Mataura Ensign WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIKAIA HERALD. GORE, FRIDAY, MAY 11th, 1883.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 254, 11 May 1883, Page 2

Mataura Ensign WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIKAIA HERALD. GORE, FRIDAY, MAY 11th, 1883.

leu- Waikaia letter is hoia over owing to a pressure ofjilyertisemeuts. ' Yesterday the MJITATJRA ENSIGN completed its fifth ywir.'aud enters to-day upou the sixth year of publication. -' Mi- Simson'A sale of stock at Gordon to-morrow takes p'i'wc al noon— not 1 p.m. as previously advertised. Mi- X> P Keogli, of Moa Flat Station, writes to a contpiTvi'iraiV denying the truth of the pubUsljed statement Swt Mr- 3. . T. Byrno had been appointed mauager of f w, C lßiirn that the Eev Mr Hobbs has decided upon • vi*«-VS^lihrpsldenco at Gore, and thus supplying a Joug l<i% from this centre.

We regret to learn that Mr MaoDo Id has decided to give up the Pinnacle School. Messrs Shaw and E. Wakefield have been nominated for the Inangahua seat, vacant by Mr Weston's resignation. The chances are that Mr Shaw will win. ■ It has been decided that Parliament shal 1 be called together 'for the despatch of bueibusiness on June 14tb. The first trial^of the apparatus for lighting Lyttelton harbor by electricity was made on Saturday with a fair amount of success. At the last meeting of the Otago High Schools Board of Governors the chairman reported that the recent s»le at Wyndham realised £6339 13s 6d, or an average of £2 33 lid per acre. On the suggestion of the secretary six sections passed in at the sale on the 14th were ordered to be again advertised for sale at an early date. Ciroumstances have arisen which render it probable that the Tichborne case will be re- opened. . . We are glad to learn that a movement is on foot in Dunedin for the purpose of erecting a suitable, monument to the late Mr Ireland, M.H.R, for Waikaia. Mr James Mac Fie, for many years town missionary in Dungdio, and'much esteemed for hia Christian character and benevolent disposition," died on Wednesday. The '.Bruce Standard' ia about ""'to join the majority." its publication will Cease after the 19 th inst. Mr Fletcher, the latest addition to Gore lawyers, made his dshut on Wednesday in the case of Souness v. Simson, and, as may be Been from a report elsewhere, scored a win. There has been a flood of bankruptcies during the week, lhe principal failure has been that of Stavely, Austin, and Co., of Dunedin, and amongst minor ones areArthur Dawson, Otaria; F. Wesfcbury, Edendale ; and Richard Healy, of Oreti. A complimentary banquet was [recently tendered to the Hon. John Bryce at New Plymouth, on accomplishing his celebrated ride through the King country. After one o , the toasts had been given by the chairman the band played "Onward Christian Boldiers, onward." It may well be asked "What nextP" At the usnal weekly meeting of the Hope of Gore Lodge, 1.0.GhT., held on Tuesday evening, the plans of the proposed new hall were considered and adopted. The building is to be 35ffc,x20ft,, and will provide all the accommodation necessary for the work of the Lodge* It will also provide a suitable room for othe Friendly Societies that may be found in this town. We congratulate 6ur Templar J friends on their energy and determination to j find a local habitation for themselves. I (/ Things in general do not appear to be very lively at Tapanui. It seems as if the place is "going to the dogs" altogether. Sales of furniture and personal effects are of frequent occurrence. , People are leaving in> considerable numbers, tired of waiting for "something to turn up;" the distant fields are enchanting, and though they have but vague ideas as to future operations, they are comforted with the fact that matters cannot be worse than they are at Tapanui. We understand some intend to oast in their lot with the people of (Store. From a reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that some steps are being taken to establish a Literary and Debating Society in Gore before the winter is quite upon us. A meeting is to be held at the Railway Hotel, on Wednesday evening next to discuss the matter, at which it is hoped there will be a good attendance, especially of the young men of the place. Some such means of profitably employing the weary hours of long winter evenings in up-country towns will, we should think, be gladly welcomed, and we trust most successful ie<suits will come of Wednesday's meeting. The truck question is exciting a good deal of attention in this district, and the railway department now seem quite unable to cope with the grain traffic, albeit they do the best with the material at their oomtnand. Grain now arrives at G-ore in large quantities in oovered and uncovered railway trucks from the Waimea Plains, and long lines of settlerß* teams daily reach the towns on both sides of the liver. On the Eastern bank we understand that MesuralMacGibbon and Sons alone have 2000 bags of grain, some of it in the open air; and although promised trucks sometime ago these have not yet come to hand. ' Tha people of Mandeville propose to make an effort to obtain a school for their town and its neighborhood aud a meeting is to be held at the Mandeville hotel on Monday evening next, at 7. 30 p.m, to take the necessary preliminary steps. The number of children of a ripe age for eduoational development is we believe fairly large and the Board of Eduoation will we feel sure consider so reasonable a request as that for a school at Mandeville aa favourably aB possibb. If our friends at Mandeville can be unanimous aa to a site for their school/there can hardly be any difficulty in the way of obtaining one. A meeting of the Gore Athen»um Committee was held at the Railway Hotel on Tuesday evening, /when there were present Messrs W- Henderson (chairman) Jas. Beattie G. Bonsey, R. Bree, A. Dolamore, and J. W King. A legal opinion from Mr Henderson was read. Mr Henderion was of opinion that the committee had power to borrow on the security of the section, but members generally thought that some other security might well be offtred. Alter a lengthened discussion it was rooked lo make an application for the Crown Grunt to issue, and to try and arr mge a loan of £400 on the security of rents dnrived fr)m those portions of the reserve unoccupied by the Atherfflum Hall after its ereotiou, and reveoue from the Hall ; the oommittee to give a bond if necessary for the payment of the interest on such loan. A plan for a building of one story, roughly sketched ly Mr Bur well, of luvercargill, was adopted, and a sub committee, appointed at a former meeting and consisting of Messrs Beattie, Dolan.oce and Pi'ler with the secretary (ex officio), instructed to make the necessary ci qu ries and arrange preliminaries. The Rev. J. N. Battle was unanimous-, j ly elected a member of committee vice Mr Willcocks, left the district. That enter, rising firm of John Mac Gibbon and Sons is exuding its borders, and the latest additi n to its establishments is of no mean order. They are now fairly established in Gore, in the store lately occupied by Willcooks and Co., where they ara disposing of a Bankrupt Stock marvellously cheap. Mens' { suits. 20s ; twead trousers, 6s. They now 1 keep a full stock of. Ladies' hats and dress ' trimmings and fane) goods of all descriptions ' at Gore, GortUn, and Mataura. -Advt

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