BY THE WAY.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 298, 19 June 1897, Page 3

BY THE WAY.

Bain and slush. No signs of a change. Nearly half of Gore will be in Dunedin during the holidays. Alex. Jenkins, farmer, Dipton, has been adjudg' d bankrupt. Local church choirs and Sunday school children will assemble in the Domain to . sing the National Anthem to-morrow afternoon. Preparations well in hand lor Tuesday night's concert. A large audience is looked for. I The house of Mr Joseph Lack, at Waimate, , was broken into on Sunday, and £54 in I money stolen. Through the lack of precautions against burglars, Joseph now lacks £54. The entries for the Dunedin Winter Show total 979, against 645 last year. Over 300 Maoris in the Botorua district are reported to be blue ribbonites. A contemporary gives currency to the statement that there are 60 widows residing at Master ton, and adds that at one time Bangiora was also noted for the number of its widows. An assault case recently heard at the Napier Magistrate's Court assumed a peculiar phase. The defendant was fined for the offence, and as the prosecutrix owed him money, she uudertook to pay the fine. About 12 prisoners in New Zealand, it is said, will be made the object of the Boyal clemency on June 24. Victoria Wing Fund (Southland Hospital) now stands at £1549 9s lid. The net profit accruing to the Gore A. and P. Association from the late Winter Show will be about £50.