NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2245, 28 May 1880, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Our readers are reminded of the concert to-night at the Queen’s Hall, in aid of the funds of the Timaru Library.

The muster at the cadets’ inspection la£t night was very poor, only 22, all told’ putting in an appearance. We are glad to say, however, that such small musters are by no means common. A minute inspection of the arms and appointments showed them to bo in their usual clean and creditable condition. An hour’s drill was then gone through in the shed, the night being too dark and sloppy for drill out of dbors. All the small arms wore left in store by those present for their annual overhaul and re-issue, and the remainder are called in for the same purpose. A youngster named Fred Erb has defeated Captain Bogardus in a match for £SO and 60 per cent gate-money, recently decided in the States. The conditions were 100 pigeons each, 21 yards rise. When each had shot at 50 birds the scores stood Erb, 46 ; Bogardus, 43. When 100 shots each had been fired, Erb had killed 93 birds and Bogardus 83. Smarting under his defeat, the captain has challenged the victor to shoot a match at St. Louis, 100 birds a side, 30 yards rise. Erb, who has defeated many of the best marksmen besides Bogardus, and is reputed to have sufficient nerve and quickness of sight to shoot any distance for any amount of money, will probably accept the offer. In the match with Bogardus the boy killed 13 birds before missing.

If there is honor among thieves there is also honor among Timaru painters. Two knights of the brush who were “run in” for painting one another with their fists, being fined this morning, the slayer took pity on the slain, and gallently paid for his fallen fellow tradesman.