BALCLUTHA.

Evening Star, Issue 3948, 20 October 1875, Page 3

BALCLUTHA.

{From our own Conr^iomlmt.) ii.U.i. I.l' 111 A, 0( tober lb. During the past week we have held our annual walking show of entires, and (he Kai tangat;a people have got over their annua] regatta. At the show of horses, which was held under the iw.pie-M of the thnUia Agiieal tural ami Pastoral .Society, f may mention that the immlier exhibited was nine-six dr.iM Ji!s, two thoroughbreds, and a Timor pony. Thru? v.a.s a good muster of people present, evidently with the view of selecting a favorite from amongst the stock exhibited. A.-cording to the pedigree*) of tao various hoists, wo have a really iiist-ela.-s .-dud to select from this sea-on, aud plenty of swipe for all to labor in. The regatta was held on the Tnakitoto Lake, eleven miles from Balclutha uni four f.-'.in Kailimgata, anil upon tin* same day as the wn'king show. The prizes in all amount-d to about LOG, but the rules weie so compiled as to prohibit any competitors outside flic dis*not bringing their boats to compete. Tin’s is an old absurdity, ami one which, it is t.i bo hope.!, will be banished ere the m, ,\f. regatta place, otherwise this annual eel- luation will bill thing of the past, Tiie place is all Hod could be desired for (ho purpose, Ur. Rob-ie :h- c'.m •

mittoe have the matter of tin* in'are .su.-.v> -.s . v non-success in (heir own hands, a*nl it will 1 rfor them to will consider tin* in x ! , pro- i.-mimc. 1 hoy oiler at their next annual e.nlhei in;' inducemuits to our WnihoD ami Dunedin fnVmli to compete, aiul give due. publicity f u their prizes, rules, itc. 1 !n:*y may for a cvrt-duty look forward t.o a meeting such a a they ivw.’r yet have had, ami in place of impoverish!;-.;' their district they will thereby .ranch ii. Tin-re were about 2*»o people puvent on I'ii-lrv i..-'., and the weallu-r was all that could he de li i d. The following am the events and results ; Four-oared jhn-a, :! miles (dnve started) Fraser’s Foam Ist, 1.7 ; A. King's Lonnie La s 2nd, L-l. Sailing Race, HA miles i jive shrted) Blackie’s Petrel Ist, 1.0 ; Smailhs .Squall dud, L2 10s ; W. T. Smiths Flora Witch drd, 1 I KB. -Boys under si.xtcin, fr.ur-mired, ;; n.ih-s (three started) - Bissctt’s Gtacc Darling 1. L2 ; Thomson's Spiay 2nd, 1,1. Pair-oar id 2 miles (live started)—SimiilLs Rlp> I<> Pi. L;l 10s ; Thomson’s Spray 2nd, 1,2. Handicap Fulling Kaeo, d miles (rive entered, lent'-nly two got a wav, owing to sonr> niLman-geniMit in starting —a- protest wa spoken of, ffiq it was allowed to drop) - Bi-sell-’.-; (Lace DuTne IsL 1,2 ; Smaill’s Hippie 2ml, LI MK Sailing ida.;.*, 7 miles (seven started) —A. Bi-ickic’s JVtiel L-', Ll>: 11, G. Fraser’s Gip.y d r!, Ld PL ; .Limes Fraser's Thetis Hul, 1.1 lus. dh-vn Sculling Jtscc, half-a-mile (three sta; N i - (Timm.-nm s Catch-him-if-you-c.-m Ist, L l >0 .; G, i d-rett's Jane 2.: d, ]os. Sculling Rare, !! m:'. -; (mm* started)—Thomsen’s Spray Id, f.H ; Bi-.si-rF.-. Grace Dialing 2nd, T.l PL, The lad event cams otf about half-past five, in good time far all to wend tlieir way hour v.r.d hef-.iv dark. Tlie Kailangata f*dks w.-uad up with a ! all in Iho evening, .* also d.d the Clut-lia people. Tlie lait.r \v.,s tin; first annual amiilgam'.ted tradem..-*!.,:*' l;sd!. imi; \v,I am sony to say, very P r, oily patronised. During the pa«t forlniglit ti.c favorable weather has v *ry considerably improved our np-connt y roads. Port Molyneux, Kailangata, and Wnngaloa may now he frequented with ease and comfort by pleasure-seekeis. T’he Nuggets will, during the summer months, be an excellent drive for tho-e in search of a pleasant day’s outing, and which, I am convinced, will he the favorite remit. The road from the railway i-..rminus to our township is in much better him than it was, and the metal having been blinded it lias now become quite smooth, It is a meat pity that (ho Government do jj.-.t coiiddir the mutter of fonning a light branch line up P. the north o d of the trafliu bjidge hero, it will bcci.-hu vn months at the earliest eve tin* nil way bridge i< over, and that means two sea-mis’ wool and grain, which the railway will L-e a I- r Q -.* quantity of owing to the inc-niveni-mv of convoying the same to r ; .t;. 1 ing. jf iim line was owind by a. iniv U: i-ianmw, within two months from this d, m the 4 ir *ulior.se'’ would make its appearance regular!” at, the north end of the pn'Sent bridge, Lmhr tin 1 present swic.m wo have Pur and a-l.alf miles to tend for cur goods that come bv rail, or the same distance to send them if we do-ire to patronise the railway; while on the other hand we can ship per st< aim t at (lit* township, which is a very considerable saving. Tim Kr.itangafa Railway and Coal Company have sunk n shaft Hfly feet in (ho liill f:u*.: dt Kaitangata, f.t (he railway t. rtninus, at which depth they struck co d, into which they bored twnnty-ono feet rvithout any sign of hottoni. It is pi \in that this company is to bo a v.-.y profitable speculation, and it will abo be a great boon to the con muniiy at large.