The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 120, 8 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

E la f>«r leader o: W a typogra- : phteaili erttnr the nmweof Mr. lUwth was men* ; tinned as lie;ng on the Ltctteing Bench, in- .' stead nf Mr. iferton. At. ttie Mttnklpal CVanctl laat evening the ' H»y<>r wa-3 afforded three opportunities of giving f«4 easting vote. On each occasion tub Worship Vf>:ed on the aisle trhtch atTnrded the' saiijeMts at fc*9tic an opportunity of I; ting farther the evening it locked very much as if an&ther long sitting woatd have to lie thmuktcd; hut better counsel prevailed, ami fctis twering etottd# on the iimmcipil hori-»w-r» f|«,te{ly disperaed. It b tnmsa&iy reported thai Sir ncr>rg<? »iet.y contemplates paying a vis»ife- t*» England lW the of bringing nndcr the no-tiee «f the British Government the Conititwfeional *wr»g done te> the Colony by the Vega I Administration. Tlw monthly nteeiing of the Mc* shank:.*" JftjfcctttCe was to have been held hut evtf tvinj. hat owing to there not be a s-ntTi-htimher to torin a ijttnntni, the meeting Eajwd. A meeting »if the numbers of the Prainstie C tu.fi, km hetd last evening at ths Koyal Hwtei. the ehw bjing occupied hy Mr. II R.if.tVt-. At'te * several matters of a routine nature IvaJ l»xa d«j»Ksl of, a dkoision t nni |itac« with regard to the date on vvhi h ths next performance of the Cltib ahonld tatte place. It was definitely settled thai entertainment* should be given on the Prince of Waltv* Itirthifoy and the following eveniug. Mr. i. Ikj. having tendered his resignation a> stag r-nj:i>rivjjr. sterns tcia?. the Club proc;ci_'(t toehjet bb suejs^jor, Mr. R. Lnnwdcn l»;;ng cfiusea to till tae vacant position. !>ai.tng a recent debate ia tha H«>H3e of Kaprwaeatativcs tsayj an exchange), an honorable mejttber tevexael the parable of the j

prodigal son, by referring to the General Government as a prodigal father with nine sons who were doing their best to prevent him wasting his means in riotous living. The Thames Advr.user, in alluding to the fact, refers to the nine sons as "nine sows.'' Of course the printers were to blame. The alteration of a letter by a typo sometimes produces a rather curious effect. A little while back, in the Dundee Adcerthser, Count Moltke wa< represented as having "died"' initead oi" " dined." In our own columns since that date the tinu honored exclamation, O Umpora '. O Mores! first of all appeared in type as " O tcmpora ! 0 Moses !" and the young gentleman who set that up did not hail f.oin the east end of London either. Lait week, alio, in this journal the " Commissioner of Public Wo; ks " appeared, before the proof was revised, as the " Commissioner of I'ublic Wurdrf." There would be rather a large number of members of the House eminently fitted for that l:ut appointment if it were made.

Amongit other little pleasantries to which wouid-oo legislators have to submit, the Melbourne r.jm retails the following The chaii man of an election meeting at Saudiidge, Victoria, r cently told those present, that if they had any questions to ask the candidate, they were to do so, and if he did not answer them r;ght, he would give him a suiaek in the eye. "It is to be presumed," say.- the journal in question, "that the aiuwer t-» ihe questions were right, as the t'nreated punishment did not take place." A writer in the /I op Jf'.til thus discoursed on the amenities ol eouncillorship : •• riie.v have asked me to become a councillor, and I tur.;e.l over quietly in my mind what were the duties arid advantages connects! with that position. In the first instance I was expected to address them oil municipal matters, and t j allow invoeli to be erojs-questioued, bullyragged and insulted by every larrikin that considered himself a free and independent elector. If I bore my humiliation meekly, and promised them everything they asked for, I should have a chance of being considered lit to represent the interest of about fifty ratepayers, everyone of whom hail dili'ereut views and notions, peculiarly his own, as to my duties I was expected to bear the honor meekly, to clo my duty impartially anl iiulepjiulsntly — tha interpretation of wh.eh I took to be that I was to It, e my time, to sacrifice my bininffi+ (if I li t I on;), o.L\i l roy friend-:, and most likely forty-nine out of the said fifty enlightened citizens. In return forthi; inestimable boon, 1 was to have the honor of sitting once a fortnight at the Council table of <Jneeintown, and t» leave my part in the deliberations of that sage body to the tender n ereies and lively imagination of the repf iter, I could not s-.ee il—ami declined.

Tiie Xr'ioit Tim -* says "Thereought to have been a marriage notice in our columns this morning, but it is held over lor this reason—The breakfast was prepared in Host Ji.anks best htUe ; the cake was a masterpiece of the confectioner's art; the horses, decked with white favors aud resplendent with new harness, were waiting to be put to ; and last, but not least, the bride —' Half smile?, ha'f tears, l;k; an April morn '—was re.idy to make the alarming sacriiics. The hour arrived, hut one essential was wanting —tlie bridegroom. Where was he? *'l here was irioutr i:ig 'mong Gnernes of the Netherby clan,' and a systematic search was ooinme tad The stable* wire visited, public were cs.vninc I— tin suggjjtion fiat the po »r in i i required Dutch Courage to :a;e the orded—hut all without avail. Hour after h»nr pa-Med away; the April aposarat!i.e of the bnde had ehangir I to a very wet anl wintry one; the cake remained untowehs>£ ; tlr; bridal baked meats were ready to coldly furnish forth an ordinary table; ami ere night the belief gained ground that the p->f>r craven bridegroom elect had left by the fawpo, and we hardlv know whether to rail at hint for his cowardice, or prai ;e hini for ji's conwv'ij sense. One thing is certain, the lady may he congratulated upon the loss of one who held h.r love in su.-h light esteem. For nbvjotn reisoiH we repress names, but if any pers-m or person* »vo«tl i liki a wedding cake af a lilieral reduction on cost, particulars will he supplied on application."