CANTERBURY RACES,

Dunstan Times, Issue 551, 8 November 1872, Page 2

CANTERBURY RACES,

IBV ELECtmiC TiXEGRAMI,] Christchurch, Nov. 7, 7.30. The Maiden Plate was won by Malvina ; Malice second. Defamation was first for the Railway Plate ; Slander two. , Tie result of the contest for the Canterbury Cup placed Lmline the winner, with Detractor eeccnd. Peeress, the favomite, was scratched.

We are reluctantly compelled to hold over till our next issue. An article on the poposed meeting of miners delegates at Tuapeka and other items of general interest. A mee'ing of the Shareholders of the Dunstau Flour IMill Company is called for Monday evening next at the Clyde Public Library, at 8 o'clock, when we hope to see a large attendance. See advertisement in ai ether cob irn. A telegraphic despatch informs us that Me-srs. Grevil'e and Co. have arranged with the Anglo - Australian Telegraph Agency for the r. ceipt of cablegrams, and that ten days hence they -expect, to be in leceipt of regular commuircition direct from the London Times office. This will no doubt considerably interfere with the demand for the journals compiled in the mother country for the information of New Zealand and other colonial reader s. A branch of the Rank of Otago is to he established at Cardrona. One of the gentlemen in the Queenstown branch is to be located there. We are glad to notice that Mr. A. Pv. B. Thomson has been re-instated as Inspector of Sheep in this district, and that his appointment has hern gazetted We not only congratulate Mr. Thomson on his return to a position which he so ably and conscientiously filled, but also the sheep-owners throughout the district. Mr. Tlidop Inspector of Schoolsis making a tour through the goldfields and has intimated his intention of inspecting the Clyde School to-morrow, at 10 a.m. Wc are given to understand that Mr. Seiedeberg with the steam Dredge, Salamander, is getting good gold. Sue is working in the neighbourhood of Sandy Point. The machinery we believe comrs up to expectation and works without a hitch. Mr. James Holt of the Clyde Coal Pit is busily engaged in making good the damage done by the accident. The now castings are expected to arrive in the course of a few days. The Dry-bread Annual races will come off on the 2nd and 3rd January 1573. The programme will bo published in future issues. W ‘Delian ami party arc pushing on work very rapidly with their dredge, a number of hands being encaged besides theshareholders in making the necesssary alterations. It is thought that in the course of two or three weeks she will be completed, and ready for work. The Cromwell Jockey Club have issued their programme for their treneral meeting, which takes place on the 28th and 27 th days of December next. The programme is a very liberal one, and should bring together a large number of horses to contest the different stakes. We acknowledge receipt by the last mail of a scries of stories entitled “ Spangles and Sawdust ” from the pen of Mr. Whitw.ortb. For a pFasant and even profitable few hours reading we would recommend this work, and we feel assured uonc will begrudge either the time or the money expended. Mr. Braithwaite of Dune 'la is the accredited Agent, and will supply copies post free for one shilling. Our Dunedin exchanges convey to us the mournful intelligence of the death of Mr. George Brodie late accoun‘ant in Bankruptcy at -he early age of 39 years. Mr. Brodie in the early days of Clyde was a resident amongst us and occupied a prominent and useful position in our midst. For a time he was proprietor of this journal and by his writings conduced greatly to place Clyde in the position sbe now occupies. There are many still amongst us who «ill remember tbe familiar face and figureof George Brodie and none wo ars sure but that will join with us in saying requiescat in pace Messrs. O’Brien, Glover, and Wostropp, most ably and prominently assisted by Miss Jessie Raymond, gave their popular entertainment, entitled “An Olio of Oddities,” at tbe Town Hall, Clyde, on Monday and Tuesday evening last. The attendance, considering we have lately received a visit from a troup of artists o' a somewhat similar character, and moreover that wo recently indulged in amateur performances as well, was very good, and the audience an appreciative one. The O’Brien ami Glover Company have earned a w ide and well-deserved reputation, which their performances have fully justified. Miss Jessie Raymond not only possesses a most pleasing voice, but a very considerable amount of stage ability, wliich her impersonificatmn of Maggie M'Farlane in the Bonnie Fishwife amply testified, the other characters in which were well represented ; while the Irish drolleries of Mr. O’Brien, the comic singing of Mr. Wcstropp, and the versatility of Mr. Glover combine to produce a really pleasant entertainment. This, pjn Tuesday evening, was supplemented by a dance, and twenty or more couples footed it merrily, to their evident enjoyment. On Wednesday the company played to a moderately-filled house at Alexandra. We believe it, to be the intention of these artists to pay another visit to this district, about the time of the usual Christmas festivities, when we hope their talent will be fully appreciated, and the pecuniary results satisfactory.