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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 335, 29 February 1884, Page 2

Owing to a crush of matter just before going to press, we were compblled to hold over two interesting letters — one on the rabbit question and another on the temperance movement. A communication from our Chatton correspondent was also held over, together with reports, etc. Letters of naturalisation have been issued to Francis Barber, laborer, Mataura. There have been eight nominations for the Oreti Licensing District. Three of the number are against the increase of public houses At the Otago Land Board on Wednesday Messrs Connell and Moodie, acting on behalf of a deferred payment selector, applied to surrender his license, which the Board had previously refused to declare forfeited, but acting on the decision of the Appeal Court, now agre ed to do, Mr Stout objecting. The Southland Land Board at its meeting yesterday granted permission to the Mataura Town Board to expend certain deferred payment monies on roads in their division. The Town Board will m^et on Tuesday next to dispose of these monies for the benefit oJ: the ratepayers. William Holland was charged before Mr Souness, J.P., on the 26th inst,, with having been drunk at Gore on the 21st February, lie had been bailed "out on the 22nd, and as he did not appear when called his bail of 7s was ordered to be estreated. Ferrets are more numerous in Southland than most people suppose. Forest Hill, Seaward Bush, and the Otametc have been their " principal locations so far, and it is said that they have dune good work in exterminating the rabbits. On Wednesday last a number were liberated on the Jnvercargill Borough Council's Waterworks reserve at Dunsdale, and steps are being taken to stock some of the Slopedown bushes and the the Waikaia Jbush. As far as practicable ferrets will only be liberated in open country and on Crown lands. The Government arc buying a considerable number of ferrets from breeders, who should be coining money by rearing these natural enemies of the rabbit. There are now sixtysix members of the Blue Ribbon Army in Wyndham. Elsewhere we publish " Cyclops " contribution, for which we were unable to find room in our last issue. The 'Frisco mail closes at the Gore post office to-day at 12 noon, and mails per s.s. British King direct close at 12 noon oh Mofiday fgr the United Kingdom. The farmers in the country districts of Otago are taking steps to oppose the decision of the grain merchants and millers to make no allowance in weight for sacks when buying grain. The various agricultural societies will be asked to rngye in the matter. The monthly meeting of the JCnapcUle Road Board, called for Tuesday, lapsed for want of a quorum, only Messrs Chisholm, F. Milne, J. Milne, and being present. No doubt the near approach of harvest prey ented some of the other members from being in attendance, If there is one thing we detest more than another at a concert; it is to hear certain per' sons in the audience indulging in the unseemly practice of whistling, caterwauling, and talking during the performance of a piece. That these pernicious habits were indulged in to a coasiderable extent at the Anglican concert on Tuesday evening all present will be able to testify, and even the appeal of the Rev. Mr Hobba for better conduct on the part of one or two individuals failed to have the desired effect. It neither helps the performers nor pleases the respectable portipn of the audience to hear an audible noise being continued right through the performance of a piece, and we trust that for the future these bad features will be abstained from. One or two of the offenders on this occasion, considerably past tfre h'me of boyhood, certainly ought to have known better. If they are found i transgressing in a like manner again, we : shall deem it a duty to publish their names. Thp announcement that Mrs Ward would conduct religious services in Wyndham created considerable interest, On Friday evening a " Gospel Meeting" was held in L.eaby's Hall. Before service, Mrs Ward made a personal canvass of the main street, and invited men $nd w.ovncn tp attend the service. The result of this earnest action that numbers were present, who, by their app.earan.ee we should iudgg are seldom seen jn any church building, or in attendance ftt any meeting of a religious character. On Sunday evening a similar meeting w?s held, and from the fact of its being widely intimated, a large congregation assembled. We question whether a more numer.ouslyrattended peligious service has ever been held in Wyndham. Mi's }Yard delivered a very earnest address, and her kindly ancj. sympathetic exhortations will long be remembered fry those that were present. On Tuesday evenjug the meeting was in connection with the Blue Bibbon mm ement, of which Mrs Ward is an ardent supporter. This meeting was held in the schoolroom, wluck ,\yas well filled. The Rev. J. N. Buttle presided, who delivered a short address. Mrs Ward also spoke, Thofce present were urged to give up the drink, and nvaw themselves as Christians and total abstainers. The meeting was also addressed by his Honor Judge Ward, whp' ; was present, lie expressed his sympathy ' with the temperaucG movement, and invited those present to sign, the pledge and " don < tlio blue." Seventeen persons came forward and signed the pledge, and Mrs Ward decor i ra'ed them with the badge of the B.R. i Army. Most of these were adult?, many of i them being working men, and included some' i of what are known as bad cases, A liberal '

