LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 4 July 1872, Page 7

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the usual half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Wnitahuna Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., Bro. A. J. Hansen was elected N.G., and Bro. Turnbull, V.G.. for the ensuing six months.

Some idea of the state of the road from Duuedin to the Dunstan .via the Hogburn, can be formed from the fact that Cobb & Co.'s coach now takes th ree days in performing the journey— a distance of about 140 miles,

Mk. Adams has been instructed bj' Government to survey and report upon the Beaumont iind Tuapeka Water Eace, in connexion with the rpp'.ication of the proprietors fora subsidy o* £2000. This looks like business. Mr. Adams, we believe,- has commenced the survey.

IK our advertising columns will be found particulars of an important sale by auction, to fee held by Mr. Hay, at Lawrence, next Thursday. The property to be sold, comprises the Tuapeka Mouth Saw Mills, timber yard in Lawrence, freehold land, &c, &c.

Thk third anniversary of Court* Havelock. A.0.F., will be celpbrated to-morrow night, by a soiree, concert, and ball in Cogh ill's Bridge Hotel. Should the weather be propitious, we have no doubt that there will be a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, and th.Tt in any case, those who may be present will have provided for them a good evening's enjoyment.

The readings given last Thursdiy evening, in the Lawrence Athenaeum, were more than usually successful. The hall was crowded ; and the programme excellent. The various readings, songs, recitations, <fee, were given in first-class style, and that they were appreciated by the audiencS was made manifest by. the applause, which was hearty and frequent. Mr. J. C. Brown occupiedthe chair.

The Wetherstones winter evening readings take place to-night.

A meeting of the Tuapeka and Waitahuna ploughing match committee was held ia the Lawrence Athenaeum, on Saturday evening last. Mr. Ferguson occupied the chah. Mr, George Walker was added to the committee. The

following gentlemen were appoirfted collectors . — Mr. Drysdale, Tuapeka Flat ; Messrs. Hohnes ; and Ferguson, Lawrence and Wetherstoncs ; Mesbis. Auldand Stewait, Waitahuna ; Messrs. D. M'Crae and Grundy, Havelock and Clark's Flat ; Mr. D. Evans, Evans' Flat. Messrs. Hills and Drysdale were appointed a sub-com-coimnittee to select a piece of ground for the match. It was resolved that, a meeting of the committee should beheld on Tuesday week, and that the holders of subscription lists should band them in on that occasion. Mr. Darton gave notice that he would more that there be an intermediate class. Messrs. Gruudy. Darton, Drysdale, and Holmes were appointed to draw up a programme and prize list. The meeting then adjourned. "We understand that several gentlemen residing in Av"etherstones intend giving a performance shortly in aid of the funds of the Tuapeka Hospital. "We understand that Mr. Miller, of Lawrence, has tendered for the- construction of the road from Docherty's Hotel to Fitzgerald's stored in accordance with the offer made'by the Provincial Government, viz., payment to be taken in land. We hope the Provincial Government will accept Mr. Miller's tender without delay, as the road is now in a condition which can only be described as frightful. A speciai. meeting of the Managing Committee of the Tuapeka Hospital was held on Friday evening last. Present: Messrs. Harrop. Arthur, Humphrey, M'Kimmie, Ferguson, Walker, Dr. Halley, and Hayes (Secretary.) Mr. Harrop occupied the chair. The business for which the meeting had been convened was to receive lenders for supplies to the Tuapeka Hospital for ensuing 6 months. The following tenders were accepted : -Bread, J. M. Clark, 7d. per 9lb. loaf; jtiilk, J. P. Miller, 3^d. per quart ; butcher's meat, Win. Diaper, 2d. all ! round ; interments, T. Anderson, 255. each ; wood and ooa l , J. Thomson— wood, £2 7s. 6.1. per cord, coal, 17s. 6d. per ton ; groceries, T. Arthur. The usual monthly meeting of the Lawrence School Committee was held on the evening of Friday, "the 28th inst. Present:" Mr. H. Bastings (President), Rev. Mr. Menzies, Messrs. Jamison, Armstrong, Abel, and Hayes (Secretary). The minutes of the previous meeting were road and confirmed, and a letter from the Secietary of the Education Board, relative to an application for maps, received. The President stated that he had waited upon Mr Hislop relative to the fencing of the 9 acre reserve, and that it would be necessary to write to the Education Board- on the subject. Mr. Jamison reported that steps had been taken to effect certain' alterations and improvements. The Secretary produced a statement of the present financial state of the school, which showed a balance (including outstanding 'fees), of £31 145. to the credit of the school. Mr. Jamison was appointed to the Visiting Oomnn'fctep, vice Mr.' Thompson, whose time had expired. The meeting then adjourned,

