The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1876 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 53, 22 June 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1876 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Although the juvenile messenger;* of the TWtjgraph Ptsparfcmenfc have t'or some time fc*«l "Wearing the fiesuWressest with trhteh th«rjf fe»ve twsen provided. to-day hast heen first *t»y en whiefo they have appeared ilk full Boutaxae. The cap intended t'er ordi-

naiy wear has anything hut an attractive appearance, and forcibly reminds one of the improvised pasteboard concerns donnecl at Christmas pantomimes. This delect is, however, not noticed when it is covered with the oilskin intended for broken weather. The overcoat* provided are not only of the ho't water-pn>ut materia!, but being adorned with most imposing-looking buttons, bearing the initials of the Department, impart a semt-mititary air to their juvenile wearers), so that one is apt to look tor the orthodox " paternal sabre." e believe the outfit will embrace large oilskin capes, the whole b, ; i»g gr.ittritoHsiy given to the messengers while in the employ of the Department. to be [landed over, however, on lea\-

A meetiffo- «>:" •Itrvct'H* »f the First Damans I'ermanerit r.nit'iin- Sor-ietv was held on the i*>th instant, when trie rules of the society were read and approved, and the seeretar} was instructed to get them registered under the So € teti--s' Ordinance. Mr. Satnttel titbf.s was elected president of the society, and the tiivt meeting tor the receipt ».f suhsi'i'ipttosw was tixud tor the -ith of July nest.

The London Mnsie ffatl proprietors do not seetn verv jartiettlar as t-> the prfee and »ia»tity "t the anutsements they provide 10; thei. supporters. Our readers will recollect the psucU-abrs we |««bti-hed a few days since „e the diat.olKv.l penetrated by a mart named I't-dv. at Maekbnrn, on a little ~- tr t ;4oven year; old.. It will be remembered that the police for a long time were nr.suctessfit.l in tracing the mur-tercr: but it moj at last accomplished by the a.d of a bloodfioun.L This dog belongs to Mr. Parkinson, tamp and ml iwrchant, of Preston, who had tent the d"g to several per-o:ts. Finding that it was being exhibited at liiackburn, he went there and took po".ses.?ion of it. >evera! extraordinary oilers ftave been mnde foi the tlou'- One person ottered for it, ~wd the proprietor of a imtsic-!iall in a subnrb London made a special jourm-v Eo proton to bny it. He tirst ottered €_•>.) for the animal, and afterwards proposed to write out a t '[i-tiite at once for ColKl. r - I'artin-ott refused eveti this ofler, and ihen the mu-b-hall proprietor ottered to give him t v {t'i<) and all expenses if he and layW wnlllil extuHt the animal at the music-hail for a fortnight- This otler was also refused, t!ie owner intending that the d»»g shall be exhi*'s alt'l tilt? tTinfUTV* t ( » the Eri.Ui'u% '»» Holland anfl the xvit'c *>t : ttw munltnxr. flotuantie m >itrtship-i are not tolci-ated in Auckand. The local papers .-tate that a voium" spark, named Thofnaa M'Leaiy. got forty ••■•iu'ht. hours' {tnprisomnent for a ii"ctvrniat visit to his lair one, a Servant at tin* i:.-,gte Hotel, and si'-ter of the landlady. He had u'Hned aei-es,ti t'* the window b\ a ladder. ; but in leaving vras pounced on by a police-

ftutn. The " Inte'tigent Vagrant" writ-* :—"lt i,.. the fashion to t»-tl ludicrous stories «f the t.liip.;/-j that £».'s»6fenu'ti «l»> when they lii.iiH'' v. ith «m»ty picket* and plenty <-i spirit.* in their .• Hut I .t.. not think th.it I ever heard ot' hvtter than what young f';v»tman tti*l at halt-fast live o'clock «m E'riiby morning. On that oeeasion he tow fnßtul in the »trawiug-r«»m hl-t own hnti.se, landing tat'ore the gla** on the ehtnmey|>iec*'. and trying to hang his overcoat up on the reflection of hi* own nos-c."

1 The "Trihtine" draw.s attention to the fact that there f«f l»«en no Justice ot the Peace iti Watmatc for a tortiiight, and tvstw of ».<i many as two tlnzeK «loetunents awaiting signature. There is not. we helievc, another (dace in the Colony ot the same iinpirtanec as Watmate in such a nice tix. It is not often that wc can coincide with any remarks made t>y Mr. J. IJ. S. ilrant. hut it» hi.t comment;* oh the < Uago l niversity, which appears in a letter to the Kditorot the *• Southland Times." wcar».rinclined to think there t-t truth. The writer .-ay.s :—"The

wasteful expendttttre of the pui.iic iftmds t»y ottr Provincial magnates is a flagrant *:n, and of otin .■*' >-e,*,; !>' r I Professors* are featuring, or pretending to lecture, to one sttt«lent! Just fancy, fUtlO a-year for one Otago solitary scaretrow of .1 .student The institution c.-it.s c.-.ti()o annßatly. After tive ycaiy of exEsteEiec. we have got elapse* with f>nly one stß'tent. U'Eiy. tfie lecturers cannot begin their prelections in the aeartemie ttyle tints Ttenttcmcn, ' &e. Sale.

Sharul. and Maegregor, it is rumoured, have mp*ested additional item* to their wlariw, a.:> tfure we n»> student-*, and tltc-y cannot tivt? upon SfWO a-year each. T«'« «»t them never had £"><> tn their lite at home. I:, as hub of ttif representatives of Dtuiedin t"M me. thev hr.il a sense «>f shame ami matiline?.-. thev wmttd long ago have resigned. a* thoy HUWC have yeuii that their serviec-s are Ji-»t appreciated. and that they are simply pensitur.er.i on the ptttdu*.

ft U notified that a meeting ot t. ► the Wabr. ka I'vtief Fond will lie held at the Star and < larter Hotel thin evening, at eight oVln'k sharp. "The attention <>t v.dftnteon i*t directed to an order wtueh appears in our advertising eotitmn*.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Munkipal Council will take place this even-