NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2247, 31 May 1880, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The election of two Borough authors takes place to-morrow. Messrs Granger, Fraser, White, and Sims are candidates for the appointment.

The annual Licensing Courts for the Timaru, Geraldine, and Temuka districts will be held on Tuesday, June 8. In consequence of the sitting of the District, Court, the R.M, Court was to-day adjourned till JuneS. The South Canterbury Football Club played a good practice match on Saturday afternoon, England v. Colonics, which resulted in the victory of the former.

A general riot nearly occurred at Cambridge on Friday, through a European interfering with a Maori tangi. The high-spirited young Maori, who wished to exterminate the Europeans at the Cambridge races, has been lined ‘2os.

The report of the Local Industries Commission will be presented to Parliament in the course of a few days. Dunedin, Eangiora, and a number of other places arc about to hold indignation meetings relative to the Property Tax. The following singular challenge appears in the Saturday Advertiser: I Samuel James Munchausen Jones, of the North Shore, Auckland, having perused Captain J. Barry’s book, and having heard it asserted that the said Captain Barry has a larger developed organ of ideality than any other man in New Zealand, hereby challenge the said Captain Barry to meet mo on any public platform in the Colony, in order to test which of us, has the best title to bo considered Champion Spinner of Yarns in Now Zealand. lam prepared to stake the, sum of £IOO sterling, on my own behalf, against a like sum on the Captain’s behalf, that Ishall beat him in flights of fancy and pyro technics of imagination. An early response is requested. My card can be inspected at the office of the “ Saturday Advertiser,” Princes street, Dunedin,

At a time when fish of every kind are uu. usually plentiful, and there is quite a run oh Kakanui crayfish and Auckland oysters some information regarding the x )ro P er way of extracting nutrition from the lastnamed delicacies may be valuable. The true way to eat oysters profitably to taste, health, and enjoyment is, of course, to oat them raw and without condiment; for ; vinegar, pepper, or lemon juice all spoil the natural flavor of the bivalve. The only good dressing is its own gravy, which is not sea water, as many fancy, but the life blood of the mollusc, which it sheds when the shell is forced open. If dressings are not allowed, some drink to accompany the oyster on its way is generally considered indispensable. Strong wines and liquors should be eschewed; these beverages simply pickle the oyster at once, render it indigestible, and deprive it of its best qualities as nutritious food. Lighter French wines arc less objectionable, but porter and ale, and, better still, half-and-half are considered the true liquid accompaniment of this incom parable delicacy.

A man named Walter White has met his death at Wellington, from injuries caused by a'fall of : earth in a cutting,at Newton, on'Saturday. ' • ,

A general meeting of the Timaru Harbor Board will be held on Thursday, when, in addition to the ordinary business, Mr Moody’s motion to rescind the resolution previously passed re wharfage accommodation, will be considered.

Frank Fowler, a Malay, who is 1 charged with committing a criminal assault on a girl at Temuka, was fully committed for trial, on Saturday. Fowler is connected by marriage with the Maoris at Arowhenua.

A match was made on Saturday for 24 hours’ walking between C. Swan, of Christchurch, and G-. Gleeson, of Timaru, for £IOO a side. The match is most likely to be walked off in Timaru, after Swan’s return from the Dunedin competition.

The Judges of Colonial beer at the Sydney Exhibition must have had some terrible trials to go through. We learn from a contemporary that four sets of judges were used up. “ Two of them have become hopeless drunkards, two are in the lunatic asylum, and one is paralysed.” This comes of engaging inexperienced meii. We know some Timaru residents who could have done all the judging without ‘‘Turning a hair.”