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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 365, 13 June 1884, Page 2

Messrs Currie and Waddell, builders, Riversdale, have sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Court. The Eev. A. McKay closes his month of probation in the Presbyterian Church, \ Gordon, on Sunday next. He will be succeeded by the liev. A. Cameron, 8.A., a gentleman that has been highly spoken of by. the Dunedin press and other journals in localities in which he has been stationed. ■ The Waikaka people are to have a meeting on Saturday first at 7 p.m. to consider the advisability of petitioning the House of Bepresentatives with regard to the GoreKelso line ; also with regard to the Northern boundary of the Mataura electoral district, with a view to having it altered. The matters to be considered are oE such importance that we have no doubt there will be a large attendance. / Some brainless idiots were guilty of a mean trick on Tuesday evening. They removed, the boilers placed at the Gore Town Hall with a view of providing tea for the compaay that met for an evening's amusement, i and as a consequence the arrangements for supper made by Mr and Mrs Canning were seriously disturbed. TBe boilers were found next morning in Mr Bree'a garden. We regret to say that the perpetrators of the trick have not yet been discoTered. The Fortrose Ploughing Match Committee held a meeting in Mr R. A. Elliott's hotel, on the evening of Saturday, Mr S . Millar in the chair, when the £ qllowing new committee was elected — Messrs F. King, R, Kidd, K. G. McKenzte, C. McGill, S. Millar, R. A. Elliott, W. Gregory, J. Riddle, J. Ohisholm, and H. Chisholm (secretary) — After some discussion it waa agreed to hold th@ match on July 18th, in a loa paddock kindiy length for the purpqse by Mr A. Christie. It was resolved to ask the following gentlemen to act as judges on the ococcasion — Messrs J. Milne (Mokerita), J, Fleming (Rakabouka), and J. Taylor (Clinton,) The ordinary quarterly meeting of the Mataura P. and A. Society wag hold }n Leahy's Hotel, Wyndham, yesterday j Dr Menzies, M.L.C., presideut, in the chair. A circular was received from the Western District Society soliciting support in its endeavor to prevent the intrpdi^ctipn of the natural enemies of the rabbit. Gunsidera r tion of the matter was held over till next meeting, to be held in November. The president invited discussion as to the best grass for permanent pasture, and gave notice that at next meeting he \yqt|ld mgve that a prize be offered for the best essay on. the subject. The marriage of the eldest daughter of Mr \V, Shgath, of Dal vey Station, to Mr G. 0. Taylor, of Lawrence, vyas performed at Dalvey on Tuesday last by the Vcv. Aiolideacqn | 15. '■■.utnunt, of Itawvenee. The ceremony was v,. .!i,.j.i by a large number of the relations I win hnim.itu Mends of the parties, and the uri „..-; of tha Lulies engaged were much admired. That of. the bride was of white broche silk, trimmed with Brussels lace and orange blossom. She also wore a wreath, of ovauge blossom aud a tulle veil. The bridesmaids were eight jn number — Miss M'lntyre, Miss Grace M'lntyre, 4isß Potts, Miss Jeffery, Mios M. Sheath, Miss Elsje Shtath, Miss ]?]Lora Sheath, and Miss Jessie Sheath. All were attired w pale blue nuns veilj.ug, trinimed with cream lace, and each wore tulle veils. The bridegroom presented each with silver bracelets ; and the bride was also the recipient of a number of handsome presents.

