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South Canterbury Times, Issue 3129, 13 April 1883, Page 3

The rachorses Mischief, Eadames, King of Clubs, Siesta, and Jack left Lyttelton yesterday to fulfil their engagements at the Auckland races.

The schooner Young Dick was towed out to sea by the tug this morning, when she sailed for Auckland with a cargo of oats and flour.

A man named George McAlister had his aim drawn into a flax-scutohing machine yesterday at Homebush, and it was badly fractured.

Attention is drawn to an advertisement giving full particulars Of the dedication ceremony of the Temuka Boman Catholic Church on Sunday next,

The newly-formed Boman Catholic Band has met with good financial success, nearly £7O having already been collected for the purchase of their instruments. They are inviting applications for a qualified instructor at a salary of £SO per year.

The number of members of the South Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association has increased from 318 to 1032 in the last eighteen months. Efforts are being made to start a branch of the Association at Ashburton.

At a meeting of the creditors of J. Oram Shepherd, held in Christchurch yesterday, a deed of composition, under which the debtor undertook to pay 10s in the £ in cash, and the balance in three years, was agreed to.

The young men belonging to Flemington and two to Temuka, were fined at the Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, yesterday for poaching. They pleaded that they were misled by the opening of the shooting season having been announced for March 20- , ™ - The body of the old sea dog Francis Drake, enclosed in a leaden coffin, was dropped into the sea off Puerto Cabello, in the West Indies. The British squadron on the North American station are about to visit the place, and Vice'Admiral Sir John Commerell is said to have taken np a suggestion that an attempt should be made to recover the remains.

Messrs Miles, Arcder and Co., held a large sale of town and suburban properties, at their auction rooms, this afternoon. The bidding fox the town properties did not reach the reserves, and they were not sold. The suburban residence lately occupied by Mr T. Roberts, was knocked down to Mr M. J. Godby, the present occupant of the property, for £1650 cash. A number of persons are in private treaty for the other properties.

At the Harbor Board meeting yesterday Mr A. White wrote in reference to injury done to the Board’s, hawsers by his vessel, the Ganymede, contending the injury had t een caused by unskilfulness of the Harbormaster in mooring her. He forwarded a diagram showing the position of the hawsers. It appeared the Harbormaster had denied that the vessel was moored as represented in the diagram. In reference to this several members referred to the complaints against the Harbormaster Which had appeared in the public prints. After some discussion the matter dropped.

The monthly meeting of the St Andrew’s School Committee was held on Monday, April 9, The members present were Messrs D. StoweU (chairman), Sturrook, Gagne, Murray, Williams, and Newell. The Chairman reported having written to the Board of Education re the Inspector’s report for 1882, but had received no reply. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by the Committee at the delay of the Inspector in sending in his report. A member gave notice that at next meeting of the Committee he would move—“ That the Church of England Creed and other religious cards be removed from the walls of the School, and secular tablets obtained in their place.”