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Mataura Ensign, 4 November 1913, Page 4

At a meeting of the Wyndham Town Boaird last night (Mr Couston, engineer, being in attendance) the tender of Messrs Hodge and Pemberton (£691 6s 6d') for the drainage contract was accepted. This includes Balaclava, Redan, Florence and Scutari Streets.

The New Zealand University examinations (Gore centre)..!--were opened in the Gore Town. Hall yesterday. There are 10 candidates .audi Rev. A. Wingfield is supervisor. The subjects are for the M.A. 'and B.A. degrees, aocounitajitcy, and laws examinations. t

It is generally considered that the heavy '.ram in the Waikaia district last week in m'a-ny localities which caused the Waikaia River to overflow scoured the iroads and created washouts to a f eater extent than the floods of last weft-.

"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good" is an axiom that was exemplified at Bluff yesterday when owing to the closing down of Northern ports by the watersidle ■workers' strike, fruit for the North was landed' at Bhtff. In all eight fully loadied! waggons were loaded and despatched l . Another extraordinary consignimmt was thiree wag-gon-loads of periodiioaOs which were also sent North to a well-known wholesale news agenjey.

Acting on advice forwarded to all dairy factories by Mr J. R. Scott (secretary of the South Island Dairy Association) the factories forwarded no cheese to Bluff this -week, «md 'altogether there are now 3160 oases stored 1 at different factories, in addition* to 200 oases which are held up at Bluff. Up to the corresponding week of 1909-10, 3233 cases were forwarded j 1910-11, 13323; 1911-12, 5544; 1912-13, 3697. On [ October 21 last 832 cases were forwardled from, Bluff.

The Ashburton County Saleyards Company's annual meeting was held last Friday and a dividend of seven per cent, was declared. The yard 1 fees for the year amounted to £699 17s 9d, against £844 2s last year. There were 42,000 less sheep passed through the yards as compared" with: the previous year. Mr John Grigg said he thought the recent strike was responsible for at least 25,000 sheep not going through the yards. It was generally agreed thait through the agency of motor-cars agerote bought more sheep direct from the farmers on the farms.

In regard to the prospective disloea- | tion of the dairying industry, should the waterside workers' strike continue for any length of .time, owing to lack of storaigje space iat factories, representatives of leading firms stated yesterday at Bluff to a. 'Southland Times' reporter that .thane need he no fears entertained in that respect. If needs be, ample space would be found, to store cheese, and l there would be no hesitation whatever in causing inconvenience in other directions rather than have the dairying industry 'hampered. However, as a matter of fact 'at this time | of the year there is plenty of space available for such purposes.

' Mr G. H. M. McChire (Commissioner of Crown Lands) and Messrs Colin Robertson, Jas. King and John McLean, (members of the Southland Land BoardJ arrived at Mataura by this morning's express and proceeded to "Knowsley Park" (one of the estates recently acquired by the Government) with a view to inspecting the property and confirming the values placed on the sections by the surveyors. # "Knowsley Park" is subdivided into nine sections, varying from 200 to 918 acres. The party wall visit Washburn's Estate (another Government purchase) at Fortification to-morrow. This property is being cut up into six sections ranging from 380 acres to 1000 acres in area.

Owing to the sudden rise in the Waikaka stream caused by Thursday night s ram a number of farmers on the fiat, in the vicinity of the stream lost several ewes and lambs. In connection with the sod wall \vhie'» was built at Jacobstown last Thu; sdu , night when the town was thought , > hthreatened with another flood, i;, was stated J>y <ra e 0 f ltine deputation to the Borough Council in the Town Hall lot night that the work was done by residents of the locality and not by Mr Kroiung (the borough inspector) as stated in a iiecent issue of the 'Ensign.'' It also transpired that Mr Kroning was watching the rise of the river and if danger threatened, he had) been instructed to ring the firebell. A .small parcel of printed underskirt, has just been received by Thomson and Beattie, who have decided that they will place small prices upon them to move them out quickly, this has been done and ladies can purchase for the ScL SUm M * really ' servioeable Wantedi—Cook. Lost—Two horses. Wanted—Lady attendant. VVanted—loung girl to assist. Wanted, owner for wliite steer, dais rand C^ l "—«n aristocrat in its °* ar g<>od Vahie in atrfrnSt ***** ilt Prin «*» Th& " m iliJlZ s matoriaLs afc TWon Euchre social in aid of Waikaka AnGarteon's well-bred seeds.—Wright, Stephenson and Co ""&»b, Gore Borough OoiinciJ give notice re poll for special loan. The funeral of the late J. Z Boult takes place to-morrow Waikoikoi Cricket Club mmU al concert and dance. November 14. Grand complimentai- concert to G .Braxton, Princess Theatre, No vember 12. tluuf- J ' Z ' B ° Ulfc tmd ia,m,] y return

Take your watch and jewellery repairs to the most reliable watchmaker— VV. (taker, tiext Bank of N. Z