ROXBURGH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 805, 21 September 1877, Page 3

ROXBURGH.

—o— On Wednesday evening last a Gift Auction was heFd in the Athenaeum Hall, for the raising of funds to defray the cost of adding a somewhat considerable addition to the School 'House, The Call made by ",to Committee for contributions was most liberally respohdedtb, the ladies giving hb 1 end of fancy, wool anil cotton work; and numerous other very pretty and useful articles, while the gentlemen gave of other articles in the shape of dairy and farm proddee, enough to victual a small army on the march for a month. By about 8 o’clock the Hall being wall Hlle'dl' with a happy and joyous party, the sale commenced and continued unabated, -scarce breathing time being allowed between the lots as they were offered and knocked down, 'till about haK past 10, when the'last article was reached. The contributions it would be impossible to give a detailed list, but we may mention a few of the most valuable—4 sovereigns, the gift of Mr 11. H. Heron, and which fetched an average of twenty-five shillings each"; half-sovereign, the gift of Mr Nott, sold for 12 -shillings and aix-poaoo; two loads of ooal, calf, pigs, poultry, (of every description) ton of potatoes, bread, eggs, hams, sides of bacon, dressed sheep, and other-eatables and drinkables ad libitum ■, aad last, but not least, the fancy work, pictures,:books, 40., the gifts principally of the ladies. Mr George Fache, of Clyde, acted as Auctioneer, and succeeded in, with but few exceptions,’realizing good prices. The Sale over, Mr Morgan, a member of the School Committee, returned thanks to the contnbutorsand to the purchasers, and called for three cheers for the Auctioneer, which were given in a true hearty manner. The Hall Was then called for a dance, which w.as indulged in fora couple of hoars, Mr Jabez Barton supplying the music. . The Corporation is in a terrible fix, through some mismanagement, there is no Council, and no power, as far es can be learned, I to elect the requisite number of good and true men to’ form a Council—the Mayor, with his lieutenant, reigns supreme, but their bark, is worse than their bite, as iu the position they find themselves in, they are tied bands and feet, and muzzled in the bargain. A learned-man of law, who has been consulted says, the only 'way out of the difficulty is to get a special Act to meet the case. 'From what has oozed out, tho Roxburgh Corporation is not the only one that has got into a fog since coming under the new. Municipal Corporations’ Act of 1870.