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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 328, 5 February 1884, Page 2

The meeting of the Taturau Road Board tailed fur Saturday last at Mataura lapsed for want of a quorum. ■ The cSntest betweieri Donald Dinnie and Wm. Ma'th'cson will take place on the Caledonian Sdciety'6 jjipund, Dunedin, on. Saturday, February 16th. It is prq.bable^at.the- wrestling, match Binnie arid'Hudson^will alg6 tike .place on that day. Mr Bree, deputy-inspector of rabbits, hne favored us with the following etntistics regarding the New Zealand Agricultural Co.'s estate :— 'Poison for rabbits laid over the whole property— For the year ending September, 1881, 79,5701b5; 1882, 145,6 1 51bs ; 1883, 302,8961b5. Skins received—For year, ending September, 1881, 927,350 ; 1882 944,575 ; 1883, 564,847 ; for October, November, and December, 1883, 205,305. The erection of the telephone line to Pukerau will be under way in a day or two and completed by the end of the present month. ■ When finished the post and telephone office at Pukerau will be at the railway station, where it is probable a moneyorder office will also be established. The necessary authority has been given for the construction of the Gore-Riversdale Telephone line,, which will be commenced as soon as poles can be procured and placed on the ground. It erection will probably occupy some six weeks. Mr Gee will have charge of the telephone office at the Riveradale end. 41 Very little new 6 can be gathered in this district at present," writes our Otaria correspendent, " with the exception that dullness prevails everywhere; more so on account of the vile state of the weather, apparently not confined to this locality. Amongst ~u« we have some thorough, efficient farmers, but according;to the present aspect of,»ffairs thei r toiling wiil be in vain this season and their crops only fit to graze cattle and swine. It is pouring heavily now. No wonder the auctioneers have so many farms for sale— fo r my own part I Jmay think myself lucky in having a good ten acre crop of Scotch thistles nearly ready for the reaper and binder." We think our correspondent draws too depressing a picture,the weather no doubt having affected his nerves. A cricket match was played at Gore on Saturday between an eleven from the local school and a similar number of lads attending the Pukerau school. In their first innings the Gore boys were put out for a total of 33 rune, none of the players getting into double figures. Pukerau made a moro creditable show, their total score being 44 before the last wicket fell. Towards this number A^ Gordon contributed 17, and J. Gordon 15 la'their second venture Gore fared rwnarkably well, the good play of L. Coutts (19), W. Howells (16), A. Brennan (12), and others bringing the score up to 70, or [a grand total for the two innings of 103. Pukerau's second innings was a melancholy affair, only 13 runs being made.; and the match thus terminated in Gore's favor with 46 runs to the good. ; Rather. a good story is told by the writer in the * Ota^o P,ajly Tinies ' of "N otes of a trip to the Otago Sounds' in the Union Co.'s s. s. Tarawera." He speaks of the tables kept by the Company, and says that to those accustomed to a more simple mode of life, ftndjto whom the profuse liberality of the Union Company wag new, thesight was perplexing, and to have acted as did two Irish navvies in London would have been fraught With danger. As the story goes, they had unusually good fortune, and resolved to .have a real good dinner for once in their lives. Dinner for two was accordingly ordered in a first-class hotel, and on sitting down to it they were daxed by the multiplicity of dishes, and in their innocence supposed tfcey must, take, a ,Ufcfcle of everything. Indue course a silver dish containing a yellow paste and a spoon was reached, and one of them, unobserved by the other took a big sup. Instantly his- breath went from bira f his eyes started from their sockets, and the tears ro^sd down h}s cheeks. * Hollow Pat," cried the otfter in alarm, f? ghat's the matter wid yezV-— ' ? Oelf r PhifJ,'' answered Pat,; afyer a few desperate gaept, "I wm tipnkjng ft \» just seven yearn to-d»y since my poor ould frandffttfeep was hanged." In a few urinates it came to Phid/t tnpn, and he too was well-nigh choked with the strong mustard. « Hollow, Phid," said Pat, whatV the matter wid yet ?