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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2536, 7 May 1881, Page 2

Several Melbourne bettin ? men and owners of racehorses are said to have notified Adelaide that they will not run horses or bet on any course where the totalisator , is used. Mr H. ‘V. Barclay, of Wanganui, has received letters patent for an invention for mechanically computing su veyor’s calculations, and also problems in trigo* nometry and navigation.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York reports a Catholic - population of i 600,000, There are 564 secular and 120 •' regular priests, 190 churches, 39 chapels, and 25 stations. In a ” to let ” advertisement in a, southern paper, the landlord intimates that he”prefers a tenant whose furniture is not insured. Since the Art Gallery of New South South Wales was opened in September last upwards of 50,000 persons have visited it. We are reliably informed (says tb«- ! “ Sydney Herald ”) that in one of the suburbs of the city the census papers have been collected by two little girls. Mr W. F. Parr, Fiji, has preferred a claim against the Government, stated at £20,000, for loss and damage sustained through the action taken on the great ~ Amalgam Estate in the endeavor to stamp out the coffee leaf disease. The spectacle of a paralysed man crawling on his knees into the District Court, to answer a summons charging him with allowing his donkey to wander at large, was, says the Melbourne “ Daily Telegraph ” witnessed recently. The following telegram from its Welling- : ton correspondent appears in this morning! - “Lyttelton Times” :—“I have heard tonight from a reliable source that the practical outcome of the Skae affair will he that the Government will profess itself satisfied with his explanation, but that bis duties in future will be more strictly de- ■ fined with power given him to act, in place : s of to merely recommend, and that now having such further powers he will be held strictly responsible for their exercise. The “ Post" has a strongly-worded leader * condemnatory of Government for delaying action in Dr Skae’s case. It concludes “We feel bound to protest, in the interest , of the public, against his being permitted to retain a position for which be has proved himself to be so lamentably unfitted.” The small-bore rifle match, between Victoria and New South Wales, took place on April 21, and resulted in a victory .for the . • former by 13 points. The teams vverecomposed of six men a-side, and the ranges were 800, 900 and 1000 yards. Victoria was ahead in each of the first two, but her opponents pulled up 20 points at the 1000 yards, eventually scoring 1078 against; the Victorian’s 1091. Sergeant Draper, o* Victoria, was the highest scorer in the match, with 195 points. A, B. Grant (190) was at the. top of the New South Wales list. It is officially notified that Messrs Moir and Co., of Christchurch, have obtained the highest award for oatmeal, made at their Southbrook mills, which was shown w at the Melbourne Exhibition. In the telegram of awards given this firm was credited with having obtained au award for pearl barley. This is, however, an error, and we are glad to find that the . sterling quality of the Canterbury oatmeal holds its own in competition in other colonies. It will be remembered that . Moir and Co’s oatmeal obtained the highest award of merit, also, at the Sydney Exhibition. The “ Thames Advertiser” of April 28 says:—Mr William Rowe, ex-M.H.R., had a narrow escape from instant death-yester-day. It appears that he had been inspecting the workings of the Caledonian mine, in company with several gentlemen, and whilst ascending the shaft by the cage struck his head against one of the timbers of the shaft. The blow was a very severe one and almost stunned him.

