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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5010, 18 May 1889, Page 3

At a sale of unclaimed goods at the Government Railway Station, Wellington, a 1 day or two ago, the curiosity of the cunning was excited with referenceto the contents of • a mysterious-looking sack. In duo time the 1 sack was put up and was knocked down to a particularly knowing individual for four shillings. The purchaser indignantly resisted , all efforts to find out his reason for buying the sack, and having unctuously stated tha* “Three pounds couldn’t buy it,” he thenceforth preserved a judicious and ostentatious silence. When ho left the station he was followed by a crowd partly envious and partly curious, of whom he took no cognisance, but proceeded through the lownjstnggering underneath the weight of unknown wealth. Having arrived at a suitable spot he put down the bag and cut it open. Ho then discovered that it contained neither jewels nor nuggets ; neither c'otbes of extra finish. What it did contain was bottles which had been used many years ago, and smelt accordingly. The Chinese 'earn to have different ideas from ours regarding tho relation of the dead to property they leave behind them. At the Dunedin City Court on llmrsday two Chinkies wore charged with keeping a gaming house. One of them when arrested said the place was not his, ho was only the manager for Meo Wah,—a Chinaman who is dead. Tho “ childlike and bland ” had another de- j fence and innocent explanation of the by-the-policeuntranslateable signs on a suspected gambling board and tickets. Through an interpreter ho said ho was a Chinese doctor, fortune-teller, and professional writer. He had two rooms at Mee Wab’s, and nil the things produced belonged to him (the accused 'lhe board was used for fortune-tell-ing and advising people in their actions in life. The characters on the tickets were about heaven, earth, sun, moon, stars, mountains, sea, and advice to children. He knew nothing of.tho game of pak-a pu, and board and tickets had nothing to do with any game. Defence disbelieved ; fined £2O or three months. China’s solitary railroad is eighty miles long and cost £IOOO a milo. It uses American 1 .'comotives. The noted quality of the Coffee made in the Gates of Turkey, France, and America is chiefly duo to the fact that only Fresh Boasted Coffee is used ; so that none of the volatile oil and other essentials are lost. Ask your grocer for Anderson’s Coffee, and you will have a beverage alike refreshing and stimulating, ns it is fresh roasted and ground at the factory, Timaru.—f A DVT.] 1

For Continuation op Reading Matter See Fourth Page. JN. 55. JES.siSi'ways. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. EXCURSION FARES TO D UNEDIT, AND CHRISTCHURCH. RACES AT DUNEDIN. Excursion tickets to Dunedin win be issued on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th May, at Temuka at 27s 6d first class, 20s second ; Timaru, Waimate, and Studholme at 25s first class, 18a second; and to Christchurch at Waimate and Studholme at-i26s first class, 19s second ; Timaru and Temuka 20s first class, 15s second. Saturday Return Tickets from any Station to any Station will also bo issued from the 22nd to the 251 h May. All these tickets will be available for return ill the 30th May. On the 24tb May the Evening Train from Timaru to Orari and Fairlie Creek will start at 5.35 p.m. and run 15 minutes later than Time-table times. Jk ttv©rfcifc*«smieiiL-£!s». FUNERAL NOTICE. HE FRIENDS of Mb G. W. Robinson late Mate of the Barque Kinclune, are respectifully invited to attend his funeral which will leave the Royal Hotel to-morrow, (Sunday) at 3 p.m. BY ORDER. War. NAPIER. Undertaker.

miMARU BAPTIST CHTJEOH. JL Eev. C. C. Brown. I TO-MORROW (SUNDAY) at 11 and 6 30. i MORNING-. — The Lord Jesus Christ, a man much-tried ond often troubled. “Ho himself hath suffered, being tempted.”—Hebrews ii. 18. EVENING.—-" The way to obtain pardon for sin, cleansing for guilt, health and cure for conscience.” —2 Kings v. 13. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, BARNARD STREET. SERVICES will be Conducted TO-MOR-ROW MORNING and EVENING by Rev. W. Woollabb. On FRIDAY NEXT, Queen's Birthday, the ANNUAL SOIREE will be hold in the Oddfellows’ Hull. Meeting in the Church after Tea. Addresses by Revs. Gillies, Marten, Austin, Brown, and Woollass. rHE ANNUAL BALL OF THE TIMARU NAVAL CORPS Will be held in the COLUMBIA RINK, ON MONDAY, MAY 27th. Double Tickets 7s 6:1. Refreshments Provided. Music by an Efficient String Band. Tickets can be had from Members of the Corps. Y. R. IN BANKRUPTCY. IN THE ESTATE OF JOHN McROBBIE, HAWKER, TIMARY. Tenders are invited for the BOOK DEBTS, Tenders close 20th Instant at NOON. W. C. BESWICK, Deputy Assignee. Y. R. IN BANKRUPTCY. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIMARU AND OAMARU (being a Local Court of Bankruptcy), HOLDEN AT TIMARU. In the matter of “ The Bankruptcy Act 1883," and of the various Acts amending the same, and of the Bankruptcy of Puiur Stratfokd, of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Oontraitor, a Bankrupt. ■RCTOTtCE is hereby given that the _Oi said PhUjTI I Sxuatfoed has this day been adjudicated a bankrupt in the eaid Court, the lirtt general meeting of the Creditors will bo held at my OUleo, North Road, Timuru, on WEDNESDAY, the 23nd day of May, 1886, at ill o’clock iu the forenoon. Dated this 16th day of Mav, 18S0. W. C. BESWICK, Deputy Assignee.