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Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 396, 30 September 1884, Page 5

'Frisco papers say that Sankey, of Moody andSankey, isiveryill, and has .hopelessly lost his voice, s . . , . j , Mr Walter p. Pearson, Commissioner ojf Crovvn Lands of Southland/will be succeeded, by Mr J: Spenc'e, who will combine his present office of Chief Surveyor with that of .Commissioner of Crown Lands. ! While Dr.'W. Ebstein, a German phyi.sician, permits corpulent ; patients to ea;t rich food like pate de fbiegras, marrow, and fat meat, he strictly forbids potatoes, sugar? sweetS'Of'allikinds ; and while he 'piescribejs black tea, without sugar, he, does not even allow much bread. There must be no beer, of course, but there ' may be three' glasses a day of white wine. He allows bologna sausage. , ... [ There appears to be a good deal of opposition to Mr Steward's licensing bill, sajjs the Wellington correspondent of ; the Otago ' Daily Times ' . writing on . Friday. . Th|e grounds' of objection seem to vary, bu.t't^e predominant opinion is evidently a^ins^tlegislation'upon such; subject's bein^ . Initial b^ private ..members. Thje (^OYe.rnipf\ei\t alone,' it is maintained, should' propose such alterations to the law as ma|y' be considered necessary, and; for any cha.ugtis 1 they. must, be, responsible... As, acceding ijo the proverb, there are more of jpoison-' ing a dog than by ha,ngin'g ; if, so there arie. more ways know^i, to members of oppos\s^g a bill ths,a hy voting against i't^ ajjud the which lasted up to hajf.-.prist 12 la§t night, upon 'alt : measures; ; *oat ogj ariji kbove the licensing ;biU/ in the [order paper, was suggestively "exhaustive. The feavilV has. been that the bill is " relegated to,, neaij the bottom; of the grder 'p'ajier^Knd it iadoubt^l w ( he » if .will cpirie.. oa agajn,^ in.deed.it does 9 : ' " ' " ' '■";;,; i