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South Canterbury Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1880. NEWS OF THE DAY.

At Grcymouth during the “ wee sma hours” of Saturday morning a five in a building belonging to Smith and Barclay, drapers, was providentially extinguished by the nose of a medical practitioner. Dr Morricc smelt the burning, burst in the door and put out the flames in an inner room. The fire is considered suspicious. Tiro salary of Sir Hercules Robinson as Governor of the Capo is £SOOO a year and £3OO as allowance for a country residence. . A Chinaman, named Wong Gow, was killed on Tuesday while at work on his claim on the Molyneux, below Beaumont, through a tunnel giving way. The Paris correspondent of the London “Times” says:—“A workman met with an extraordinary death at Lyons. Having to unfix a wire conducting tire electric current for a lightning apparatus, he incautiously handled it without his non-con-ducting india-rubber gloves. The current knocked him down insensible, and he never recovered consciousness.”

Fifteen or sixteen young men in Dunedin have resolved to raise the wind by an ingenious process. They have resolved to have a twelve hours go-as-you-please match to which the public will be invited. Each “ ]ied ” contributes 20s towards hall expenses and the door money is to be divided as follows:—Winner, 40 percent; second, 20 per cent; third, 10 per cent ; and all competitors covering over 50 miles to divide the remainder. Some unkind citizens have termed these hard walking young men “ idlers ” and they are very indignant. A committee meeting of the Timaru Athletic Club was held last night, whoa the books of the club were found to be in a very satisfactory condition. A general meeting of the club will be called at an early date for tire purpose of drawing up a programme for the sports meeting in November. An accident occurred at eleven o’clock this morning at Shears’ brickyard, near the Roman Catholic Chapel, which might have been attended with very serious consequences. A jrarty of four men were undermining a clay bank for the purpose of obtaing clay for brick manufacturing purposes, when the whole bank suddenly fell, throwing two of the workers, named Walter South and Benjamin Shears (brother of the proprietor), down, and completely burying them. Dr Hogg was quickly in attendance, but bis services were fortunately but little required, as beyond a severe knocking about, the men escaped without injury. The accident is attributed to the action of the frost on the claj - .

V\'c have received a paper ou “ European flax; its culture and suitability to the soils of New Zealand, and the manufacture of linseed oil, oil cake, and fibre,” issued by the Native Industries Association at Christchurch. The paper was read lately before a meeting of the association by Mr Murphy, secretary to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The author deals with the subject in a reliable and practical manner, and in endeavoring to demonstrate the possibility of rendering European flax a most productive and profitable crop in this colony, he quotes the results of actual experiments, and avoids fanciful theories. Among the gentlemen whose experiences of flax cultivation in New Zealand are referred to are Dr Curl and Mr Ladbrook, of Prebbleton, Canterbury. The latter obtained an average of 2k bushels per acre from a crop of 30 acres last year—a return that compares most favorably with the average in Europe, which is 13 to 1-1 bushels per acre. Of course a great deal of the material has hitherto gone waste because of the want of appliances for its manipulation, but this is a matter which our growing manufactures will be able to remedy. After entering into careful calculations Mr Murphy shews that from a moderate crop, after making ample allowance for all expenses including 10s per acre for rent and taxes, the net return should be £1 (is per acre. The pamphlet, which has been printed at the “ Lyttelton Times” office, contains information that entitles it to the careful perusal of agriculturist, manufacturer and artisan.

There was but a short sitting of the 11. M. Court this morning for the transaction of civil business, a large number of cases being cither struck out or withdrawn. In the following cases judgment was given for the plaintiff, with costs: —Hutton v. Verity, claim £5 lbs lOd ; Small and Clearance v. Cornelius, claim £2 7s lOd ; Hamersley v. Quine, claim £l7 Is ; Wilson v. J. Wiggins, claim £7 17s. Judgment for plaintiff. The defendant was ordered to pay 12s a month, and failing in any payment to suffer 11 days’ imprisonment.

The New Borough by-laws having now come into force, the police have been requested by the Borough Council to aid by their co-operation in compelling their due observance.

An Auckland telegram states that G. A. Brown, formerly a Baptist minister of Lincoln, delivered a lecture last night in the Temperance Hall, against eternal punishment. Mr G. A. Brown, is a sensible man. Nobody likes the idea of eternal punishment, so he is bound to make converts.

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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2308, 10 August 1880, Page 2

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South Canterbury Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1880. NEWS OF THE DAY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2308, 10 August 1880, Page 2

South Canterbury Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1880. NEWS OF THE DAY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2308, 10 August 1880, Page 2

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