The Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOV. 6, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 170, 6 November 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

MONDAY, NOV. 6, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Vvot'iM are ehin:>\;i-nda 4r.>;> ink Mm? a Chough f. m;vr ptfwlws t£i&s rcuike* fchrak. "

In another clun.t; the programme of the M»ft»ter FVte and C?-rn;val trill bo found, .from whit-Li it v.,Li tie that a m->;<t #(• tractive day's sport lta«! been prepared. Hie tut of prl.-es tvs notice has undergone a com* pteta revision. ami the Inilk runt has beet? fttxsher sfippt'-meßtt'd t»> the extent «t ebv.e wpott £2<>. f\>r in-tteufs. f»- Climbing th ■ Cttviisy rvfo. t\<r which a of wa-. (;.> P>y award'jd, a pri;;a r>i i.''J LJ ottered : and the firijru fuuy will - tike stfJim instead et' a petis.«e, a..i t>rigin"dly intended. Apr-*jK>-< t>£ tUU particular c»nte..t, we are given i-> r;tider»faud that a wtd!-kru>w;i Paicrfarttilh*. ti [it> hj.« li ii'l ♦!'":» v .-»tte rxperienej to the extent ti£ some twenty-two olive branche--*, has kindly consented t«> act a* judge on the occasion, and as ho will not have an exhibit himself for the prises, the public may rest assured his vast experience will not, therefore, be biased for private reasons, and r.a impartial judgment rnay be l-iokcl for. V\ e have been u;f.?rm*d that the whole arrangements have been taken in hand by a well-known caterer, whose nam', if a s:utti>, tent guarantee that the programme wilt t« carried out in its integrity, ami that the g-Mitfemnn ta sparing no expense to make the Fete a genuine rnc««aa. wpward.-t of £IOO being expended t.> that end already. The hTtJinesa of the Pofiee Court this morning «.m u»t »f a very cumbrous character, beta? nvrvty prosecutions by the Inspeetor oc NniHanc&s against several residents pt the town for allowing cattle to be at large. Fur that offtn«:e, t!re following persons were fine*! t —Arthur Denton. out horse, 2.3. (id. ; 3En*. M'Mttrtris\ one c»«-, -is.; i'obcrt Smart, the same nmnitnt: and James May, for a wandering heifer, -i. (M. An assault ease w.i». with tire permission of the Court, withdrawn.

Ast the eleven oVloefe train from Mocraki w;v. eroding TharnwHatreet this morning, the engine eatued one of tares horses yoked to a cart to take fright, and in the space of about one moment, it had got the haniean chain 3 so entwined about its lega jss to eattae a capsize. In sttsch a mare were the harness anil geir, that, aa the animal lay upon the ground, it forcibly reminded one of the Hon in the snare* of the net, while thus friendly mouse i.-» juioling htm frea. F«rtni»tcly lor the driver, the town".-' representatives were in conceive at the: Council Chambers, and a number of Municipal volunteers rushed to the rescue, and extricated the animal from hia disagreeable situation, the only damage received being a good scare to the man in charge.

The Telegraph Department notify that the telegrams for Australia per the Albion, will W received for transmission to the Blttff at Oamartt rap to eleven o'clock to-mcrrow. The I'ttfyn in alluding to a funeral j which lately took placo in that locality, j says r—" Ths greatest credit is dnj to t!i jsc ! who took part ia the proceeding*." The re- | mark reminds tu of one made by a bereaved Eenetlict, who wad following the funeral cor-

Ujt of hi 3 deceased spouse, and the pace being somewhat above the ordinary funeral step, requested, the driver to "To take it c.v>y ; as there was no use in making a toil of | a pleasure." | Leg-' must he expensive in Wellington, t time-ago a coach in that province was | capsize! in a gale of wind, and an architect [ named Tax ward had Isis'eg broken. He has ' sh.ee served the coach proprietor with a writ I for £s,o'):) daniag;s. Taking Mr. Toxward's j limbs all round at the sanje price, he must be a very valuable piece of mechanism. We have to acknowledge the first number of the Xtir Zrctl'iit'l Tempirona Tirtvs. As its name indicates, the Tinus is published in the advocacy of temperance principles, for which purpose the good-will of the Lih"mior has been purchased by a company, aud that journal has been incorporated with the TiitiKi. The present is a great improvement upon the late orgnu of the Good Templars, and as we believe Mr. Iloopcr is still to fill the editorial chair, there can be little doubt the crus.vlc waged by that gentleman in the past wilt he maintained with equal vigor in the future. " Frozen Colonial Beer in Blocks" is surely a novelty. ".Egles," in the AuMmlmian, writes;:—" The Kneyelopu-dia Britannica is not a book usually resorted to as a lively work of fiction. There are, perhaps, no volumes, for which inspiration is not claimed, so completely relied upon. And when I read the following in the article on "Brewing," in the new edition (vol. IV., p. 265), I began to \»onrk-r how it was that I had been so long ignorant of the interesting fact there chronicled : —' At the present day the brewing trade has rea-.-hed vast proportions in Cheat Britain. It would appear that its extent has now attained the maximum ; the quantity produced tor export is likely to decline, as mo.nt of the colonies are beginning to produce their own. The best colonial bfer is made in Tasmania, whence it is shipped in frozen blocks to Australia and India. In Calcutta on the hottest day, the residents now suck (not sip) their frozen pale ale.* " The population of the Kumara township and c»»!«iti.'ld is estimated at the present date to he about 4.*220. It is of course impossible t» arrive at a perfectly correct estimate of the number on the ground, as every day caatKjiM are taking place, dozens and scores still arriving daily, while numbers also keep departin-,'. The following is a; fair an I approximation of the various numbers on the field a* can be ascertained (says the .V'-ir) : .\u:i.-r.i receiving immediate returns from their claims, 7'•() : miners preparing tunnels ;V-r working their drums, 050 : mincr-3 work- ; t:;g their claims from the surface by wiudI fa-s, ?•";>: partial prospecting and shepherding on the lead, (>••!); parties prospecting in va.i.MH piaceJ beside j the lead, IUU : making a total cng 'pd in mining of 2, (>•>!), to which ti'-y i 3 IdeJ— i.tnnher of persons engaged i;i b.i-tn*. tra 'e- oi all k;nds, and those I o<>n; ce-'ed therewith. o "i'J : woodcutters, ' -iwyo;.;, spliiters, an.'. laborers, *2ol) ; iioafctini eiig.ig-Jl at nothing particular, iU ; women ami enddren, 170 ; making a gcoiu t«>t;d or" 4,*22 J.