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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2340, 16 September 1880, Page 3

The third of a series of pigeon races under the auspices of the East Christchurch Pigeon Elyin g Club, from Timaru to Christchurch for the President’s Cup, came off yesterday, the birds being liberated at the Railway station, the first at 8 a.m. and the rest at intervals of 15 minutes each. On account of one of the birds getting out of the hamper on its way to Timaru, and some of the others not being liberated at the proper time, the race will have to be flown again at some future date, to be decided on by the Committee next Monday night. A splendid thrcc-yc ar-old colt, Prince Napoleon, has just been purchased by P. II • Russell, Esq., of the Otipua estate. His sire is Emperor, who took first prize as a two-year-old at the Dunedin Show in 1878, and second for the best horse shown, being only beaten by his own sire Napoleon, while his dam is Blossom, winner of over forty first prizes, and also winner of the champion prize at Dunedin in 1878—a success which no other marc has accomplished in New Zealand. A farmer residing near Christchurch wanted a particular sort of plough, and Boeing in a country paper that an agency for the sale of it was opened in a certain township, he went and purchased one, and had of course to expend a good deal of money in railway charges and other expenses. "When he returned to Christchurch he discovered that he could have got what he wanted in town with much less trouble and expense ; only the town agent had not advertised in tire Christchurch newspapers, so that the farmer was unaware of the fact, and the Christchurch man lost a sale. Moral : Agents for agricultural machinery would save their customers some trouble and secure an additional sale or so by advertising in the town as well as the country newspapers.—“ Lyttelton Times.” At a public meeting at Sydenham last night, a resolution was carried, almost unanimously, against the proposed loan of £30,000 for forming and channelling the street.

Purchasers of cli apery are invited to peruse the special announcement of Messrs Wood and Smith over our loading columns. Acceptances for the Geraldine Race Meeting close on Saturday evening at nine o’clock. Attention is called to the clcaring-out sale at Mr G. Jones’, Dundee House. Mr Thomas Scott, whose name is a household word among the .wearers of leather, has removed from the land of shingle to Geraldine. In the process of business man goes through as many wonderful stages of growth as a caterpillar. A well-known resident of Timaru has just emerged from the chrysalis condition. From the ninth part of a man he has suddenly blossomed into a full-fledged publican. We refer to Mr J. Nelson, of the Opihi Hotel, Pleasant Point, whose advertisement appears in our columns. Mr Nelson has taken the measure of half the adults in Timaru, and we have no doubt if they only patronise him, be will be able to suit their palates. Our speculative and sporting readers are recommended before making their investments on the forthcoming racing events, to peruse the list of consolations and sweeps which figures in our advertising columns. A general meeting of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be bold at the Secretary’s office, on Monday next, to consider the advisability of altering the date of the horse parade on account of that fixed at present being Winchester Fair day. The annual horse parade at Christchurch under the auspices of the Canterbury A. and P. Association is acknowledged to be the premier show of entires in New Zealand. Its value therefore to horse-breeders who know that the cost of rearing a valueless brute is as great as that of raising an animal worth some score, or hundreds of pounds need not be dilated upon. From an announcement elsewhere it will be seen that the grand central show of sires takes place on Saturday Sept. 26, and wc have no doubt South Canterbury will be well represented on that occasion, both by horses and breeders.