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Mataura Ensign, 13 January 1916, Page 4

The' pea-rifle nuisance is acute at Rivertou and the patience of stock and property owners i.> sorely tried. One owner on Sunday found two of. his best heifers dead, while another had his horse wounded in the leg.

The Core Horticultural Society held a meeting on Tuesday evening to consider the desirableness of holding the usual annual show. The meeting was too poorly a trended for a final decision to be arrived at. and the matter was deferred for consideration at a 'future date when a larger attendance is anticipated.

Mr R. I\. Smith, of Malvern Downs station (and formerly of Core), met with a painful accident some da.w a ir o, through geiiing his foot caught under parr of ihe power-engine at (he woolvhod. Kor a day or two he was confined to his room, lint i« now able to get .about, attain, and is making a satisfactory recovery.

A Canterbury firm has, n m ] Ims had since, last win tor, HO,OOO sheep grazing in .Southland (says the Oamarii 'Mail'). Having spout the whole ol' last winter there, their owner was expecting to send them North in the spring, but (hey liavo been shorn there, and from n.ll ' appearance* will be killed there. Last week a *\Yaimato grazier sent 100 head' of cattle, described as genuine stores, bv road from "Waimate to Southland. These desperate measures toll heitcr than any number of words the dearth of U'o<] in Canterbury and North Ota go.

It was no secret 111 sit several stis[n'fioiiH characters wore in at tendance at the vooont. f>;oldliehU race meetings isiiui's the "Cromwell Argus'.;. One local resident, at least, had proof of this, and went very near losing a dividend at the. \*iTit*(>nt mooting. The local resident was in the act of presenting a ticker ;i t ihe pay-out window wnen fine of the sharp gent lemon attempted (o snatch it from'his hand, hut as the rightful owner held on only hall wiii> lorn oil'. The vi».iior thereupon made oil' and threw down the other piece, which the owner succeeded in finding and collected' his. dividend.

A man named William diaries .'Kenton, aged 'M, a resident of Lidoombe, and employed as a boilennaktr at, Kveleigh, died in the Hathurst Hospital as the lesult of an extraordinary poa-nlle accident (states the liathurst correspondent of the Sydney ■Sun'). He was spending ;t holi<lay with his brother-m----law ;it I'erthville and lie went out rabhit slmotiug with a pea-rihV. Ho was stooping down to examine a log when a rahlr.t suddenly juni]>ed out and struck the riile. causing it to explode. With the result that the bullet entered liis client just below the heart. He was convoyed to the hospital hue from the outlet it wa.s apparent that the wound wotdd lie i'iiiiii.

The Balohuha 'Froo Press' states thai ;i .sensation was caused at Port Molyneux on Sunday, when Constable-' .Martin, of Kaiiangaia. accompanied by a ranger of the Aeclimati<sat ion- S-ooiVty. "he'd up" a party wlnrhad been using a seine not, and took possession of a number of lloundoiH alleged to be under the regulation size (Din). There. Here live in the party. including :i wellknown Clinton resident and some prominent citizens of Halelutha. The practice of netting for flounders is quite general among holiday visitors to the beach, but it is many year.s situ-o ;i raid w:ts made in search of anything of an ,illegal nature, consequently the seizure catn-ed great excitement among the K.ika Point, colony. Interest nig develop men tn are promised.

Throughout the entire I'liper Clutlia Valley district fanners and pasiorali>i s are enjoying ;| prosperous period, excellent crops and big wool clips being the order 'states the 'Cromwell Argus'). In the graingrowing districts harvesting :> now the order, and in many oases tin* yields must constitute a record. Around Jl.a'woa, Tarras and IM'ount Barker the hinder is bu.sy in the fields, which are. literally studded with stooks. It would lie hard to imagine anything better than the splendid area.s of wheat, barlev and oats to bo seen from the roadline in Hawoa, hut in many quarters it is maiiuaiiied that at 'Mount Barker yields are even heavier. In some cases the jrrain is already in the stack, aiid| with llie tine weather prevailing i lie I work in proceeding steadily.

