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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6238, 10 June 1890, Page 3

Another norVes,ter to-day. Where has our I winter gone to ? Has Jack Frost gone on strike ? A dinner was given in London recently to Mr Munro, a distinguished member of the Victorian Parliament, and the menu cards boro the inscription : “ Dinner to the Hon J. Munro, of Victoria, How South Wales.” Mr Orbeil told the Levels Road Board members to-day that the Government were now laying out a village settlement at Upper Paroora on a spot which, he declared, was so broken and steep that a man could not lead a horse over it. Some of the faces were as steep as a house. Of course there was a bit of flat with it, but that did not make the rough ground any better. This is the usual thing. In the eyes of the Land Department anything is good enough for small settlers. The s.s. Tekapo completed her loading about ten o’clock last night, but was delayed in starting a couple of hours by a slight accident to one of the boilers, one of the crown stays giving way. The boiler had to be blown out, and the roar of this operation was heard far over the town in the stillness of the night. The necessary . repairs were soon effected and the steamer then proceeded northwards to fill up at Lyttelton and Wellington for New South Wales. Among the imports for 1888 9 is one item that ought to be reduced and kept down as much as possible, No less than £31,000 worth of patent’medioines were imported ! The Legislature recognised the advisability of discouraging the importation of these things, —many or moat of them the merest rubbish—by putting on a duty of 25 per cent. This however, it is plain is no deterrent. The best J and only way to reduce the out-go for patent j remedies is to make them here in the colony, j and we are glad to know that Mr 9. Slesingor of Dunedin is doing his best and doing much in that direction. Mr Slesinger’s various remedies for man and his fourfooted friends are now well-known, and he must be helping not a k little to “ keep the money in the country." 0. A. Wray Esq E.M. presided at the civil sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. Judgment went by , default in the following cases : —Woollcombe and Olulee v. G. Priest, claim £6 ; W. Ziesler v. A. McLaughlin claim £lO 5s ; W. H. Foden v. J. Taylor, claim £lO 12s 6d, judgment summons; order made to pay 12s 6d per month. A couple of other cases were adjourned, and the court rose at 11.10 a.m. The port of Timaru looked busier to-day { than it has done for a good while—though it g has been nearly as busy lately—with two * barques and four Union steamers at the wharves, and a ship at the buoys. To add to these were a schooner sailing out and a barque and a smaller vessel, some miles out, working their way in. Last night when the two steamers Tekapo and Wakalipu were ■ working after dark with three or four flare lights for each hatch, supported by tho vajious lights of other shipping, tho main wharf * presented from a favourable point of view a ( really brilliant scene. i It is stated (says the Sydney Morning j Herald) that the falling off in the coal trade of Newcastle is so marked that both the j miners and storekeepers regard with dismay the position of affairs, flhere are many of the very large steamers whieh now load solely southern coal.’ As was pointed out some time ago a considerable margin is left in favour of tho southern coal whore largo cargoes are concerned. The manager of one line of big carriers reckoned that close upon £2OO was saved upon a single cargo as compared with the Newcastle coal, and this was c not taking into the calculation tho cost of g shifting ports. If that be so, if a large £ steamer can be loaded in Sydney with coal from the southern mines for £2OO less than • would be paid were she sent to Newcastle for ; her cargo, it is no wonder fewer steamers j employed in the foreign trade find their way - to Newcastle. Our correspondent says that rumours are about that a reduction is likely to be made in the prices of coal at the port of Newcastle.

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