After the ; ceremony the 'happy couple left by train for Waipahi and Invercargill, from whence they proceed to Melbourne to xpend the honeymoon. Letters of naturalization have been issued to Frederic Francis Kcppler, Fortrosc. At the Supreme Court, . in Timaru, the Grand Jury found no true bill in the ense against Joseph Mackay, late of Mntaura. - The New Zealand Me\t" Preserving Company commenced curing rabbits nt the j Woodlands works some diys ago, but it is I stated that so far supplies have not been equal to requirements. This would appear to indicate that rabbits are becoming scarce. John Donoghuo.,, who was found guilty of the murder oil J nines (Jifilord at M;mri Creek, j was executed at Hokiiika on Wednesday morning. He made a long rambling statement, denying his guilt, on the scaffold, and : exclaimed in a loud voice three times — | " God save Ireland 1" Death was instani tan coup. . ' ; From Melbourne comes news that terrible '! destruction' is being unused all through the Horsham district by the ravages of mice, [ Furmerd arc becoming alarmed at the rapid j increase oil the pest, and the consequent dtr- ' struction and lpss of property. A farmer at i Kalkte sowed 16 acres of wheat on a recent .Saturday, and on Monday the mice, had ■ destroyed the whole. I / We arc glad to learn that the members of the Anglican Church resident in and about ' Mataura, have accepted a tender for the'erec- ! tion of a small building for church wori ship. The contractors are Messrs Eldred I and Johnston, of Gore, and so satisfactory jis the financial position of our Mataura friends that no difficulty will be experienced in handing the builders ?a. lofaeque when the job has been completed. In the Gazette of the sth inst. appears an announcement' that Dr T. B. Whitton has j been appointed Honorary Surgeon to the Southland Hussars. The resignation of Lieutenant James Gardiner of the same corps has been accepted.— Owners and,, holders of Native lands in this di*trict are notified that they must pay the rates on the same which J are now clue to the local bodies.— The Rta- { taura Lodge, 1.0.0. F., is registered under the | j Friendly Societies Act. Our footballers in New South Wales have scored a win against a .Bathurst team, mak- ] ing their fifth victory during their tour. The local men were unable to oppose the visitors with any success, and the latter scored eleven ' points to their opponents' nil; the first goal { being kicked by Dumbell within 12 minutes from the commencement of the playl In England the Australian cricketers are now doing well, having just defeated Bradford by three wickets. There was a very large attendance at Wednesday's meeting of the Gore Literary and Rebating Society, when papers were read by Mr T. King on "Spiritualism," and by Mr W. H. Palmer on "The Lash." Both * iijects were well handled, and the discussion that followed on each paper was the most spirited we have yet seen at any meeting of the Society. During the evening Mrs Douglas and Miss Hope favored the company. 1 ' with a pianoforte _duet, Mr C. P. Hayward rendered a song, and. Mr Macpherson played selections! The next meeting of the Society will be with Shakesperian readings. At Wednesday's meeting of the Otago Land Board, a transfer from Adam Laidlaw to Dngald Livingstone of sections 17, block I, and 6, block IV, Mokoreta, was ordered to be advertised in terras of the Act.— Messrs ' Keid and Duncans, for J. Smith, of Mataura Bridge, applied to purchase section j9O, block IV, Tuturau, at 20s per acre. It was resolved that sections 48, 90, 91, together, with • other sections of bush reserve not before of fered, be sold as land of special value, at 21s per acre.— The Wyndham Town Board applied to have the following sections vested in them :— l|and 2, block XIII (for town hall s ite), 20, block V (public pound), and 66, block VI, Wyndham township. The Board stated their willingness to recommend the Gov eminent to grant section 1, block XIII, and section G6, block VI. • Many of our readers will remember thevisit of Mr Thomas Corbett, •of the Perseverance Ironworks, Shrewsbury, to this and other districts. We notice from Home papers that he hag been delivering an interesting account of his tour through the Australasian Colonies and the United Statea. At one. time he t»ok his audience through all the prinr cipal citi«!B and towns in Australia, Tasmania, ,' and New Zealand, delineating the superb see- ■ nery, and giving very useful inforniation , concerning the products of those countries, and