Short time scale photometric properties of eight faint Cataclysmic Variable ( CV ) stars are presented .
Nova Carinae 1895 ( RS Car ) has a photometric modulation at 1.977 h which could be either an orbital or a superhump period .
Nova Carinae 1948 ( V365 Car ) shows flickering , but any orbital modulation has a period in excess of 6 h. The nova-like variable and X-ray source V436 Car has an orbital modulation at P _ { orb } = 4.207 h , no detectable period near 2.67 h ( which had previously given it a possible intermediate polar classification ) , and Dwarf Nova Oscillations ( DNOs ) at \sim 40 s. Nova Crucis 1936 ( AP Cru ) has a double humped ellipsoidal modulation at P _ { orb } = 5.12 h and a stable modulation at 1837 s characteristic of an intermediate polar .
Nova Chamaeleontis 1953 ( RR Cha ) is an ecliping system with P _ { orb } = 3.362 h , but at times shows negative superhumps at 3.271 h and positive superhumps at 3.466 h. In addition it has a stable period at 1950 s , characteristic of an intermediate polar .
BI Ori is a dwarf nova which we observed at quiescence and outburst without detecting any orbital modulation .
CM Phe is a nova-like variable for which we confirm Hoard , Wachter & Kim-Quijano ’ s ( 2001 ) value of P _ { orb } = 6.454 h. We have identified the remnant of Nova Saggitarii 1931 ( V522 Sgr ) with a flickering source \sim 2.2 mag fainter than the previously proposed candidate ( which we find to be non-variable ) .