LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 264, 26 February 1877, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It trill bv fiwu.aap .telegraphic news ■ that th« 4 m3«si-fearner Zetaiutta fia* arrivett.it ; A««ktatwt with tb*fc*toCFrar.crtscw snaiU. : It will be seen hy.tftg tusri n«>tiec published; in another c«lamn that the Saa f Fritx'ticn d*tsßt> «&*Krat >/& <&&£ at 6' 'r.hj. .ou Tttssttay nest IK /;i|»cl«'y , cTlw Captain of tlte Zelantlh ilisd of hearj; disease live cfoya after leaving San Francisco. j£***v> F » I»3* «» d - J/f *»*»«• «"i cil I ? 1

"Conrad and Lizctte" was repeated at the Masonic flail on Saturday night to another good house. As most of the songs were changed the piece was as novel as ever, and a* Usual, was received with roars of laughter. To-night "Lisa Eccles" will be produced "for thi* night only." The songs, dances, &c, are all new, and wc have no doubt that this fact alone will draw together a good house. The season for big gooseberries is past, but wc were shown this morning a monstrosity in the shape of a big mushroom, , which, as a. curiosity, certainly excels the proverbial gooseberry. It was found in the Limekiln Gully, and measures across the top fn'tly 15 inches, and must weigh a couple of pound*. :'l'iTliq comsuuunite check of some ..people .is. trolv astounding. It seems that on account !of : o : :Tic>" ciigagerhents, theAll-England | Eleven'could imtvi.-it Hawke's Bay. We f ? !<ouM have thought that the people ofI N;,|d.r would have taken this as a slight "instead of an honour. But, no; after, the in[.f»niiali»n lwd been received, the Ifrmiry \ eniuc out with a paragraph in which was the [ following sentence:—"Our cricketers believe that the All-Engl ml Eleven arc afraid, [to r.nci them." Wi U wonders ever cease—f th« Ali-EngL.n-t Klcveu hive mvt th'sii' | equals al \a°t, an-1 that, too, in the >innllest jj province in Zealand. .-.-.. \ The Chicago Min-ire'.s, who were aggvc- : j ! g.*e! and i:i--de their appeirancj hi This tiwi.. live bin livra n;ec ■sVful th u j 1 ina.iy a Mi':i t:;cl Co:up:v:y wUo.h---. j c-'ii.o among t us a-g'">d an ,i '} wirk-t ' in : w-IjWj xi.'ry ar.'iw.r p<-;-:or"iicg. i"oy a"; »i • ,< .„.,. -!...' -V- ("''•![i' ; i'.r.rv'-^'»-- v ' c tiiiif:» '::.• fa:,'; ■'«•'- • ■>'- v..ii. >i.'.r I'.-il ii /i-e.-'..-i;:r'y crowded by almirm-:. ■ c.:-«'cr. w,r arcgr.li::-.l to rsarl of the:.I Edward ft. Wafkin". an a« -i-tr.ut iotrer- | ,-m-icr, la'aJy omp!..ycd at* the r:a:.cral IW i O.Hcf. Mdho!t:-n<S -t.m? bmnght up on r&-■ ; r.ian.! r.r Hie City Police Court, charged upon '■■ t!*-"» .v:-i>-sr.it-: e •unf.-s with stealing newsi f»a;j>r-t. .•>:«-! was cor.i:;.Jt-ed lor ..rial. | 7.i; tv..ivt-*eve:-j wc:;ther seems to have j Won f-:t very kejilyin the iior'.lisrn porlio'ig ]of Caiit-.rMiry. 'Hie /.//Mi-tow Times of a j. M r.cjit u.iru say.} -.—The heavy ruins »f the | .lay* have dooo a deal of damage to .:ro;»i, in the- Norths™ Di-tric', an.! already 1 iltlds «; whoa' that arc cut and untied have [ :.h-.>w.'! ?:#i* of growing. Fortunately, throej, fourths of the crops have bee** secured, and j the damage u not g-.-ii«ral. The people in ! theAshtev District were more fortunate-this • Cl , r than their neighbours in securing most of thuir jjrain before the strong north-west ! wlit 1+ .