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Mataura Ensign, 3 July 1914, Page 4

seal or thoroughness" .is how tl Sydney 'Morning Herald' describe Now Zealand's defence, Rctaine 1 as n ported on, by General Hamilton. The trappers more than any otlu class of our little community aVe eon plaining of the weather (writer, on Maudcvilk* Correspondent). I hear one of the best trappers state that h Imd made only 30s for the whole < J i U Vr' "}'«•" 1,6 sai<1 > on sniliinir tor every pound I made i May." The Stratford correspondent of th laranaki News' states that at theloca •ourt last week there was lieard a cas. )t a y happily unusual character, ii viiioh a daughter sued her mother fo ,vages for domestic service. The sti lendiary magistrate held that then vas 110 evidence of engagement a.w lisrmssed the case. After being severely battered bv th. ea. lor nearly 36 hours- the TT»i<>! .■ompany s steamer Wakatimt returnS o Sydney lately m a crippled-condition ilie nad her rudder broken, two life ►oats smashed, her food lockers wreck d, and deck fittings smashed. Mr, Srooks, a second-clays passenger, gav< urth to a female child. The'babe "wa; torn with a caul over its face, and t< his fact superstitious passengers attri ■iited their subsequent safe return t( •ort. 1 here is one feature in connection •ith the present season isays the Ashurton correspondent of the 'Lyttelton 'imes') that may have an important earing ou the crops in the course of a tnv months, and that' is the presence f au unusually large number of grass rwbs in the land that lias been.turned ver. Farmers and ploughmen report lat in many fields they have worked le toll 11:: - '■», y ;liw '\ i- .i'. ;ite :tii:i line unexj)'.:in. t: •i a"i no; I:.'ils -uiubt': • S "a martins i.l gii''- .in* je yyni iuu t!-c loug't us i.tiuij', ;d wiiU' i'vmer y.

The unsightly building which hap ex-| isi.'.l at the rear of the Town Hall'l lor many years past h;is beVn removed.: and the enclosure has been enclosed with a substantial corrugated iron | fence. ' ; A recent arrival at Devonport (Tas-j mania) cashed a draft, for £2OO at aj bank, and dropped l the money in the I street. Fortunately it Mas found] by I honest- men, -who returned it to the delighted owner. A Prc.ss Association message from Auckland states that the Niagara, which arrived from Sydney ;) t 2.:i0 yesterday afternoon, .made a record passage, covering the distance in three days and half-an-hour. Tlio offenders at the Gisborne Police Court on Thursday included a_one-leg-god man und one who could not see. The blind man, not seeing his way to meet the fine, went to gaol for 48 hours. The one-legged man "stumped up." IS'Ojno time ago an Ashburton resident advertised that he would give a prize of 20s for the best map of the County of Ashburton drawn by any boy 0'- girl under' Hi years of age attending a. school in the county. Only three pupils Vould be found possessed' of sufficient diligence and ambition to enter. The Railway Department at Gore is having the roadway from the Gorton Street entrance to the goods shed improved bv the laying down of a good coating of metal from Holland's quarry. The repairs were needed, and those having business with the goods shed will be much benefited by the improvements. The directors of the Southland Farmers' Co-oiperative Association, Ltd. (states the llivertoii paper) have been requested to vary their decision with regard to closing their retail branches, and 1 have- also been asked to keep open the Otautau branch for at least another trial of, say, 12 months. The increase in the price of morning .find afternoon tea, which took- effectin most of the Wanganui tea rooms last week (says the 'Herald') had- a very short life, .as notices, in some at. least, of the. tea rooms notified diners that the price had been brought down again to Gd. The increased charge for lunch (Is 3d) is not "altered. The Gore Borough Council staff is effecting much-needed improvements to the portion of Thistle Street that leads into the Gore School glebe. The place referred! to is very Steep, and. in order to make foot traffic more comfortable, steps arc being cut in the face of the bill, boarded up, and gravelled. The failure of a sportsman oil the Wainiea Plains recently to discriminate between a flock of tame geese and wild ducks proved somewhat costly to him. j.-our fine plump geese -were bagged in one shot, but a subsequent interview with the owner who assessed the value of his birds at 12s 6d yer head, has lia.d the effect of making the shootist think that perhaps after all shooting is not uio game it is cracked up to be. Considerable interest is being manifested in the Western District in respect to the election of a member for the Southland Education Board. Mr John Fisher, the sitting member and at present chairman of the Board, is to bo opposed by Messrs John Find lay (Orawia) and P. De La Pcrelle (Winton). Mr Stirling, the sitting member for the Central Ward, will be opposed by Mr G. T. Stevens. Mr John MacGibbon is not likely to have any opposition for the Eastern Ward.