— " Och," replied Phid, with a Jger. .after recovering himself, " I was justjthinkpg it's & Kfeaf B*ty you wasn't •handed with y.our poop, qjd . grandia^e, r this day seven yearj ago I" r ' ' r ' 4;jneetjjng pf t,he cqnjmittoe of the Wyndham Caledonian gßfcigty held pit Tfjiurs. day evening last at^ Leahy's Hotel, Th.c attendance was not "large,, and Mr Walker was in the chair. The meeting was called f.qr thje purpose of winding up financial matters in connection -w^jj. the late . flporto, and the secretary's (Mrißaymbiid)' repotfC was thereupon read. From it it appeared that the sum of £12 could be , carried /forward as a. credit bal^nce^ a.nd this was regarded as highly satisfactory. The [an^Jgan^qn pf the Society with the Cricket ' Club for" the purpose of improving for joint purposes the ground|in possession of the lattery was mooted, and it'wai agreed, tha^^g matter should be considered at a general meeting to be catyed by the secretary. . .- . . A meeting of gentlemen in favor of hold-, jng a concert in aid of the ' Southland Hospit&l hgl,4 fin Friday evening at. Mr fceahy-'s hotel, fhj? a^tendanpe wan mfl^FJrfe, buj; §njhugjss)kjc { an 4 BJack (convener) was eleete4 gbftiß»»n, , After some discussion, it was decided to form the meeting int» a committee for the furtherance qI th§ object stated. Of the committee, Mr, Miller, was unanimously secretary. ■ It was stated the Wyndham Dramatic CJub, now in course of formation, would willingly, giy^ their assistance. The date of the pro., jposed 39 n^ert >^a^ nfjt definitely fixed, but 17th March was mentiorie,d as a |uitable date. Another meeting 'will be cabled, wjhen ngce'ffary, jthe movement another step, The Rev. Mr M'Kee, of Waima^e, jfyg other evening, made some observations that ought to be widely read. He said that he agreed in carrying out the education $sy§tenjfn ijs entirety. :It was one they should be proud of. -Ha $d nof believe in religion being taught in the State' schbojs, in which opinion he differed from the majority of those known as the "cloth." It yfl P h P 4ff fc 7 °f ministers to give religious instruction.' fhe -«ry of fl gfldless schools " was, in his oppion s^mpl^ It » r .9, u 7. dbe ,jmposßible t;o tlach m'Vible S public &sfyf)\9 SO as tp gfye satbfactiqn to all classes ; and so bug gs ftng gfi'piion'WqHW be unfairly: treated he did not think it would be advisable to introduce the grand old Book/ He 'also referred to the great advantage the district now possessed in parents being' able Wgive their children a secondary education on vety'^aV'wrmsl "He hoped they would support heartily l •botto'-'prSmSry and secondary education, and als6 ; that the p/qTOpplabry' clauses < of the Act would be rigidly euiojr'ced,

Our Milton contemporary states that. iS,t Henry Driver was offered and dee'linied LIOOO on his purchase ef Southdown et^eep to leave them in Christchnrch. The Wyndham Town Board met last night and the Farmers 1 Club meets to-morrow night. The general meeting of the Wynd- • ham Caledonian Society will also be held to-marrow night at 6.30. Reports of all ♦"*• e*ten*o will be published on Friday. Harvesting has commenced in the Lake district, Mr Ja/nes Reid, near Arrowtown, having commenced to cut the ripest of his wheat last Tuesday. A serious accident happened at Invercargill to Mr Charles Weavers, of Edendale, on Friday afternoon. It appears that he fell into the cellar of a shop in Tay street, through an open trap door He was insensible for some time, and Dr Wardale, who was coon in attendance, found him to be suffering from concussion of the brain. He is now pro--greasing favorably. Dr Coughtrey has given formal notice, under rule 101 of the Dunedin Jockey Club, that he will move for th« disqualification of Thomas Mortimer, of Pine Bush, for engaging as a jockey David Whybrow, after having be-in' warned that Whybrow was still in liia (the doctor's) employ as undergroom ; and also for the disqualification of Whybrow for unlawfully leaving his employ. Fiom a circular left with us, we learn that Mr H. Scott is desirous of establishing a private school in Gore should sufficient inducement offer. English, mathematics, geography &c, will be amongst the subjects taught and French lessons will bo given if required. We have reason to believe that the terms will be moderate. These, with any other particulars, may be ascertained on application at Mr H. L. Mansford's, Gordon. It does not fall to the lot of every Town Clerk to bring such a