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Mataura Ensign, Issue 947, 19 September 1901, Page 5

The annual concert under the auspices of the Gore Young Men's T.M.I. Society was held at the Town Hall last night. The weather was exceedingly stormy, and evidence of the strung attractiveness of the programme for the evening was afforded by the fact of attendance being fairly large. Had the evening been line a ctowd'd house would have have resultid. The programme was excellent in every respect. Miss Dewar contributed a pianofurte solo (" Itigoletto "), and played it magnificently. Mrs Blue (luvercargtll) made a welcome re-appearance, and was encored for both of her numbers, these being most artistically given. Miss Johnston sang " The Okl Couutree " most pleasingly, and bowed her acknowledgements to a recall. Mr W. Wright was recalled for his tasteful singing of " My Bonny Barque," while Mr A. S. Cookson ("Margarita") and Mr J. W. S. Nichol (" Out on the Deep ") added to their laurels by rnueb-appreeiated efforts. The comic element was in the capable hands of Messrs J. Jamie and R. L. Christie. Both of these peolicmen evoked much merriment by their whimsicalities, and double encores were accorded th> in. The accunipiinists during the evening wsre Misses Dcw:ir and Johnston, and Mr Cunningham. At a suitable interval, the Rev. 11. Begfjs (President of the Society) apologised for the unavoidable absence of Messrs Irving, Eadie, Evison, and Johnston, whose names appeared on the programme. The entertainment concluded with a screaming farce " The Lightning Conductors," the various characters in which being ably sustained by Messrs C. W. Ross, C. Ingram, T. Christie, C. E. Hannah, H. Cameron, and W. T. Calder.

At the Gore S.M. Court yesterday, an order was made by Mr G. Cruicksliank against James Dickson, for a month's imprisonment for iiuiking default, to the amount of .1:7 under a maintenance order. Defendant, who did not appear, wrote that he hid met with an accident to his fingers on the previous Monday, and could not attend. It was pointed out that poverty was no excuse to an order of the Court, and Mr Henderson, who appeared for complainant, said defendant could easily have kept up his payments prior to the accident. The order for imprisonment was held over for a fortnight to enable defendant to pay up. At the Gore Court this morning, before Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M., two prohibited persons were charged with having obtained liquor in a licensed house. Accused pleaded guilty, and were fined £1 and 'Js costs. Wm. O'Brien (Mr Henderson) was charged with allowing cattle to wander. This case was adjourned from tbe J.P. Court lo be beard by the Magistrate. The parties agreed to withdraw the case, which was accordingly struck out. The, same defendant was then charged under the Police Offences Act with permitting cattle to wander in Wigan street. Mr Bowler appeared for It. Boss (Inspector of Nuisances) and Mr Hendeison for defendant, who pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s Cd and 7s costs. In the ease G. Kussell (Mr Neave) v. John Scott (Mr Bowler), a claim of £7 balance due on the sale of a horse, judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount, with £4 Mi co;ts. Mac Gibbon and Sons (Mr Bowler) v. J. B. Liridsny, claim <)s (id. JudgHlefit for defendant with £1 Is (id costs. case of J. R. Mackenzie v. the Waimumu Queen Dredgir.g Co., an action for £IOO damages and an injunction tn restrain defendants from polluting the Waiinumu, was commenced at the Dunidin Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mr Husking for the plaintiff and Mr YV. C. MacGregor for the defendant company. Evidence was given by plaintiff and others as to the bed of the stream being raised by dredging, the land being more liable to Hood and the silt rendering it unfit to carry stock. For the defence it was urged that plaintiff had bought the land for dredging, and that it had not depreciated in value as a consequence of dredging operations. The case was adjourned till the 2.Sth hiat. to enable counsel for ttie defence to procure the presence of Samuel Denniston as a witness.