INVERCARGILL NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 19 March 1909, Page 4

INVERCARGILL NEWS.

i\ \ i-:i:ca l>m :j 11, :\i.ureh is. ,\ i .t wvli-aUendcd meeting ui' ,i<i<iiij .'in g 1111 s(lort.sllh.mi to-night, iV. v.;iilcciilrd lo iecominend the Gu- \ i'l") I Ill'Ml 1, 1«» Upt'iA tile SCaSOU l'uL' shooting Paradise tiucK.s in Otago iitnl Si hi liilii ml. It way .Said that !'aradisu ducks wore exceedingly pleiit ii'iil, and bad in certain localities, nuuibiy the Lake dKslricU, become a nuisance. The farmers there j'oisoni-<\ th'jin in large numbers, but no one was allowed to .shout thuiu. About a month ago it way decided 111 Lake steps to iioM a bund conat Juvercargill in October next, anil a committee was set \ip tl> approach the business men of the town lur a guarantee against lo*s. JI, was reported that ,C~oO had been pledged and Unit prospects for 11 ie rolliest. were good. A meeting of ladies was held this afternoon to consider the tjucstiun of giving assistance to immigrants suitable (or domestic. .service. The Alayor presided. 'J'lie meeting resolved thai, tbo proposal of the t'hrislchurch ladies to petition Parliament to astlisl, sucli immigrants deserves the .support of the residents of ihe district. A committee was appointed to make arrangements to procure signatures Jo the petition. Mrs Sraiulrett., wife of the jUnyor, luts received from Mrs lAislop, .wife of Hie Ma\ or of Wellington, a coiuaiunieal'ioN, suggesting co-operation in the matter of the establishment of hospital beds in memory of the stew;ii"dess<'s of the Penguin. Mrs Scanilreti has replied that in view of the ivcrnl Hospital Saturday collections, Ihe lime was hardly opportune (or 'subscriptions here for so similar ( ,|>jecl. but at Hie same time she was sympalhet ie towards tile iiiu\ (..'incut.