V. Israle, representing the Swed-i ish Iron and Steel Co., is at present y at Christchurch investigating the . general prospects pf the country from J the point of viw-of establishing an iron and steel works in the Dominion. "If " we eoine here,". 1 said Mr Israle to a 0 'Press' reporter-,, it will mean tiro investment of from £BO,OOO to £IOO,OOO, !"■ but as you will understand, we will not I 1 venture u>;.on. tlie 'undertaking without •* full inquiry into the labor and general conditions. In the Swedish work;* we s make steel with electrical crucibles, and 0 as I was told .water-nower was available n in this country Lhe same method will be 11 employed in all probability. Of course to establish the samci system hero -we 'J would have to ibring out our own men." " In his iouniev through New Zealand 11 Mr Israle is making full inquiry into all oiir conditions, and an establishment r will not be entered upon unless there is sufficient prosnect of success. s f r. e •' L very thing in connection with the 0 completion of the New Zealand Sugar n of . Milk Company's extensive w6r,ks at U Edendale is well forward, and active - operations are confidently expected to - commence early in the ensnnig dairy e season (states the'Wyndham Farmer'}. - All the machinery and plant are now t on the premises, and the last of the • installation are being overtaken. At the present moment the artificers are' busy with the steam pipes that are to 1 form the heating connections with the ■ various units. A further indication of - the businesslike intention is afforded 9 by the public invitation of the company f for tenders for hauJage of whey from ; the five most adjacent dairy factories l — Brydone, Wyndham, Mennies Ferry, t Island and Seaward l Downs—to the - sugar of .milk works at Edendale. Once - the industry is in operation it will asi--1 suredly give an impetus.to the already 1 prosperous Edenttafe centre. i b . ?' le 'New Zealand Railway Offi ■cers' ; Advocate' for tlie month of June an- > nounces the following transfers in the • Southland distrct:— J. R.. Boswell, r statioiiinaster, Gore to Oamaru; J. A. ■ N. Hanan, cleric, Invercargill to Ore- ■ puki; T. Sutherland, clerk, Orepuki to • Invercargill; J. G. Kennedy, cadet, Invercargill to Nightcaps; C. T. Phillips, . cadet, Nightcaps to Invercargill. Among other items of interest mention- j ed in the 'Advocate' is the following:— , 1 "lhe decision of the Department to ] have each company of the Railway , Engineers self-contained is being given j effect- to as far as No. 7 (Invercargill) 1 Company is concerned. In this connec- | tion Captain Mitchell selected six mem- ] bers on. June 11 from tils list of men s who submitted thoir names for oousideration to form a stretcher party, and j it is understood that later on a signalling equipment will be supplied, and a signalling corps will then be formed." ■) t Ladies can buy for the small sum of j Is 9d warm woollen gloves that were a priced at 2s 3d. Woollen mufflers are , also greatly reduced the 3s 3d quality 1 for 2s Od, 3s s)d for 3s, 4s fid for 3s 9d, K and 4s lid for 4s. These are some of the many bargains at Thomson and Bca.ttie's Bigger Winter Sale, t ■ Wanted, general. , Lost, lady's handbag. Gore stock sale on 'Tuesday. !• Millinery to clear at Crombie's, Ma- „ taura. Meeting Gore League of Service to- 11 night. f Fresh, fish at O'Sullivan and Tin- ~ nock's. j. Meetinw Waimunui Railway League on Wednesday. " V "The" Dental Company for ail classes' ** of dental work. 9 Fine Jot of rmrebred millets, Gore p Auction Mart, Saturday. <> Entries now beinc received for J. J* Oilman's bill : a,rd tournament. Annual meeting Mataura United ' Temperance Council on Wednesday. Geo. Peterson lin.s high-grade seleet on of wallnapers to choose from. f l ' Great sale of jewellery at 25 per cent, y reduction at Bakc's. Trv Camp Coffee when going w-nk; try Camp on returning home.! w . You'll find it a marvel for keeping von! if