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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7077, 24 February 1893, Page 3

In view of a match next Thursday, the Colonial Cricket Club will bold a practice to-morrow afternoon and during next week. Mr S. Anderaon, of the Ximaru Bout Factory, ie now showing aomo firet-cla?8 lints of boots for the coming season. The great demand for that factory’s boots end shoos is a sufficient guarantee of thoir quality for near The railway authorites are determined to cheek the practice of using the railway as a thoroughfare by pedestrians. Two men wese j summoned before the Resident Magistrate j this morning, for walking along the railway ) norlh of the town, and were fined 2s fid each, j and cautioned that a repetition of the offence j would bo more severely punished. j A lad about twelve years old, named I Rogers, was taken to the hospital yesterday afternoon, for attention to a very serious consquence of an accident at the Saltwater Creek Wool Works, The lad, wo are informed, put bis hand through a cog wheel in motion on one of the machines, to pull out B>me wool; bis arm was caught a few inches above the wrist and crushed almost through, so that amputation was unavoidable* Two ones of “ marriage a failure ” came before the Resident Magistrate this morning. With one His Worship was familiar through frequent previous eummonsss. To-day the separated wife asked for an increase of a con ti-ibution order against her husband, 5a a week being, insufficient to support her and a lad of eleven. The case was adj mrned for a wook for the police to inquire into the recent earn" inga of the husband. lu tbe other case a woman appeared to complain of her husband’s neglect to provide for her and three young children, and of his cruelty and threats,which had driven her out of the house. His Worship directed the police to lay an information for assault, and the woman to lay another under tbe Destitute Persons Act. A meeting of the Waimataitai school committee was held yesterday at Mr Fraser’s office. Present —Messrs Fraser (chairman), Bowie, Schmidt, Pringle, and Foster The headmaster reported that 58 now pupils bad been enrolled since tbe holidays j the roll number was now 334, average attendance for the month, 287, highest 308. In consequence of the increase of the standard classes three more desks were urgently needed. A recent gale bad shaken down some plaster and damaged a lock. These matters required attentionIt was resolved to ask the Board to supply three desks, and also to supply additional accommodation for bats and cloaks in the porches. Miss Rutherford wrote resigning her post as instructress in cooking. A memo from the Board notified the payment of £lO 12s 6d, incidental allowance. It was unanimously resolved to vote for Messrs Howell* Balfour and Salmond among the candidates for election to the Education Board. The visitor reported everything going on well at the school, and Mr Foster was appointed | visitor for the current month. Accounts to the amount of £5 7s wore passed for payment. Mr Budd advertises to day that he is now making bread by the Leconte process, in which “ extract of malt ” is used in making tbe yeast or leaven instead of potatoes. The malt extract is stated to give a quicker fermentation, so that the risk of souring is greatly reduced or entirely removed. That a the baker’s requirement. The bread made by ‘ this process h declared to bo of better colour 1 and of better flavour, and to keep moist na-oh ) longer than potato-yeast bread. These are 5 cansutßars’ r« quiremeute and being theirs,