DISTRICT NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 2 July 1914, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

J BALFOUR. f BROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. J Over 200 shares have been subscribed ffor the.- proposed cc-oporative saleyards and three acres of laud have be«n secured from Mrs G. Marshall's trustees. The land is situated very conveniently for the purpose, being at the corner of the- road, from Lwmsden to Riversdalo and' just below the dairy factory. Several.preliminary meetings of those interested in holding." a ploughing match have been held' and a» plenty of support was promised it was decided to hold a match this month in Mr W. McDonald's paddock. Mr R. Butler was elected' president.

The school has been closed for a few days! and has 'been, fumigated because of a case of diphtheria in the district. There has been a. change, at the bakery, Mr T. Black having sold his interest to Mr H. Mulqueen. Mr Black .was a. first-class baker and was a. desirable member of our community and hearty good wishes for his future prosperity follow him to his new sphere of usefulness: . To write of the weather is as a rule, I think, not interesting, but it may lie a consolation to know that we in Southland have been served 1 quite as well of late as those in other parts of the Dominion.. .According to the testimony of a traveller from the North i Island with whom the writer was in coiiiiipany from Dtmedin to (lore, he .■■•aid he had been obliged to keep on his topcoat all the way when travelling in the North and -everybody else was wearing a creatcoat. When the sun was shining through the.carriage windows wlen nearing Gore he remarked'-that that was the first, time he had seen, the sun for several weeks.