THE POLICE CONFERENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 263, 24 February 1877, Page 2

THE POLICE CONFERENCE.

The Police Conference which i 3 sitting in Wellington will recommend the amalgamation of the Police and Armed Constabulary—the new Force to be divided into six divisions, four of these to be on Police duty, and the other two on Con-

the title of "In Search of the Picturesque." It is set in tha very sma'lesfc of type, as if it was ashamed to show itself when such «i time has elapsed since t'.ie completion of the trip. The Gunrdkni completed its account of the excursion two days after the arrival oT the Wanaka in Duuedin, having had a description in from from every port as the vessel v/as proceeding. " Comparisons are odious," so we leave our readers to draw their own inference.

Considerable sensafion was created in Wellington the other day, owing to the publication of a telegram, which stated that Mr. Watt had ordered two "young women " to be flogged. The Argus, in which paper it appeared, explains Jhat it should have been " two j-ounger ones " (boys), and that the mistake arose from the indistinct writing of the telegraph clerks in the Wellington office.

At the Waste Lands Board, Dunedin, on Wednesday last, Messrs Cargils, Gibbs, and Co., on behalf of Mr. W. Fenwick, asked th e Board to allow him valuation to the extent of £ls for fencing erected on section 7, block 15, Otepopo district. The request was declined.

The English Cricketers have a crack running man amongst them named Selby. It is stated that he desires to try his chances against Frank Hewitt, if he can get a good stake on it. He has beaten several good men in Australia, and also won a big handicap at Sheffield. He was beaten by Sharp, of Ballarat, but has made another match to ;'run him again on the return of the eleven to Australia. The scene in the saloon of the Wellington, after Selby's match against Ellis, of Auckland, before that vessel left the wharf, was a sorry one for Auckland eyes. On the table was a heap of notes and gold, and each member of the eleven as he .came up added something to it. Selby was seated at the table with his pocket book out totting up the amount. The secret of tliis is that Auckland backed their man right out, while tho cricketers put every furthing they could spare on Selby. Many of our readers (says the Tahiti), and especially tho;e who have children attending St. Joseph's female school, Dunodin, will learn with much rcerec that the Dominican sister, who h;is been for some years especially charged with the direction of the institution in question, is on the eve of leaving this Colony for Ireland. For some time this lady has suffered from wea'-njss of the eyes, and it wa? intended that she should visit Me'djourne for the purpose of consulting an eminent occulist in that city, but as an opportunity has offered for her to accompany a family or the highest respectability to London, she has decided on availing herself of it, and she will set sail from Port Chalmers on Saturday next in the Calypso. A new arrangement has been made, under which the Government upon itself the distribution of the San Francisco mails throughout the Colony. The English letters and papers will arrive at Port Chalmers in forty-nine days, being seven weeks exactly. Mr. Bartholomew Ward, of Timarn, has apiiliod for a patent frr an invention for preventing the scouring of shingle around the approaches and piers of bridges, and for staying the destructive force of the rapid flow of rivers on to bridges and other works. The gross revenue for January was £15,000, or at the rate of £ ISO,OOO a year. "When the traffic of the goldSelds is passed through the Lawrence railway, we may expect the yearly total to reach a quarter of a million. We hope the doubters are convinced. As illustrating one of the differences that exist between the " City of the Plains " and the "Queen of the South," the special correspondent of the Saturday Advertiser, writing from Christchurch, says : —The first thing that strikes a Dunedinite on his arrival at Christchurch is the peculiarity of the conveyances. Instead of the smart Albert cars which ply through the streets of Dunedin, there are numbers of easy-going hansoms, with sleepy-looking horses and drowsy drivers, There are also several superannuated 'busses rolling along at a quiet jog-trot. As Shingles and myself were walking away from the railway platform with our carpetbags, we were accosted by the driver of a hansom, whose rich, racy, oily Leinster brogue smacked strongly of the Liffey. There could be no mistaking the fact that we had 'lighted on a genuine Dublin car man. So acceding to the generous invitation, "Jump up, gintlemin," we seated ourselves in his comfortable trap, and desired him to drive us to Warner's Hotel. On arriving at our destination, I enquired the charge of cabby, when the intelligent and discriminate ing Jehu put on his most insinuating smile and replied, " Sure, I'll lave it to yourselves, yer honour." "But," remarked Shingles, "surely you have a regular fare," "Ave

stabulary duty in the native districts. The Superintendents will be Messrs. Weldon (Otago), Shearman (Canterbury), Aifcchison (Wellington), Brohame (Auckland). Inspector Thompson, of Auckland, will be Superintendent of the Detective branch, and Colonel Moule will command the whole as Chief Commissioner.