NEWS OF THE DAY.
A lad has been killed at Mangopai, Auckland, while jacking a log up a hill. The. Parsers Licensipg Committee will sit in St Andrews school-room tomorrow.
’ A Darwin memorial land, in England, has already reached £2,487 13. . The burgesses of the South East Ward are invited to meet to-night, at 7.30, at Stone’s Hotel.
Our old friend Johnny Hall, the comedian and his excellent company are in high favor with the critical Dunediniteo.
The Australian Cricketers have crowned themselves with glory in defeating the All Btiglsad Eleven in England.
The Express trains, North and South, will leave Timaru three minutes earlier on and after to-day. The concert in the Theatre, under the auspices of the South Canterbury Teacher’s Association takes place this evening.
The first, meeting of burgesses in connection with the recent division of the Borough of Timaru, was held last evening. A full report appears in another column.
School-teachers should remember Messrs DeLautour and, Mucandrew, specially in their prayers, for those gentlemen " spoke up ” for the pedagogues. Professor Hutton pronounces a fish lately caught in the Waimakariri a Cali* fornian salmon. Another salmon, killed in the river with a pitchfork, was found to weigh 271 b. Two Gipsies, of the ancient tribe of Cooper and Taylor, were recently married at an English country church. The church was crowded with Gipsies, who were pro* fusely decorated with wild flowers. That the editor of the “ Otago Daily Times ” should refuse insertion to letters from Mr Stout, is rather a joke. Yet, such is the case, according to Mr Stout's communication to the “ Morning Herald ” of yesterday. The Bishop of Christchurch will preach in the morning at St. Mary’s on Sunday, and hold a Confirmation in the evening. His Lordship arrived in Timaru to-day by the Express train from Christchurch.
The Christchurch Chamber of Commerce 'came up to the annual meeting like men, not absenting themselves, like laggards in some towns that we could name; Mr W. ,-D. Meares was elected President for the year.
The following gentlemen have been elected directors of the Waimate Bailway Company Messrs Dougins (chairman), Studholme, Bice, Slee, and McGregor. Messrs Simpson and Anderson wore the successful tenderers.
Mr John Ollivior, on Wednesday, when occupying the Bench at Lyttelton, remarked that he considered the diminution of drunkenness In that Borough was due, to the zeal of the police in enforcing the 10 o’clock closing.:;; Sergaant Morrice agreed with His Worship that the 10 o’clock license had a great deal to do with the improvement. Sergeant McGovern bias no doubt an attempt has been made to assassinate Barlow, after examining the locality and questioning - the persons - who were with Barlow the other evening. Mr Barlow is now going to settle down, and travel about no more.
The licensee' of the Plough Inn, Bangiora, James Carpenter has been found hanging to a bluegum tree in his grounds.. He had been coursing, and intended going to Christchurch. His wife was terribly shocked at the discovery.' No reason can be assigned. His .character was irreproachable. Here is an Incident that telle of misery among the poor in England. A Lancashire miner, out of work, recently drowned his children in tubs of water, and cut his own throat. He had sent his wife out for awhile. They bad for. come-, time past lacked the necessaries of life. Yet ebine of bur servant girls turn, up their noses at cold meat I
Dr Hutchison, lecturing In Wellington the other evening, described a distinct typo of leprosy whiehwas carrying effgreat numbers of the Natives of Hawaii. Bo impressed ®were. his hearer that they determined to petition Parliament to guard against a visitation of the disease ; in tbiseonntry.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2944, 1 September 1882, Page 2
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