LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 226, 12 January 1877, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tliu i'a.v hrh-tly referent £i» In o;rr is.srn! r.v-t- v.-;.v» f>rinr;„'ht t.-> n t-.-rnti-.uT.- ' ti"a yt'-t'Thiy. The [inyiu.i' s-fctoEifci'irv.* to tfiv r>:t;co of th?" deferi'lant, I > ;.»!:i,'i''\ •<■.';£■.'>.-. Ki>iC'.T> r>.- tMi rrv- >n. J'rady icvt*> m.-v i>n-'H'u'ti-■;; ;-v: urn: 'n.vrfi oi <.V;*vut .■* ho.v.t-tug-Uovi ..\ r.uil cakmg bint iiiimvarosi. fiiut «■!,:>•.-. ;i :w.t aim. ttwryHy ttvliti.-'my fc(.-:v!.-vM';M'. c.'i.!;. !I; ■ tor t!w ft.-v-uLt. to;.-!:k;r wr t h iU. cwSj. Mr.. - j>bi» ! ;UF, and - v-'iKirul-l - monthly iiiMixji-'t-iotv "!•' Th-vh f"i.!'iij)a;i:tw- vlll toke jiLk-o ;-'-t the E>nU Shod ftt V nVtook this? evenly;,.;. Mt':; i:.=. t IoH f>L'.)>-lt S:u! Co.. f-i" lie!' ftHUCTH', haver t , orv««nU ,|, f to iw their monthly *!tn;ctta.r of wool svtL,: t".>r i'v it vvv thai ft-KM the !Sth of' October to the? civ.i nf th-j ycir thu-re w-«.tc T-I sates, at whtVh 9-2.JW9 hides were offered, and T7.<>39 ao!d. VW ;»r j in rt-y ji|-i of the X;it:t>:tr.i Fire awl ts77. ft t+ handsomely got «p, and makes a wry convenient reference. t-?neh man of the All-England Eleven is to racudve £'2vi\ a tlni'tAxss pai-wagj mit and footne. a share' in two henetit matches, and a twelfth part of i"> |«r e~>?d. of the net profit* arising from the spsetdatfon. They are expected to retttm to England ahoat the middle of May nest. Jttdge Fcnton w well known to he a musical cntitasbat, and the following extract from the Th(tm*:* Athyrtmv sliows that he deserve* the character :—"Before the rising of the District Coart yesterday, Judge Fenton intimatoh in reference to the forthcoming 'Messiah' by the Auckland Choral Society, that if anyone fr- mthc Thames was in Auckland at the time, and called at his office, he would be happy to furnish them

with free tickets oF admission. The Choral Societ}' was a private society, but he thought some of the Thames people woidd like to hear the choruses rendered. He had mentioned the matter to Mr. Gillespie, and it was probable, that a steamer would be laid f on fur the occasion." A judicial announcement of this kind is a novelty. Writing of Xcw Zealand in a recent issue, the Melbourne A >:;•*; remarks that the best statesmanship in thu Colony has directed its effort* to transform it—in the language of comparative anatomy—from an invertebrate to .1 vertebrate organism. This is being neeoinpliahad socially, commercially, and geographically, by a railway system, which, wUnii completed, will run like, a backbone from A?;ck!an'd to Wellington in the Northern Island, and from Nelson to Jnvcrcargill n the Middle island. The following from the Ot'.i'jo IhOhj Thm-.t docs not say much for the unity that is supposjd to exist amongrt ministers of the ; church :—"At yesterday's meeting of the Presbyterian Synod, a very acrimonious discussion took place on the report of the Committee on the State of IJeligion. Before the report v.a.5 read, argument* in favor of its postponement were used, in order that a btvc attendance of the public might be obtained. Luckily for the credit of the .Synod, the dt;ctis-;:on was not heard by a numerous audience besides the Synodsmen. Some vn-y strong- lannuajfe was indulged in by the Uev.-t. Me:• 41-3. Waters and Sutherland, the latter hading fault with the questions by the Committee, of which the former was convener. The Jlev. Dr. Stuart gave a re-coiumcFid'-tion urging tho member.* of Synod to jil'.ow by their speeches a large-hearted chanty. There wa« a •'circumstance" (says the T»"t* --.v" Thn .*) at the meeting of the Count v Cottneil on Thursday. A telegram had been v.-, r ; t a .-at t» he d«.:->.:tehe Ito the Colonial Sertvt try. and aft-:r it wa; written, the question aro.-".' as to who was to take it to the T')t-.'j,rs'>!i 'O-.1'.-:-:. The Chairman ruled that tV- CI ■;■"; ..-'.i>-aid do duty a> mrwage hoy, hut .v- :h„- Cbrk for the tim:; bhig happened Co h-_r Mr. -b C. P.rovvn, who w;: ; merely pcr- ! t!r; d-.wi-.'.s <•>." 'n.tw. i\\-.; Clerk vo' - y i na't ; :t'.dlv ohh.vt.-.I to run over with the j ::u>->.j,-. Tii.>:i Mr. V.vs mover <>i ! r.'.v: :u >;h>n r.-.j.-.rdrug the tel-.-gram. said he ! v.-r>v,t,l take it tn the oiike, but eventually j r..5;:..-.tr.!i •-• wa -. ai hand in th-J jieiM-n of Mr. | {*, ,„- .-., J'.viv.i X:;:■_'. who kindly volunteered | to cmv.y the t; !-gr.;;n to the operator f<>r i t;-.t,:i-ui-.-i-'tt. So t!i- difficulty was got over. i 7h;.< ;.,'r:i '•■; J-:: :ht: he a hint to intruding apTiti'V.ut.'- !"••:• the appointment «t .secretary, t->irt::.-!t in their api'lieation;; that ih.ey are willing tr» e;'.rry telegraph and make t .:iem.--elv.j.s generally useful.