News in Brief.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 22

News in Brief.

' Mr Thomson, of Inyertiel, Olutha, ,whp has finished cutting his crops, estimates that his wheat will turn' out 80 bushels' to the ' acre. " ','/ A cairtothe Rev.'Dr' Macgreg'or to th<j newly-established South! Church in Oamaru' is, being 'exterisiVeiy'signed 1 . ;"'"'"' ' ' " !" The Dunstan : paper hoars' that a' writ has 'been issued to test the question as" to who is Chairman' of Vincent County. "A correspondent writes that the harvest is very late in the Southland district, and that Hands will, be in request^ after the middle of the month! ' „';',{ I ' Haryest is progressing favourably on InchClutha, Where the crops are very, superior. 'For the high lands, however, the season has been ! <!6o dry and stormy, and the harvest will not be up to the* average. l> '- ( " ' ' ! J Trout may now be seen ' in ' very large . num- . bers in) the streams throughout the district. 'Im the Wailcaka and Otamete streams" especially , they are very plentiful. I .The local paper states' .that poaching is extensively practised. • ( ' The "Wyndham Church of England Coinmiitee have decided that th'e 1 interest accruing , fr,om the'£oOO left by the , {ate Dr Richardson to be spent "for the benen't of the,' Church in the < ,]iVyndham district, shall go towards the support of a resident clergyman in the district. ,M> Hugh Ross, of Tuapeka Mat, sustained concussion of the spine, in addition to several lacerated and contused wounds of the scalp, on Thursday last, through being thrown heavily to the ground while riding home. He is progressing favourably. • At Tokarahi (Waitaki),. on Thursday last, an inquest was held on the body of the infant son of Mary; Moran, who died under suspicious circumstances. The evidence of Dr Niven showed, that death had been caused by congestion of the brain, and mechanical.injury caused by pressu're'on the head.: , The jury returned a Verdict to that effect. .Active preparations are being made for a 'start at the Woodlands Meat Preserving Works. The Mataura Ensign says that it is expected that a far larger' number of rabbits will be forthcoming this year, as the large landowners in the vicinity have agreed not to use poison, but to allow the animals to be snared. The capacity of -the work is 10,000 rabbits a day The Mataura Ensign hears that several good crops on the eastern banks of the Waikaka stream have been laid waste by rabbits. One farmer states that he had in crop this year about 50 acres of wheat in the Tuturau Hundred, which, up to a few days since, promised to yield him between 50 and 60 bushels to the acre. Now he will be well satisfied if he cuts 20 acres, for' the rabbits have attacked this crop, and literally mowed it down before them. The Hampden Presbyterian congregation held a meeting last week for the purpose of moderating in a call to one of the ministers who has been officiating to the congregation since the death of the late Rev Mr Summers. Three ministers were proposed and seconded, and upon a show of hands being taken, it was found that there was a majority of only one for the Rev. Mr Campbell. When the call was submitted for the signatures of those present, the majority of those opposed to Mr Campbell rose and went out. On the Ist inst., whilst a surfaceman named Henderson and three mates were riding on a trolly a short distance from the Wairio station, which had the sail set and was travelling at a good pace, it was upset by a block of wood ■which had been left on the line by one of the carpenters. Henderson was thrown on his face against one of the rails, which inflicted a dangerous wound above the left eye, and the trolly being carried forward by the force of the wind, fell on his back, and, it is feared, caused some internal injuries. Henderson is in a critical state, and it is thought he has sustained concussion of the brain. The Southland Times states that the draft rules for the management of the Southland Co operation Association ' encompass the conducting of almost every class of business. The ' co-operators have made ample provision for doing a frozen meat trade, and for federation with other co-operative societies.' \i hnu bcei) ro,«)lved to register the awcialion under ' Tho Industrial and l'rovident Societies Act, 1877,' in.'itear] of under 'The .Joint Htoclc Oomiauiu.; Act.' Ponnanuufc directors tire to bo oicctod cm Saturday, t