The Gore-Pukerau telephone is now ope to the public, who will no doubt find it a gieat convenience. On dit that it is not unlikely that Mr F. S. Canning will commence an action in the Supreme Court against Mr I. S. Simson for defamation of character. j Close upon twenty machines have entered ■ for this morning's reapejfand,' binder contest at Riversdale. • ' v ' To-day a match takes place at Wyndham between the Woodlands O.C. and a local eleven. We are afraid it will go hard with the local team, as some of the best men are unable to take part. Mr "Arthur Wellesley Peel, Liberal M.P for Warwick,, has been elected Speaker of of the House of Commeas. Sir H. B. WBrand, .the retiring Speaker, who has held the office since 1872, has been raised to the peerage" as Viscount Hampden, The Hon. Mr Kcrford, Attorney-General and the Hon. Mr Gillies, Minister of Railways in the Victorian Ministry, are on a visit to New Zealand. They passed through Gore yesterday, en route from the Lakes to Dunedin. They were aoempanied by Mr Dartnell, district engineer. Floods near Kingston have interrupted railway traffic between Elbow' and the Lakes. In this district owing to the heavy <; rainfall' the Mataura has been pretty high, :bu]b no damage has resulted. The most serious inconvenience caused by the rain is to the farmers, who with some reason are becoming alarmed as to the harvest prospects. A sale of sections for cash and on deferred payments was held at the Invercargill Land Office on Monday. The following were the results :— Cash sections : Section G, block X, Mataura, Catherine M'Erlean, L 7 10s ; sec7, block X, Mataura, G. T. Stockwell, L 7 10s ; section 8, block X, Mataura, William Sheehy, L 9, section 9, block X, Mataura, Thomas Mackie, L 9 ; section 16, block X, Mataura, W. Cameron, Ll2. 10s ; . section 17, block X, Mataura, S, Stone, L 8 10s ; section 18, block X, Mataura, B. E. Stockwell, L 7 10s ; section 19, block X, Mataura, Anglican Church, L 7 10s ; section 50, block 111, Menzies Ferry, James Young, L 25. Deferred payment section: Section 12, block 1(5, Gore, Joseph Baker, LM7 (upset, LlOl ss). Financially Tuesday's concert at Gore — reported on our supplement — was a great success-. The expenses were owing to the good management of Messrs Hare and Symcs very light, and after defraying them exactly L2O remains to be handed over to the Anglican Church. After the entertainment an excellent supper was given to the performers, and we understand the whole cost of this was generously borne by Mr Symes. By a proclamation in the ' Gazette ' the Gore recreation reserve is brought under the Public Domains Act, and the following gentlemen are appointed to form a Domain Board,: — Messrs M. R. Bree, F. S. Canning, J. Beattie, J. Nicolson and W. Henderson. The Board is to meet for the transaction of business on the seoond Monday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock p.m., at the Railway Hotel, Gore, or at such other time and place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting is to be held on Monday, the 10th March. A public Lrial of reapers and binders, unde: 1 the auspices of the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Society, took place near Invtreargill on Wednesday. The weather of the previous night hart been stormy and wet, and sbowersjoll up- to midday. It was expectin tfiat thtiriaTwould be postponed, but the weathei improving a little, it was decided to. gp on, The ' crop was one of rather light oats, and ;vas not a severe test of the merits o£ the machines. The result was as follows: — M'Cornrick's (No. 3), first, silver medal ani half entry money ; time, 2 hours 20 mjnutes, Osborne's latest (No. 8), second ; time, 2 hours 29 minutes. Wood's No- 2, third ; time, 2 kours 35 minutes. The lots were about four acres. At Wednesday's meeting of the Otago Land Board, an application by Mr Pyke, for A. F. M'Kenaie, for a license to occupy section 5, block VIII, Crookston, was declined. — The Chief Commsssioner requested the Board to fix the upset price of portion o^ section 2, block IV, Fortrose. Land to be classified as suburban land,subject to the approval pf the Government, at the upset price of L 3 per acre, At the request of the Kelso Progress Committee, it was decided to offer for sale sections in block VII, Kelso, at L3O. The Warden, reporting on the application of the Presbyterian Church to purchase a site at Waipahi, stated that a roadltne would cut into the portion of the land occupied by the station buildings, but he saw no objection to the sale of the remainder. It was resolved "That the land be classified as suburban land, subject to the approval of the Government, and sold at L 3 per acre."jj collection was taken up to defray the incidental expenses in initiating the movement. A most successful meeting was brought to a close at 10 