Mataura Ensign GORE TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1884.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 336, 4 March 1884, Page 2

Mataura Ensign GORE TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1884.

Mr Henry M'Culloch has been appointed Assessment Court judge for the town districts of Gore, Gordon, Mataura, aud Wyndham. The wool sales held at Invercargill on Friday showed a slight decline on the prices of last' sales. ■ The Heddon 3ush and Hillend Estate, comprising 25,000 acres freehold, and 4320 of leasehold, in Southland, has been sold at auction at Dunedin. It realised HI B,OOO, Mr.Jas Spence being the purchaser. Some strange reports are abroad in reference to the condition in which the Mataura's shipment of frozen meat is likely to leave the Bluff. We do not care to be specific at present, but hope the directors of the Southland Freezing Company will bear the matter in mind. ; Mr E. H. O'Farrell, presently teacher at Knapdale, has received the gratifying intelligence that he has been appointed to the important school of Otautau. In this issue tenders aTe called fer finishing the building at Fortrose that Mr Attwobd purchased some time since. It is the the intention of the owner to convert the same into an hotel. From a glance at the plans we are prepared to say that when completed there is not a building to touch it at Fortrose. Out of the many orders issued by the Magistrates against persons who, by excessive drinking of liquor, misspend, waste, or lessen their estate, injure their healths, or endanger and interrupt the peace and happiness of their families (vide section 167 of the Licensing Act, 1882), few (says the ' Press ') produce the: results which it was hoped would be obtained by making such orders. .During the hearing of a case on Monday, Mr Whiteford, R.M., said he had, however, suggested a remedy which the Minister of Justice has promised to consider— namely, that oE criminal proceedings against any prohibited person found under the influence of drink after the order was made, and that the offender should be liable to imprisonment for disobedience of the order of the Court :.for the first offence for th« term of cne month, the second two months, the third three months and so on. Mr R. B. Martin, Government auctioneer, held a sale of Crown lands at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Friday. There was a good attendance of buyers, and spirited competition for some of the sections. The 6als was a most satisfactory one, land being disposed of which at previous sales was passed in. The followfag i.3 the result io far as the sale concerned the rising tovyn? ship of Pukerau, where quarter-acre sections were disposed of :— Section 7, block 1., F. M. Dawßoa (fov Michael Greaney, Pukerau), L 7 10s upset) ; sections 13 and 14, block L, ■Robert Bell, Pukerau, L 7 103 each (upset) ; sections 1> 16, 17, and 18, block I, George Sell, Pukeran, L 7 10s each (upset). Mr Clea&on, B, M. at Whangarei, has been fined for having a horse astray in the street* and a J. P. had to be got to sit in judgment on the erring magistrate, who a ehojt time pteyjously had commented severely on this ofEence whend§#nqueiits were brought before him. The Tasmanian cricketers were altegether too many for the Invercargillites. The match, certainly, could be concluded, as the visitors had to leave by steamer in the afternoon ; but it ended in a draw greatly in their favor. They jnnde 78 in the first innings and 197 in the second ; to which Invercargill replied with only 41, and 27 for seven wickets, A discussion took place at the last meeting of the Southland Land Board as to the disposal of a sum of L 53 received from sale of improvements on section 12, block 16, Gore. The selector, Mr J. W. Millar, having become bankrupt, and being in arrear of rents to a larger amount than the sum in question, it was determnied that the money skould pass to the Crown. Among a batch of new Justices of the Peace appear the names of William Reynolds Falconer Fraser Thomas Green ft* ore)., Patk. Kenny McCaughan (Invercargill), and Walter Southern (Lumsdea). The ' Marlborough Times ' of a recent issue says : Tenders for the destruction of wild sheep in this district were opened, but as no eligible tender was in it has been decided to call for fresh tenders. It is estimated that there are abuut 3000 wild sheep at large and each skin is estimated to weigh about 20lbs. A gratifying communication from the Union S.fcj. Company was read at a recent meeting o£ the Otago Harbor Board in the shape of an iutimation that the board's operations in facilitating ihe bringing up to Dunedin of vessels of de/jp draught had met with so much success that the company would be prepared at no distant date to make Dunedin their working port instead of Port ' Chaiiusre, and wouid bring all their vessels ! up her». provided that the Board supplied the necessary wharf and other accommodation. 4 committee was appointed to eeport on the questions involved. { The Wellington correspondent of the ' Otago Daily Times ' mentions that a very important new scheme is under the eocsuJer-- j ation oi pi?jp( ical me i relative to meat exportation. " Eithgito the exportation of frozen beef has not been & success ; indeed generally it n;js been almost a toi&l failure. Yet cattle are at a disproportionately low i price here as compared with Homo. The reetiut 40-day j)aseages of the direct steamers Jjavc l-jcaUedloinmd the old expericaci? 'jn impbiiUjg cattle to New Zealand from Australia, when tUa passage was commonly six weeks or more, in w«s&:h.ed little vessels With utterly inadequate appliance s fs>v securiu£ th§ .safe transit of living freights. Never, ( thcless a- iar^ portion of the cargoes used to arrive allrigbt. Bfiawsg these facts in mind, the present scheme undav ctii^'Xsration is to eej^d Homo cargoes of live cattie oasefijtyy locgeci in t.hu bpacious between-dei'ks of the piChtmt jarge steajaeiv, and land them in 1 Jiugland, not, of course, fit fpr the butcher, bf?t in such condition that a little .'/Bjajshjng of? ' with GiJ&akej <fee, would render them j rea iy iov the market. TJjere is a large mar- : ciii &>: r.rcfit, and my infoniit«»t» }\%o is a; liio.-.-ivhly o.ij--b-.'-M.' :.-:«■• i; f.-'-'J i:x«v.-ii..-j.oe-"l in c-fttUf H'Hiopui'M i- *-• - ; --' '""*• '^ V 1 "1'1 ' enn iwu will be worked successfully, aud u'i'i. form » > ..iiukle aujui.ct to the exportn- ! ti.-N of. £■• son imiUon. The matter is being caivi'uli.y considered, privately as yet but more win b-, heard of it we ipng."

