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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7068, 14 February 1893, Page 3

i\\r J. King, for the OhristadelphiaßS, challenges the Eev. C. 0. Brown to a pub’ic controversy on certain theological doctrines. Mr W. Ferrier was down to-day securing a photograph of the harbour in its unusually busy a*pcot. Eleven stockmen bad a guessing competition on the dressed weight of three fat bul locks when alive at Or.maru. 'I he guesses varied from 19001bs to 22501b5. The dressed weight was 20431ba. Mr A. Hedley guessed within I7lbs. Commenting on the statutory returns of the banks doing business in New Zealand for the quarter ending December 31, the Melbourne Argus says “ With previous quarters the comparison is, on the whole, fairly satisfactory. It is evident that the banka are now advancing rather freely in New Zealand. The item, debts due to the banks, shows an increase of £1,051,688 for the last twelve months.” When giving evidence at the Soacliff Asylum inquiry, Dr Truby King said that the tendency of the insane was not to combine for any particular purpose ; but he had known, when a national question was raised —say, by someone singing out “ Ireland for over ” —for a number of men to come forward instinctively, though they would fight at random and it would be an accident which side they took. At the Hastings fire two of the firemen’s helmets were fairly burnt off, and six feet of the ladder on which they wore standing was also burnt nearly through, while several others who were on the ladder were very much burnt. While the Bank of New South Wales was burning furiously the side wall was cut out and the safe, containing over £6OOO, rolled into the street through the aperture. At the Bank of New Zealand there was great anxiety on the part of the bank officials for the safe, which contained much valuable property. The brigade played at it and kept it cool, but as it could not be opened, Collins, the bricklayer, played on with water meanwhile, with great difficulty opened the safe from the back, and all its contents were saved. Five chains square of solid; flame were seen burning at one time, and as giving some idea of the beat, a largo telegraph pole a foot thick and which was nearly two chains away from the fire, was charred some inches through. Yesterday we published a telegram giving the gist of a “ hot ” letter from the Premier to Mr Bhrimski of Camara regarding the immigration of destitute Jews. Mr Shrimski has sent the following reply I am sorry that you should have lost your temper so far as to stigmatise the action of those philanthrophis.ls at Home who have spent millions to ameliorate the condition of tho unfortunate Russian Jews, as what they are doing is worthy of the highest commendation i by all who take an interest in their fellow- | men—be they blaok or white. The statement that the intended immigrants are paupers is probably made to influence public opinion against them, for there is nothing to prove that they are. I may say that although your answer may be acceptable to the Trades and Labour Council, it will not prove to be so to the majority of thinking men, who in a free country expect no distinction to he made 1 in the treatment by the State of civilised » people. I leave the matter to the judgment ■ of my fellow-colonists.”