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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 325, 25 January 1884, Page 2

Mr I. W. Baymond has been appoined local agent at Wyndham for the Mutual Australian Society of Victoria (Limited.) Mr Boss has secured the attractive services ,of Donald Dinnie at sports and entertainment at Riversdale on Tuesday next. Ifo doubt many will avail themselves of the Opportunity of seeing the modern Samson. ; The Dunedin Jockey Club have endorsed the Lumsden Jockey Club's disqualification ojE the horse Jasper, his owner (Mr Brunfon), and the: Jockey (Alexander). ■ The half-yearly report of the Colonial Bank shows that the net profits are L 16,241 4slofl. The amount available for distribution is L 17,497 14s, which is recommended to be applied as follows i— Payment of dividend, at 7 per ' cent., L 14.000 ; to reserve f and, L 100 0; and balance carried forward L 2497 14s. Mr Q. Martin, who has for a considerable number of years represented the National Mortgage and Agency Company at Invercar. gill, an<i under whose management itfl business has grown to very large dimensions, has received the appointment to the same posi p tipn at Christchurch. His successor will be Mr G. A. Birch, the deservedly popular manager, of the Jnvercargill branch of the Colonial Bant. For the Victorian loan there were 664 i Renders covering L 6,548,900. Those at [ LIOO Is 6d will receive about 90 percent., and those above' that in full. There were foW of the tenders which cohered a million and three quarters at from par to two shillings aud sixpence preninm. It is believed that the recent heavy shipments of gold to Australia reduced the price of the loan by fully five shillings per cent. A meeting of the Wjmdham Stud Company was held on Wednesday evening »t Milne's Hotel, Wyndham. The affairs of the company were wound up and the result was stated to be that, at all events, no loss had ' been, sustained pn their venture with Xi n > of the 'Ring. One of the company, Mr Jno. Gj eensnields, purchased the horse out and out at a satisfactory figure, and it was stated that there was more thau enough money in ■ hand to meet all liabilities. The pluck of jthte company in spending a large sum to import superior stock is worthy of com* mendation and is characteristic o? the farmers of the Wyndham district. S We that our red-hot republican contemporary, the ' Lake County Press,' has been effervescing in the sunshjne of viceroyalty. Our Governor, Sir William Jer,rois, while travelling in his capacity as a private gentleman, recently visited Arro^ . town, but the private nature of bis journey did not allow him to escape the " kow-tow-ing " of the local (carrel) organ. It must needs intrude upon his privacy with offensive familiarity, and present him with a copy of itself in letters of gold printed on eatin. We should not be surprised if some of the editor's usually luminous ideas were present in that issue, and that he was desirous of embalming them in letters of gold for the edification of posterity. They would not Burviye otherwise. The first wool sales of the season were held at Invercargill on Wednesday. There was a good representative attendance of buyers, resulting, in keen competition throughout, with good prices, {taking into consideration these ruling of late in the London market Altogether 1491 bales 206 bags were catalogued. Prices may be quoted as follow : Leicester and Lincoln, 5d to 7d ; crossbred, 6d ito 9£d, merino, 7£d to 10£ d. Cargwell, White and Co. sold first, and of 200 bales cleared all but one lot. The National Mort.gflgg And Agency Company sold 328 bales of 180 o&jflUd, The British and New Zealand Mortgage and Agsnt37 Company sold over 300 bales of 450 offered, f fr,o New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency UQiif\,a.ny's .sale, which came last, was somewhat affected by the lateneß3 of the hour at which it was held. They sold 347 bales of 492 offered, f The troubles that afflict the jugt, in number many be. So at least thinks a weljknow dealer in pigskin in Wyndham. He is i the proud possessor of a horse whose off fore ' leg when he is trotting makes one think he \ is reaching for something, and he attaches j to it a centenarian vehicle with a strong listto .starboard. Well, he thought he would go home one night aud had for passengeig iwo men and a sack of flour, also some sundries. All went merry as a maniagc b 11 till he reached the bridge over the Mataura at the old ferry. A playful youth, riding a marc wi,th an equally playful foal met our friend at this critical point. Result, a sharp turn | off the embankment and the capsize of the whole contents, human, animal and vegetable into a convenient pool with abundance of gree» slime a$ % foot. The appearance of \

