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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6750, 3 February 1892, Page 3

Another hot and calm day has favoured the farmers harvesting. Mr A. Bojle has resigned his position of starter to the Canterbury Jockey Club. The committee of the club passed a resolution thanking Mr Boyle for his services, and recognising his abilities as a starter. f Jhe sea was very calm to-day and the diver Collis was down examining the bottom along the Moody wharf. The Taniwha was at work on the same side, and making very slow work in digging up the hard-set red gravel that underlies the sea sand.

A man named Keario, wanted at Monaia on a charge of assaulting a neighbour, is missing. He left letters to his wife and brothers saying that ho was going to meet bis death, and leaving a signed cheque for his balance in the Bank. Search parties have found no tracs of him. Ihere are three vacancies on the Oamaru Harbour Board, but there is a difficulty in filling the positions owing to what ha? lately arisen in respect to financial matters. The North Otago Times understands that the falling off in the Board’s revenue at the port last year os compared with the previous year is something over £3OOO.

The quarterly meeting of the Wai Lodge, No. 68, 1.0.0. G T., was held last evening at the Presbyterian Church, Cullmantown, Bro. B. W. Marshall, P.0.T., presiding. After the usual business had been transacted and quarterly reports read, the election of officers took place with the following result: —O.T., Bro. Arthur Williams; Y.T., Sis. J. Miller j P.C.T., Bro. B. W. Marshall; Chaplain, Sis* S. McOnllough 5 Secretary, Bro A. Mills ; F. Secretary, Sis. Travis 5 Treasurer, Bro. W. J. McCullough ; Marshall, Bro. E. W. Marshall, junr.; Guard, Bro. Richards. Bro. A.Mills, L.D., installed the officers, Bro. Finch assisting as J.M., and Bis- Peake as J D.M, The lodge then went into harmony, when Si>. McCullough, Peake and Gardner contributed several items, as did also Bros. A. Williams and Finch. Communications respecting the juvenile concert and “ Sods and Daughters of Temperance ” were dealt with, after which a vote of thanks to installing officers and visitors was passed, and being responded to, the lodge was closed by the new O.T, at 10 p.m.

Miss Beatrice Potter says the evils known as sweating prevail almost entirely in those industries which had escaped effective regulation by law. This mass of poverty was not due to over-population, for wealth was produced in abundance. Nor was it due to lack of employment, for whole sections of the community were shockingly overworked. But it was a ease of wrong population and wrong employment. The scandal arising from the discovery of adulterated flour at Bt. Petersburg, says a despatch of Dec. 28, is apt to make trouble for a largo cumber of people. A consignment that comprised 300,000 poods (7,800,000 English pounds) of barley flour was purchased from dealers in Liban, whh a view to regulating the prices of wheat in the St. Petersburg market, as well cs to afford relief to famine sufferers. Investigation proved that the entire consignment was adulterated with chalk dust and other substances. These adulterations comprised such a large proportion of the consignment that the use of the alleged flour would conititute a very dangerous menace to the health if not to the lives of thoee who partook of it Bpeaking of the gigantic fraud, the Novae Vremya remarks, 4t If such frauds can be perpetrated in the capital of the Empire, the appalling account of similar crimes in the famine-stricken provinces cannot be over estimated

Ask your grocer for Hyslop’s Pure Ceflon Tea in lead packets ; there is nothing to equal it.— £Advt [1

During January 37 births, 6 deaths and 2 marriages were registered at the Timaru office

The concert to-morrow night, in aid of the fund of the Juvenile Templars* picnic, promises to be a success. From the programme published in another column it will be seen that the committee have spared no pains to secure the best local talent. Among the various items we notice one of which mention was made in these columns yestesday, viz., “ The Scottish Emigrant,” which being an entirely local production is sure to attract attention. We hope the financial result will be such as the splendid programme is really worthy of.