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Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1036, 1 June 1894, Page 4

A marriage celebrated at Shag Point on "Wednesday last week attracted considerable public interest. It was that of Miss Helen M'Kenzie, youngest daughter of the Minister of Lands who was married to Mr Maurice Cameron, of Wellington. There was a large gathering of the. friends and relatives of the "parents and young couple at, the Hon. Mr M 'Kenzie's residence,. where the ceremony- took place/among others -' being Hlie Hoii., the -Premier and Mrs Seddon, the Hon J. ■ G. Ward and Mrs Barron (lit Ward's mother), .and, the Hon.-W-, Moat* gomery, . * /..„.,:./.. V r| _,;, :ii . ", ,;.* K V : rXV/

The season for shooting native game closed yesterday. The San Francisn Mail was delivered her« on Monday forenoon. It will be noticed that reduced railway fares are announced in connection with thOutgo A. and P. Society's winter show. It is expected the Rev. Dr Talmage will deliver his '..cries of lecture 3in New Zealand before proceeding to Australia. We call attention of stockowners to the fact that all returns of sheep must be in before Monday first. Informations will at once be laid against all defaulters on that date. Attention is drawn to Laidlaw and Gray's announcement that they have bought, at a large discount, the ironmongery stock of Mr F. Johnston, Rattray Street, Dunedin, and are now selling at greatly reduced prices. We call attention to the important land sale to be held in M'Kenzie'a Hall here on Wednesday first. The properties to be disposed of are subdivisions of the late Mr Thomas Brown's estates in the Owaka and Catlins districts. A meeting of about 16 unemployed was held here on Wednesday evening, His Worship, the Mayor, presiding. A resolution was passed urging the Premier to endeavour to find work for the unemployed in Ualclutha— the Mayor to be asked to forward the resolution. There was a large attendance at the Hope of Balclutha Lodge, T.0.G.T., held on Tuesday evening. After the formal order of business had been gone through an extensive programme, consisting of songs, readings, and recitations, was carried out. Sister Clark acbed as accompanist. We wish to point out that farmers can have small quantities of poisoned grain from Mr Hull, inspector, at cost price, for the destruction of rabbits. We understand there is some difficulty in properly mixing small quantities, and Mr Hull ha* adopted this course in order to meet the difficulty. A special gazette was issued on Saturday containing the names of about 210 additional Justices of the Peace. Amongst these are John Dunne, Balclutha, J. A. Anderson, Waiwera, R. S. Murray, Puerua, W H. Mackenzie, Kaitangata, and John Waldie, at present manager of Mr G. Thomson's store here. A series of cowardly outrages were perpetrated at Waimate on Saturday night Onef settler had the potatoes in a large pit chopped up with a sp:ido, rendering them quite useless for sale purposes ; another had about 30 sacks of grain cut open and thrown over the ground ; at a third place two cows were ttirned into the garden ; and at a forth a stack of oats was pulled to pieces and cows turned in. The "Dr Stuart" number of the Christian Outlook of Mny 25 must have been to all admirers of the grand old man a very interesting one. Besides giving a sketch of his life, it contains articles on '* Dr Stuart's Home Life," " Dr Stuart in his Social Relations," " Dr Stunrt as an Educationist," "Dr Stuart as a Pastor," and the funeral sermon by Rev. Mr Chisholm. The supplement gives really a first-class lithographic portrait of the doctor and views of Knox Church and manse. On Wednesday nearly forty hotelkeepers in the Dunedin Licensing District received notice that objections would ba raised to the renewal t>f their licenses. This notice was given so tiiat they may be not taken by surprise on Monday, when it is understood that consideration of all licenses objected to will be adjourned for hearing and argument. As twenty-two licenses is the maxium reduction allowed, it is evident that many of those who receive notice must be granted a renewal. A complimentary social entertainment, was given by the lady electors of Waihemo in the Town Hall on Friday evening in honour of the member for the district, the Hon. J. M'Kenzie, Minister for Lands. The hall was crowded to excess, and a number were unable to gain admission- About one-half of the number present were ladies. The Premier and Mrs feddon, Mrs and the Misses M'Kenzie, and Messrs Macintosh, Hutchison, Morrison, Eanishavr, and Millar, M. H.R's., were amongst those present. The whole proceedings passed off successfully. When the political proceedings terminated the hall was cleared for dancing, which was engaged in by the younger portion of the audience. Tlio usual meeting of the Balclutha Literary Society was held in M'Kenzie's Hall on Wednesday evening list, the President (Dr Fleming) in the chair. There was a very good attendance, the hall being full. The business was a debate on "Is Party Government desirable ?" Mr J. W. Wilson taking the affirmative, and Mr J. Crawford Anderson the negative. Mr D. T. Fleming and Mr C. R. Smith also took part in the debate, after which Mr Anderson and Mr Wilson replied. On being put to the vote it was evident that the great majority had not made up their minds on the subject, as very few voted, eight voting in the affirmative and and six in the negative. Next Weduesday Rev. Mr Dutton, of Caversham, will give a lecture on "The Sun," with diagrams. Two rather good stories were told at the Temperance meeting here last week. It appeared that certain complaints had been made about sly grog shops on the Midland railway. The authorities in Wellington to whom complaint had been made wrote several letters to the local police, who did not deny the existence of the sly grog shops, but said the thing was done so carefully it was hard to get a case. The authorities, losing patience, eventually wrote saying that unless a conviction, was obtained a certain police officer would be removed. Within a very few days after this some half-dozen cases were brought forward aDd convictions obtained. The other story referred to'W^ellington. A number of "drunks" were repeatedly brought before a certain magistrate there. On one occasion, however, the magistrate addressed the police officer and enquired for the publican. The police of course did not know ; they simply arrested the drunk. But the magistrate replied that some publican must have broken the law, and that the police should fetch him up as well as the drunk. The police had not much hope of being able to accomplish this till the magistrate said that if any ir.ore drunks were fetched before him, and not the publican who supplied them, he would cause enquiry to be made. The result was a number of convictions for supplying liquor to drunken persons shortly after,

Mr Paulin telephoned to the Star at 1 p.m. yesterday :— " Light to moderate S.E. and H.W. winds, with rain showers." Messrs A. and T. Inglis, Dunedin, announce a cheap sale of the assigned stock of Mr G. Lousley, Balclutha. The annual enter' ainment in connection with the local English Church will t;»ke place on Wednesday July 11 and a good programme is promised. The annual meeting of the congregation takes place on the previous evening. News has reached the Colony that Dr W. L. Christie, son of the late Mr William Chiistie, Warepa, who has been studying in England for the past two years smd six monUis, has taken the degree of F.K.O.S. It will be remembered that Dr Christie was the first to take the degrees of M.B. and M.D. at tho Otago University, and he is to be congratulated upon his new honors. The following notification appears in the Tuapeka Times :•-" It is absolutely neces • sasy that the Hon. Vincent Pyke, M.H.R., should have positive rest from all business that he may have a chance of recovery. He has, therefore, been ordered by his medical adviser to refrain from writing or answering letters for the present." At the meeting of the Land Board on .Wednesday it was decided to recommend the Governor to set apart and declare open as village homestead allotments, sections 5, 6, and 8, block IV. Tautuku district, at a capital value of Li per acre, tho applicants to be limited to one section. All the railway workshops in the colony including the locomotive workshops, are to be placed upon five days' work a week. Nearly 1000 men will be affected. The reduction will be at the rate of one-sixth of the wages paid at present, and the saving is computed at LIOOO per month. The commisioners have also made a. large number of changes in the management of the locomotive and maintenance branches by which a saving of about L4OOO will be effected in administrative expense.