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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6246, 19 June 1890, Page 3

Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co., publish in another column the price list for the week of their ready made clothing department,which is well worthy of perusal. We were shown to-day in the harbour office, two capital photographs of the harbour by Mr Ferrier, the best we have seen, for the clear idea they give of the whole works. One was taken apparently from an uppor window off the Atlas Mill, the other from the cliff west of the north mole. Each takes in the whole harbour, and together would give strangers a very clear idea of what it is like. The half yearly meeting of the 1.0.0.F.M.U., Lodge was held last evening, when there was a moderate attendance, the K.Q-. Bro. W. Mather presiding. After the usual routine and ordinary business had been cleared the election of officers was taken and resulted as follows: —G.M., Bro. W. Mather ; N.G., Bro. P. Cullman ; V.G., Bro. F. Potts ; P. 9., Bro, E.W. Marshall (ro elected) ; Treas , Bro. J. Bilton (re-elected). The receipts for the evening were about £107; One candidate was initiated ; some others proposed did not turn up.

An instance of the old customs and ideas stilll remaining among the natives of Raratonga is recounted by Mr Banbury, the charterer of the Now Zealand schooner Sarah Pile. This vessel recently took the troop of Baratonga natives who had visited Auckland for the Jubilee celebrations to their island home, and on the voyage was beset by bead winds. The natives became alarmed at this and vowed that some “ Jonah ” was on board. A meeting of inquiry and inspection was hold amongst themselves when it was discovered that several of the dusky beauties bad presents of various kinds in their possession, such as silk handkerchiefs and other articles of personal adornment in which the feminine mind of the darkey as well as the pale face delights. They could not give any eatisfactory reason for their possession of these treasures, which were at once confiscated, tabooed, and thrown overboard as a propitiation to the wind god. Strange to relate, after this the passage was as favourable as could be wished for, and the Baratongans are convinced that they did the proper thing.