windfall to his employers as the Town Clerk of Invercargill has just done. During the p;»st month or two those local governing bodies within whose boundaries there are Crown lands have received a copy of the Property Tax valuations for Crown lands with the request that the formal demand should be made for the rates based on those valuations. It appears that the Invercargill municipal axthorities considered the Government property considerably undervalued and a revaluation was made by the Tewn Clerk and submitted to the Property Tax Department. - In due course inquiries were made by the department; with the result that the Government haye 1 agreel to most of the valuations submitted. The Invercargill Corporation instead of receiving L255;,7e 6d' wpl now be paid L 786 12s 6d, or>an adyanc&'oiHLSSl 5si ■'" If the Dunedin ' Star ' is to be- believed, ar old identity of severity yeata of age consulted her medical man the otherday respecting la; pain in her leg, which threatened ; to settle down into sciatica or some other permanent disease. -After receiving^* a recipe for a-* liniment to be rubbed upon the injured limbif the old lady informed the doctor of an illness under which a daughter in , the country was suffering,- and received jL; prescription for twenty drops of a mixture^, to be swallowed thrice daily. Her daughter being, on a visit to D' unedin, the proud mother produced both bottles and handed her daughter the bottle of linirinentunopened,bioping It would do as zpuch good as her medicine had done. The old lady hadjbeen rubbing her daughter's mixture, in- > tended to be swallowed, upon her rheumatic limbs, anJ believed that it had effected a pefe'et^ure. ? Truly in the medical as the religious world, faith works wonders nowadays as of old, A: hurricane of a most severe character has been experienced at Bowen, a seaport town about 725 mjles north of Brisbane. The wind blew some hoursjwfth terrjfic force,and caused immense destruction, every building in the town being more ov l«sa damaged, and many were blown down. Hundreds of people have been Tendered homeless. Both bank building have been razed to the ground and all the hotels have, been so damaged as to be unfit for occupation. The jetty was blown ( and fche, steamer Fiado, which was lying alongside, fcas been drjyen agr#und. So far as. known, no Ipjs Qf Ufe ;h»s been causfed, „_, , -_ „ ._-...._.« ,- v ... From Ohriiitd^tirdii we Jea^niiftat jh^rder* to ajcsrtaiu if sheep froisen kef^e being: cold] or with the kidneys in are more liable to become tainted on a voyage than sheep treated) in the usual waj , a sheep was s ,tit on December 11th hot from the butcher's hands to the freezing chamber at Belfast, and, on 31sj;, als,q hot and with kidneys |n was' frozen Bof;h were taken out of the freezing chamber on January «fQ£h, and put up on February Ist. Neither shews tfre Jeaat tajnt or sjgn of decomposition in any part, being perfectly sweet throughout. Tne ' Lake Wakatip Mail ' reports that Mr Davjd Smith, a farmer at Tucker Beach, met .with ajlatal accj. <\z\\\>, p,}} » feggnt Frj^ay night bVtVeen 9 and 10 o'clock. He went out j;o lift rabbit' traps laid on his farm, and, not i returning, search was made early on Saturday moynipg, when he was fpund by a neighbor, Mr T. Bel}, head downwajxir in a mattagorie bush. It would appear that, in the darkness, he fell over a precipice about |.0Q feet highj on to the spot where he was found, and 1 must have, been lying foj? seven $r eight hours. The greater portion of his body was 'paralysed, and deceased, who was attended by Dr Douglas, lingered on till Tuesday last, when he succumbed to the injuries FSM»?HH? f s #r?-fSP9*!i <>* Jfataara Seljqol COBiffliWee for jjece.inber 3lßt 1883, presented, to the householders' mefl.t» ing t— " The Committee are. glad to report an improvement in their financial position, beginning the year as thoy did with a credit balance of Ljs 2ssd, and leaving a balance of LS 19b 3d to credit, as shown; by statement laid on tha table, tjiey 1 have ajao to report an improvement in the attendance of schola^i, tie attendance of last quarter hay« H flw, ", km .fiMfifefC $#& \ % school to another pupil teacher. " £Imj Q^ft; mjlttee have re.cbinnjien'ied 'tijie- board' t$ apIjftfnf .fames Sullivan to the position. The'he'ad teaehejf fcayiifg. p#}s.d $h§ of the committee to the fact that -er tended school accommodation was necessary, tha committee have requisitioned the Board, who have entertained the matte? and instructed their "carpenter, to jEenorji thereon. The corn* mittee arealao glad to report having J3ee.n able to induce the board to supply a long felt want, vie, shelter shed and closets, the fflprngr qf wb^ch has proved itself a great weather. Ih^ commfttee feared- the,, resignation p£ . tfje head, teacher, A. :White, through ill health ia 1 April ! la&itfnqV by a unanimous vote recommended 1 the board to appoint. Mr John Anderson, which appointment in our opinion will prove a satisfactory pne. The, committee having re« •bi^edf'th^re^ignatioa of; "31^88 Wjlliams as pupU 1 teacher; tae/iuiv^ takeH pte^WiiaTd