The Tuturau Road Board meets on Saturday jiext at 5 p.m. at Mataura. Martini-Henry won the St. Leger at the V.B.C. autumn meeting on Saturday. The Newmarket Handicap was won by Matua. /"IS. is understood that Green VBail way Hotel has again changed hands, Mr Howells having purchased it at a considerable advance on the figure at which it was knocked down to Mr Green the other day. The N. Z. Rifle Association's annual meeting is proceeding at Auckland. So far P. France (Wellington), leads for the Carbine championship, and Churton (Wangauui), for the Kifle. The Melbourne version of the WnirarapaAdelaide collision throws the blame on the Wairarapa, which is stated to have left her course and struck the Adelaide so severely as to throw some of the latter's passengers out of their bunks. The sawmill at Duck Creek, owned by Mr John Murdoch, has been totally destroyed by fire. The mill was one of the oldest on the Bluff road, employed a.bout forty men, and turned out about 3,000500 feet of timber per year. It was insured for LI4OO, but the direct loss is estimated at LIOOO over that amount. An oflicial telegram received in London gives the news of the victory of the British troops under Major General Graham, over I the rebels near Toaki. The message states that the enemy was attacked in force on Friday, and a great battle ensued ; the fighting being very desperate on both sides, and lasting till nightfall. The British troops were finally successful at every point, the rebels being driven from all their positions. Our loss was slight, and is set down at ten killed and forty wounded. The enemy suffered severely, and are stated to have lost fully 1000 men. A bag containing 201 bof dynamite, with clockwork machinery, waa found the other day in the cloak-room at Charing Cross, railway station. An infernal machine was also found at the Waddington rail, way station. These discoveries indicate that a project is on foot to destroy the London termini, and considerable alarm prevails *n the public mind. The Inspector of Schools,Mr John Gammell, examined the Riversdale school on Wednesday last. The percentage gained is 79.2, and is considered eminently satisfactory by Mr Gammell. This would have been higher had it not been for the irregularity of attendance of a great number of the children. There were no failures in writing, and all the children passed but five. The full report has not reached us yet, but we will publish it so soon as it is received from the Inspector. In this issue appears the first number of a paper on " Scottish Supe rstitions." It was written some years ago, but during the past few weeks has been carefully revised and is now submitted to our readers. We hope the contributor will in future issues be able to supply instalments of greater length than

