LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 26, 22 May 1876, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We beiieW a Wiic liiatdl M'S'.S Oil Saturday between the Iso. J ('i>m j>any ;ni«l y.i>. Company. A supper also fi>!h>wci 1. :nn! very pleasant evening was i spent. As the oiih-ers in charge did n*>t > think it w'nrlli while to e.\'tend the usual I o'Urt.-sy i'. 'l'rir. Mail iiiviriny our reporter. HO ;;iV tm.-ifto. give all account oi tile proceedings. Tl :e " Southland T'.mes says that in eon- j I <>f Lho dit'-ieulty of keeping down ' the number of rabbits, any kind ot decent arc i'.i u'reat demand. One ;-*tockrider t'-id us a few days ago that lie had solTl <>: d-'g.-: ihi- y. a:;d was thinking <>f going ! into breeding as p. novel indusiry. Our ! '.'HcfiiKliiv;".i readers, who seem to l>c over- ! i Uidvi'.cd With < 1 >r^i" : . Woll:d do well to take this. I The s.rlWing tvlegram, sent from the *' Hav/ke > J Say Jlera'd oliice appears in all toe Southern journals : "The consumers of iiv.-; complain of the price charged here —18s. oi. i„ r r l.Oiil) feet (cash) —and threaten to revert to ken-.-eiia unless a reduction is i.,=,!,-.•• V.V X;r,.ior Mercury") do imt give tlie ct:'d«:»ve to the rumour sks'.v current . pi V.V??:;!.%'i«'Si with pi-ct to Mr. Robert } N'rotti. :!;■■ ;::e;r.hcr for i hmedin. having been j i-o!ivei't«.! l>y the Ministerialist.-'. Mr. .Stout j ; • .*?. : young politician, and one who is . : <le t;;;cd to pl.-.y an important part in the poI future of Xew Zealand. To turn his i-i.'it now v.vuM Ic: his political ruin, even were the Attorney-Cenerniship of tlie Colony thy ''argument" employed to convince him of 'die iiws-ity (>f a change. no- ! v.vhM .-nit tiie I'rentier's book at pre- ! i.-.-nt s>citer than to obtain a convert of Mr. calibre. fl: ally the emigrant ships hound to this j.ort tsays the Auckland Herald ") are becoming notorious for their inibfott'.iue. Fir.;t v.-tf hear of the burning of the ill-fated C'os])at)'ick.. with lo.ss, by terrible death;;, of hundred.* of livcy : then the disniasting of the Hrodriek (,'a.stle 111 the Day of Biscay, and. lier return to Plymouth to relit, but now s.-.fo at thi'i port. 2\nw we learn that the j ;;':io w'sich left London on the 1 _'c!i of I'ebniary last, with 2SO innnigrants i for this port, was in collision two days after f v.itii an unknown foreign l;artjue oil tlie Isle j>i' V.'iuht. au'l ii;;s put into '.vith ii .;.; of bowsjii'it and gear, but fortunately without damage bt-lt.w water mark. The '• Home 011 the IJoliiug J'ec;>" liet'ivocn Loni'.o:i nu>l Auckland appear.? to be bc-?et with danger. ?-Ir*. Wiltshire 'iui.ihed her diriiciilt and trying of walking lot) miles in twentyfour hours on Saturday, the 13th inst., witli vat .'•!!ece.;s. Through the siiiall hours of Friday night arid Saturday morning, the lady eouiii'.ued iter nif>;ioton<ius and v.'ep.ry journey at a good rate of speed, but at about three a.in. : hc- put her ankle out, and, as a natural cons'.-jiieiice, was obliged to travel far more slowly. At ten a.iii. the pain had increased to -t'.c:i .1 degree that (he pedestrienne could let do more than two mile.; per hour. However. as the day grew older, .-he again res»:mc«t he'" average pace, and the visitor.?, who had been dropping in by.twos or threes, began to increase in number. At 7.30 p.m. the hall was idled by an excited and eager congregation of spectators, who watched with interest and heartily applauded the progress which the fair traveller was making. Mrs. WiKi-hire finished the 100 th mile at a little liefore eight o'clock, amidst the deafening cheers of an enthusiastic audience, and to show that she was not fatigued, continued her journey, eventually finishing atSJop.m.,

having completed , 102 mile 3, and having twenty minutes more to spare. The " Evening Post" says.:—"A resident in Te Aro a few days ago was surprised to find an old coat lying neatly folded up in his back-yard. He was still more surprised on examining it, to find a considerable sum of money in the pocket. He at once made enquiries for the ownership, and at length succeeded in tracing it conclusively to a navvy, who explained th.it he had been indulging rather freely in spirituous stimulants on the nit'ht previous to the discovery of the coat, aiul ' turned in ' at the yard in question under the impression it was his own bedroom. He awoke at daylight, finding it chilly, and staggering away, leaving his coat behind him, and when he became sober could not recollect the whereabouts of his night's lodging: "