o'clock, On Wednesday afternoon Mrs Ward conducted a M drawj.ng»room Bible reading " at Dun&lister, tie residence of Dr Menzies, whose guest she has been, : Parents of unvaccinated children over the age of six months are reminded that the VaecinatioD Inspector of the district shortly intends taking Jeg-al proceedings against them. The Act requires all children £o be vaccinated before the age of six months, and also that children vaccinated by the public vaceinator shall be brought to him on the seventh day after the operation has been performed to ' ascertain the result of that operation, and to take from such child (}f he think fit) lymph for the performance of pther vaccinations, and in case of the operation befng successfully performed by a medical practitioner nc^t jj, public yaccinator, such medical practitioner shall deliver to fte parent, or other person causing the child to be vaccinated,. # certificate of successful vaccination, which must be delivered to the Vaccination Inspector by pl}Q said parent or other person within twenty-one days after the performance of the operation, and parents or other? having children vaccinated outside their district are required to also produce the certificate of game to the Vaftcjn^ton Juepector of their district. Neglect of any o£ tfj.p ab,nvo cases will render a parent liable to a penally of 40s. We notice that some few fanners Imvo started cutting Qn,, the Otama anil more will soon be at work in the Ohatton district, but we believe it will be at least another week 91* ten days before cutting will bo general throughout those districts, and then only if the weather continues fine in the meantime. We observe some very heayy cro^? ,of wheat on the road to Chatton, viz., those of Messrs Hauley, Byars and Mallon. These gentleman should have a very large yield if everything turns out favorably towards the con" summation of the harvest. On the Waikaka again, things are beginning to get in a for? svard state, and harvesting will soon be the

ordiT of the day. Some remarkably fine 4 crops of oats are to be met with on the lower flat rood, and also some very good gra=s, but the grass is very plentiful everywhere in those districts we have mentioned this year — in fact, we may say all over this part of the country. A good deal of gras 8 for seed has been cut in the Chatton district this year, Mr John M'Queen alone having cut on the Knapdale Estate some 200 acres, which we hear is likely to average about SO bushels per acre, Licensing committee elections continue the order of the day in these parts. The results of all will be found in our advertising columns and need not be repeated here. At Gore there was a " boil over," Messrs Beattio and Martin to the astonishment^of most peo- , pie being the defeated candidates. Only the required number have been nominated for] Mataura Riding, but for the town district of the same name there is likely to be be a keen contest. Mr Shanks was originally nominated, but finding he was ineligible has since withdrawn ; and we may hint as gently |as possible that Mr James Pollock would render himself liable to a penalty on taking his seat on a Licensing Bench. Ten gentlemen contest the Toi Tois election, and a similar number are out for Waikaia. The Nightcaps Coal Company have coal for sale. Harvesting tenders are wanted by Mr I. S. Simeon. Mr J. J. Wesney, luvercargill, preaches at Gore on Sunday. Tim How is now the proprietor of the Cl>i iese gardens at Gore. Various notices in connection with the election of Liceusing Committees are inserted. We have been requested to remind our readers of Miss Cardeu's dancing class this evening from 8 to 10 in ih^ l.'emplars Hal], Gure. There will be classes for fancy work for 'children at the same place from 9.30 till 11 on Saturday mornings, and a dancing class from 11 to 1 o'clock. Don't Die in the House. — " Rough on Rats" clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, vi sects, moles, jack rabbits, gophers. New Zealand Drug Company, General Agents. 2 That husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using " Wells Health Renewer. 1 ' Druggists. New Zealand Drug Companj', General Agents. 1 Wells' "Rough on Corns."— Ask for Wells' "Rough on Corns/ 1 7|d. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, wartw, bunions, New Zealand Drug Co., General Ageuts. 2 The Liife an M.P — An M.P., deploring the evil effects of London habits on f he earth, said that were it not for the Hop Bitters he could not live through with the irregular hours he was forced to keep. Said he: "As soon as I feel weak and exhausted from long night session and meals at irregular hours, I resort to my Hop Bitters instead of stimulants. . They regulate my bowels and keep my appetite good, my b;ain clear, and ' my strength and health are preserved." See 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, 3d do ; and other goods at a ridiculous price. A doub e-barrel breech-loader, an oak churn newest pattern; rabbit exterminators, galvanised four-prong fencing wire (bc-3')> a patent mangle, Sharpe's best axes, paperhanging?, 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, ©ore, and Mataura. Note— Buy your tea before it goes up 2s a lb 1