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Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 234, 2 March 1883, Page 2

Violent earthquakes have been felt near Tauranga, N.I. Serious floods are reported at the Thames, New Plymouth, and Wanganui. It is estimated that fully 1000 Volunteers from places outside Invercargill will attend the Easter Beview there. Arrangements are being made to bold Episcopalian services at Lumsden. A peonliar accident is reported from Lumsden. A man named Milne was on the balcony of Mr Ho well's hotel, and by some means or another fell to the ground, sustaining so severe an injury to his knee that he had to be conveyed to the Invercargill Hospital, The American Fenians have threatened to destroy London and Liverpool by fire^ Adamant, who was sold for 140 guineas to to Mr J. Smith, of Kiverton,has since been resold to Mr J. Cotton, his trainer, There are thirty- three students at Lincoln Agricultural School— -15 being from Canterbury and two from Southland, According to the last Gazette to hand aec* tion 17, block V, town of Fortrose, has been permanently reserved as a site for a public library. 'A Mr Chute, of Wellington, is the happy father of triplets, his wife having presented him the other day with three fine daughters, all doing well. Our Wyndham correspondent was in error in stating that the shooting season opened ou the first Monday in April. The 16th of that month is the opening day, The trial of the stationmaster Thompson and Guard Hunt for manslaughter in connection with the Hawthorne railway accident in December last, has been conoluded at Melbourne. The jury returned a verdict of " Not guilty " in each caße. The Hon. Peter Lawlor has been re-elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria without opposition. His re-election was proposed by Mr James Service and seconded by Mr Graham Berry. The * Hawkes Bay Herald ' e&ys it has good authority for saying that not only was Te Kooti's pardon fully discusßed in the Cabinet, but that Ministers before taking any decisive Btep consulted, his Excellency the Governor, and obtained from him a promise of dissolution in the event of an adverse vote of the House on the question. The Dunedin ' Star ' says that it hears on good authority that the runholders have arranged to go in for extensive dummying by getting their shepherds to buy up the deferred payment pastoral lands. It reminds those intendiDg this of the penalties for false declarations, and expresses a hope that if dummyism is attempted criminal prosecutions will follow. The unusual spectacle was presented at the E.M. Court, Wellington, recently of a Bishop occupying: the position of defendant in an action by one of his clergy for stipend alleged to be due. The plaintiff was the Eev. Edward Wilson, until recently stationed at Palmeiston North ; the defendant being his Lordship the Bishop of Wellington. The suit was instituted for the recovery of a balance of stipend said to be owing. ' The plaintiff was examined at considerable length, and judgment was given against him on the ground that tho wrong party bad been prooeeded against. / "We are independent up here." This was the observation of a member of the Gore School Committee the other evening when tenders for cleaning the school were opened. Had either of the two been accepted, nearly the whole of the Committee's revenue would have been swallowed up in this one item alone, and its functions would have "been limited to meeting monthly and pissing the charwoman^ account ! We never thought School Committees had much, scope for the display of administrative ability. | A meeting of the Gore School Committee was held on Tuesday evening and was attended by Messrs Bree (in the chair), K,oss,Gard» ner. and Dolamore (sec). It was agreed that Messrs T. M. Macdonald,Jae. Mackintosh and Thos. Mac Gibbon should be elected to the three vacancies on the Education Board, j Two tenders were received for cleaning the school, but ns these were deemed absurdly jhigb, Messrs Bree and Dolamore were appointed a sub- committee to consider the question and make the best arrangements possibl Accounts from Messrs Green and Souness and Mrs Black were passed for payment. Messrs J. Mac Gibbon and Gardner were appointed a visiting committee for the month. This was all the business.