ww ‘iL‘6ni)i‘df'£4l Has been collected at the Kaiapoi Woolen Factory in aid'of the fund lor the relief of the families of Eevs J. Arnfitage and J. B . Richardson; . 'SThe distress in Christchurch is becoming appalling. There are said to be no less than 700 married men -with families out of employment at the present time v , : One of the ill-fated Tararna’s passengers ' tvas a .young married woman named Eliza ■' Bydings, wife of Daniel Eydings, and resided for some time in Woollcombe’s - Gully. She was eegaged by the late Dr • Campbell for the voyage home to England " and was bound for Melbourne in the Tararua cn route for the old country. ■ Tenders are invited by Mr E. B. Waleot, Chairman,: Timaru School Committee, for supply of coal and firewood. - Memorial services will be held at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow, when the Eev ‘W. H. Beck will preach. In the evening the Tararua disaster will be referred to. Owing to the great quantity, of general merchandise entered at Messrs Collins and Co.’s last sale, the sale of household furniture and effects will be held on Monday, May 9, at the Old Post Office Auction Booms. • ; Ih- another column will be found the programme of the sports to be. held under the auspices of the South Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club. The handsome trophies which are to be given as'prizes are now on; view at the office of Messrs Woollcombe and Cluleej the latter gentleman being the honorary secretary of the •:Club7 : Conspicuous amongst the handsome trophies is the Challenge Champion Cup, which has to be won three times in the aggregate to entitle the amateur ped to become the sole possessor of the valuable prize; The names of nine competitors are at-present engraved on the Cup, each having succeeded In winning once out of the required three times. The Lydia Howarde Comic Opera Company will appear at the Theatre Royal here on Tuesday evening' next. The company is well-known throughout the Australian eplonies. .They have just completed a successful season in Christchurch, the papers speaking highly of their performances. It is five years since the Lydia Howarde Company appeared in Timaru. The leading members of the Company are still together, after having visited Java, China, India, and other countries; in fact, they have, travelled over nearly the whole of the Eastern world. : The company number eighteen, amongt whom are the following well-known names Miss Lydia Howarde; Mdlle De Glbrian, Miss. Jenny Nye, Miss Clara "Vincent, and Messrs Harry Power, J. Hydes, and other established favorites. The opening piece will be the comic opera “ Ohilperic.”

■ The most disagreeable! month for a tfoldier—March. The Song of ’ the bricklayer—“ Still there’s mortar follows.” The Lap of Luxury.—Wiien the ca gets at the cream. j The Sex.—A “chiel ” who is in the habit of taking notes of the sex says that the generality of women who do fancy work dont fancy work. The Philadelphia News says it is better to have loved and lost than to be obliged to get up at 5 o’clock on cold winter mornings to start a fire. A church in a country village recently circulated a paper among the congregation asking for contributions “ for the purpose of paying the organist and a boy to blow the same.” Note by One of the Unchained.—The smaller the husband the bigger the bundle bis wife makes him carry. There is a great deal of bitter sarcasm exhibited by a bulldog in a midnight interview with a young man and a guitar among the roses. A quack informs the public that he is not exclusive, “If a patient wants it gentle and mild, I’m a homoeopath ; and when anybody wants thunder and lightning, I’m an allopath.” “ My dear,” said a sentimental lover to his dearie, “of what do these autumnal tints, this glowing baldric of the sky, this blazing garniture of the dying year remindyou ?” “ Pancakes,” she promptly answered. And then he realised, for the first time, that two hearts did not beat as one.' .They tried, says an American paper, to kill a book agent at Omaha last week. He was robbed, thrown into the river, knocked of the cars, tossed from a high bridge into the river again, and in two i hours.Jm was around with an illustrated serial trying to get a subscription from the head of the attacking party. Art Class.—lnspector—“What is a 4 landscape painter ?” Student—“ A painter of landscapes JVice-Ohancellor Malins in dealing recently with a case in which it was proyed:that a loan company had charged exorbitant interest, observed that if Mr Price (the Plaintiff) were a member of Parliament he would confer a grea! boon upon society by "introducing a- Bill to suppress the whole class of loan offices and money-lenders. The Court of Chancery was oppressed with them. They : appeared to pervade all parts of -the, pountry and they were so voracious that they devoured all property of which they once got a bold. He wished it were in .his power to • restrain. 1 all "such dealings, and to award a . suitable punishment. to the wrong-doer. .The terrorism by. loan offices, and private money-lenders was worse 5 than the terrorism in another part of the kingdom of which they were now hearing so-much ; indeed,! moneylenders appeared to outrage every feeling of humanity.