SOUTHLAND NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 14184, 8 October 1909, Page 2

SOUTHLAND NOTES

[Special to the Stap..] INVERCARGILL, October 8. Mi' A. W. Hamann, at one time of the Dunedin office of tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, and for the last three years in the Invercargill office, has been transferred to Oamaru. He will be a loss to local cricket and musical circles.

the building which has done service as the Bank of New Zealand at Wyndham for the last thirty years is, it is understood, to be replaced by a more modern edifice.

lie Invercargill Court returns for the quarter ended September 30 show an increase of convictions over those of the June quarter, the figures being respectively 139 and 114. The principal increases are theft (3 to 11), drunkenness |l3 to 20), and minor offences (14 to 21). The civil figures show a remarkable decrease in the amounts sued for, and also in the amounts recovered. The amount sued for totalled £2,915, as compared with £4.040 for the June quarter, and the amount recovered was £1,457, as compared with £2,212 for IhotJune quarter. During the progress of a cricket match at Cdendale a Wyndham plaver (A. Stewart) met, with "an unfortunate accident. He was attempting a short run on a matting wicket, when he slipped, and came down on his elbow, with the -result that he dislocated his shoulder. _ Stock matters have been very brisk in Southland during the past few "davs, and several hundred head of cattle, which had been sent to Southland to winter on turnips, have been returning to the Taieri and other northern pastures. The lambing has been very prolific in the district, and as the weather has been of the best very little mortality is reported. The average all round is over 100 per cent. Dairy matters are also in full swing, and considerable interest has resulted from the fact that the Edendale factory paid out over £2,000 to their shareholders on Monday. Farming w-ork is also well in hand, and several crops are already showing through. * &