NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2190, 25 March 1880, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The usual weekly meeting of the Timaru Literary and Debating Society takes place this evening when readings and recitations will be given by the members. A general meeting of the Timaru Athletic Club takes place this evening at the Club Hotel, at 8 p.m. The business is to arrange the preliminaries for holding a sports meeting an the Queen’s birthdaj'. To-morrow being Good Friday, there will be no issue of this journal. A large number of Easter excursionists passed through Timaru to-day, per the express train, for Christchurch. At the R. M. Court, this morning, before E. G. Sterricker, J.P., a first offender pleaded guilty to a charge of drunkenness, and was discharged with a caution. Another inebriate, arrested at 2 a.m., by Constable Thoreau, was fined ss, with the usual alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment. These were the only cases set down forbearing. An adjourned meeting of the newlyformed South Canterbury Millers’ and Bakers’ Association was held this afternoon at the Grosvcnor Hotel. Owing probably to the busy holiday season, there was a very poor attendance of persons interested. The draft rules and regulations of the Association were read over, and it was resolved to call a second meeting shortly for the purpose of confirming the same. The wholesale price of Hour 'was fixed at £ll net cash. A charge of pulpit plagiarism has been brought against the Rev Dr Lorimcr, pastor of the first Baptist Church in Chicago. It seems that on Sunday, Oct 12, Dr Lorimcr preached in his church a sermon which was greatly admired by his congregation, from Matt, xii., 0, “ In this place is One greater than the Temple.” It was discovered that the Trans-Atlantic divine had followed with remarkable fidelity one of Dr Parker’s discourses preached at the London Cit3 T Temple on Michaelmas Day of the previous 3'car. Soon afterwards copious extracts from the sermon were published in the Chicago “Daily News,” side by side with parallel extracts from the originals. The first Church Pastor, being interviewed by a reporter from that paper, attributed the resemblance to a “ pheneminal memory,” and said he “did not believe the scandal would hurt Dr Lorimer a bit.” Messrs Jonas, Hart, and Wildic will sell at their rooms, on Saturday, at 2 p.m., two Fowling Pieces. Messrs Collins and Co. will sell at their rooms, on Saturday, at 2 p.m., a Cottage and Quarter-acre Section.