ENFIELD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2373, 24 August 1899, Page 29

EN FIELD.

' August 22.— After a few weeks of exceptional!) severe frosts the weather has become mild and spring is now evidencing itself. Although it is aheady spring, the bulk of the grain crop is yet unsown. Indeed, most of the farmers round ybout have more than hall their wheat tc sow yet. The early-sown wheat is now coming j up, and, for the most part, is looking remark- ; abiy well, and gives abuudanf' promise of 9 i bountiful harvest. A few lamb's are to* be seen i on some of the farxas round about, but lambing I will not be genersJ for a week or two yet. j Prohibition.— Mi David M'lfee Wright gave ! an address on prohibition in' the Enfield Hall on the 17tb inst.- -The Hey. J. Standring occupied the chair. Mr Standring, in his open- ! ing remarks, stated that prohibition had so enhanced the value of property in Balclutha thai ; even the hotel buildings themselves were being sold at higher figures than in the days when they had licenses. In the face of this one wonders why botelkeepers are so anxious to have the license if it so deteriorates the value of their property, unless, indeed, the smell of the departed spirits " still hangs about these Balclutha hotels in sufficient volume to induce the grog-loving citizen tc pay for a sniff thereof. Mr Wright prefaced his remarks by saying Vaub prohibition was such a threadbare subject that it was almost impossible to say anything new about it, and then he proved the fallacy of that statement by giving an entirely new address, sparkling with wit and humour, and bright with poetical allusions, and containing much sound sense. Assuredly Mr Wright is the most broad-minded and least-we?/risqme temperance lecturer that has addressed an. Enfield audience. Social.— The Enfield Quadrille Assembly held their wind-up social on the 18th inst. The weather was all that could be desired, and upwards of 50 couples were present, a considerable number of whom were from Oamaru. Mi William Crawford, as M.C, gave good satisfaction. Excellent music was provided by Messrs J. Diver (accordeon) and Quoin (piccolo), and the refreshments provided by Mr F. Meyer were fully up to his usual high-class standard. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening, and dancing was kept up with unabatirtg vigour until well on in the morning. Draughts — A team from tht Enfield Draughts Club, under the captainship of Mr J. A. Boreham, paid a visir to the Otepopo Club m the 2let inst. in order to take the brag out of that club, which claims to be the strongest chib in the district. Play commenqed at about 8.30 p.m., and when the scores were reckoned up at 11 p.m., it was found that out o! 41 gameg played, the vjsitors had won 16 sad le=fc 12, with 18 draws, defeating their

opponents by 4 games. This is tho first beat- I ing that the Otepopo Club has received at the hands of any country club, and no doubt they will make a strenuous effort to regain their lost laurels in the return match, which will be played at Enfield in about a month's time.