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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2438, 11 January 1881, Page 3

Investors in consultation sweeps arc cautioned against forwarding any money to Wellington. A r< fercnce to our telegraphic columns will explain the reason. Mr George North, consummate scoundrel though he may be designated, will be a benefactor, if his conduct places a check on reckless gambling. Considerable interest is manifested in sporting circles in Dunedin over a challenge by Joe Scott, the well-known long-distance walker, to walk Edwards, the Australian champion, who has just completed 1824 miles in forty-eight hour. It is thought that Edwards will not accept the challenge. The " Waikato Mail ” of Jan. 1 says : The tower, spire, or whatever else it might be termed, of an old mission church at Mau, in the Rotorua district, was blown oft' on Sunday last by the force of the gale then raging in that district. It was carried right into the air for some distance, when it toppled over, and on falling, buried itself 4ft deep, the larger portion uppermost. Fortunately no one was about where this relic of eclesiastical architecture fell. A very singular accident occurred at Samford, a Queensland township, to a daughter of Mr John Stottcn, State school teacher in that township. The little girl was walking near the old school-house when her left foot struck against the open blade of a small penknife that had been dropped on the ground. The blade of the knife entered the foot between the two small toes, penetrated more than an inch between the tendons, and broke oft in the foot. The pain of the accident caused the child to fall and it was rather difficult to find out what had happened until the knife was discovered near her with the blade broken oft. Mr Stotten brought his daughter into town and sought the assistance of Dr Bancroft, who placed her under chloroform, and successfully extracted the blade of the penknife. The blade is more than an inch in length, and it was found to have penetrated the foot for a distance of nearly two inches. The “ Pall Mall Gazette,” referring to Laycock’s victory over Riley of Saratoga, on the Thames, on Nov. G, says “Laycock’s individual performances knock the sliding theory on the head, for he might almost as well row on a fixed seat for all the use he makes of his slide ; but he is an exceptionally powerful man,and the pace at which he is able to travel, be it fast or slow, has sufficed to settle all his opponents before reaching Chiswick Eyot. The probability is that he is a far better man than any one has given him credit for being, On Saturday it was patent to all who followed the race from start to finish that after the first hundred yards Riley led only on sufferance. There was nothing to be gained by Laycock showing how much he could win by', and his staying behind as long as he did, put something in the pockets of his followers. His two previous victories have made him a favorite with the riverside population, for the first tidings of the result of the race down river brought forth a cheer from every knot of loiterers, from every ragged urchin, and even from the usually stolid bargee.”

Mr Machin invites tenders for a tank. The members of the Court Southern Cross arc invited to attend the funeral of the late Mrs J. Auld, tomorrow; Messrs Wildie, Allan and Stumbles, auctioneers, announce that having erected yards at the Washdyke, tt:cy will hold regular fortnightly sales of live stock there. The calendar of the Imperial Fire Insurance Company for which Messrs Barnett, Lewis and Co., are the Timaru agents, has readied us. It is the first insurance catalogue of the season, and it is one < f the best of the kind that we have seen, for it contains not only a very handsome calendar, but a neat and ingenious apphance in the shape of a series of revolving dials that indicate the day aud date.