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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3108, 19 March 1883, Page 3

The annual meeting of the S.C. Football Club, will take place at the Royal Hot jl, to-morrow evening. Mr Milner Stephen, the great healer, arrived to-lay by Express train from Christ ihurch, and was immediately beseiged by a number of persons anxious to avail themselves of his services. The Boston Spiritualists have started and endowed a new university for the purpose, says the “ Charter” —“ of an improved system of education for the developement of the moral, intellectual industrial, and vital capacities and character of persons all ages, the cultivation of science, art, literature, and ethics, by investigation and propagation of knowledge and the preparation of pupils for all honorable vocations.” It is to start with three colleges or departments.— 1, therapeutics ; 2, general culture ; 3, industry. Other departments are to be added from time to time. Healing a la Milner Stephen is to be taught. Professor Buchanan, who has considerable experience in collegiate duties, has been chosen president. His assistr uts comprise men of known probity and ability in educational matters and the general sciences.

The Dunedin “Herald” says:—“We have received a very sensational telegram from a correspondent ‘up North.’ According to his advices, the Ministry have determined to get rid of Messrs Rolleston and Dick; Mr Whittaker talks of resigning; Mr Bryce is meddling in the Waikato at Jackson’s instigation; and the Ministry generally are all at sixes and sevens, consequent upon a big row in the Cabinet* This, of course, is very dreadful news, and we should hesitate to give it credence were it not that. the gentleman wh ) has forwarded it usually obtains very early intimation when anything goes wrong with our rulers. But nous verrons .’’

It has been reported to ns (“Waipawa Mail,” March 2) that another gigantic and fraudulent “ job ” has taken place. It is said that Messrs Whittaker and Bussell have •* acquired ” a block of native land 1,0CJ,000 acres in extent, bordering on Kawhia.and between that place and Taupo, at the ridiculous price of from lOd to 2d per acre. It is further stated, though the statement seems, and ought to be, incredible, that a well-known Native Lands Court Judge, receiving a yearly salary from the Government of nearly £IC.O, and bound by his position to be continuaPy adjudicating upon native lands, is also in receipt of £IO3O per year from Messrs Whittaker and Bnsse’l to watch the interests of the latter in native land speculations, We sincerely hope the report will turn out to be ill-founded, although we are bound to confess that our hopes are not sanguine enough to confer any great degree of confidence. If this “ job ” has taken place, it does not need a very acute intellect to discern the bearing it probably had on the pardon of Te Kooti. The Mr Whitaker alluded to is not, we believe, the Premier himself, but his son, and the Mr Kustell, Mr T. Russell, of the Bank of Now Zealand. We smcerely hope, for the credit of the country, nd for the prospects of the rising generation, that tbe report may turn out to be without foundation.

A correspondent sends the Ballarat “Star" the following Cure for Cancer.—Two ounces of sulphur, half an ounce of quicksilver, one ounce cream of tartar, half an oiince of saltpetre, put into a pint of molasses, stir well; take a tablespoonful before going to bed each night. For outside application—One bottle of British oil, one ounce of red precipitate. The sulphur and quicksilver must be thoroughly mixed for a long time in a mortar, and the other ingredients added. I wish every paper in the land would publish this, so that in after years I could have the satisfaction of knowing that many had been saved from horrible suffering and death by its use.’’ ■ -

The first meeting of the Grand Lodge, I 0.0 .F., will be held in the Sophia street Hall, this evening. Mr W. H. B. Pinching, a chemist at Eaiapoi, has been missing from his home since the 12th instant, and notwithstanding that his family have advertised for information respecting him,and search has teen made, but nothing has been heard of him.