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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2371, 22 October 1880, Page 2

Police Inspector Buckley, proceeds to Invercargill at once. The Magisterial changes reported from Dunedin are officially contradicted. Three inches of rain at Auckland have facilitated the transit of logs to the sawmills. The spirits, supposed to be contraband, dug out at Whangatata have been declared foreited, and will be sold by auction. Mr Samuel Durham, M.R.C.V.S., has been appointed consulting veterinary surgeon at the Agricultural Show. Judge Johnston is so impressed with the slovenly way in which the jury list is prepared, that he threatens the jury-cook with summary punishment. The only business set down for hearing at the R.M, Court to-day was one civil case, which, however, was adjourned until next week. The typhoid fever enquiry at the Christ-. church Hospital is at a standstill, Dr Skae having demanded £SO for witnesses, expenses from the Board of Health, before he begins operations. An agreement is being made wtih the native owners of the reserve at Te Aroha on which auriferous quartz has been discovered, whereby mining will be perraitted. At a meeting of the Regatta General Committee last night the following gentlemen were elected a Working Committee to carry out arrangements in connection with the event of the Ifith:—Messrs 8, E. Graham, R. Stansell, P. Bradley, 8. Cummings, W. P. Newbery, J, Hill-T. Chapman, M. Jonas, M. White, and officers tx officio. Our Temuka correspondent writesWs have had four or five days rain up to the present. The farmers state that it will do considerable good to the district. Nearly all their crops have been put into the ground, and the grass paddocks were in want of water. Swagmen to the number of five and six have been passing through Temuka daily for the last week. They are in quest of woolsheds, and many of them have already succeeded. There is abundant employment for others, as the sheds are not nearly filled.

A Timaru resident had his attention arrested by a very strong smell of gas. He lit a candle and proceeded upstairs to examine the gas fittings in the bedrooms, as the escape was apparently proceeding from the upper portion of the house, 'While examining a tube in one of the bedrooms, the escaping gas came in contact with the lighted candle, and of course an explosion instantly occurred which fortunately only had the effect of nearly shaking the explorer off his legs. Had the escape been a larger one the accident would probably have been much more serious. This practice of examining defective gag pipes by means of a lighted candle is an exceedingly dangerous one. Ear better send round at once for fhe gasfitter.

The Temuka ’ people (writes our correspondent), like the inquisitive Yankee, “ want to know, you ■know.” They want to know how it is that bread baked in Temuka is retailed in Timaru at 6d per 41b loaf, while the Temuka consumer has to pay 7d. They are also anxious to learn by what process beef and mutton killed at Temuka is forwarded to Timaru and retailed there at less than the Temuka prices. Some of the consumers speak of clubbing together, and making their purchases of Temuka produce in Timaru. This certainly seems to be hard lines.

The Dunedin Bar has been somewhat ■livened up since Mr Macderraott, who has succeeded the late Mr Macassey, has made his presence felt. In a recent smuggling prosecution he somewhat staggered the astute Crown Prosecutor, Mr Haggitt, by contending that the proceedings should have been instituted by the Attorney Ceneral which they were not. The chief witness an old soldier, named Martin Power, prevaricated under cross-examination in a most astounding manner, but the Bench apparently believed his evidence, and the accused, two men and a woman, were fined £2OO each, or twelve months imprisonment. The “ Star ” states \hat Mr Macdermott intends cither applying to the Hon the Minister of Justice for a reduction of the fine, or taking the case before the Court of Appeal.

Exhibitors at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Show to be held at Christchurch on Nov. 9 and 10, arc reminded that entries must be forwarded by Oct. 31. Mr T. Langdon, the well-known nurseryman has made arrangements for placing his paddocks at the disposal of visitors to the Agricultural Show, and owners of horses and vehicles will be able to secure ample accommodation for their property. The Comedy and Burlesque Company which includes Miss Lizzie Morgan, Miss Johns, Mr Herbert, Mr Wilkinson and several other favorites of the footlights open to morrow night in the “ Lancashire Lass” at the Theatre lloyal. A burlesque on the famous “Pinafore” entitled “ Pinbehind ” is also announced for production The Company should draw well during the Show week.

The Primitive Methodist Bazaar for which the ladies of the Congregation have been assiduously making preparations during the winter months, will be opened with a magnificent display of curios and samples of female hand-craft, at the New Auction Mart above the Club Hotel, at 11 o’clock on Tuesday forenoon. The opening Ceremony will be performed by His Worship the Mayor and the Bazaar will extend overWednesday and Thursday.