Mataura Ensign GORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1884.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 407, 7 November 1884, Page 2

Mataura Ensign GORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1884.

■ ■-■-» ■— ■ _ , . . Parliament has voted LSOO to Captain Eaymond, originator of the phosphorisud outs system of rabbit poisoning. A true bill has been found against Captain Dudley. and Stevens, the mate of the yacht Mignonette, for the murder tf l!iohai\i Parker. The trial was to take place yesterday. The nomination for a member of the Tois Tois riding for Southland County Council took place at noon on Wednesday last at the Schoolhouse, Wyndham. Mr U. F. llichardson was the only gentleman nominated and was therefore declared duly elected. No interest was 'manifested. The monthly meeting of the Wyndham Town Board was held at the usual hour on Monday last : — Present. — Messrs McKay (chairman), Walker, Eaymond, Fyfc and Winter. The inward correspondence having been read and dispused of, the aufiuished business of last meeting was completed. Applications were then opened for the po ltions of engineer and poundkeoper, Mr N. Prentice being the successful applicant for the former and Mr J. G. Kidd for the latter. Several accounts having been passed for payment the meeting adjourned. Messrs Scott, Prentice and Co, of Wyndham, gives a silver cup valued at L 5 5s to the largest prize-taker in fat stock at the annual show of the Mataura Pastoral and Agricultural Society, to be held at Wyndham, on Thursday, 4th December. We are informed that Mr Thos. Ayson, of Birchwood, has recently disposed of, at a very satisfactory price, se en head of his well-known shorthorn cattle, being a part of his purchase of the Waimea Plains herd, also thirteen head of three-quarterbred heifers at a high figure. a'he lambing throughout the Wyndham and Toi Tois districts have been very good despite the unfavorable weather that prevailed during the greater part of the season. f We lear,n that Mr D. Milne was the successful tenderer for the Government mails from Bdendale to Wyndham and from Wyndham to Fortrose. Messrs Home and Richardson securing the Mokoreta mail. Extremely contradictory news is to hand by cable to the position of affairs at Khartoum. o ne message has it that General Gordon made an attack on the rebels and captured a largo quantity of corn and food ; whilst another gives, on the statement of an Arab sheikh, a circumstantial account of Gordon's capture with his entire force by the rebel forces at Shendy, to which he had made his way after a forced abandonment of Khartoum. The latter bad news was for some time regarded as true, as it was said the Khedive had telegraphed the information to her Majesty ; but next day came information that in the House of Lards Earl Granville took occasion to deny the statement current that the Khedive had wired such a message) The report to that affect is jnow generally disbelieved. Yet another cablegram-S-the latest received — states that Major Kitchener telegraphs that information has reached him that General Gordon has refused lhe Madhi's summons to surrender, and that the Madhi has Bince withdrawn from Khartoum and announced ; his inteation of making no further attack on the place for two months. f/ The present is a good opportnnity to remind county electors that only those whose rates are paid can vote on Wednesday next. It is not pleasant to be deprived of the privi, lege of voting by a mere act of neglect. At, the same time it has been complained that sufficient facilitiss are not given for the receipt of rates in outlying districts. At all events the privilege before mentioned is surely worth a little trouble to secure. We have been shown the cup which MrW A, Donald has promised'for the winner of the greatest number of points in horses, cattle, and sheep at the forthcoming Gore P. and A. Show. It is an excellent illustration of the silversmith's art and is altogether a vory superior prize. It will be on view at the shop of Mr C. Hagen. ' The first meeting of the new Mataura Town Board was held on \ Wednesday. Messrs Allison, Balneaves, Beattie, Cameron, MacGibbon, and Pollock being present. The proceedings commenced with the election of a chairman. Mr Beattie moved that Mr Mac Gibbon be chairman. The motion was seconded by Mr Balneaves and carried unanimously. Mr Mac Gibbon briefly returned thanks. Mr Cameron moved, that the prosperity and growth of the district is seriously affected through this Board not having power to deal with and utilise the valuable water power at present going to waste : this Board therefore request the member for the district to interview the Government to obtain from it power to effect the object by vesting the frontage on both sides of the river in the Board. Seconded by Mr Balneaves and carried. Moved by Mr Cameron and seconded by M r Pollock and carried " That the County Engineer, in conjunction with the Board's engineer, report on the best means of draining the outflow from the Waimumu.'' Moved by Mr Cameron and seconded by Mr Bcatlie and carried ." That the chairman be authorised to see the necessary work at the outfall and'culvcrt opposite Stark's road dene. 1 ' Moved by Mr Pollock and seconded by Mr Deattie and carried " That the Waste LandcHoard be iequested to reserve from sale sections 21 and 22, block 11, Mataura East, a? same are required lor public purposes.' Moved by Mr Allison, seconded by Mr Pollock and carried " That Mr Humphries be abked on wlut term 3he will act a;ranger for the Town Board." Moved by Mi Cameron and seconded by Mr Beattie and carried " That a committee consisting oi Messrs Allison, Cameron and the chairman be appointed to report at nest meeting as to buildings suitable for an office to the Board and as to rent of same." The Boaid ;hen. adjourned to a day to be named by ihe chairman,

