THE OUTLOOK.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 369, 27 June 1884, Page 2

THE OUTLOOK.

Eveey day confirms us in our opinion that jtlio appeal to the country will result in a strong Yogel Ministry. " A contemporary says :' "It is I^eap Year with. Sir Jvbiys." JEigh.t pr nine constittioncies

have already proposed to him in the most passionate way and he is in groat r strai£s how to avoid an action i for preach of promise. „,.^Che „ prospnt government will cor^'Q/.bko'K-wit^a.eotir' sidcrable following of staunch suppqf'-" ters, but nothing like 'a major^y. Many of their less ardent; followers, >• ill either of their own accord pi* in .-bbedience to, the Xvish of the /elecfers/go bypiv'to., '"^Ogel. Sir George will v head a dozen or so of the weakest men in the House. Mr Montgomery will have a few uncnthusiastic iriends. Mr Wakefield, finding; himself alone, will fall in behind Sir Julius. That: gentleman ' will at first probably not, have ah absolute majority of the House at his back;- but if he moves a ' nd'confidencc motl )n the / i Gbeyitbs are bound to support it, The Government will thus be displacsd and the mutual hatred of the Atonso'x party and the Gheyites will prevent, them from uniting until Yogi fjlias"! made himself secure. The election will evidently be one of considerable i itero,sp judging from the- number of -candidates that arc appearing, In our own neighborhood we imagine Captain Mackenzie will be founded the favorite hf people. He "has been an ihonest and painstaking member who has done all he could for the district and hjas perhaps takenmore pains to give anaecjount of ; himself to the electors than any other man in the colony. For Hokonua, now that Mr Driver stands out, n<|> doubt' an honest local man who has a sjtake in the place and has shown clear juclginent in his own affairs will be the ] person elect. It is as well to say at orice that no one whose interest lies in a tof'n.that opposed the construction of the Waihiea line and that now opposes the reduction or removal of the oppressive railjvay tax can. have the slightest prospect of jsupport in the parts of the electorate affected by those questions. . ; • ■

,The Australians have scored a wiri by one wicket at Liverpool over an eleven of the district. '.■'.'■'. ■ ] The .dwcllinghouse of Mr John . Thomson, ; sen., Winton Plains, has been' destroyed by fire. j Mr J. T. Thomson, cx-Survoyor'-Gcrieral of the Colony, lies dangerously ill at Invcrcargill. j " Both the services at Holy Trinity. Church,' Gore, next Sunday will ,be conducted by the Bey. J. Hbbbs. At 3 p.m. on the s^me day the rev. gentleman will preach at proydon Schoolhouse. ! , f A meeting was to be held the othdr night in the hall of the Presbyterian jChurch, Mataura, with, a view of establishing a literary and debating society ; but we have not yet been informed of the result. Such a society ,together with the Musical JAssociation already established, indicates an assth'e-' tic taste on the part of the Mataura' inhabitants which in this age of money grubbing, should be looked upon as a very salutary departure. The public library in tnc siui\- (- town was opened a fortnight since,, and is now in full work. ! The usual weekly meeting of the Gore Literary and Debating Society was i held onWednesday evening, when Mr Bonsey. read a paper on the " Salvation Army,;" which led to some discussion. Most of ' the speakers seemed to think that the Army's operations failed to carry out its object, and that its days would soon be numbered. Two . other papers were promised, but failed, one through an multiplicity of c ngagements on the part of the writer, and the other by the writer having been unexpectedly obliged to go to Dunedin. The evening's proceedings were enlivened by musical selections by Mesdames' Dolamore and Dewar andUviiss' D. Sullivan. The President' notified 'that , the programme for next week would con-' sist of Mr W. Gilchrist's paper on. " Phonetic Shorthand," and readings from Thaekery* Longfellow and Moore. A considerable number of perpetual lease applications came up for decision at the Land Board on Wednesday, says the ' Otago Daily Times.' In. one case there were five tenders for one sactian, in which case a rental of 6s 7d per acre was obtained where the upset had been only 3s ;' but in the majority of cases only two tenders were put in. The perpetual-leasing system, we learn from the Land Board officials, is a good deal in favor. Very many settlers with a capital of only a few hundred pounds have found themselves; seriously crippled by having to expend a large s,um }n the priginal purchase of their holding ; and. , a system by which they can obtain so lengthened a tenure, andat the same time have their capital! in hand wherewith tp work their holdings, thas decided attractions, Such, at anyisate, are the opinions advanced by many vfh,Q come to the Board's offices to learn the conditions of the new system. i; | At Wednesday's meeting of: the Otago Land Board, the following applications : to purchase deferred-payment leases were approved qf :— sdward_ Walders, section'!?, block 111., Waipahi ; j'qhij. B,allantyne ? sections 14, 15, and 16, block XXy, East Gore ; Jarae3 Tamblyn, section.3, blcfck 1 1%, Teviot. — William Moffltt and Edward JM applied to lease section. 7, dlock \IIL, ; Waik'aia, surveyed as a recreation reserve for coal-mining purposes. Eeferred thd ■ School Commissioners, — Mr M. Matthew applied I for permission tp strip. b,arJ£ off blaok birpfi in the Fortrose district. Tho Ohaicman saici Fortrose was a township, not. a district,' so that the application was extremely vague ; besides which, the Board could riot grant any such request, They could issue a sawmill license oyor $ny bush area, and the applicant could then, strip the b,atk .if £p liked- — 4 a application by TSifr W-. S. Cooper to lease five acres of section 8, b ; lock 111,, Wendon, fofligniterraising, wag referred -to the School Commissioners.

