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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8131, 15 January 1895, Page 3

Messrs Thomson, drapers, have a fresh advertisement in this issue. Particulars of dog registration for the Levels county are given in our advertising columns. In the Gazette of January 10th appears the following alteration in the scale of charges in force upon the railways : “Hurunui-Bluff Section, Class H—Wool etc., undumped, from Washdyke and Refrigerating Siding Timaru, to Timaru, will be charged 8d per bale.” A sitting of the District Court will be held to-morrow. J. Costigan will be called up for public examination ; and J. Richmond to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt for not paying over moneys as ordered. The following paragraph relating to “conscience money ” is taken from a recent Gazette'. —“The Treasury, Wellington, 9th January, 1895 —The Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt pf the sum of £2 10s from an anonymous person, the money being contained in an envelope addressed to the Receiver-General.—J. B. Heywood, Receiver-General.” The Temple of Truth, Christchurch, is to be sold by auction next week “by order of the mortgagees,” subject to the lease to Mr A. B. Worthington. The auctioneers describe the temple as one of the most perfect of modern buildings. Its acoustic properties are unsurpassed in the Australasian colonies. The building is 113 feet long, 64 feet wide. The auditorium is 97 feet long, by 60 feet wide, and 34 feet high. For any public purposes, its situation is simply unique. The annual distribution of prizes in connection with St. Saviour’s Sunday School, Temuka, took place on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a few of the j parents and friends. The prizes were! presented by Mr Robert Pinckney, the! superintendent, who delivered a brief address, in the course of which he announced that a different system of marking would be adopted for the ensuing year proportionately more marks being given for class'work. The following is the prize list: —Standard Vl. Annie Mcßratney, John Beeby, L. Hobbs. V.—Edie Oliver, Eliza Boulter, E. Edgar, W. Mcßartney, 0. Neville, A. Claridge. IV.—Amy Nicholas, Mary Mehrtens, Maggie Edgar, H. Lee, J. Bertie, J. Edgar. lll.—Amy Hooper, Emily Hooper, C. Boulton, A, Surridge, J. Lee. ll.—Lizzie Mehrtens, Maud Radford, Ella Nicholas, Lily Lee, Ellen Goodeve, Annie Edgar, A. Claridge, F. Davey, A. Larcombe, W. Surridge J.

Binley and H. Boulter. I—Beatrice, Gertie and Ida Nicholas, Marion Whitehead, Lily Hooper, Annie Larcombe, Bertha Davey, Mary Binley; F. Mcßratney, W. Larcombe, G. Proudlock, G. Lee, F. Coira, C. Hooper, and H. Clinch. Sander and Son's Eucalypti Extract.— (Advt). The Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Siamese, and North American Indians are beardless. "Those dogs of mine are splendidly bred. They are Al. " " You mean K 9, I suppose."