South Canterbury Times. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2674, 14 October 1881, Page 2

South Canterbury Times. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY.

Owing to the large amount of space occupied by Mr Wakefield’s speech we are Compelled to hold over leading matter and a number of telegrams.

A requisition is being numeronsly signed asking Captain Sutter to stand for the representation of the Gladstone district.

The members of the Loyal Star of Canterbury Lodge No. 13 1.0.0. F. are notified by advertisement that a special summoned meeting takes place this evening, and that a full attendance is requested. Messrs Bent and Bachelder’s Minstrels open to-morrow night for a short season at the Theatre Royal. The company is a very strong one, and »s it contains the names of seveial artistes of high repute, an excellent performance is certain to be given. “Pinafore in black,” is the name of the burlesque opera they intend producing. Garrard, the great labor agitator, has been arrested at Auckland for sending in a false claim for insertion in an electoral roll. Since his candidature for Auckland North he has been busy placing names of persons on the rolls who were entitled to rote but were not registered. It is understood that legal proceedings are pending against other persons >yho are alleged to be guilty of similar malpractices. Late reports from Te Aroha are decidedly improving, and these are now confirmed, A new reef has been discovered on a ridge of mountains running ip a northerly direction, and not far from first prospectors’ claim. The correspondent of the “Waikato Times ” reports the reef an enormous one, apd gold is to be seen in almost every part ot it, Tfee expected yield is 5 ounces to the ton.

A telegram from Wellington states tfiat the Government have sent a circular tele.gypm to Volunteer officers in all parts of the colony, asking if their respective districts wqM fie disposed to furnish volunteers for sgpy&e pp the West Coast, the men to be paid at ttm sajpe $6 tfie Armed Constabulary. At the sitting of the Resident Mftgig tr-vief# &9PH at Waimate, yesterday, three chlidwm mv&4- Tpskor were ordered to be sont to the Burntew Industrial School for seven years. They were verybeing four, five, and sis, respectively. Tfiefi father attended and stated, that their iH&tfoer was now living at Geraldine with anotti.ee Ho had lost one of his legs sometime consequently unable to support them himseifi. ]?pr some time they had been kept by his brother’, he had lately been ill, so that every means of support ya* destroyed, the Bench directed the Police & make enquiries about their mother.

The Hawera land sale this weak was & great success, two-thirds of the land offered being sold. on deferred payments averaged £2 Os; and, for cash, £2 per acre. The Otakeho suburban sections, put up at £B, averaged £l6, one section bringing £29.