mr Come, of the f; Bank of New Zealand, for his kindness in conI veying the Clutha Leader in hij boat to the i f|- Post-office last Friday week ; also, his kind :§ offer to render us the same service ibis morniug |i should it be necessary. j If We observe amongst the lisi of civil ps cases set down for trial by common jury at the p Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Monday* first is one If from Balclutha, namely, Morris (jrustee) v. if M'Neil and another. C. C. Kettle,! plaintiffs ii solicitor ; J. R. Sinclair, defendants' idicitor. |1 On Monday a little girl named Blythe, ■ft aged, twelve years, journeying by ii'ain from ■Tt Timaru to Ashburton, lost her hat, ar.d jumped W* off the car while the train was in mof on to reft- * cover it. Although the train was goiig at a fair Bfc speed, the girl sustained no injury heyond a MS shaking. \ ■I. We have to call special attention to the Bj soiree, concert, and dance, to be hj'd at Puerua » ■ this night week in aid of the funds pf the Benevo- ■ lent Institution. The program mewni be an ex- ■;-■ cellent one, and considering the oSject to which ■t the proceeds are to be devoted, there should, and H;? no doubt will, be a crowded atten/knee. MX The following appears it yesterday's ■^ Morning Herald : — " John M'Nei's house, which IH-- w situated on a considerable rjse to the south IHjl end of the town, has canted very much owing to flK 1 - the bottom of the hill having hem washed away |B£ by the action of the water." Thj* is a mistake, IHjasboth the hill and the house are quite safe, and jß^are likely to remain so for some {me to come. |Bp The settlera of the Clutlia will be glad jiM? to notice that Taieri Lad is to travel the district |§H ihia season. This horse is alreply the sire of ifßjßome of the best stock here, and where sales of ?!■ these have been effected they ha« fetched ex- „~ B optionally high prices. Some of his stock have I.lm a^° 3eea e pt *- or en^ res « an< l bflbn.sent to the •"^B northern provinces. His fame is therefore well £5B known throughout the Colony. ..* * B We may mention that MrKfcorge Scott, j^'iß Waitutu, has already sown with! rape all the CX iflK portion of his ground that was! flooded. He S^jß.lielieves rape will grow very wr t amongst the |p^B tilt, and considers this the qui< test mode of k"^B kksfao ifc * nto sfcock f eed - TnG c : P ense is yei 7 |£. B trifling, The rape ought to aff<rd feed in a Sj^- B couple of months. This will also ssist to break £' B down the Maori heads in the sv. imp, and ultii^Boately bring it under permanent lasture. fe» I Young Men's Christian Association ||r Bias been formed in connection wi h Mr Banner(§l* B fcan's congregation, Puerua. Tb<| first meeting m'fltis held on Tuesday evening in the church, sip; B^ 1611 Mr Bannerman delivered a l , lecture on the Wk\ ■ fi l%t of " Infidelity, or Free Thinking— the Kr ■Bwne of Idolatry and the Abode ij{ Polytheism." nl^ B&ere was a large attendance both of members of kBT'B' 6 •^ ssoc i a ti° n an d the congregation. The AsEpi Biodation is to meet fortnightly. life I * ac meeting of the B "uce County E^^fl^XQicil on the Ist inst. the follow jng votes were Kl|feßtesed :— Ll5O to the Crichton . £.oad Board for road from Main South j toad to Lovells P«Pt railway station, repairs to bridge on said i|%j'B* 9 <l and the Lakeside road; kithe Balmora k|P"W*kl Board L4OO, for metalling part of road RpS'mf 111 Dalhousle to Balclutha, viy Hillend; to Rp^wkTokoiDairiro Road Board a sul sidy of £ for £ j Bl^r!8! 6 ex tent of L4OO for mota ling xoad from |l||g»«ia's bridge to the Coal Gully ;|to the Matau plfilß** Board Llsoso>ards metalliag portions of fpKs^Bjj leading to Behnar coal-pits jnd road from fLy/B^nd to Kaitangata, also to a ssist with proK "^ B* 76 wor^ 3 on same road at Pill Mis' bend. X'""-- ■^ a Ptain Hay ward, Harbou r-master, reI,T ""i'B^ 5 ttn der date Catlins Kiver, Oj;t. id, 1878:— I; -'f^sB* "umber of vessels arrived hdre during the K^.v'V^onth was 14, equal to .502 itons register; t||f* 16 sailed, equal to 560 tons register. Eight §r\\|Bj<J9d at the Owake Mill, and Six at the Big fc,..sJM^ Seven were sent to Dunedin, one to X.'- Spfß^KUj two to. Oamaru, and t< »ur to Timaru. W and M^ary Ellen are loading et the W&- sftW an^ *^ c 116 ' J ess i e i an 1 Owake Belle K*=S|rM 6 Owake : MSJ^ Our mails were not deE^SiK^ k 5 ' SW^ayAi 11 consequence as we were I§^*lEF ne<^ °^ * ac e « v y fl. 9< 2J^ in your district, HPJ B* *am afr^wy rous * h* ve been, very bad, as HSI Im!* 8^ °^ one °f *k fi vessels— an old coaster — 8 * 16 neve r ?4 W e 18111^ a y m suc k ll^lim!^' ** cm S ?w' thick as mud, and a great II^JIIm rowne^ cattle floating about. I sincerely Egsjl&« ffe stall nofe'lfear of any lose of human