SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 30

SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

<gl?BOM \OCE OTON 'CoKEESPjONDEINT.) - iwEitaaßGi'Lt, Jane -7. .iPhe'wea'tber 'during f£ho^)ast-week -has been the J

(best ;that ~ato have 'had fiiis iwrnter 'so far— 'hard •]

across an- the morning ttfice -.fine Sry dayij.'' -enabling ffarmere-rtD get more of the 'late crops in. | "SPaßSrng byMa^aura -on Monday, I -no'tioe3 men : .slodlnng.in-one-paSHcck,' stacking initnather/aniii

' plo-Sghingstn.anotb.er. . ' IDufing *the "wee*k vfchere has been 'a decided feasingfoff In -the prices ;df,a3l>cereiilß. On"S6tur-' day at least 20 farmers .failed to get _2-i, f.o.b. trucks country sidings, for their oats, and in con*£guence have .decided to hold until spring The vpotato -'market Ssweryhard iv BouthlancJ, chiefly ' .-uausad .by* -specrilatar aA Bluff buying up about • ,800 rtons, Ahe .average ipricß ifor .the iline 'being ,&bont:B2B. 'I'heTaßliit-trajppers 'have receives a nasty check, •sth <s week.,'o* the freezing '-works, all being pushed tier -sp ace, jhavesnotiSed sthat cthey icaunot receive ' ,any ,more aintiKa iceezing <.steamer .calls -at .the • ißluff >to receive their stocks. .A .steamer is , 'expect eiiin a'boutilO days* time. "Miies 'Buniljletoa. *fibe •pppu/ar manager of iihe •Matanra Dsdry lEaEtary, ihas 'received a h\rge '< /Humbßr-i>f icorjgiadiivlaMonßionShev-succßßses in the >cheese classes sat .the jracent winter show in Dunedin. -We are'toOiave a vei^r gayweek in Invercargill - sthis'Vfeek-TfihßiGovfirnor'B-Ausit.vthe winter 3how, , And,3laatlj:, ibut mot Jeast, Pollard's -Opera ' 4>au3'. 'IB!or ithe .first ,p£rformanoe Stotmorrow -night alLfhejreiexvve sfiata'were'booke'd't'wo'hoiirs " i^ter't-he'box-office'was opeiied. s ' "Ehfi litiMowing scomparison af -entries for the, JSetvqpolitian.-fahovv of -this -week with >that'OT)last f'fiar iis vety .gimtifyiing, ;and shows. .iAiaJa .the ' armers 'have a-e-aponded "encouragingly to the ;appealto-make thc'Show worthy ofHihtt'Occssion. '."The drffipulty ,now will sbe 'to find -roam 'for;the , p.roj>er-ilisplay ofithe-ejKliiiiits .and 4hs,accommsi.dation.af the-puhlie .ev % on an the Zealandia Hall, • large as it iB :—

At'the'iiaual 'annual nteet'tog 6i -the .Insvercargill LicensiDgOonimitteeallrtihßJicenses wiereeiantcd, and a Urge number of transfers sunc'tioued. In Bpeaking on the report of the hotels. -Sergessn't ' M'Donald say :—": — " Thei'e has been .a (decrease in

the number jjf .arrests rfor dr.unkenneaa duiing thu '"last ffw ve&rs, .the nuoibers 'being as .follows :— In 3895, 126 ; fin JS97,'-93" aua-infhe preseflt-year, J93. Of applications -for (prohibition orSers there lias been >au increase year by year. In 1595 the applications were 17 ;in J896, 3& :in 1897, 36 ; ana 1 In the present yeur, &2."

