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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 353, 2 May 1884, Page 2

Bumor has it that Mr W. Morris, of Chatton, will contest the seat for Mataura at the approaching general election. This may come on sooner than most of our readers expect, and we would urge on all not on the rail the necessity of immediate registration. Canning's auction room has been occupied for the last two evenings by Mr Millis, a character impersonator and ventriloquist with abilities far surpassing those of any other gentlemen in his line of business that that has ever visited Gore. We have unfortanately never seen the famous Maccabe, but we doubt whether he could be superior to Mr MiUis, who, single-handed, keeps his audience in roars of laughter by his drolleries during the whole evening. It is a matter for regret that he had not larger houses. We again remind our readers of the opening services iu connection with the nevr Wesley an Mission Hall qn Bunday next. The services are f.ujiy ann,oui,ced flur advertising columns, and the day is looted forward t<? with much .interest by the friends of tye Wesleyan body in the district. The of ertories are in aid of the Bajildjng Fund. On Tuesday a social meeting will be held, and vith fiue weather a large gathering may be expected. The Rev. Mr Berry is the preacher announced, and from his wellknown popularity many local residents will nu doubt embrace the opportunity to hear 'kirn.

j We remind our readers of Captain Mackenzie's meeting at Mataura on Monday , evening. The Gore It.M. Court .'site on. Tueiday-dn-which day also the Gore and Gordon Assess-: ment. Courts will he hild. ; - -- A meeting of [the .Municipality Committee will be held at 1 HowellsV. -Railway Hotel today at 7.30 p.m. .iWihesa:' To' ; t£ke into consideration letters received from the Colonial Secretary. Mr Jas. Beattie is not in favor of relegating Town Board work to committees, and has given notice of motion to this effect. He seeks to abolish existing committees. r St. Peter's Church, Clinton, was consscrated by hig Lordship Bishop Nevill on Friday^ 25th ult. On Sunday, 27th, the rites of baptism and confirmation were administered by the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Dodd, of ; Balclutha. The church was tastefully decorated with ferns, mosses, flowers, &c, , IMr R. M. M'Oallnm and Mr James Torstth have been duly elected, without a poll, for the..Lothian subdivision of the Oteramiki\ Road 1 Board;" For 1 the One Tree Point subdivision a poll will be taken for the return ojE one member on Tuesday, the «fch ot May, t|ie.candidates being Messrs J. H. Dawson and Thomas Todd. . . , ; < • , > . King, of Ta'panui, made a raid on a Chinese gambling den on Saturday night, when no leas than 27 celestials were discovorod participating- in a g^me of f>ntan, and the ringleaders were immediately conv e y e( i to the 'lock-up. On being-brought before the Court four of the number wer fined in sums varying from L2 10s to L5. Great indignation is expressed at Gisbome at the conduct of Mr Allan M'Donaldj M.H.R., who left the colony without resigning, as the district must be unrepresented a part if not all next session, and it has several local bills on hand. While on board the steamer at Auckland for 'Frisco he declared he had withheld his resignation of his seat simply in order " to spite his constituents," and he "would see them first before he would resign." From Wellington, however, we learn that a private telegram received from Auckland states, that Mr Allan M'Donald left his resignation as a member with his solicitor, to be handed to the Speaker after his departure. Mr Carswell appeared at yesterday's meeting of the Southland Land Board on behalf of David Young, occupier of section 33, blk 4, Menzies Ferry, who had been taken to task for non-residence. The only access to the section was across a swamp,and the aelector was waiting for a culvert to be erected on the roa-iline , leading to Ma section, which had been delayed by the Road Board. Fencing and building materials werejon the ground and the selector only waited until the road was made accessible. The Ranger thought there was not much difficulty in the way of building. Two months' extension was granted.— The Mataura Paper Mill Company askedfor permission to remove a small quantity of lignite from the chain reserve near their pit in order to make tl drain and get" at the lignite on their grpund. Granted subject' ip its being filled up to' the satisfaction,' of the Boarcl. '„. • "'-" ' '■'..