MATAURA.-Ensign.

Otago Witness, Issue 1480, 27 March 1880, Page 10

MATAURA.-Ensign.

The R'Bpdile Ko?d Bmrd have just recalled a moletv (£165 18* 01) of th 3 ir Government »uWdf« The Church of Knglanu Committee intend to hold k haKinr on the 23rd April in aid of the Church funds. R The ten do"? Mr D. A. M'Laugblan, £ Clinton for the ereotkn of the good* shen at East Gore, haa baen acoeoted. Tha amount *s £3.8 I9i Id. Me-sra A. M'«e.l, P. K. M'Cl«ghin, Henry Driver, R. Taylor, and P. Mt'KeUar have been appointed trustees of the Hokonul Jttabbit District. At the rext meeting of tho Gore Church «I Endand Committee, a lay render will be nominated for the B The' Gore P Church Committee are not in a position to nccept the Bishop'u proposal in reference) to tho S^Sbtinent of tho Eev. Mr Platt toTapanul and Gore C °ahe Sos adopted at Chatton for threshing were as follows : Oats, under 800 bushels, 9s per 100 bushels ; over 800 bushels, 8* ptr iOO bus'^e.s Wheat, 10s per IC dSS« the four montha the Waikaia mill has been opened, » vtry fair amount of support has i been accoided to it. The flour h«a \ eon producod from loc»lly grown wheat, and has been pronouueed tqual to the bent Adelaide. „ MrM'B.in, of Otaroa, met with a serious accident while employed le diDg in oats laat week. The homes bolted a>.d he fell from tha dr«y. Bustalnmor * compound fracure of one of the 1 g nonet;. He was removed to the Inveicargill hospital Tbe Knapdnlo Road Board have decided to obtain the opinion of the Attcraey-Genetal as to whether r Boad Board can letrolly stnko a soeoUl late before the district is subdivided, h nd a'so, in ihe event cf such a rate being illegal, if tho ratepayers can recover the amount oi tha rato if \>M. . The Waikaia flour mil i« a three stirey mil dinp, 40fs hlgb-iha ba-e being S6it by 24ft The motor used U. rirtvo the macbiuery is an overshot w*tarwheel, 24f s in dismeter by 6ft, tho water bom* brought n. detune* "f t^reo miles by a tail-race. Two pairs of tones are used. _ , , MrJ i" mi the present rnsM/'.r of the Ore school, has ffaked ior \bo school iv F auUtm renew ly undw his ciixr -e, one of ilu> bipheeo pel centres of pcs or. The tablo klu.wicg tha vcrcetilnga "' pws »y each. Fchool ixtmiDCii. ctouits Mr Nwl wi»hSl7if & pjroentat>e, tlw behest stand. rd in which the pupils were exam ned b-ing tho fif.h, Mr liiowu, mill-r, Wa'ki-a, a cnnpi* o f jeirs ico obt»in*d Wta Englardu pound and a quarter ofhtise beans, which' ho bow.oL "i the autumn of 1873, the product being over a bushel of the finest b*ans we h*ve ever eien, Jot surpis-ing in size tho«e imported. Mr Brown in io well. s>it sfisu with ihe t'i 1 tint ho purpo-ea pa\i g attention to this mUtor. .sieiDs. stich as ho hus alw.uty produced, would rtaliae a gtod prico ia any nuik^t.