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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3025, 7 December 1882, Page 3

-His Worship the Mayor has proclaimed Saturday 16th inat-, the anniversary of the Province of Canterbury, a public holiday; Professor Lio Medo, the phrenologist, announces that he will pay a professional visit to Geraldine next week. Mr L. G. Reid, late of the firm of Messrs Reid and Knubley, solicitors, left by ihc express train to-day to take up his new appointment as assistant Crown Law Officer at Wei ington. , In order not to interfere with the Wednesday night service in the Presbyterian Church, Mr Forbes has altered the dates of his leohues in Tirnaru to December 14ih and loth. Mr Fotbes opens his lecturing engagement in Wellington on the 18;h inst. Mr Forbes has accepted the request of a number of gentlemen in Tirnaru to enterain him at a banquet during his visit to,this town. An exciting runaway took place this afternoon. Mr a. Perry’s carriage and pair bolted from that gent'emanV residence and galloped through the t wn. 'I hey were stopped by Mr Jabesf l.ukey near the Hospital. They di t vcy little damage to the carri-ge, but in pas ing Mr Daw.-on’a dog.-art which was in the main street they went, t-o close to it that the step of the dog-cart was broken ofi.