BALCLUTHA.

Evening Star, Issue 4091, 6 April 1876, Page 2

BALCLUTHA.

{From our ovm Correspondent)

BnaneM hew, ynanJly wptmlriiig in dull; but it is rumored that twoJDnnedin firms in the wholesale and retail grocery line ' are soon to open up. f» . Speaking of opposition brings to mind the :> ; reduction of charges by Mr Peter Mason’s ' conveyance, which plies to and fro from,the' railway terminus to our township. Competition In this line has become verynnpleasant to the public, for once yonethetge from a railway carriage won are almost, worried to.deafh to know which conveyance you will ride in. With the view ofputtfo|g a stop to this canvassing, Mr Maabh nuk? dnced the fares by his ' to 6d. . On Friday last* in answer, to, anadvertufe, meat which had appeared in onr*l6oMpbper, announcing a sale of Government land situ- ■ ated at Wangaloa, by.Meftsta Grigor, Maitand Co., at their rooms, at noon bn that day a number of people assembled* but to their astonishment the auctioneer ffi* i > : put in an appearance, so they went thmif •• way; But at 4p.m. the land was offeredfor 'h , sale at Barr’s Ball by the newly-appointed Government auctioneer (Mr E. B. Martin), ' when, as I am told, only two persons were' '■ in attendance. It appears ihatMhsSrs Grigor, Maitland, and Co. were notapprised' of the change, except by ‘Gazette’ nbtiMt which very few of tne public isawvV-. •>. - .■. Ou Wednesday, John CaizntL a 'Vif working at the nulway bridge here,liad "hii, , ankle fractured and shoulder joint injured by the falling of a beam of jbimber uporrhjm. I