The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 225, 11 January 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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After w® had g<'tie to press evening we received a telegram stating that CtaotiL\ «tt* of the Melbourne horses entered forth.,* Btonedin Ctepv has been scratched. A case of some interest to* boarding-honse-keepers- waa heard at the Pottue Court this morning. A maa named ©".Kottrfce, proprietor of * fcoarding«hotts© in Thames-street. waa proaecntedL fey the police for allowing drunlsannesa ami disorderly eoadaet in hid house. H« waa merely cautioned, font as the punishment for this offence can few made •very heavy— as much a* a fine of iKO, besides imprisonment—we would advise those w6» follow thi» occupation to fee on their guard, otherwuo they will have wisdom forced o» them at » price they will hardly care to» pay. W« .weald remind ©nr readers that Messrs. Kehler and Bent's entertainment opens this ••vetting ai the Masonic Ball. The progxanmie eommences with Mr. Bent's " Mystic Changes*"' in which lightning changes are made without the usual assistance el ■creens> &e., to be followed by Mr. Kohier cxt the eojcnet-a-pistonv Some Dtotch speeialitie* by Mr. B«nt come next,, and the first part ends with * ctwions mttsieal entertain* mefet ty Messrs. Kohier and Waad. The latter- gentleman acts is the capacity of pianist to the company, and is very efficient. The second port offers eonaJ attractions with «W first, and affords ample scope for the power of mimicry of Mr. Bent, and the BMsieaf capahthties of Messrs. Kohier and WaocL As there are to he only three per* tanamaam gSw» to Otanaro, we expect toace * Imwpeir hens* an each occasion. Th* pwrpaMt of the great meeting to be fcgfil at Tattpo in- 1577 or I&7S is an importtaA e»« fsays the Aackland Star]* The efciefewho a%n«d the ifiotiise alfoge that the frwrty eff Waitaogi conferred on them the privilege, of. (disposing of their lands in any ■■rtet m theythfflJt St» and they contend flbtttft ieatoietiotw piaced ttpan the sale by fte l«ad» Act are breaches of the treaty, m v*&Mlifa* c&iastea of the Fahlic nwlabi aay Kktcln •«£ land a* eatciadsd 'petjtku (#59 the Wattamgi ||§Bi,Hilliliii|, tfreafal&d jaWaimate for BjET - "**- tho mernheo of the Wai-

roaSoi County CoancD.— Gantlcaion,—Wo, the .ttnetoretgnad ratepayers of the Waimate fioatt District, dsake that yon will, at the earliest pooaibb data, take such steps as the Coaat-csi Act, 157 G. d.rcctj to dissolve the Waimate Head fJesr.l, an-1 tnsrgj the name the content of tha Waimate County CfctmcJt, believing ai we do that sttch a step b necessary for tha more economical work* of the nabje stfatra of the Coaaty," &c. Lkatjaiat-Colnnat Motde (-tayj t!ie£«rai;ij Star)-, who* b raporteJ to 1»2 likely to receive th'2 appotatmoai of Chief Coaimi.J.-iuncr of Police: for tbj C>bny. b:vv aaaa mnch service Wth in the Imperial and Colonial forces. He b entirety a self-made man, and is remarkably pre ad of the fact that he entered the army at 7d. a day, and is now receiving £7OO a year. lib administration of the Armed Constabulary is understood to have been economical and satisfactory, and he is an excellent office man. It was supposed lately that he was abont permanently to retire from the service, as when in England last year he he purchased a small estate in ; Cflo-acestershire, and left Mrs. Motile there ©a hb retarn to the Colony. The allocation of Messrs. Weldoa and She nnan to the oversight of police matters in the Middle amt Swath Island* respectively b only what hai generally been expected, and the promotion b in each case fully deserved.