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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 343, 28 March 1884, Page 2

Over 80 persons have joined the Blue Eibbon Army in Wyndh im and surrounding districts. An entertainment is to be held there next week in connection with the movement. A musical association has been formed at ] Matauru, and the services of Mr Anderson J have been secured as instructor. Under his leadership we are sure the association will prosper. . The contractor (Mr Willis) for the new Wesleyaa . ission Hall is pushing on with his work, and the carpenters' work will be completed most likely during next week. We are given to understand that the opening will be held on the first Sunday jn May, and that the Key. J. Berrj, of Dunedin, has I consented to conduct the dedicatory services. Mails for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, 2\ T orth and South Ameripa, &c. (via San Francisco), close at the Gore post office 'at 12 noon to-cfay ; and for the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, (via Brindisi), India, China, Japan, the Australian Colonies, &c, close at 7.1 5 a.m. tomorrow, The s.s. Ituapehu will leave Lyttelton for London (via Rio de Janeiro) on the 3rd April, the mail for which will close here at 12 noon on Tuesday, Ist April. We understand that the erection.of handsome brick premiseV £or the Bunk of New Zealand ( at Gore is to b\ proceeded with at once, the tender of Mr HI W. Potter, of Invercargil] having been aceVted this week, The building will be constructed precisely on the plan drawn some time aVo by Mr P. W. Burwell, and when iinished\ill"<be a very .striking addition to our street architecture. For some time the directors df the Bank seem to have Jhad doubts as to the propriety of erecting „ sueh'aWldjnghere, but /it is satisfactory, ! now to find this exhibition of their faith in I Gore as a business centre, j

There appeared in our last *3su7~in error an advertisement notifying that Mr I. S. Simson would sell stock at Gordon' tomorrow. We are requested to state positively that he will sell only on those dates now publicly announced in our columns. Final orders of discharge were granted at the last sitting of the District Court at Invercargill to the following bankrupts: - Felix Logue (on the application of Mr Finn) ; Richard Rusha (on the application of Mr Reade). The -Hon. Treasurer to the Southland Hospital requests us to acknowledge the receipt by him, some days ago, of L 5 7s, being the contents of the contribution" box kept on the counter of the Bank of New Zealand, at Wyndham. Intending pupils arc reminded that Miss Carden/'s half-quarter commences this week. Tbe cia~ss.es. at Gore have so far proved very - successful,', and "we have no doubt that as the lady becomes better known her services will be still more' appreciated. It r is asserted that there is dissension in the English Cabinet on the question whether a protectorate shall 'be proclamed over Egypt. Mr Gladstone and Lord Derby are ■ opposed. ,to such a course. The' former gen-, tlcman is in a weak state of health at pres,enk andhas been ordered complete rest. The annual general meeting of the Wyndham. Football Club was held on Monday .evening, and was largely attended. Mr Raymond was in the chair. About twenty members having been enrolled, Mr E. C. Kingswcll was unanimously' elected captain, Mr S. Stock deputy, Mr R. Paull secretary and treasurer, and the following a committee :— Messrs Dennehey, Black, Leahy, Currie, and M'Lauchlan. Other matters having been arranged, the meeting, which was an enthusiastic one, broke up. How the money goes 1 Last session the House of Representatives, on the motion of Mr E. G. Wright, ordered that there be laid on the table a return showing the several amounts received under the headings of wool, timber, grain, merchandise, minerals, firewood, parcels, dogs, horses, cattle, and sheep, which made up the total sum of L 403,420 2a lOd, given in return No. 4 attached to the Public Works Statement. The preparation of the return was commenced in the middle of November, and since then eight clerks have been continuously employed upon it. It is now approaching completion, and covers upwards of 14,000 double foolscap sheets specially ruled and printed for the purpose. At Wednesday's meeting of the Otago Land Board, plans of subdivisional survey of lands in' block XIV, Chatton, were laid on the table, and consideration was deferred for a week. The District Land Officer at Lawrence suggested that A. M'Pherson's license of section 3, block XII, Crookston, should be cancelled for non-payment of rent ; also, H. Irwin's license of section 19, block 11, Tuapeka West. Licensees to sh -w , "cause why licenses should not be forfeited within fourteen days. The following perpetual leases were declared forfeited for nonexecution of lease .-—Alexander M'Pherson, section 10, block IX, Wendon. We observe by our exchanges that Invercargill is about to lose a very old resident in the person of Dr Cotterell, who purposes, for health's sake, to remove further north. His practice, will be taken up by Dr T. B. WhiLton, late of Naseby, Otago Goldfields. Dr Whitton, on leaving Naseby, was the recipient of different marks of esteem, and at an influential meeting of residents which was held to bid him farewell very high encomiums were passed upon his skill, his attention, to hospital and benefit society as well as to private patients, his sobriety, and his excellent private qualities. -Dr Whitton is emphatically a man of deeds and not words; and, speaking from a knowledge' we gained of him some years ago, we are sure that his success, wherever he establishes himself, is only a matter of time. A correspondent writes : The harvest has scarcely "became general on the Waimea Plains, but with a few bright days it will be so. S ome of our farmers can boast of yery heavy crops. The New Zealand Agricultural Company have started cutting wheat and oats, and there "is" "quite a township of contractors binding in their- paddocks. By the way, a fortnight back we were all startler! by the boom of a threshing mill somewhere in the district, and we ascertained it was at the farm of Mr W. H. Miller, who was threshing a portion of his very heavy crop of oats. We must congratulate that gentleman on being the first to thresh in the district, but it is ■ nothing unusual for him to be first in everything. I find that some of .our "farmers are cuttin g their wheat far too much on the green side, and if this miserably dull weather continues there will be a great difficulty in drying the crop, to say nothing about the lack of quality that will be a necessary consequence. Late on a recent Saturday afternoonj says a Flint telegram, the following Incident occurred at Hawarden. Just as it was growing dusk, the police, who are in constant afeteadance upon the Premier, were surprised to see a man walk rapidly up the approaches to the Castle, carrying under his arm a mysteriouslooking parcel, and from his manner it was inferred that the man was either "laboring under very great excitement or that he was insane. He was speedily taken charge of by , the police and removed to that part of the castle in which they are quartered, and on his being interrogated by the officer in charge he said he was a working man from Birmingham, and had made an axe, which he jnten- \ ded to present to .Mr Gladstone. He Would present it personally, no matter what the cost. The man was kin.lly treated by the officer, and after he had somewhat regained his composure a message was sent to Mr Gladstone,, who came gut of the Castle and received his admirer on the lawn, where he was presented with the axe, much to the satisfaction of the man, who afterwards walked to Chester and returned to Lirmingham the same evening. The London correspondent of the ' Birmingham Daily Post ' states that the lady students of Girton College, having lately had cause for "alarm by the overheating of .qne pf the stpve pipes of the building, resolved on forming themselves, into ; a fire brigade, and the lady superintendent applied to Captain Shaw for assistance in .the instruction and drilling of the pupils. The gallant captain, however, declined to assist the young ladies of Girton to w^iat he believed would be certain and an ordinary fireman was then hired to teach the young ladies their duty. In an incredibly short space of time they became proficient, and in spite of their petticoats as nimble as any k member of a simple country brigade. They can work the engines and execute the inanuoeuvres with the greatest precision, and when Captain Shaw was called upon to witness their drill, he was fain to compliment | them Jbeartily on their proficiency.