We are given to understand that, the Hok-: onui electors who have in view the return of Mr Green as member are taking active steps for affording the yarious parts of the '■ electorate an opportunity at hearing his view:?. This is in itself a most desirable stop, a part of political education, as nothing equals public meetings for enabling electors to judge what a man is, and fixing him to what he is to do, unless it b.e 9 lpng and sufficient acquaintance with the maij. Although Mr Green is pretty well known, it is proper tbat he should shew his lights in this way. We look forward, then, to an e£j,rly announcer ment of definite arrangements. It 13 proper, however, to keep in mind that in so wide an electorate as this it is not sufficient that the electors have formed an opinion each for himself as to who is the best maa to represent them—they will take precaution to give expression to their minds not simply on the day of the poll ? which ig a necessity, but by disseminating their views, convincing their friends, and making all possible arrangements beforphaiid. To be lukewarm is to be nobody. Mr Green's supporters havo only to make, up their minds that he will undoubtedly win, and that is half the victory —the other half will consist in arranging to

poll.

There was no quorum of the Mataura Town Board on Wednesday ' v kjst, the date fixed for the ordinary monthly wieeting which was..o,dJQiu*nss<J. till^uesday next. .' Almost .comple't'o Hiiftni.Aiit'y prevails in the [Legislative AsscmbJ-y of Victoria iv.»;u\|iHgii'nc resolutions of' the Sydney Coo vmii urn and a mo tib)i concerning them was •<■•'.. g<j tobe passed by the ,i loose last night. j On the authority oE the Wullin.olon correspondent of the ' Otago Daily Tiling, 1 ii it is rcportd that Sir George Gray will 'ilio/lly i start on a trip through the South \n\niu\,i land .will deliver adiressos at, l O ) ! v i"irtl.';riiii'<'.h, [•Dunedmi TimaritjOara'aru, and Invifri'.nr^ill; ' | • The sixth annual meeting of the; Kukfila- : and Ashburton Forks Railway Company wit"' 1 held on. .Wednesday afternoon. Tins iv|«nl, snowed the line had been paying evert.'!, l , ucy cent after deducting all charges. ()iT r ßni(ii':il< opposition to Ihd district iiate li!t4 [>n|viiiil,i;(| i-t being comj>T,eto,cl, ; -but -when'this hsjs I.<>mi settled in a court of justice, Ihe.du'eot irs will 'be 'in a position to declare a dividcnfjl. T,lm traffic receipts we're L 7500 ; and Iho .•c'vornic in excess of working expense?, L 2570. }. The conceufc in. aid..of'<the Malaurn I/üblic School is loOlteQ forward to with considerable interest. As. we understand it, the novel feature in, connection. -with it is fiat the juvenile performers, numbering over 50, ar,e to be entirely unassisted. .It is to bl hoped tliat a full attendance will reward lljc children and their trainers. Nothing so f fcens the asperities^ of life more than, the power of song. It would b,e well, therefore, id it were well cultivated and patronised. > ' In the Christchurch I 'lt.M J . Court, ijic other day a wan was fined J&£pv conduct ivhereby a breach of the peace might have been, occasioned. He accosted a young lady! at ten lo'clock/at night: converged with" icr ; accompanied her to her home, and laid- hqld of., her "hand when she was- 'opening har door. He also' asked <her to meet* him again on Tuesday "night. ' lie' used' no other i isul'fcing or rude language,- b\*S tlie'-Magislrf te held that she would jhaye been justified iv i lapping 1 his face, so he had been guilty of th< .offence charged.. . „ , A disgraceful ' exhibition of ' twe infant Blondins whs given, in, Christchnr^-. lastTuesday night. The oldest, a girl 11 years of age, had been, taught .tp perform oat! le tightrope and carry her little; brother (tv, o and a half years old) .across on her back.--. After having walked 50 miles during the day, an exhibition- took plape in the ' everii lg, r km\ while the child was crossing the rcpo with her infant brother on her back sbe rs creamed out "lam falling," and immediately fell but fortunately : shohad reached tie stage and the height was not great. Both were severely shaken and, . somewhat -bruised. The podce here intervened, and the inhuman 'f Usher '.'was s not allowed to continue the ■show. ,-•■,, t We understand that a writ has . been issued against agaiust. Mr W. Morris, of 'Chatton, at the instance of Mr J. M'Lfiuchlan, 8.A., of Otama, claiming damages to the tune of L3OO. The case arises overja recent visit of the police to the Otama teacher's . ' residence in search of some drapery missed from the hotel af.Chatton, and it < will be heard at the Invercargill Supreme Court sittings at the end of August. Messrs Siev \ wright, Stout, and Co,, of Dunedin, pc solicitors for the plaintiff. ' 1 Some people in' Dunedin had a bad; quarter, of an hour after reading the following letter, which appeared in Tuesday's ' Daily ["irnes ' : — Sir,— -It has been reported to me t£iat rabbits are being sent to Dunedin for consumption from districts in this locality.- j I thinks it is only just that a fair, warning: sHould/ oej given. I take this means of letting! dealers and consumers know that poisoned grain is now generally laid in the Fbrtrose, Wyndham, Mataura, and Gore districts.',— l am. etc., Reginald Bbee>- Assistant , Kabbit Inspector, East Mataura District. The nomination of candidates for the vacant Ashburton seat took place 6n Wednesday. Mr J. Cathcart Wason jand Sir Julius Yogel were' the only candidates, Mr Jolly ■ not being nominated. The proposer of Sir Julius said that that gentleman, acting under, the advice of his cornmitjfcee, and friends in Ashburton, in whose hands lie had ; placed, his candidature, had decided not .to contest. Ashburton". at the general election. He hoped that the meeting would sAow that ."tFey" approved/of #ie actiein. p,f SJri Julius's supporters,, in ageing him to come forward* The' show of, hands .resulted as fpflows :— Yogel, 28 5 Wason, 16. A poll was] deman,ded oil behalf.Qf Mr Wiason, ! •• T •

