MATAURA NOTES.

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 23, 1 September 1894, Page 12

MATAURA NOTES.

[Prom our own Correspondent.]

On Saturday last the third and final match took place at Mataura between the seconds of the Gore and Mataura clubs. As each team had previously scored a win, this was looked upon as the conqueror, and in consequence caused considerably more interest to be taken in it than would otherwise have been the case. The game resulted in a win for the home team by a goal (converted try—five points) to a try (three points). In the first spell the game was very fast and open, neither side claiming much advantage. In the second spell the home team had all the best of it, keeping the visitors in their own twenty-five all the spell. Townshend and Cameron got over the line for Mataura, but the try in each case was disallowed. Mr T. Smith acted as referee very impartially,' and gave general satisfaction. We are to have a visit from a team of Orepuki footballers on Friday, when a match will be played against the Mataura first. Weather very tine for the last three or four days. May it continue, as the last burst has kept back farm work (leaving out gardening) to a very considerable extent. We had a pretty sharp frost on Wednesday morning—probably a parting kick from winter. Our freezing works are still kept busv, there being a steady supply of sheep coming forward. It is not expected they will shut down at the end of the month, as at first anticipated. The local Town Board have appointed a committee to inspect river banks where infested with broom, and have given instructions to call for tenders for removing same. This is a very necessary work, as the banks in many places are completely overgrown. It is to be hoped that when cleared they won’t commit the same error as before —that of burning the broom instead of leaving it lying on the ground to rot. Had this been done when previously cleared there would have been much less broom mowing on river banks, as the stuff ■tting prevents the seeds from gernating. 'nr local draughts players, nothing ted at their recent defeat by the

Gore elub, intend visiting the Ferndale players at an early date. The Ambulance class meets on Tuesday evenings, not Monday as I inadvertently stated in my last week’s notes.