COUNTRY NEWS.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2036, 13 November 1869, Page 2

COUNTRY NEWS.

Tho B.ilclutha correspondent of the Bruce, Standard wrtes as follows : —I am glad to see that action is bein.' taken hj re, in the •orm of a peririon to Government, to prev n the inroads w ich are being made by the action of the water upon the banks of the tiver above B.vclutba. It is to bo desired tbit the Government will see th necessity of at once taking such steps as will rem dy the evd, for if something is not promptly done, the flourishing township of Balclutha is doomed to destruction. I am credibly informed that a meat-preserving and boilingdown establishment is about to be started in or near Halclmha. The dry state of the weather is making the farmers, especially those on the ridg> s, cry out for rain, as the grass is suffering much. We ( Standard) have been informed that a party in Dunedin has app'ied for the purchase of 300 acres of land at the Toi Tois, Mataura, for tho purpose of establishing a flax manufactory. The land is of first-rate quality, and is covered with fine flax. Tlie site for the mill is excellent, there being ample water power available. The Taieri Annual Agricultural Show is likely to be held on the 26th or 27th of December, and wifi probably take place at Mosgiel or North Taieri,