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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2410, 7 December 1880, Page 3

A circular has been issued by the Telegraph Department notifying that the department, having procured a supply of Edison-bell telephones, is prepared to receive applications for the use of such instruments in connection with a telephone exchange in Wellington. The annual charge will he £7 10s, and it is intimated that it will depend on the number of applications received in any town whether the system can be introduced there. The Thames Star, describing the departure of miners for Te Aroha, says : “ Each one bore the orthodox swag—-frying-pan, pannikan, with pick and shovel slung outside. All appeared in good spirits, and were evidently determined to give the field a thorough trial.” Beef is 4d per pound, and bread 4d per loaf at Te Aroha. These prices are unprecedentedly low. There seems to have been some fun in Nelson over the Mayoralty election. Mr F. Harley, one of the candidates, in addressing the electors, said he did not belong to a club to get drunk and be led home—(Loud applause and ironical cheers.) If he ever made that mistake, he candidly explained, ho could always find bis way home himself. —(Loud laughter.) He thought he had given them a sufficient preface, ami, he should then open his book. Mr Harley, referring to his manuscript, read, amid roars of laughter, a speech commencing —“ Ladies and gentlemen, I feel greatly encouraged and highly honored at seeing such a large attendance before me.” Subsequently Mr Harley, referring to a ratepayer who had asked him a question, alluded to him as “ one of the nincompoops of the town ” —a remark which caused great confusion. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, takes place at Mr Green’s store on Saturday forenoon. The business is important, and shareholders are reminded that their allotment fees must be prepaid to enable them to take part in the proceedings. A special general meeting of the members of the Mechanics Institute will be held at 8 o’clock this evening in the Oddfellows’ Hall Barnard street, to consider the erection of the new Institute. The annual general meeting of the South Canterbury Coursing Club takes place at the Grovenor Hotel at 8 o’clock this evening.