Toitoia ploughing- match, July IS, ! A -general 'servant advertises for < a situation.' ' •'•■ '•' ' j • ■.' ) , F-. A> Canning and ,Co. sell trees tomorrbw.' ■>-•■•■ ■■■•'■ | Green and Souness have ; a country store for sale.. "-■ ■' ' ' ' The Gore, Town Hall 19 to be let for mootjnga, e£o. ' ' ' If eHclnU notices arc jnsor.lad by %. M'Lean auu v. Jiiidred, • A puh'nc meeting will he held at Otaria m JbVidaynesf, . f . :. • < Mr Morris announces his candidature for Mataura electorate. . ; T School .celebrations take place? at Waikaka and Pinnacle 6n Friday next. ! Scott, Prenttoo 'and Co. sell Wyndh'am town sections to-mcirrow, and slock on My\& '. ' I One party advertises' for ehee^ to eat ott turnips, and another for turnips for cattle to eat. j . j Official notification of the election of Alfred Dolamofe as trustee in R. I. Watt's estate is made. - j T, -Huntor, dohtqrj Stcrncy (Jre'bk, will apply fo^ his discharge; at the 'next sitting of the District Court! ' *■•••?

q: ]^ie thjs llouse.-^? 1 Rqi^gh on Rats ■ "-eleaafj.aut rats, mice, bestlos! roaces,r bud- bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, Jack ,ra bits, gophers. New Zealand Drug Gompan V General Agents. ■ 1

. iG-lorioua 'success of the British troops in the_Boudan ! Numerous Arabs slain ! John ■MaoGibjion& Sons, in tha;nkjrig t^je public for the'niQat liberal patronage accorded them, beg to state that they arc just unpacking their new season's goods, comprising a large and carefully selected stock of !dolruans, ulsters for ladies and children, ladies tiimmed hats in all the latest shapes (about nti.y to choose from), frilling^ \n C«t{}as§ variety, Japanese sillvS' 'm till shacles, cre\v;el"s^lks and stamping in all the latest designs' and" shades, flowers, feathers,' ilanuel tartan, and brocaded satin ribbon (a splendid assortment) woollen squares (a spepnilty, frpm 2s, large sizes) bab|es f hpod^, \\d gloves, &c, These goods haying been bought at a great reducion for cash, we are determined to give our tustomers the benefit of it. Come and see cur prices and values — never before equalled 0 Gore. i