The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 43, 10 June 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Electoral Revision Court District of Waitaki was h«ld this morning at the B.M. Court, before TV. Hodgkins, Esq., Revising Officer. The objections were .very few in number, and principally of a formal nature. Owing to the Municipal Roll of Hampden not having been forwarded, the Registration Olhcer, of coarse, was not able to deal with it.

The Traffic Manager informs us that from to-day single tickets will be issued for all stations on theWaitaki line and branches, available for the return journey on the following Monday. This arrangement will give general satisfaction, and we feel sure that the travelling public will not be slow in availing themselves of the benefits offered by this concession on the part of the railway authorities.

A meeting of the Waiareka Relief Fund Committee was held last night at the Star and Garter Hotel. There were about a. dozen gentlemen present, Mr. T. TV. Hislop being voted to the chair. The sum of £595 10s. lid. is lodged in the Bank, and it was stated that the donations promised would bring the total up to £7Bl ss. sd. Several other lists have yet to come in, and after a committee had been appointed to report to a general meeting of subscribers, to be held at an early date, the meeting adjourned. The Queen's Star Variety Company gave a a benefit performance last night, at the Masonic Hall, in aid of the Waiareka Relief Fond. The attendance was not large, but we understand a number of persons purchased ttclets who did not attend the entertainment. The amount realised on behalf of the fund is £3 10s.

The prospectus of the Oamara Permanent Bntldijig Society appears in our advertising columns. It speaks well for the progress of this enterprising community, when a second society of the above character can be so successfully floated.

A meeting of the Standing Committer of The Oamaro Harbour Board was held yejjferday at noon, after which a special meeting of the Board took place in Committee, the representatives of thft Press, of course, not being present. We wonld suggest to the Municipal Council the desirability of having a crossing laid from the National Bankvto the Post and Telegraph Offices. In the present filthy state of Thames-street, it i* no pleasant task to have to cross the road* A short gravelled path from the corner of the bridge to the Post Office wonld also be greatly appreciated by pedestrians. We notice that there is a kind of a crossing tolfc&B|teaident Magistrate's Court, and surely the traffic to the Post Office is greater, and therefore a crossing is more urgently required. Tallennan's colonial preserved meat in the London market will now have to contend with opposition of America, as the following telegram from New York, dated April 15,' will show:—"An experiment by several parties of exporting American beef to English markets has met with success. The time occupied in the transit between New York and London has been from thirteen to fifteen days. Consignments are forwarded almost every week, and sometimes oftener. The beef is placed in refrigerators, and arrives oat in prime condition. On all hands it is conceded that the success of the experiments now making will open np a new and extensive market for American beef, and prove no less profitable to the farmers of the West, than to the dealers and shippers of the metropolis." A Melbourne cablegram dated Friday informs us that the celebrated English horse Gang Forward has arrived at Adelaide, fclt seems to me {says the " Intelligent Vagrant ") that Sir Grey is making a great deal of unnecessary fuss, asking the permission of the Governor to use her Majesty's name, and in fact the names of many distinguished people, in order to support his efforts to obtain justice for the world, and to give everybody everything. In order to save him further trouble, I have written to him, giving him foil permission to use my name in con-

nectionwith anything he maybe doing, in the sure and certain hope that it will be quite as useful to him as that of her Most Gracious Majesty. At holiday times (remarks the " Kyneton Observer"), and especially since the extension of our lines, people present themselves at the railway stations the amusing simplicity of whose mariner plainly indicates how little accustomed they are to making journeys by raiL During the recent Easter holidays one old lady presented herself at the window of the Kyneton station, and asked for a ticket for Melbourne. " Single, ma'am?" "Bad luck to ye," was the very unexpected reply. "" Sure I'm a widdy, and the mother, of seven !" and it was not without some difficulty that Mr. Sinclair could make his visiter understand that instead of asking an impertinent question as to her condition in life, he was only desirous of ascertaining what description of ticket she required.-HTWe think we saw this joke in London "Punch" [fifteen years ago.—Ed. E.M.]

"Pegasus," a sporting contributor to the "Star," supplies the following items : —"The Croydon Grand International Hurdle Race, of 500 sovs, was wonjby Mr. Ennis's Ingomar, 4 yra, lOst. 41b., beating nineteen others. Ingomar started first favourite at 7to 1. On the following day the United Kingdom Steeplechase was won by. Mr. John Nightingale's Shifnal, aged, lOst. 121b., who started a hot favourite at 9to 4. The time for the latter race, four miles, was 9min. 4sec. The Bristol City Grand Annual was won by Mr? G. Brown's Palm, aged, 12st. 31b., and on the third day of the same meeting the Royal Steeplechase was landed by Little Tom, aged, 103t. 91b. The winner is the property of Mr. Gomm, owner of the notorious.Fraulein. The Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, o 500 sovs, was won by Captain MachelTs Regal, by Saunterer—Regalia, 5 yrs, list. 3fb., bejjfting nineteen others. Mr. Gomm's Congress was only a short neck behind, Mr. J. Nightingale's Shifnal third. The three placed horses started at 25 to 1, 25 to 1, and 33 to 1 'respectively. Captain MachelTs Chandos being first favourite at 100 to 30." It seeems there is likely to be some difficulty in regard to the appearance of Mdlle. De Mureka in Wellington. She wants to give six concerts there on alternate nights, commencing on the 15th or 16th July, and negotiations have been going on for some time to lease the Oddfellows' Hall for a fortnight. These, however, were not concluded when another more advantageous offer was made and closed-with. . The De Murska Company are therefore shut out from the Hall. A Northern paper has the. following : The Maoris, it is said, are dying off very fast in the Mokau district. One or two die daily-