the vacancy filled up. In concluding their] report the committee call your attention to the satisfactory condition of the school, both: numerically and financially, the latter mainly due to the energy of the head master, through whose exertion an entirely' successful lecture was carried through." 'Owing^to tne prevalence of hooping-, cough in the district the iKiiapdale school •a is been closed for a fortnight. " ' " ? Mr T. Middlemios, a new arrival in the district, reports the theft from his premises of a tether rope. Thefts of this nature are far too numerous., We understand that Mr T. Mortimer, Pine Bush, has disposed of his stud of racehorses to Mr E. Swain. The horses are well-known to most of our readers. , ;. ■ The cricket match between ike Otago and Tasmanian teams was commenced or Saturday afternoon, on a wicket somewhat unfavorable for fast scoring.- The Tasmamanß in their first imnings made 40, and Otago followed suit with 65, Harris carrying his bat through for a well-played 41. At 6 o'clock the Taamanians went in for their second innings, and when time was called at 6.30 had lost two wickets for 13 runs. Harris, their beat bat, was not out with eight runs to his credit. So far Otago's chance, of winning seems very good. We have not heard the remit of tho match. The children attending the Pinnacle Sunday School prepared a pleasant little surprise for their three teachers on Sunday last — a pocket reference Bible for each. In the absence of the Rev. Mr Wright, the presenta; tion was very appropriately made by the district lay reader, Mr J. Kirk, after the ser^ vice. Mr Kirk also read a letter explaining that the matter originated with the scholars and waß a genuine proof of their love and re* gard for their teachers, as nearly every child attending had contributed, and th^fc it was desired that the presentation should be made at once.as it was feared the secret would cose out if delayed for the return of Mr Wright. The recipients were evidently taken: by but? prise; and must feel gratified that their labor is appreciated. D. Kellie hat a 4-roomed, cottage, to let. The N.Z.A. Co. want 20 teams for ploughing. Two heifers hate been impounded at Mataura. Mass will be celebrated at Wyndham on Sunday. Tapanui races will be held on March Oth and 7th. Bates due to the Tuturau Road Board will shortly, be^sued, for. „=«: „ r > '< Ausfcralana'6 '< consultation ba* l the%& ney Cup v advertised. Ifenders are required— For harvesting at Washpool 'Flat, arid' for painting/ '-«&.; js£ Wendonside. .• - . "; . ; . r i V .'. .; : ! tfreem and Souness have a threshing mill for kale. They Advertise a sale of live and deajd stock for Saturday. .-. — .- , Mrs Kft#wi<Bs, Gote, has: va!entiiys^ L aii* birthday cards on sale. t. S. Simson sells, lambs; on; F.eby^./and the bailiff of the R.M. Court oats at Mataura on Thursday. Boar calls attention, to his^ grand distribution of money prizes, amounting to L2OOO. The drawing is similar to the Hamburg principle ; a prize being guaranteed to any investor of 25 tickets. , The first? drawing will take place the end of February. For full p>rtic&laya «cc ' advertisement tour oolttmns'.~tADVT. "' " ' ' ' 4 '"^ War is noir a certainty bet.ween 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 f ollbmiiff intimation!- :;gAlv}^|rfsd: roofing nails, 3d pefclb jjfencing staples,^ d do ; and other goods at a ridiculous price. A j doubSe-barrel breech-loader, an oak ehurti i pattern, rabbit exterminators, galvanised four-prong fencing wire (best), a patent mangle, Sharpe's best axes, paperhangings, best white lead, also driers and cold paints of all kinds. As stocks are being reduced, no reasonable cash offer refused at MacGibbon and Son's, Gordon, Gore, and Mataura. Note— Buy your tea before it goes up" Ss alb | ; ' >