S.C. JUBILEE HISTORY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 4

S.C. JUBILEE HISTORY.

Tho circular which has he-en issued hy tho South Canterbury " -JnSouvenir Commit' (hi " (the text of which was published in hist Thursday's issue of the "Ifora'd") should have p.ttraotod tlio fiiv<u;r:iMp attention of a pood projection of our readers. Tho circular seems to lully cxyir'in the aim and object, of the Committee, and t!;e prospectus which for;!!."; r.art of it proir-is's a hook tliat should li" reading for any mi':, and especially so to the older settlers and their dos- endnnts. The cost of tho edition will ho eoiv-iderabie. running into some- hundreds of pounds, and as th" probable market is not a wide one. it is n«"essary to publi-h the ',VO rk on tho i-:*ri;:3 which ;irc adopted fVi'ryujjf-ri.- m tho fj!so of works liki-lv to ;« linjit'.'fl rirr-vlr.tioTi. zh'\t :s. hy from the-- wh< t!rnltil" vvr.i-Ic oiiuht to he published. The Co!"»;in:ttr-ft tf'r] not p.ntir'ipr.to that- s::fH*: Huh-vrmtions could ho eov. ntc-d on it:j certainly to meet the cost of preparation and publication, but, the chairman, Mr Creieie. found a few gentlemen very willing to guarantee considerable sums to make up any def■ iency. This makes the venture appear quite h'.peful, for if the few were vr'">arod to multiply many times the "mount asked for from subscribers Tern-rally, there must- he a sufficient number of other', who would take enough interest in tho matter to give a sinrrle subscription, to make up the balance required, and more than this, to reliuve the guarantors of the responsibilities they so readily undertook. The Committee say that they are conf"l"nt that the g'ntleman who has undertaken to write the history will produce a volumo "worthy of the subject and of the occasion." If this cor.fid-' en"e is realised, the Jubilee souvenir History of South Canterbury ought to bo better worth 20s than many a hook which is sold at that price in Netv Zealand.