GERALDINE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4210, 11 October 1886, Page 2

GERALDINE.

-——- (FEOJI OUE OWJT COBBESPONDENT.) The Geraldine Wanderers' Football Club, having issued a challenge to play a team of fifteen all comers on Saturday afternoon last, were on the ground, hot as none of the latter turned up a scratch match was played off. A sitting of tbe Resident Magistrate's Court was belt} to-day. A report of tbe cases adjudicated up#n will appear {3 to-morrow evening’s issuer ' H ! ’(> An advertisement appears elsewhere to the effect that a brass axle cap has been loot on the main road between 'Mr Oohholl’y'c saddlery pstabjishment the Pleasant Valley road,' TWfiiSdOT’ili requested to leave the same; at the South Canterbury Times Agency in this towuship.

The monthly meeting of tho Geraldine Boad Board will be beld tomorrow.

Owing to the illness of the Bev. J. Preston, Incumbent of St. Mary’s JSpisdtfpal 1 Church here, the Eov, Mr Hamilton, of Tetnuka, undertook yestefii day’s duties of the Church. After morn, ing service bo administered the Holy Communion and the Sacrament ;of Baptism. Every member of the Church and also those of other denominations will, we feel sure, be sorry to learn that the rev. gentleman is completely prostrated with sciatica and tbeonjatism and is uoi able at the present time to tajre any part whatever in bisi parochial dutieo. He has beep relieved of'theta for-e.|apnth > or ep in cyder for hidT to pa)' 0 visit td'th® North Island and it is to be hoped that at the end of that time he will return restored to health.