Wk direct attention to Mr. Pressly's adver- ' iisement of garden seeds, cfcc, which appears in another column. Last Monday morning the higher class pupils of the Lawrence Grammar School waited upon the master, Mr.-Stenhouse, for the purpose of presenting him with a token of their feelings of regard towards him. Miss Annie Anderson read the following address:— J. N. Stlnhotise, Esq., Dear Sir, -You will be pleased to excuse the * liberty we have taken of calling upon you to receive an address from us. Having enjoyed tho benefit of your tuition — someof us|for a longer period, others for a shorter period— wo desire to express our appreciation of the diligence, fidelity, anl care you have bestowed on tho direction of our studies. No effort has been wanting on your part to render us fit for tho duties of life, and wo are observant of and grateful for the same. You will be pleased to accept from us this ring as a token of our esteem and gratitude, and of the understanding that has existed between us as teacher and pupils. At the conclusion of the address. Miss Anderson presented Mr. Stonhouse with a valuable ring, which had been subscribed for byjihe higher class pupils. Mr. Stenhouse replied in suitable terms. THE friends of Mrs. Henderson, late of Law. rence, will be glad to learn that she has arrived safely at Leith, amongst her relations. There is now an ample supply of vaccine lymph in the possession of the medical gentlemen of the district, so there now remains no excuse for parents not having their childien vaccinated. Why Chinamen are not compelled to be be vaccinated is a mystery. They are just as likely to be attacked with the smallpox as other races ; and should that fell disease break out amongst them, it would assuredly spread amongst the European population. The Chinese art* extremely averse to undergo vaccination , but it is far more important that their public health should be preserved than that their prejudices should be respected. ? A BOBBERY of a kind happily rare on the Otago Goldfields, is reported to have occurred on the Tuapeka Creek last week. From the information supplied to us, it appears that Motherwell and party had taken advantage of the rainfall to wash' a stack of dirt. On the night the robbery is said to have taken place, Mr. Motherwell looked at the tail race just before going to bed. about niidnight, and it was all right then. At six o'clock in the inoruing, ' however, he found that the tail race had been carefully cleaned out. A somewhat singular feature of the affair is that the police were not of the robbery. A public meeting to consider the gold duty and agticultuial leasing questions will be held at the schoolhouse, Blue Spur, to-morrow (Friday) evening. DUKIXG the temporary absence of Mrs. Kelly, of Wetherstones road, from her house, one of her children, aged sevtn months , which wa3 playing about tho floor with its brothers and sisters, crawled into the file. Mvs. Kelly being attracted by the outcries of the children, came into the house, and found the infant's clothes in names. She quickly extinguished them, and' found that the child's arm was severely burnt. The little sufferer was brought to the Hospital, and attended to by Dr. Stewart. We draw attentidn to the advertisement of Mr. Henderson's sfile of horses and -buggies. Holders of shares in the Devils Creek Quartz Mining Company are informed by the Legal Manager that the number of shares applied for has been alloted- to each applicant. In terms of the prospectus two shillings and sixpence is payable on allotment, which amount is required to be pa.id to the Manager, Flodden street, Waipori, on or before the 6th August. Ddjsjedis, we aro informed, is still hono,ured by the presence of Kawarau's illustrious representative. It is supposed that he is incubating some tremendous reform in the present system of licensing public houses, and is patriotically devoting the whole of his honorarium in making observations and collecting information for that laudable purpose. . There seems every likelihood that there -will be a keen contest for the Mayoralty of Lawrence. Mr. Meyer has consented to become a candidate, and we understand that requisitions will be presented to several ofcher gentlemen in the course of the week. The nomination will take place on the 12th inst.