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

The editor wrote : The showers last week, though copious, were not sufficient to meet the wants of the mi 11 men,” and the compositor set it up “ milkmen,” At a crowded concert the other evening a young lady, standing at the door of the hall, was addressed by an honest Hibernian, who was in attendance on the occasion. “ Indade, miss,” said he, “ I should be glad to give you a sate, but the empty ones are all full.” “ When I was fighting for my seat in the House,” Mr Bradlaugh says, “ I received at least threescore letters threatening ray life I put them all in the waste-paper basket, although one or two of the communications were works of art, and were decorated with skulls, cross bones bleeding hearts, and daggers. There is,” he adds, always a fair proportion of lunatics, who, in times of excitement, write strange letters to public men.” For continuation of News, see fourth page.