/In reply to Mr Richardson (Mataura) the Minister for Public Works declined to place the Gore-Kelso Hue on the new schedule of the Railway Authorisation Bill, as the route was not yet determined. The Government, however, fully Jrecognised the line as being authorised, and the [object to be attained — the connection of the Waikaka township with the railway system. ■ « It 'is intimated by advertisement that moneys due from the recent gift auction must be paid either to Father Fitzgerald or to Mr Heherr. Another intimation, however, is not in the notice, aud that is that promptness will not be considered objectionable. We are indebted to Mr 0. Cowan M.H.R., for the following telegram: — ''The Post-master-General writes to me that he has decided to place the Waikaia post and telephone office under the charge of a junior officer of the department instead of that of one of the residents, as was proposed. At Wednesday's meeting of tho Otago Land Hoard Mr G. J. Valentine requested that time should be allowed him to capitalise his deferred-payment holding, section 11., block It., Slopcdown.— Bequest granted. It would fairly be inferred from a Dunedin Presbytery report in yesterday's ' Daily Times ' that the llev. Mr Cameron has accepted tho call of the Anderson's Bay church in preference to that of Lower Mataura. The programme for the Gore Eacing Club lias been drawn up and will appear next issue. The added money amounts, as on last year, to LI 3O. A selling race has been substituted for the Ladies' Purse, and a pony race added. Mr Souness has declined to act as handijnppcr. and Mr Brennan has been appointed to fill his place. A meeting was held at the Kaiwera schoolhouse on Thursday evening for the purpose of re-organising the Otaria Cricket Club. There was agood muster of cricketers and sill present gave in their 'names as members. A good many more have promised to join so that it is expected there will be a flourishing club in a very short time. The member's fo.c was fixed at ss, and practice days were fixed for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 £>.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. Messrs D. A. 'Purvis and W. Overton were appointed to select and try to obtain tho most suitable place for practices. Mr I£. P. Frnser, of Wnrakiki, was appointed president, and Mr D. Andrews vice-president. Mr A. J. Millard was appointed captain, secretary, and treasurer ; and tor W. R. Overton deputy captain. With such energetic members as those at the helm of the club it should succeed, and it is to be hoped that members will turnout aud practice vow that «i start has been" made. /we have received from New Zealand Agricultural Company a neat little pamphlet showing the pedigrees of seven of their Polled Angus cattle, which they purpose showing at Ohristohuroh, Oamaru and Dunedin. This shows in a handy and condensed form the full pedigrees and all honors previously taken by the cattle, and no doubt will be acceptable to the admirers of this now famous breed. The cattle pass through Gore to-day on their way to Christohurcb. The imported bull " Waterside Erie," which carried everything before him last year, is being shown again this year ; he has grown very much, and is in the pink of condition, as indeed arc all the animals of the herd. The Company are not showing "Mabel 3rd" this year (which cow it will be remembered took first price at Oamaru last season), but instead are sending " Bella 2nd of Greystone." She was a famous prizetaker at Home, and, amongst others, took first prize at the Royal Northern Show at Aberdeen, and second prize at the Highland Society's Show at Stirling— both in 1881— as a two-year old. Her daughter Bella Ist of Waimea was greatly admired everywhere last year, when shown as a yearling, and has grown into a grand shapely two-year old and. should be bad to beat. The rest of the show cattle arc fully up to the high standard of this Company's herd, and we hope to see them return covered with honors. There is sure to be a great contest at Oamaru between the Waimea and the Totara herds, the latter being the property of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company. Such another sight is not possible to be seen on this side of the line. The monthly meeting of the Gore School Committee was held on Wednesday evening, when Messrs Beattie (chairman), Fletcher (secretary), and Dolamore were the only members present. It was reported that a landslip had occurred on the school glebe doing considerable damage to the fencing,' The matter had been brought under the notice ef the Education Board, who had hinted that it was one that might fairly be dealt with by the committee. The committee however, were disinclined to do anything owing to the extent of the work and the meagre funds at their disposal : and eventually the matter was left in the hands of the chairman, on the understanding that the Central Board would again be approached through their inspector when on his next visit to Gore. It was resolved that application should be made to the Board for an additional pupil Icacher the average attendance having been the requisite number (162) for the past month to entitle the school to the extra teaching power asked for. The matter of the head teacher's residence was taken up, it being agreed chat this required altogether rebuilding or considerable additions to the present structure in order to render it equal to the status of the school. It was agreed to approach the Education Board on that subject also. Tho possibility of soon creating a high school at Gore was next mooted ; and the committee resolved that the advisableness of so doing and the mode of procedure necessary should be discussed at next mating, there being a tacit understanding that in any change Mr Nciil's position would not be interfered with, the intention being simply to have a young teacher to take the branches of classics and ma! hematics, so as to involve no great expense in the meantime. The committee being desirous that prizes should be given to the children before the Christmas recess, passed a resolution to the effect that subscription lists should be on-' trusted to some of the scholars with a view of raising the necessary funds. This was all the business. The Episcopalian Synod opened its sitting at Dunedin on Wednesday evening, whan Bishop Neyill delivered a lengthy address. He referred to the need of a cathedral, and advocated that a parish church might be devoted to the purpose on certain Sundays, if only monthly. He also referred to his reasons for waiving his intention of ceremonially degrading Mr Stanford, who resigned his license to practice law. The Bishop explained that newfound great conflict of opinion as to the wisdom of carrying out the step, S aud therefore, at the cost of some violence to his conscience, del ermined te let the matter j res*. .