T he s.F. Australia affiati ' <^<?' ' ._ <? The tender of Mr John Campbell has been 'accepted'-for tnV erection of a brjiek- and ccm-' crete shop and residence at Gore for Mr Bowtell. ;•?>• ■ ;•": ' : ■] ' ;-' Byjafire at Invercargill ,oq"' Wednesday evening the premises; of Messrs Bunlop (drapw), fiay' (grocer), Goodwillie (saddler)', and others of less note were destroyed, Still another enerry is being sought for the rabbit. The " Calcutta Englishman " mentions that, at the request of the New Zealand Government, 100 couples of mongooses will be sent out by the Government of India to wage war against ' bunny/ Ju9t so. A large number of Natives returned to the vicinity of Parihaka a few days ago in the expectation of meeting Te Whiti who, they say, is to return to his people tjmorrow. They were dispersed by the conr stabulary. Again has the Prince of Wales Hotel, tnvercargill, had a narrow escape from total, destruction by fire. Early on Tuesday morning the hotel was found to be on fire oa three different occasions but the flames were extinguished after slight damage. Appearances point to incendiarism. The following weights have been declared for the Tapanui Handicap : Amulet, 9st ; Violin, Bst 7 ; Coldstream,B3t 4 ; Laertes 83t 2 Haricot,Bst 2 ; Huntingdon, 7at 7 ; Coupon, 7st 7 ; Merry bird, 7st 5 ; Lady-go-lightly, 7st ; Wild Deer, 6st 12 ; Schoolboy, 6itl2 ; Dandy, 63t 10 ; Maid of Erin, 6st 5. Eor the Hurdle Handicap: Little John, list 4, Devonshire Lass 93b 12 ; Wild Deer, 9st 5 ; Schoolboy, 9at 5 ; Cainelia, 836 7; Tiger, Bst7. There is rest and comfort for the worn out mothers at last. A Paris physician is ''incubating" infants just now. By a process similar to that upon which chickens are artificially hatched, the new born babe is placed in the incubator and there allowed to remain for about six months. It is carefully nourished and at the end of tho period named is turned out as strong and well-grown as a child a year old. It is stated that 360 infante have been experimentally treated at a foundling hospital with great success, Speaking of the license allowed to legal advocates and its frequent abuse, the '• Hobart Mercury ' observes :•— " The privileges which the bar enjoys are based on the assumption that the wig and gown indicate the gentleman ; but the presumption is so often belied and freedom of speech so often degenerates in our courts into licentiousness, that the time is probably not far distant when gentlemen will seek to be relieved of a privilege which is too apt to cover cowardly and untruthful statements on the part of less reputable members of the profession; / There was nearly a .railway, accident j ust below Mataura yesterday morning to the goods train from Invercargill, Following the engine were a number of trucks loaded with stout manuka poleg, and one of these in some way left the truck and became entangled, in its side, one end reaching the ground and scattering the ballast in all directions. Fortunately it was noticed in time and the train stopped, otherwise the sapling might have found its way to the rails, towards which it appeared to be rapidly gravitating, and a disastrous accident would have ensued. There 1 should be some plan of successfully securing these poles when placed above the sides of open trucks and protected merely by two flimsy uprights on each side. / A special meeting of the Go^T/own. Board was held last evening for the purpose of considering various drainage schemes for the. town of Gore. Iwo only were submitted, oßb' -t from, Mr W. A. Bews, of Invercargill, and one from MrT. B. McNeii,of Gore. There was a striking similarity between the two schemes and • accompanying plans. After an examination and deliberation of great length, it was ■ decided upon the motion of Commissioner Fraser, aeoonded by Commissioner Mackay, to refer both schemes to Mr C. H. Ho worth, County Engineer, and that his decision be final. The Board then went into ordinary business, and decided that a respectful address to His Excellency the Governor should be presented upon hie arrival at Gore on Monday at 3.10 p.m. The Board will meet at 10 a.m. t>day to make tho necessary arrangements. / Larrikinism would appear to be again rampant in our midst. Last week several silly ' practical ' j okes were perpetrated and the jokers were again on the war path on Monday and Tuesday evenings. In one case the frolio some individuals were seen at their pranks ; and though we are inclined to leniency this time we shall have no hesitation in publishing their names if thsy again otfend in this direo tion. On Monday night Mr Esther's buggy was dragged across the road, wheeled upon . the railway platform, and there allowed to remain ; and on Tuesday nighfc an attack was made upon the pound board at Gordon, it being wrenched from its place and carefully deposited in the doorway of Mr I. S. Simson'a auction room. These pound boards seem to be as a red rag to a bull to our larrikins but we trust the Gordon pound board will be left alone for the future, or these playful young gentlemen may learn sooner than they think that they are committing offenoea punishable by law. We regret to learn that a serious accident happened to Mrs Treseder (mother of ;Mrs T. B. McNeil and Mr» T. L. Piller of this town) of Diinedin, on Tuesday evening. It appears that the unfortunate lady was, with others, watching some demonstration in connection with the Governor's, visit to Dunedin and that, alarmed by firewoiks, the horses attached to one of the carriages connected with His Excellency's party, bolted, and> rushing amongst the crowd, knocked down Mrs Treseder. Her face was greatly disfigured by the fall whioh she received, : and one of the wheels of the vehicle passed over her chest. She was taken to the dispensary of Dr Cottevill, and treated by that gentleman and Dr Martin, and was afterwards re-' moved home. Her injuries are said to be of a most sarious nature but we are glad to learn she is progressing favorably. : We have a leader in type on "Difficulties of Country Sohool Teacher?." A report of the last meeting of the County Council appears on our fourth page, The sale of runs whioh was held at Dunedin on Tuesday was largely attended and upon the whole there was spirited competition. Fifty of the 67 runs offered were sold, and realised the total sum of £17,335, The 67 runs at upset prices would amount to £13,609, and,,of the 50 801d,33 were nob competed for, but were knocked down to the first bidders. At noon on Wednesday about 80,000 acres consisting of 36 lots were offered under deferred-payment system,' Twenty- eight of the lots were sold, and of these 24 bronght more ; than the upset price of £1 ah acre. Section 31 block IX, and section 26, block X, Tuturau district were passed in. At Wednesday's meeting of the Otago Laud Board the following koal basins was

transacted : The application of Mesjifs' Connell and Hoodie for Bichard Maguire'to purchase 50 acres of,.land, being section^, block r VII, Otara district;; was granted; and, an aps plication made by, Andrew 'Qhristie. to purchase section 21, blbck VII,;i Toi<.toi3, w.as declined, owing to objections.: made^bj the gettlera to the timber being-sold. „Mr>Janieß ■ A.- Steel's application to p,urqßaße sedtioh 17, block X, Glenkenicb, withh|id >; |rpai sale, was referred to the ranger for re^qrtV-.