■' "■'' ' "j We had intended to say something, in thjs Issue regarding khe. scene at the departure of |he Paynetooupe fjrpjn (|6rg ; but : H A I)up, ed One "• has'fptifc /ffi^'-'cir^uli^Btanceil-W^vreirW our open column, that nothing need be added here. ' The whole, affair will.be >a lessen to our tradespeople in future; 5 ' ! At the Otago Land Board meeting on Wednesday' afternoon, a number of deferred payment settlers in the Rankleburn, and'. Glenkenich districts appeared tip show cause, Why their licenses should not be forfeited for nonrcompliance with the' residential clause of the conditions of purchase. The proceed-^ ings were of rather an interesting character, and were enlivened by one or two brief passages of arms between Messrs Stout and 1 Cbnnell. The Board, after hearing the evidence, decided to cancel three of the licenses, and to caution the other licensees that unless their residence on the sections is more continuous the Board may again deal with the occupation of the lands. A telegram has reached London that General Gordon's position at Khartoum is hopeless, as 800 Bedouin soldiers have deserted from his ranks. News from other sources states that emboldened by the dis affection of the. garrison at Berber and the countenance which he is now receiving from the Nubian rebels, Osman Digna, the rep're- ■ sentative of El Mahdi in Eastern Soudan, is rapidly collecting supplies and men, and threatens that he will advance upon Assohan, a border town of Egypt proper, near the First Cataract on the Nile. " i Riversdale was all agog with excitement on Wednesday, the occasion being|the marriage of Mr F. W. Ibbotson to Marian, third daughter of Mr Robert Hamilton, farmer, Pyramids. The ceremony was conducted in the neat Presbyterian Church, which, though not quite finished, was found to answer the purpose admirably. It was nicely decorated with evergreens aud flowers. The officiating minister was the Rev. Mr Pan ton Brown and after the ceremony a wedding breakfast Was provided at host Gee's hotel. This over Mr and Mrs Ibbotson left for Dunedin, the Waimea train by which they were conveyed to Gore being profusely decorated with bunting and evergreens/The church authorities have to thank Mr Ibbotson for substantial donations to thpir funds. The New Zealand Agricultural Co. have also acted towards them very liberally, and amongst other donors is Mrs M'Lean, storekeeper Riveredale, whose husband died there lately. ■ Mis M'Lean gave a bell weighing 2001b, with a neat inscription engraved thereon, stating that the bell was presented to the church in remembrance of her late husband. The bell is an excellent one, and was not only a handsome present, but a rery welcome. one to the committee at the lime. No doubt we shall have something more to say about the church after it has been formally opened. From the Soudan there is news that Berber has been taken possession of by the rebels, the garrison having gone over to them. Many of the loyal citizens are fleeing the town. Revolutionist plots of an alarming kind have been discovered in Spain, and it is believed that a widespread rising is imminent, A dreadful railway disaster has occurrod in one of the country districts, it is boliovcd through the action of Revolutionist ngtmta, Whilst a loaded train whs crossing a bridge, the bridge gave way, and much loss of Uta, as well as injury to the living, resulted ; and it was afterwards found that the supports of the bridge had been cut away. J?. S. Canning and Co. sell sundries tom orro'w. ( ." Fortuna/' Pafmerston, advenes, an oxy pensive prqper,ty cQnsultation. " Bishop ■Ncvj^l conducts services at Yf) nclr ham, Pine Buau, and Fortrose, pn Sunday. Ratepayers in Wyndham road district mcot on May 18 to decide upon rdadline changes. The annual mooting of the Wyndham Farmers' Club tnkoa place next Wednesday. A paper will bo rotid by Mr Ayson, . „

•Tenders are wanted for^works at ,Waimu- • mu, for the formation and gravelling of , a Gore street, aod for ploughing a"tf Wair una. '..The N; V Z. Agricultural Company will, indemnify future purchasers of their landagainst aIT/claima for the Waimea railway rate. "r-i ; . - . 1 W. Gardiner, Mataura, invites attention to his plqughs, whdsfe superior make has gained for. them, first prizes at 'Gore and Invercargill. shows. % • " Boajv" whose drawings on the Hamburg principle have attracted some attention r>" late, advertises a third of L3OOO. Acuasidemble number of shares, are already applied for. Mvi'BJorris intimates his candidature for an extraordinary vacancy on the Knapdale Road Board. The results of the racent election in connection with that- Board are advertised, as also are those of the Otaria Board. It is also intimated that a poll for the Waimurau sub-division of the Lindhurst Uoad Board will be taken next Wednesday, the candidates being Hugh Cameron and W. C. Ladbrook.