Waikaka Notes.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 83, 11 January 1896, Page 3

Waikaka Notes.

m The good effects produced by the recent mild rains are likely to be nullified by tbe ' i stiff gale of wind wbich passed over the district on Monday last. Any grass standing— and most of it was uncut — must have suffered considerable damage, while the result to 1 tbose gardens not well sheltered was alto- > gether disastrous. I From a Blenheim paper I gather tha,t Mr [ H, J. Lyater, an erstwhile travelling insurance agent for the A M.P. Insurance Association, and well-known in this district, bas ' joined the Oarizow Family of vocalists, and ' is gaining golden opinions on all sides. Thus . saitb the * Marlborough Express ' in the ■ course of a very favorable notice of a concert j given in Blenheim : — " Mr Lyster scored another success with such songs as ' I B Will Place It in the Hands of My Solicitor," 'The Old Kent Road,' and ' Ballyhooly,' .. and was recalled each time." Further, the c same paper describes Mr Lyster as '.' one of 3 the best vocal comedians "we have had the pleasure bf hearing on this stage <* ; and yet Mr Lyster, when at Waikaka, barely cleared 8 expenses. • Truly, (f a prophet, is not without r honor «aye in his own country." - The school will re-open, after the Christmas holiday?, on Monday, 13th inst., when on unbroken term will be kept till mid--8 winter. Messrs James Harvey and W. Patersone have both adopted the plan of attaching the Q drain plough to the traction engine, and travelling back and forth with tbe engine ' instead of having it stationary and winding 6 the plough towards it, and allowing it to run back empty. The pace is much more expeditious when tbe surface is bard enough to carry the engine. The ball directors have deoided to give a dance io the hall in about a week, witb a view Of raising a little more wind--as if thero bad not been enough already. I understand the recent gale- did mora damage to the stooked grass than to standing _ stuff. In one cage tha loss is estimated at - fully Lt*o, the sheaves having been completely scattered over the field,— Own corres--8 pondent, '•i _ i. — ■

A horse kicked H. S. Shafer. of the Freemyer House, Middleburg, K.Y., on the kuee, whicb laid him up in bed and caused tbe knee joint to become stiff. A friend recommended him to use Chamborlain's Pain Balm, which he did, and in two days was able to be around. Mr Shafer has recommended it to many others, and says it is excellent for any kind of a bruise or spraio. This same remedy is also famous for for its cures of rheumatism. Por sala by D, B. Esther, Gore. i '* ■ ! ' L I II Mil?