There -was a slight falling off in the number df mackSiCssrßieH on the "SoutHlana section 'last -week asicompared with thejpreceding.peiuod, 'but there vwas*an excefiS'Qf 14,000 overishe same week.of last

year. This makes the totals fur fhe two seasons compare more "favourably, anfl "in all probability She (amount of 'this year's fera-ffic will not be fazr behind ilastiseaßQri's. >l,;ist weeir H,7'A2 sacks -were .-trucked,; 'in fche tcorresponding week 'last year ihere'weiD 30,' 1 293>and the totals now stana-1897, ( 590 sacks-; 189S, 351.251 sacks. 'Telephone communication 'bstwees Wrey'-s Bush flind Wiairio-was opened on the Slut nit., .-and th-e I .rflsidentßiare apparently finding it a gL>ea.t (vcquisi- j fcion, the use made of the wire being greater than i was expectecl. i At its"ilast meeting t')p Erlucsftion Board "decided ' o 'EeCimmosiS ro r ><r»ir;T..cM throughout the dig. • ■ rict that schools -h.- : » bo closed-on the 16tb *nd 7th.inst., to allim !.t.uci>org to attend the annaa'l onference, v/hich takes place on these dates in he Education "Buildings. ■•On iFriday and Saturday -las* *has 'Excellency ,th? governor vkited:Mataura,»nd <3oxe respectively, .jind was shown over the places of interest, in , Ihose townships. On 'Sunday Dr Copland, the ! |H«yor df <Gore, received from _ 'the 'Governor,'* Bacretary.a telegram aoknowledg'rng tl/he courtesies bestowed during the svisit. 'The .criminal sittings of ,the Supreme Court commence on Monday nex't.whißn an extra heavy

list is 3owa 'for Tiearlng. The crimes seem all ' jnaive orlessiof a serious character. The following is the 'full lisb <of ,busia«Bt; down far heai-ing :—: — Uriaiiußl cases : Alexander M'Lean, theft t (two chafes) a.nd horse shealing ; Mien Rdife, concealment df 'birth ; Thomas Hizpatrltsk, testihlity; Thomas Niehois!, rape ; G. 3. Baxter, Sfa^-.e ipi-e-tene'e 51 ; ,Jnhn Gartou, fal^e deolara-tioo ; F. 3". Thomson, latter atealiug ; R. O M'Kenaic, ifalep pretences '(five charges); Edward Litilelund (alias Gloves I ), 'fo"Kery;'-Sarah Buchanan perjury; I'iitrick [ 'Oosgrove, afctp-mptea rape ; G.R. Knnnaii'd, argon. I JDivil cases-: James 3?teming v. B*nk .of New . .Zealand; claim £10,000 damages B,ev. J. B. I Smellie v. E.'G ,Macphei«on (Wyndbaui); £ 000 f for -alleged Hbel. John Tnrnbull and another v. "Hkurpiet llalston .(Orepuki) ; >f or revocation of pro■bate of a will Robert Hope Baiwliand-aTiothei v Joseph de Walde (Qaeenstown),; claim £2SO • damages and for injunction ?'ewatei r ens. Junes ' M'lutosh v. "Walter H Turner (Edendale) ; claim' £280 ,on promissory note Defendant counter cl«ims for £290 damages on alleged breach 'of icon- > tract. The first -three -cases , are before the judge, and spr-cial juries of twelve, and -the kvt two before ,the judge alone (Divorce : Annie Pnosbe ■Biazier-Oreagh v. Tfciehard Sherlock Br-jz er- j 'Oeqgh. Wifekipetition'foi-divorceTDnthe-ground j of -adultery rand LdeaertLan. ,i

• •Hams and 'batjoa ... JBoifltrysaua eggs ... 'Bu-fitev • -.Oheesa r . Honey ... _. •BotMed fruits, -etc. ■ ... "Bread, 'etc. iEruit ,'Sheaves _ Hoots 3T&13 .turiiip competition drain— JEurmeKp „ tQpen .class ,„ ' ''Collecbions Staucls J. 030. ... .24 ... i 23 ... .51 .?. 33 ... 9 ... 13 ... 103 ... 13 .„. 11 ... 117 ... IB ... m ... .2U ' .... 10 .... 1 ... :3i '35 9 26 .19 5 '9 52 15 5 J2l 13 -19 ,30 U x ,3 '28 ! \ I j '523 •40?