CAMBRIANS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 981, 4 February 1881, Page 3

CAMBRIANS.

(EHOM OUR Offs CORRESPONDENT.)) The annual meeting of householders for the punolo of electing a school committee, was hell here on the evening of the 25th of January. Mr Beattie occupied the chair. The Secretary having read the report nf the retiring committee, which was comp lered satisfactory, the election of the •new committee was proceeded with and resulted in the election of Mes-srs Owens, | Hughes, Clnnie, Thurlnw, Teague, McCullough and B-mgee., At-the first meeting of the new’body Mr McCullough was eVete-l Chairman and Mr Williams received the anpointment of Secretary. A move.ment is on font to have a traek forme 1 from this place to tbe Shepherds Tint Flat, which, will lie a great horn to I aD, m ore especially the children attending : school. Harvesting has commenced in this diri trick, and the seasonable weather wo have i btclv experienced gives promise of abundance. Bond props mean low prices, which is everything to he desired from a consumers nnint of vi ne, but is anything but, an unmixed blessing to the farmer, as it, entails any amount -of work without the equivalent any amount of money for the j labor expended, this arises from the fact | of there being no outside market for tho snrp’ns after the local demands are supplied. A railway is the only remedy for j this state of a-ffa’rs, and great satisfaction | is exoresso 1 here, at the action initiated by | Mr Pvke, and so warmly taken up by 'noth j the Vincent and Maniotntn Council with | regard to the Otago Central Tail way, upon j which, our hopes were centered as an out--1 lot for our surnhis supplies, hut were rudely I blasted by the report of the “lightning | committee” however, we hope again, and if hut that amount nf support is giving + o the County Conceits by every other public body and the general public, as the qnes- | tion demands, 1 do not think nnr hopes will | have been in v.a : n. The motto mint tie agitated individually, and collectively, ' and it should even be mane a nine fjutx non . in every transaction, whether in the pnr. 1 ohasmg of a loaFof bread, or tbe eketing of a Member to the County Council, Hnnse of Representatives or any other body, that the support of the electee! to this nor. question is assured A persistant and unfl aging git.atinn like the dipping of water on a stone must have its effwrjn the bur; run, and accordingly it must bp idootod