j Mr Gee. Davey, the successful tenderer for the new Presbyterian^Church at Wyndham, has not been long<g'etting under way, having started the foundation last Friday. Mr William Haydon,-.. hotelkeeper, Dunedin, has called a meeting of his creditors. The assets and liabilities were both set down at L 12,050. A committee was appointed to inquire into his position. Judge Williams gave judgment at Dunedin jthe other clay in the case, Forder v. Brown, i'laintiff had cohabited with defendant for years, and claimed a partnership with him n a dairying business he carried on on the goldfields. Judgment went against her, his Honor holding that they had evidently agreed to live usraan and wife. Mr M. W. Green has given timely notice of his intention to introduce next session a Local Option Extension Bill, under which the term " ratepayers " includes all persons whose names appear on the ratepayers' roll and all women over the age of twenty- one years who have resided for a period of not less than six months within the electoral district wherein the licensing district or any part thereof is comprised. Far greater powers are given to the people with reference to existiug licenses, and all bottle licenses are to be abolished after three years. The annual meeting of the Gore Footbal 1 Club was held in Grant's Criterion Hotel on Tuesday evening. Twenty' gentlemen were present, and the president (Rev. John Hobbs) occupied the /hair. From thereport submitted by th/ hon. secretary (Mr .T. Ed. Donne), it appears that, owing to club not being skirted till the end of last season, no activ6 operations were indulged in, and consequently tbis may be looked upon as the lirst season of the club. The report was adopted, and the president having made some appropriate remarks upon the benefits to be derived from playing football and other manly sports, the meeting proceeded to the election of officers, with the: following result : — President— Rev. John Hobbs; vice-presidents— Rev. J. Newman Buttle and Thomas Green, Esq. ; captain — Mr L. T. Symes ; deputy-captain— Mr E. G. Macpherson ; hon. sec. and treasurer, Mr J. H. C. Hunter ; general committee — Messrs A. Treseder, F. Wallis, and M. Johnston ; match committee — the captain, deputy-cap-tain, and secretary. The membership fee was fixed at the nominal sum of 2s 6d, thus placing admission to the club within the reach of all. Upon the scatter of the colors to /be worn by members,- a good deal of discussion was indulged inland finally it was resolved to. adopt , those of green-and-black jerseys and stqekings, with black knickerbockers and pap. It was decided to play the opening _ jhatch on Saturday afternoon, sth prox., ' commencing at 3 o'clock. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated tke meeting. Altogether the meeting was a very enthusiastic one, and so long as the members evince such a hearty interest in the welfare of the club, there need be no doubt of its ultimate success. The monthly meeting of the Mataura Town Board was held on Friday evening at Cameron's Hotel, there being present — Commissioners Winning (chairman), Connor, Allison, Humphries, and Came; on. The letter from the County Council claiming Lll 17s 4d as the Board's proportion of cost of working the licensing Act in the Gore Riding was again under consideration, <and it was ultimately agreed, that the claim should be recognised to the amount of Lll. An account from the Returning Officer,' LI Is, was passed for payment, and the following tenders, were accepted: — Contract No. 2, Wm. Cameron, L3l ; No. ' 4, John Muir, L 42 15s 6d; No. 5 (first part), C. Town, L 52 10s. Mr W. H. Palmer, Clerk to the Licensing Committee,: forwarded an account for LI 12s, made np as follows : — Attendance at first meeting, 21s ; horse hire, lOs ; minute book, Is. The chairman thought the amount far beyond what ought to be paid. It was a mistake to appoint anyone outside the town to such a position, , as a local resident would do the work for less ! money. If they had to pay .this time, he j suggested that the Board should fix the sum they would allow in future, as if they were saddled with such a charge every quarter they might just as well hand over the license fees to the committee at once. MrHumphries was considerably exercised about the item for horse hire, believing that as trains, were running between Gore i and Mataura there would be no necessity for this being incurred. Mr Cameron t'r ought the charges in keeping with the whole of the Licensing Act, which was a bungle from beginning to end. He understood the Licensing Committee had passed the account for payment, and as the Act provided the Board should pay these expenses he saw nothing for it but to hand a cheque over. The Board then agreed that the account should be paid, but no decision was arrived at as to future payments. Mr Cameron mooted the question of erecting a town hall, and it : was agreed that the propriety of doing so be considered at next meeting. The Board then rose.

