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Press, Volume XI, Issue 1379, 9 April 1867, Page 2

1.0.0.F.M.U. —The anniversary dinner of this order of Oddfellows will take place this evening in the Oddfellows' Hall, at half-past seven. West Coast Traffic. —During the week ending 3rd April 148 head of cattle, in three separate mobe, and 540 sheep, in two mobs, have been driven pact the Rangiriri station on their road to Hokitika. Land Sal.es.—The following is the return of waste lands disposed of yesterday at the G-overnment buildings : —Banks Peninsula, 50 acres ; Ellea>tiere, 50 acres ; Mandeville, 340 acres ; Timaru, 50 acres. Total, 460 acres ; valued at £920. Claimants to Vote.—Wβ understand that the lists of new claims to vote are posted as follows :—For City of Christehurch—At the City Council office, and at the old Town Hall. For the Heathcote—At the Koad Board office, Ferry road ; at the Road Board office, Prebbleton ; and at the School-house, Lincoln road. For the Avon—At the Post-office, Papanui; and ftt the School-room, Riccarton. For Kaiapoi--At the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse ; and at the Road Board office, Rangiora. We understand that a very large number of the claims have been rejected as informal, principally owing to the final attestation not having been signed. St. Luke's Paeish. —On Sunday last the 1 Rev. E. A. Lingard was formally inducted as curate of the Parish of St. Luke, before the Communion Service. The Lord Bishop of 1 Christchiirch read the letters of institution, ? after which the senior churchwarden present, Mr Gordon, handed to the Rev. E. A. Lingard the keys of the church, acknowledging him as curate in the name and on behalf of the parish. A very impressive sermon was preached in the morning, by the Bishop, bearing on the subject of Apostolic Succession ; and in the evening, the Key. E. ■ A. Lingard preached from the 4th chapter ; of let Corinthians, llth and 12th verses, on the responsible duties that pertained to a 1 minister having charge of a parish, and ; pointed out the obligations the people were under to a. minister who discharged his duty ' faithfully. ' Salmon in Tasmania. —The "Australasian " i says :—" To the gratifying fact that salmon had positively returned from the eea to the 1 Derwent we have now to add tUat. they have I returned in large numbers. Salmon " leaps " . are now so common that the Tasmanian papers have ceased to notice, specially, communica- ; tions from eye-witnesses of euch appetising Sr^im^n^TTe^l^tnfe^srjute^ prevails over what is undoubtedly by far away ! the greatest acclimatizing feat ever attempted." The " Launceston Examiner" exclaims: "Let 1 every suitable river in the island now have a i supply of ova ; and let ndt the rare and ungrudgingl berality of Victoria be forgotten. She assisted with money and men to carry out the • ' ealmon experiment,' now a realised fact after many failures, and should be the first to share in the advantages which the presence of the king of fishes in Australian waters undoubtedly confers. And what is to be done to Mr J. A. Youl, Edward Wilson, and others who freely > expended their money and devoted their time .to achieve success ? The care, the patience, the anxiety, the toil Mr Ramsbottom imposed 'on himself are beyond all praise. It is iinposL sible to overrate the value of the introduction of the salmon." The " Hobart Town Mercury " is equally enthusiastic: —" Now seems to be the time then for making some suitable acknowledgment to the gentlemen to whose indefatigable exertions, untiring zeal, and ■ scientific skill we owe the discovery of the packing of salmon ova in ice, "by which this experiment has been brought to so successful -an issue. Of course nobody here wants any thanks. "Our noble selves" are the last persons in the world to be thought of in a case of this kind. We do not forget the labors of others, those of Mr Edward Wilson among the rest, in the earlier parts of this experiment. That gentleman, and many others, did their utmost to promote its success, and are entitled to our be3t thanks for their disinterested exertions."