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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2355, 4 October 1880, Page 4

The instruction given at the Sjwian Protastant College at Ley rout Mill hereafter be in the English instead of Arabic language, the change having just been decided upon. The change was asked foe by the people themselves. “Science toadies us,” says Mr Proctor “ that millions of years before the Eanh was titled to be the abode of life our companion planet the Moon, which is now desolate, must have been in a habitable condition. ” It is calculated by Mr Greenwood that within the limits of the city of London alone an army of male and female thieves 20,000 strong finds daily and nightly employment, the juveniles not being included in the computation. This means that, roughly estimating the population of London at 3,000,000 there is to bo found one person in every 1-50 M’ho is a forger, a house-breaker, a pickpocket, a shoplifter, a receiver of stolen goods, or M'hat not; “a human bird of prey, a M’ildly cunning man seeking whom he may devour. ” A clerg3 r man in Pittsburg lately married a lady with whom he received the substantial dowry of 10,000 dol. and a fair prospect of more. iSoon afterwards M'hilc occupying the pulpit, ho gave out a hymn, read the first four stanzas, and wits reading the fifth For ever let my grateful heart His boundless grace adore—When he hesitated and exclaimed : “ Ahem ! The choir will omit the fifth verse, ” and sat down. The congregation, attracted l)3 r his apparent confusion, read the remaining lines Which gives ten thousand blessings 110M r And bids me hope for more