The following team has been chosen to play for Gore against Invercargill on Monday next :—Douglas, Bonsey, Boraman, Labatt, Simson, Henderson, Scott, Martin, Reiach, Honor, H. Mansford.-.Emergencies, Canning and King. PJay will commence at 10.30 a.m. and stamps will be drawn at 4.30 p.m. The match this afternoon will be between sides'^chosen on the gronnd. The settlers in the Otara district have been rather anxious to learn when deferred payment money would bo available for a road to open up the Otara block, snd at length soms definite information on the subject is to hand. Mr G. F. Richardson, M.H.R., has telegraphed that £167 has been placed to the credit of" the Southland County Council for the Otara deferred payment block, and that the necessary authority to pay has been passed to the Treasury. At yesterday's meeting o£ the Southland Land Board, a report was road from the Ranger in regard to a section in Mataura Hundred, held for pastoral purposes, which was being cultivated and cropped by the holder. It was agreed to summon the lessee to appear before the Board and explain.— The chau-man intimated that he had|received notice from Government of the appointment of Mr Duncan Campbell as Ranger of Crown Lands. So as not to have the duties of the office clash with those of Mr Mussen, Lands Ranger, he had apportioned to Mr Campbell the work recently performed by Mr M'Arthur in the matter of forests, sawmills, etc. Approved.

Dental notice—X. Striker. Nov. 10—Train arrangements. Catholic-Gift Auction —Pay up, F. S. Canning & Co.—Clearing sale. Pukerau Caledonian Society —Meeting. Green and Souness —Crossbred wethers. Wyi.dham Town Board —Poundkeepei, etc, Toi Tois Riding—Election of G. F. liichardson. Bankruptcy Notices—W. Young and G T. Ross. Tenders-Fencing at Otaraia; East Gore Domain. Our special reporter tells us a local firm has just imported a shipirent of tea direct from China, and although there is every prospect of tea going up, perhaps Is 6cl alb,, they are offering same as if nD war was going on between the Chinkies and the French. From the same source we learn that the same firm has just got 25 sacks prime cocksfoot, direct from Hawke's Bay, and invite public to collar same at once. Further, we learn they have just got their clover, flower, and vegetable garden seeds in, likewise seed oats ; also, followingarticles chean:— knife slashers, wire netting, and galvanised barbed wire Ironmongery stock increased. Cash buyers a preference. Double-furrow ploughs, £12---harrows, 90s ; plough fittings, &c. —J..MAC G ibbon & Soxs, Hollo waif. t Ointment and Pills will be found the best friend to persous afflicted with ulccrations, bad legs, sores, abscesses, fistulas, and other painful and complicated complaints. Printed and very plain directions for the application of the Ointment are wrapped round each pot. Holloway's alterative Pills should bo taken throughout the progress of the cure, to maintain the blood in a state of perfect purit}', and to prevent the health of the whole body being jeopardised by the local ailments; bad legs, old age's great grievances, arc thus readily cured, without confining the patient to bed, or withdrawing from him or her the nutritious diet and generous support so imperatively demanded,,when weakening diseases attack advanced years or constitutions evincing permature decreptitude.