Corporal C. W. tlJonlt, late of M'andeville, writing [o lii.s mother iron: the New Zealand Ho-.si>ital, Mount I'Vlix, Walton-oii-Thames, JCiijrlaiul. states:—"This hospital was a private mansion at one time. There are only -">() patients here an<l the doctors and. nurse; are all from New Zealand, and only New Zealand soldiers are admitted. Wo had a visit from the Duchess of Albany 'the King's, aunt) yesterday, and about, every r-eoond day Sir Thov .Mackenzie (.New Zealand Tiijli Commissioner) comes to see n«. Sir Thomas Mackenzie's <son-, who lost both his eyes, was; a paiiont here and left yeslei:clav. I am to go up to a hospital in London to-morrow to see a sneoiajist. I am getting much stronger. It may Tie years before you will see me again, hut T liopo that. T will get strong onotioh to go hno'k to have another smack at the- Turks. I owe them one or two. Do not worry. I know my lucky star; is still shining and I will jiet back I<> t\'ew Zealand .some time or other."

The prospects of this year's cocksfoot, harvest on Hank< Peninsula are perhaps the poorest on roc«rd owing to the continued 1 dry -weather (says the Akaroa '.Mail'). The .seed on the lower levels has been sacrificed' owing to 111*» groat, .scarcity of grazing and eveji where cattle have not been turned int.') it there is very little seed showing. Tn some lociilities. however. <-<'o{\ bettor promise, and if would ln> wrong t<> say that this year's crop is a total failure. Some of the higher paddock:-, ji retook ing remarkably well considering the season, though of course the grass is stunted owing to lack of moisture. Tiikon as a whole, howovo", aa opttni'isbic estimate of this year's crop would be 1(1,000 sacks compared, with 80,000 sacks of tin average good year. The price of cocksfoot this year al-o promise-; to ho.exceptionally good a-; it is almost certain none wili lv shipped from .Denmark .'is thofr crop will be n iiuired for lCuro. e. A line o| ."00 «*'•];■< o|' last year's crop was sold a few davs ago for Oijd, tho v/eightbeing in tho region o[ I'Jib. ,- i

On grass plots and <-otnotinies on tho roadsides- wo '.ee boys playing cricket with two kerosene tins as wickou-,. Tho battered old tins can now 'be discarded, as Thomson and Heat tie have siill a few hoy's cricket sets left. Those seis. .should mailvo any hoy's heart rejoice and tho 'prieo* are within the roach of all, ranging from Sd to 2s per (sot, whihsl cricket balls are sold at Id and 2d, each.

I The" jfim tins referred to in. the re : port piib:i:shed yesterday of Tuesday's meeting of the. Core Citizens' Defence Committee- are 21b tins and not* lib. Th,--nameof Rev. P. (TDounell was omitted from the list of those present ai the meeting. An unique event took place at "Waiukir. on Tuesday (a Press Association message Iroin Auckland state-), when Mrs I'. King celebrated-her lOOth birthda v. Mrs King was born, in Tasmania in'lSIG, and aTrived av the Rav o| Islands in 18-40 in the brig Kaicon. As liiev were nean'ng Svdney M.M.s. Herald' passed bearing Captain Hobson, who called there on his way to lake possession of Now Zealand in the name of Queen Victoria. House wanted. Woman wanted. (Jen era I wanted. Hoarders wanted. Notice to Rov Scouts published. Pictures, Theatre Roval, to-night Vacancies for touchers announced. Pictures, Princess Theatre, to-night. Smoke concert at Ralfotir on Katurday. Vacancies for pupil teachers to lie filled. Core Highland Society committee meeting to-night. Ladies' Patriotic Commute,-, have jam fins on hand. If you are thinking of the Belle, call and see Hh leer's Rings.