ONE-TREE POINT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 25

ONE-TREE POINT.

■ April 20 —Pigeou-shooting is a predominating amusement in the bushes within this district;, and laige quantities of ammunition and much needle=s exertion are loit by ;oivn.s folk, who are generally unfitted for the speedy pursuit of native game. In many bushes pigeons are very scarce. 1 whilo in the oppn leporen timidi are far too bwift for the ordiuary kind of pursuers. Marriage.— A marriage' took place ai Brunswick last week, the contiacting parties lieing Miss E Dawson and Mr Alexander. Raii.wvy Matters.—Kennington residents have forwarded a petition through Mr Kelly requesting the stoppage of the Dune'lin express at the One Tree Point station. Several petitions went on this errand on former occasions, but only to meet the one di°uiai fate, and in all probability thr one now on the wing will b= met with ilu evasive "icply common in demtrtuiuii-al circles. 'Iha surreptitious acticn of a few individuals regarding the stut'on ii couple of year', ago attached suspicion to requests emanating from Kenningtoniaii". The exorbitant pries of £3'iO for sidiugs on the Seiwaid Bush line ii to forju a subject for discussion with the Hon. Mr Hall-Jones when he visits the locality shortly. It is stated that Rhan?es in the Woodland? railway s'.aff are pjnd-

ing. amusements. — A quadrille assembly is to open .it the lvenuinprton School on Tuesday, 3rd H'ny. Kennington being a popular place for amusements of this kind, it goes without saying that the assemblies will be well patronised, and the good folks there will have frolic and tun at their own doors during the winter mouths. A concert takes places at, Kimu to-morrow evening. Stealing. — Lord Tennyhon might well have said, " Men may come aud men may go, but thieving goes on for ever." Twenty-five shillings worth of pastry was stolen from a wedding party near Longbush, but doubtless it would bd a difficult matter to identify the jam farts by this time. A Roslyn Bush farmer, Mr A. Fahey, was lately relieved of a. quantity of oat?, and no one has turned up yot to ask his pardon. * Crossing Swords. — Considerable friction Beems to have sprung up between two religious combi- | nations in Oteramika, caused by the txtieniß ! eagerness' of both parties to keep old Saint j Nicholas from the door. As ti i,e rolls on matters j may end in a flimax, but jf this shou d take place, the offending members of the flocks will have to swallow their pills with good grace, and leave niillc and honey and "up above" to the Salvation Army.