MOUNT SOMERS GOSSIP.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1411, 8 May 1886, Page 2

MOUNT SOMERS GOSSIP.

[From our own Correspondent.} Yon no doubt wonder, Mr Editor, at not having received any news from here for some time. The fact is, things are unc mmonly dull in this neighbourhood. When Mr Walker, M H.R. for this, district addressed the electors here I hoped something would fall in my way, but, unfortunately, your reporter w»s present and to<>k the matter out of my bands. Sometimes people ask me, “ Why don’t you write another letter to the Guardian; ” but as you only insert absolute news, writing undertake for amusement rarely has a chance of insertion. Were it otherwise, I could have written you without limit—not about tbe M.H. R-’s speech, which was a condensed repetition of a former one delivered at Methven, but about the ridiculous questions unripe individuals put to public men on every conceivable occasion One person amused me not a little by his pertinacity of interrogation. He was “ itching ’’ with interrogative anxiety. Tne contractors for the Mount Somera Railway Extension a.rived on tbe scene of their future operi ti.T.s on Wednesday Last night they had a learn to erectedand ready for habitation, and they evidently mean business. ■ It gives the place quite a lively appearance to see so many men, drays and horses about. For the last fortnight we have had a kind of illness among our children, in the shape of rash, or, as £ should say, “ cashes,” for the symptoms differ greatly in different cases. One child, for instance, was covered all over with dark red spots, and waa laid op ; in another instance, it appeared as countless pimples under the skin, but did not inconvenience the patient much. Just now I learn, to my regret, that Mrs Syme, the wife of Mr David Syme, of Springbnrn, died last night I am bold that she bad been ailing for a long time ; but of late seemed to enjoy Improved health, so that her death is looked upon by her friends as sudden and unexpected. The Symes have been well known In this district, and are highly respected.