that appearing elsewhere. A phinaman named Kong Sam wa9 found dead in his c}aim a£ Welshman's Gully, Waikaia, on Thursday evening, IJe is. gupposed to have been killed by a fall of earthA novel mode of dealing with the rabbit nuisance has 3 ust been adopted by the Parsons Brothers in the Awatere district, Marlborough. Early Jagfc Thur?d§y morning, before daylight, when thß rabbitg wepe d,o,wn on the flats feeding, about 1000 yards of string netting was hung loosely on stakes drjyen into the ground at distances of about a chain spapt j-'Qund Scarborough Hill. Soon after daylight dogs wese pn^plflypd to start the rabbits up towards their burrows ( and the, efforts of those engaged in the operation were suQoegsful beyond anticipation. Started by the dogs, the yabtoits, jna4§ for their holes in large numbers. and rushjng at tije jtflose netting they became entangled in the inesheg and were then easily caught. At 2 o'clock 1700 had been killed, and it was expected that another 500 would be obtained before dark. The ' Auckland Star ' Cambridge correspondent wired as follows :— Whatever our legislators may do with public money, from the following incident it would seem that they are decidedly in favor of retrenchment in administering the funds of the private purse. Mr Montgomery, M.H.R., and party arrived here on Mon day er* voutQ for the Hot Lakes. They asked Mr Carter, coaoii proprietor, what he would convey them through for. Carter replied L 3 a head or Lls for the lot. They considered this a monstrous imposition, and then tried Mr Kirkwood. The latter named LlO, but even this figure they looked upon as unwarranted extortion. They went back to Carter, and he, hearing, what Kirkwood wuuld do it for, reduced the price to L 8 10s. Once more the cry of monstrous extortion was raised and party sat off badgering Garter to knock off the odd 10s, which he consented to do. Having got seated in the conveyance, the five practical economists, smirking all over with ' satisfaction at having " fixed the cabby," invested their spare dollars in one bottle of colonial wine to satisfy the inaer cravings of the party on a sixty miles' joarney, and started off to see the wonders o£ tha interior like a number of schoolboys off on a holiday. Tuberculosis of the most pronounced type has been discovered amongst some cattle in Victoria. Tfec ' Argus 'of the 21st ult. has

the following reference to the matter : — " A startling discovery wag made yesterday fey the officers of the Central Board of Health. Mr J.|Warne : a salesman in the meat market, reported that he had bought twenty-five head of cattie faon). Messrs Peck, Hudson and Raynor, at the cattle y/irds, for the small sum of 29s a head. Eight were $en£ to the city abattoirs, aud seventeen to Heller's slaughter-house, Jsryns\yjck. Two of the latter were killed, and cm egaffjinatiou were found to have been in ft c last stage of tuberculosis, a disease believed to be communicable Jto the human subject. Mr J. J. Shillinglaw calleqL together a number of ggntje.men rejiresenting the Central Boird of Eb^iik &n$ Ihe T^berci?losi9 Board, and with them and two feeslt& flfl^cers proceeded to the slaughter-house, wnef 6 Dps AU@U S n<^ Jumieson found the most indubitable proors o£ tj^e existence of tuberculosis in the carcases of the sls^ghtered animals. The remaining fifteen were inspected as they stood in a pen, and their lean and bony appeavaocg 30.4 their coughing, indicated that they also were diseased. The beasts will be killed tomorrow morning, and cexs will be taken that none of the flesh finds its -way into .cftft: sumption."

Two fillies have been impounded at Mataura. T. L. Piller's clearing sale will continue for a few days longer. An important meeting of farmers is to be held at Chatton on Saturday evening. Harvest hands want employment ; so does a responsible substitute for office work. Particulars are advertised regarding demurrage charegs on the Waimea railway. Assessment Courts will bo held at Gore and Gordon on Tuosday next, and at Mataura i and Wyndhara on 15th irisfc. Louis Rothcr and Co., Dunedin, insert a business notice regarding suits, waterproofs, etc. R. Rusha, a bankrupt, applies for his discharge at the next sitting of the District Court. The Southland County Council propose to stop various roads and open new ones in the Wyndham and Hokonui districts. " Boaz " notifies a second drawing, this time f«r L3OOO on the Hamburg principle, his first fer L2OOO having filled up before the advertised time. ; Tenders are invited for lease of an Otaraa farm ; for erection of a church at Wyndbam ; the completion of a building at Fortrose ; '. and for erection of shops at Gore. j That "husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using " Wells Health Ronewer.'" Druggists. New Zealand Drug Company, General Agents. 1 • Flies and Bugs. —Beetles, insects, ants j roaches, bed. bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack- i rabbits, cleared out by "rough on Rats." New \ Zealand Drug Company, General Agents. 3 War is now a certainty between France \ and China, and the new Bankruptcy Act of | New Zealand 1 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 1b ; 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 (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 MacGibbow and Son's, Gordon, Gore, and Mataura. Note— Buy your tea before it goes up 2s a lb I