A "DIGGING BEE."

Dunstan Times, Issue 744, 21 July 1876, Page 3

A "DIGGING BEE."

A “ diggmg bee ” is the latest development in the bee line. The Geelong Advertise records a bee of this kind started by Mr George Oath cart, the Manager of the Bank of V ictoriaat QneensclifF, for a useful purpose. The silting up of sand in the bathing-house at Queenscliff has long formed subject for regret, as the extensive establishment, built at great cost, was comparatively useless* Queenscliff was short of one of the chief requisites to attract visitors from up-country districts. To have had to pay for the clearing away of the sand would have cost a large sum of money, so Mr Cathcart determined upon tickling the sympathies of all classes. This he did by issuing a proclamation, signed by the Mayor, cal'ing upon high and low to lend their strength in assisting to make a temporary breakwater on the south side of ®ho baths, and a channel through the eastern end to scour them. Two hundred answered his appeal, the work wa vigorously prosecuted throughout Monday, and the result it is hoped, will be permanently beneficial. It would have done many a skulker good to have seen his Honor Mr Justice Fellows with a pick and shovel and otherwise taking part in one of the most useful ‘bees’ that has yet been held.”