SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 3, 17 January 1901, Page 10

SOUTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

(From our own correspondent.) The Hon. Mr. Hall- Jones, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by several members of his family, has been on tour to Southland. He had intended to spend a few days' relaxation at the Western Otago lakes, but came to Eastern Bush, Otautau, to attend the banquet given to Mr. Gilfedder, M.H.R. The Minister himself was tendered a social at Invercargill on Wednesday by the trade and labor unions. The Catholic of Wyndham are earnestly adopting the suggestion made by the Rev. Father O'Donnell, of Gore, on his last visit, viz., the formation of a literary and debating society, and judging from the interest already displayed the result promises to be eminently satisfactory. The Mat a ura Ensign (Gore) has just changed hands, the new proprietors being Messrs Anderson (formerly of the Otago Daily Times), Hart (the Ensign editor), and Macara (senior compositor). Another Southland journal is likely to change its ownership shortly. The proposal of the Hon. J. G. Ward to put a fast Government vessel on Lake Wakatipu is meeting with the hearty approbation of all classes in Southland, as the steamer authorities at present offer no inducement to tourists and others wishing to nuke a short sojourn at the lakes. Steps are being taken to form a volunteer corps at Wyndham, but success is somewhat doubtful.

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