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victoria valley.
(FROM OOE OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Angnst 19.
Yesterday %as a veiy "lively day for the
Valley, great interest being manifested in
the eleciion. Great expectancy prevailed as
to the state of the poll nntil Mr. Beveridge,
the Depnty Returning Officer, at a few
minutes part five opened "the door of the
school and announced as follows : — Mr.
Thomson, 17 ; Mr. Spence, 35. The an
nouncement was received with jnbilancy,
ooe elector (a Spence man, of course) ex
claiming "We two'ed them." Fifty-two
votes werececorded as Egaiiiet fifty-one at
iheforinerisontrat. Several of three electors
who votes before, are 'absent at'lhe'nhearing
at present, bnt the deficiency in the number
of votes that' wbhld be "was made np by
those who beeameeligible to exercise their
franchise since. . -
-Daring the afternoon, yerterday, a gune
of football WBs iridnlged m "by the young
fellows anxious, I Suppose, to idle away the
time by playing to ireheve theirahxiety. .
' A heavy tounderetonn. accompanied .by
strong wind and -rain,' passed over this
neighbourhood last Satniday night, daring
windh over balf an inch bf rain felL It
mnch < experienced' daring -the past few
weeks, because since nothing oonld be more
delightful than the days we are enjoying.
.Sjunrid this fineness remtinae sowing wtll.be
vigorously mftriedothbouVtiie swamps;
A start is .to;be resjde'ri£>on by the con
tractors at building the creamery here, at
least the i .timber far its .crmsprartion is ex
pected to arrive within a couple of days.
Tbe tanners of the Upper Valley are going
in ntropgly for HiStyiog, aeveral of them
having lately nnrchased more : Cattle, "With
the 'view. it fe believed, of 'ajptating after, a
time for a creamery of theirown. It is no
fkodden becanaO tbiefalim mlluu hod upwards
is the distant that soine'ef 'the residehtB bf
the Unper Valley who purpcBM remtribnting
towards the project will bave to; ionvey
their milk toniecreatnery.'
' .'Several foxes have been, seen about hhre
recently, 'the hhmbyr of 'which .'"are rigidly
increasing. The BhiortUfeaS, already In ' a
"carnple of instance in tiw pnmber. of bbeu-,
Jmntaof tire poifltry'vacds basdemnhhteated
bteyiiirtVlovfe for fowls : Bqda&ksShiSts
feba hlawsd;
RrtSwieen' ' teataS "representing Dnhkrid and ,
SSBdaV week. theSfoh InBtadt. 'At
thrHSPmSfeii ptayedby thef ldiSie
jbtiVKarabeal's te&m"4tfuwtt£ened lhro%h
Sbataijdaypting awW.Ihey,'
1fidwever,bhhm'Jte,;rih"btSi!tii'lfeej''as
msks&sissm
before will probably take part fn the match.
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