the domestic and commercial life of the , colonists, Mr Corbett paid a tribute of praiie to our Australasian cousim for their hospitality and kindness, and said that their urbanity equalled, if not exceeded, that of Englishmen ia England. Ho also gpoke of the great influence for goodgexorciaed by the Colonial press, and acknowledged the courtesy and kindly help the editors of the numerous newspapers extended to him, English vital statistics show a grjadua decrease in deaths from zymotic diseases — the diseases, in other words, against which modern sanitarians are most obstinately contending ; diseases which are caused by poisqn \n the atmosphere or the water ; which are prQducqd by foul air, impure water, too close crowding and the like. [ Nowhere has so much practical attention been given to those subjects as in England. Some of the cities there have the best systems ' of drainage, house plumbing, etc., in exist--1 euge, Jn some of these cities, wh.ere the plumbing is under- insp.eo.tiqn and the spwerage of the best, the death rate has been 1 reduced to a very low rate. This is all the 1 more noticeable, too, because the number of '■ deaths from causes not so much dependent qn pure air and water haye not gi'eatlv. ' diminished, they establishing a direct con- ' nection between cause and effect. Yet, in ' the face of these and other experiments, 1 there- arc people who pooh-pooh the whole ' dea of sanitary scien.ee, , think those who advQcaj^e it 'i cranks " qr <{ iob,bois,'' and affect to believe that the qnly really healthful place is over the mouth of a sewer, and that it harms no one to have a direct opening from the sewer into one's kitchen, bedrqorn or parlor. The barque Ni^hthawk, nqw \r\ Qu.n.edin, will take 150 hoisos to ludia fox' military purposes. They have been purchased by Mr Civanagh, .who will continue the trade if chis venture is salit'actory. A unique wedding took place in Christ Church, Seymour (Vie)., last week, the hap- ; py pair both being deaf and dumb. They were, howeyer, proficient in their own peculiar language, and able to read and write, so that the" clergyman hjid not such a difficult task in the ceremony as orje w.ould be. inclined to imagine at first glance. V^hat a cQntr'agt the home of the silent rejojeers vyilji present to many iemilj circles I Speaking at a temperance meeting in \ Wellington last week, Sir William Fox made : a very serious charge against the Magistrates j lof the colony. He is reported to have said J ' that they invariably exhibited a leniency

towards public ms. "There was a disease,' said he, " called the ' Resident Magistrates' disease ;' they I*aned,too much to the publican=.' Sir William is, in consequence, being sevT'ly ban lied by some newspapers, which say that his chir^e is quite unjustifiable and unworrliy of him. An extraordinary bequest has been made by an oil Wellington resident recently de-eeas'-d. In the early ;days of the settlement he experienced some kindness at the hands of f-iv VV r iri.il' 1 i:/i.'rbert, and in recognition of this, he m-injr-it member of the Roman Catholic Church, he lias bequeathed the s'i'ra "of L2s', to Hi.-hop Redwood to be expended in mnwf for the repose of Sir Win. Fitzla:'fi)eriV y,^' when the Mori. Speaker oE the Legislai.l* o Council should die. • Poison is laid on some sections in block I, i Otara. The Wyndham Town Board advertise" a number of additional byelaws. The N. Z. Cloibing Factory, Invercargill, insert a notice rd winter goods. '■ W. H. Wake, Ashton, ;Canterbury, j notifies that he will not be 'iesponsible for debts contracted by his sou Theophilus.; Glorious success of the British troops in the Bomlan ! Numerous Arabs slain I John. MacGiiibon & Sons, in thanking the public for the most liberal patronage accorded them, bc^g to state that they are just unpacking their new season's goods, comprising a large and carefully , selected stock .ef dolmans, ulsters for ladies and children, ladies trimmed hats in all the latest shapes (about! fif fey to choose from), frillings in endless variety, Japanese silks in all shades, crewel silks and stamping in all the laiest designs and shades, flowers, feathers, flannel tartan, and brocaded satin ribbon (a splendid assortment), woollen squares (a .specialty, from 2s, large sizes), babies' hoods, kid gloves, kc, <fee. These goods having been bought at a great reduction for cash, we; are determined to give our customers the benefit of it. Come and see our prices and values — never before equalled in Gore. ' I