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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6383, 26 November 1890, Page 3

Mr B. Q-, Kerr announces in an advertisement that he will address the electors of Timaru at the Theatre Koyal on Thursday evening December 4th. Chinamen are to many Europeans so much alike, especially Ah Sin, that they “ cannot tell t’other from which." This appea-s to be the case also, to some extent, with their names, even when written in English. A Chinese defendant was called for in court to-day, successively as Ah Tin, Ah Ling, Ah Lim, and Ah Lum. Another instance of going from home to hear news of ourselves : —ln the anthropological section of the British Association a discussion occurred in regard to the traces of i the prehistoric civilisation in the Thames Valley, and it was attempted to be shown that evidence existed in even that remote part of a retrogression of civilisation, a strong but barbaric tribe having apparently overpowered a more cultured race, but lacked intelligence to benefit by the skill that the conquered tribe had acquired. This hypothesis was thought to savour of imagination. One gentleman, amid much laughter, adduced J as an example of known retrogression the casting aside of European clothes by natives of New Zealand, and another retorted that it was a question whether this was retrogression, and whether the natives of New Zealand wore not acting in accordance with the rules of their physical development. As already published, the nominators of Mr Hall-Jones as a candidate were Messrs Thompson and Schmidt, the builders. The nominators of Mr Kerr were Messrs M. Jonas, auctioneer, and Gt. E- Triggs, draper’s assistant; of Mr Twomey, Messrs Alexander Beck, farmer, Seadown, and Valentino Wilson, labourer, Timaru ; and of Mr Smithson, Messrs A. Mills, tinsmith, and J. Outhbert, produce merchant. The French law of compulsory division of lands has resulted in there being now in France 50/100 proprietors owning an average of 750 acres ; 500,000, an average of 75 acres; 5,000,000, of 7fc acres. There are 1,087,081 holdings in Prussia under 3|- acres ; between and 20 acres, 609,828; from 20 to 200 acres, 389,823, while in the whole Kingdom of Prussia there are only 1108 landowners liable to bo rated at £ISOO a year. Captain Horo says “ Stanley's methods seem to be very much the same as those of the Arab expedition, which he condemns so strongly. Sometimes he hired men, sometimes he pressed them ; sometimes ha bought food, sometimes he stole it. I really think that he does not properly understand the Natives. He managed to get into fights with tribes with which the missionaries were per fectly friendly. He always goes armed, which, as I told yon before, 1 think is not the best plan. Had he not brought Emin with him his last expedition would have been pronounced the most disastrous which ever penetrated Africa ; his loss was terribly heavy. He seeme always to [want to bring somebody out of Africa, and can't realise that a man may want to stay and go on with his work. He wanted to bring out Livingstone, but Livingstone would not have it. Ho wanted to bring out Emin and Maokay.” An American paper relates the following : —“ I paid a bill the other day,” said a large manufacturer, *' without a murmer, simply because of the way it was worded. My engineer found that his hot-water feed pipe would not work and after pottering at it for an hour sent for a machinist. He bothered with it half a day and concluded it must come apart. I was much annoyed, for that meant the stoppage of my factory for a long time. Before 1 gave the order to take it to pieces, someone suggested that a neighbouring engineer be sent for, as he was a sort of genius in the matter of machinery. Ho came, and after studying the pump awhile, betook a hammer and gave throe sharp raps over the valve. ‘I reckon she’ll go now,’he quietly said, and putting on steam ‘ she did go.’ The next day I received a bill from him for 25 do). 60 cents. The price amazed me, but when I had examined the items I drew a cheque at once. The bill read this way: ‘Messrs Blank and Co., Dr to John Smith. For fixing pump, 50 cents. For knowing how, 25 dole.’ Had ho charged me 85 dole. 50 cents for fixing the pump, I should have considered it exorbitant. But 50 cents was reasonable, and 1 recognised the value of knowledge, so I paid and said nothing." ,