LAKE COUNTY MAIL No. 1. Thursday, May 29th, 1947

Lake County Mail, Issue 1, 29 May 1947, Page 4

LAKE COUNTY MAIL No. 1. Thursday, May 29th, 1947

Mr. Justice Finlay, Messrs. W. H. Freeman, S.M., and Mr. J. W. Heenan, Under-Secretary Departmental Affairs, members of the Gaming Commission, have been spending a short holiday in Queenstown. They visited Arrowtown on Friday. + + + + Mr. and Mrs. P. Gibson have been appointed to manage Hotel Eichardt. •+■ + + 4* Mri and Mrs. C. S. Elms, of Grosvener Hotel, Timaru, and their family are Angling a short visit to Queenstown. + + + + Dr. D. Higgonbottom, of Wellington, and John Fulton, of Dunedin, are at Mt. Nicholas Station as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander MacKenzie. + +.,*+• + Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gray and family, of Dipton, are with Mrs. Gray’s mother at “Braeburn,” Mt. Nicholas. + + + + Mr. Ron Tingey, of New Plymouth, is with Mr. and Mrs. John MacKenzie, Walter Peak. + + . + + Mrs. Keys, of “Mt. Creighton” Station, is with Colonel and Mrs. Peter MacKenzie, Walter Peak. The Rev. Martin, of Invercargill, is also their gUeSt. ,

The Lake County Council has just put into commission a new loaderdozer. The first major work undertaken is the opening of the Upper Shotover Road from Peats to the Branches. * * * The following the vital statistics for the year ended March 31 last, with the previous year’s in parentheses —Births, 34 (27); Deaths, 14 (11); Marriages, 15 (9). * * * The weather during the past week has been, as a rule, fine. Heavy rain fell during Thursday night, and there was a heavy fall of snow on the high levels. * * * The attention of readers is drawn to an advertisement in this issue requesting nominations to fill a vacancy in the Arrow Riding. In addition to the usual qualifications residents of the Arrow Riding are entitled to vote and should enrol before the 4th day of June, 1947.