the party when they emerged is described as being a little washed out. In fact our hero was so much -' green " that he took a dip in the adjacent Mataura to make himself clean. What happened to the flour sugar, etc., deponent knoweth not, but one thing is certain and that is that our sutorial friend haß had to rejuvenate his antiquated " machine." The annual election of school committees will take place on Monday 28th insh at 7.30 p.m. Messrs W. Cullen and R. Herbert start as auctioneers and commission agents in Tapanui. A comet is now visible on clear nights in Dunedin. Its tail is only visible with the aid of a glass. It rises almost due west. The health of Her Majesty the Qaeen is unsatisfactory, and she is unable to stand for more than a few minutes. Auctioneers' licenses have been granted to Messrs Canning, Green and Simson, Gore. Xt Mataura Mr T. Mac Gibbon will wield the hammer on behalf of Mr J. S. Shanks. The cutter Daphne, Captain Bunn, has arrived at Auckland from Rarotonga and bring 9 tidings of a most disastrous gale there, causing wreck of the Auckland schooners Agnes Bell, Atlantic, and Makea Aricki with the loss of seven lives ; also a fearful amount of damage to property on the island. The children attending the Sunday schools in connection with the Anglican communion in this and adjacent districts, were yesterday regaled with a jpic nic at Mataura. Fully 70 of the young folks of both sexes were pre sent and thoroughly enjoyed themselves all day. The police camp was the site of the festivities and after a hearty day's enjoyment the little ones separated and by various methods of transit reached their homes in afety. The second trial of Wm. Pearce for the murder of the woman Hancock was held on Monday at Dunedin, before J«dge Williams and a jury. The same witnesses were exa. mined, and the prisoner was again defended by Mr Stuart. The jury retired at 4.45 p.m. and after an hour returned with a verdict of " Guilty,,' accompanied by a strong recommendation to mercy. His Honor said he would forward the recommendation to the advisers of the Crown, and passed sentence of death on the prisoner. The defence was the entirely new one that deceased accidentally inflicted the wound on herself, and that she did not know of It, hence her not mentioning it. At Tuesday's sitting of the Presbyterian Synod, at Dunedin, the public school teachers were unexpectedly attacked by the Eev. Mr Stevens, who said that very many of the teachers had made base insinuations against the Bible. In reply to Mr W. S. Fitzgerald, the rev. gentleman declared that he knew of his own knowledge that many of the teachers were opposed to the Word of God. His statement drew an emphatic protest from the Rev. J. Byley, of Port Chalmers. By Gable we learn that flve packages containing dynamite have been discovered in a tunnel near Euston-square railway station. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was about to travel northwards by the London and North-western line. The discovery was made prior to his departure. It is believed that it was intended to wreck the train by which the Prince proposed to travel, and it is thought that the projected outrage was the work of Fenian emissaries ; but up to the present time no arrests have 'been made bj the police. The discovery caused much excitement and indignation, /^Without presuming to take too much credit to ourselves we should like to draw at* tention to the full report elsewhere of Captain Mackenzie's speech at Chatton last night. Our reporter left there about a quarter past ten, and we were still able to go to press at the usual time, We qan fajirly congratulate ourselves upon this journalistic feat. Tiie most remarkable statement made toy the speaker was that he wag in favor of the purchase by the Government of the Waimea Plains Railway. He was subjected to a severe " heckling "at the conclusion of his address, and appeared to emerge from the ordeal without turning a hair, The famous Donald Dinnie arrived in Gore on Tuesday, and in the evening of that day a performance was held in Canning's auction mart at which the athlete exhibited his skill. There was a very large attendance of the public, the hall being crowded j but the per f ormance could scarcely be called a success, The stage was too small to admit of much display, and it was evident that in negotiating the iron bar and throwing a heavy weight Dinnie was sadly hampered for want of roon* For some reason or other, no 561 b weights had been provided, as the manipulation of these was Djnnie's/orte the performance lost much of its interest Dinn je's dancing was much admired, but in wrestling fre had no competitor worthy the name and apart from this ]the wooden stage, without a particle of sawdjist, was altogether unfitted for any display of strength or skill. During the evening several songs and recjltatjLons were giy^en $ but with the exception of an effort; of Mr Reiach's none of them are deserving of mention. They sought have been omitted without violence to the feelings pf. the audience. The gentlemen present that coujd sing wouldn't and when the management allowedMr Briggs to mount the stage and in melodious tones warble s,omc ditty abou£ nothing jn particular they drew rather largejLy on the patjejjge of a good-natured audience. F, S. Canning & Cp, spll an Otaina farm ,on Jan. 31, and stock a£ BiversdaLe on. an early date, I. S. Simson has a farm near Biv.ersdale for private sale. A nurse girl is advertised for. LI reward is offered for bay cob lost. Gore Public School reopens on Tuesday. J. Roshs, Mandeyftla, has gOO acres for sale or lease. Harvesting tenders are required by W M'Dowell. Gore. " • ' • ■ R. L. Bcgg has opened a store afc Ma r taura. Green and Souncss hold a clearing sale at Longrtdge on, Feb. H. J. S. Sbah&s sells gjtock a t Gordon tomorrow, and lease of land with growing cron on Feb. 2. * l Templeton and Co., Wyndham, want tenders for harvesting. Donald Dinnie will perform at Riversdale on January 29 th. War is now a certainty between France and China, and the new Bankruptcy Act of New Zealand is now in force, so that honest men will no longer have to pay rogues' debts — hence the following intimation ; galvanised roofing nails, .'3d per lb ; fencing staples, M )o : .-n^ oth'.i- guows ai a ridiculous price. A doub e-barrt:l breech-lender, an oak churn newest pattern, rabbit exterminators, galvanic sod four-prong fencing wire (best), a pntont mangle, Sharpens best axes, paperhangingp, best white lead, also driers und cold paints of all kinds, 4s stocks are being reduced, no reasonable cash offer refused nt Mao("fiBBON and Son's, Gordon, Gore, and Mataura. Note — Buy your tea bofioio it yjes up 2s a lb ! \

! Messrs Souness and Macleodhave been appointed trustees in the estate of T. Hunter, the "sale of whose property by Green and Souness has been postponed. F. P. Canning & Co. announeeby advertisement that the sale of the Railway Hotel, Gore, will be he'd in the long dining-room of that hotel in place of their Auction Mart.