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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2737, 29 December 1881, Page 3

Roscoe Conking will never, no never, forgive the man who saw him swimming iu the surf and immediately rushed to the hotels and sent a great crowd down to the heach to see the sea serpent. In a faction fight in Kentucky fifty shots were fired, without hitting anybody, from which the natural inference must be drawn that the fighters were all skilled and professional,duellists. There are only about 900 miles of railway in operation in Turkey. Paris and its suburbs now contain about one hundred and fifty miles of street railways, or far more than all the other cities of France put together. A mountain digger in the dumps said he had no alternative from com mitting suicide except to get drunk on Oakland waisky. The judge said it was the most remarkable instance of 'going from bad to worse on record.

Mr G. Pearson, confectioner, &c, announces that lie has a number of specialities, for the New Year festivities. Tenders are invited for painting the Tirnaru Main School and the Master's house. A meeting of the South Canterbury Caledonian Society is convened for tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, for the transaction of business. The handicaps for the sports were being prepared this afternoon, and will be published tomorrow. As an instance of the ease with which the new Wood's binder can be managed, the local agent informs us that Mr Megson of Eakaia started cutting his crop with a new machine on Monday, and to use the words of an enthusiastic correspondent, " from the time tne team started themachine sailed into the crop, and worked all day without a single hitch, and did not make one ill tied sheet—it was just simply beautiful." Mr Megson is well known in South Canterbury, having been an early settler here.