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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2657, 26 September 1881, Page 3

The Kev, Father Donovan formerly of Oamaru and Dunedin, died on Saturday at Lytelton where he has been stationed 'for the last four years. The curator of the Christchurch Acclimatisation Gardens has just received 300 '‘truncheons” of the olive from Adelaide, where they cost sixpence each, hut they are so dry that is doubtful whether any of them will gro \7. The opening of the Christchurch Cathedral has been postponed from October 27 to November 1. ■ It' has been estimated that two thousand millions of matches are used every day by the people of Europe. It would take one man over CO years to strike the lot, at the rate of one per second, working day and night, Mr Jonas held a property sale at his auction rooms this aitcrnoon and disposed of 27 perches of land at the corner of Main Boutd lload and North street. The price realised was £lO2-5, or equal to rather over £OOOO per acre. Mr W. Moody was the purchaser. Bait of the Maranui estate, situate about six miles Ironi amuiuu, aas offered in sections of fro;n 10 to 20 acres each, but all the lots were passed in as they did not reach the vendor’s reserves. Alphonso Quit, referring to food udu - terations in France, "iim said ; l * IE I poison my grocer I shall he sent to the penitentiary, but it’ ho poisons me ho gets off with lOdolstino: It is said 10,000 people bathe daily at Long Branch. The water must be jit n fearful condition. Nothing preserves it but the suit.

The first ripe strawberries of the season, Margarets, have been shown by Mr Nancarrow, Christchurch, who grew them under glass, A case was heard in the Kesident Magistrate's Court here this morning, which should be of considerable interest to the owners of buildings erected within the boundaries of Ibe present Borough previous to 1867. The case was dismissed on the evidence, but during the hearing Mr Jameson, for the defence, used some arguments which may be found applicable to other cases in future, and if they cannot be met, will give owners of old buildings more liberty in dealing with them than it has been supposed they possess. There are not many buildings in town, however, to which such freedom would be of any use.