Two " wanted " notices are inserted. Mr Straker, dentist, -will shortly visit Gore. Tenders are wanted for fencing at Wairuna. . ' J. E. Humphries, Ma|aura, has a reaper and binder for sale. A meeting re Dancing Club will be held at Gore on Monday evening. The New Zealand L. and M. A. Co. have Deering twine binders for sale. Two horses have strayed on a crop at Wenuon, and will be sold if not claimed. Gore property holders' will Weeti on Wednesday to discuss the Waimea railway rate. The following new auction sales are inserted :— Green and Souness, sheep, Gore, April 2 ; Shanks and Co. stock, Wyndham, April 2 ; Shanks and Co. stock, and property, Mataura, April 8 ; I. S. Simspn, sheep. Gore, April] 2 '; F. S. Canning and Co. leasehold property,' Gore, April 19. " The Practical Home Physician " is the name of a work now being sold in the district by travelling agents from America— or, rather, orders are being taken by them for a revised copy of the work to be delivered in August. We have had an opportunity of hurriedly glancing through its. pages, and

find it contains a fund of information in plain, terse language that would he useful in every home, especially every farmer's home situated at a distance from towns, in ■ which medical men reside. Glorious success of the British troops in the Soudan ! Numerous Arabs slain | John j MAC Gibbon & Sons, in thanking the' public for the most liberal patronage accorded them, beg to state that they are just unpacking' their new season's goods, comprising a large a carefully selected stock of dolmans, ulsters for ladies and children, ladies' trimmed hats in all the latest shapes (about 50 to choose from), frillings in endless variety, Japanese silks in all shades, crewel silks and stamping in all latest designs and shades, flowers,feathers flannels, tartan, and brocaded satin ribbon (a splendid assortment), woollen squares /a specialty, from 2s, large" sizes), babies' hoods kid gloves, &c, &c. These goods havingbeen .bought at a great reduction for cash, we are determined tq give our customers the benefit of it. Cpme and see our prices aiti < yalues— never before equalled in Cfore, J ]