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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2906, 19 July 1882, Page 3

There are 3570 persons employed on the working railways of the colony. The Service of Song, “Jessica’s First Prayer,” will be repeated in the Congregational Church to-morrow e, _-lhg. Some doubt has been cast upon the salary which it is said Madame Patti would receive for singing in America, so Mr Mapleson has come forward to solemnly state that the famous prima donna is engaged to sing twice a week for six months, that she is to receive £917 for each performance, that she is to have a private Pullman car, fitted up for her entire suite, and that she will be attended by two cooks and other servants, all at his or rather at that of the American public. Our legislators have recently by the Offences against the Pearson Bill sanctioned flogging.; We learn from an American contemporary that Virginia has abolished the whipping-post. This brutal and brutalising engine will no more be seen, except as a curiosity in the State called “the mother of presidents.” The gravest objection to whipping is that it tends to make brutes of the whipper and those who look on. Society shows a just instinct in avoiding association with a professional hangman and as whipping can be effectively administered only by an expert, the same hardening influence must follow him.

Late Advertisements. Q EEY 108 OF SONG* "JESSICA’S FIEBT PRAYER.’’ (Repeated by Request,) • In aid of the Sunday School Fund. In the Congregational Church at eight o’clock on THURSDAY EVENING, July 20. Tickets—Adults, Is ; Children, 6d. mENDEHS are invited for ADDITIONS B to Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co.’a PREMISES. Plans, &c., to be seen at my Offices, where tendersjwill be received on Saturday next. F. J. WILSON, Architect. COMMERCIAL BOARDING HOUSE , Next Stone’s Hotel, IS now RE-OPENED, and has Good Accommodation for BOARDERS, Charges Moderate. J. BARRIE, Proprietor. SOUTH CANTERBURY COURSING CLUB. A MEETING of all Members of the d Rerent Coursing Clubs and others interested in Courfeing will be held at the Grosvenor Hotel TO-MORROW (Wednesday) EVENING, at 9 p.m. to discuss Coursing Matters generally. EOBT. STEWART, Hon. Sec, 5.0.C.0, M ONEY TO LE N D—IN SMALL SUMS. A. ORMSBY. T 0 LET--Three Commodious SHOPS, with Dwellings and all conveniences, on the Main South Road, next to Messrs Wood and Smith’s. Apply to ALLAN & STUMBLES, Beswicb street.