Mr S. Salek, of the Asliburton Cycling Club, put up a" road record " on .Sunday, which does >;him credit, and which will also take a good deal to lowe/. He left Ashbur ton at 5.40 a.ni , arrived- at R-mgitata at 8.5, left again at 8.30, arrived at Geraldine 9.20, at Temuka at 10.18, and pulled up at the Melville corner, Timani, at 11.21 a.m., having done the journey of about sixty miles m the excellent time of five hours forty-one minutes, the actual riding time being five hours eleven minutes. At Orari a delay of about a quarter of an hour was occasioned on account; of the re-decking of the bridge causing Mr Salek to hove to push his bicycle across the river bed and to. wade-through the river, which makes the performance still better. The unformed road across the Rangitata Plains proved the worst part of the journey, nevertheless Mr Salek averaged about twelve miles an hour whilst riding. The nearer he got to Timaru the better became.the.going, the roads about Geraldine and Tehiuka just now being excellent. Several members of the Timaru Tourists' Club intended to meet Mr Salek and accom pany him to Timaru, but he had completed his journey hours before the hour they had fixed on came round, Mr J. Whelan, how ever, started early with the intention of meeting Mr Salek at Geraldine, but had only got to Arowhemui when the Ashburtonite came pedalling along. The pair then went on fast to Timaru, and Mr Whelan found it no easy task to act the "pacemaker." Rather a curious trial has just taken place m a French provincial law court. A news paper having published a list of the local Freemasons, they brought an action against it for libel, and the journal m question was condemned to the payment of £8 damages. It appears that a regular campaign is being fought m numerous localities m France against the members of the craft by their Roman Catholic opponents m many a politi cal contest. Freemasons m these depart ments now complain that their adversaries, not content with meeting their attacks with the ordinary weapons of party warfare, cry down their goods if they are m trade, and their abilities if they have embarked m a professional career. 