-ct in, and their averages will rather [ exceed the estimate given, in our.crop report. Harvest labour ha- been very scarce during the past week. Civilisation seems to .be making rapid I ytrhkj amo.'igst our dusky brethren of it-he | North I>larift. A ••cording to the Ponrhj ! //•'»/ Hirnkl, Miss Wi Vans and six obliKE, | yoiin:j Maori girN, rangh.g apparently f:V>m ! tt: : vea:-s of age and u'pwar.ls, wore ! •u-ya t» ;<-M'-*er in the steamship Jane Do'ngi }?>•>. on Tuesday, on their return to the cou- | v.-i=t se!:ool. 'They were ail tue daughters of [ >-,f,..,v'.'.V".s and.it-was diverting to wateh |he I »)orta!.'.ntcftirv, carpet bag--, and boxes full of \ cFolheV. being'''patted for their departure, 'the .'lts out beujgKupcriutciuiad with anxious [ eves !>v a bevy of sedate matrons, v.liil;J the ■ pupils themselves were evidently as intpr- ; c.-.tcd in iho ceremony as pabha chddi;eu could have been. "Money no object,*' ap- \ ptared to i>e t!ie baus on which most of tiiic ipu;gtia3C3were made. ••' , ■'- ■' ■. i The T sale ;of«^;>ths,&c.,;f9r ; the/All-Fiig-la'nd" Eleven Crieket Match was held by .Messrs. Jl'Bnitrcfe; Hepburn, and Co., \>n Saturday. The_foilowing was the result :|- No. ) UMh was knocked down to Mr. : Ditktizixt W LT, ;"i'o. 2 Booth went to the sranjc ,fbr ,L1.;2 the fnii't stails,' which are'debarred from veiidijjg anythiifg'Tn- fhe »bape : df >r dnnk, were chased by r .rM,r.-AYUl»ainsoH /pc-Jj_2 10s. ', The total amount realised was thus L 44 ]oj«..- i 'At Christchurch, &a ; Tuesday last, the booths -fetched LiS'J. j Ti:c iollo'wing-arc- r ttie' tente on which tlie .Eleven agi-ced ty m,ake toiir; , •if liit Colonies. Each man is to receive £2C»O a iHtediss jjaawgo out and home; w share in , two benetit a twelfth part oj ~ •2o percent, of the net aris'Rg / from -, tlte kpcciilalioß.' ' Tlicy are to Crcj- : ftrfu to ErigiLA'X about ; the' ijiiddte Of Ma}- 1 next.: .jHosSiofioafireadorsi tlieaj.wiel-f-t-r 1 *"; r,hrye : /aye;i;Jn ; yGry 'j pieasanfc nlaces, more .cspeeiallv whenitis ', remkke^cS'th'ai'tllc^tVfpii'as i jteif hT iu Enrfand is out-oftbe Question. I s Jz&z loi ,J>3 tnv& .eanisoxdiogsl >

Quartz-reefing seems to be looking up again in some parts of the province. The wonderful Cromwell claim, we are informed, looks as well as ever, and there is considerable excitement at Arrowtown and Macetown, in the Wakatipdistrict-or rather, we should say, in Lake County. The Arrow Obwuer mentions that on Friday last a prospect was crushed at Arrowtown from the main lode, Great Victorian Reef-Hall and party's claim—at Macetown, which yielded at the rate of 560z. of gold to the ton of stone. The gold in the stone was not visible to the naked eye. With such a prospect a , splendid yield may be expected from the working of the mine : as a small quantity of such stone would soon fetch up the average when poorer' stone was come upon. It will be remembered that some time ago ! 'a-."man named Rogers confessed to having .laArdercd his mate, who was known by the sobriyieiofß&JLJim, but that ; he afterwards retracted his .confession. The Thames Adnrilicr says that Rogers is known to several persons at the Thames, but ycry little evidence is" forthcoming to throw light pa- the mystery'. 1 ' Itwould.be a good job for the Colony if thb example of Mr. Rives, of Nelson, were more generally followed. The New Zealand ■ Wm»-i hears that Mr. Rives, who is a young I gentlemen.of considerable property, is importing some' first-class stock of , various } Ida is, including horses, sheep, and cattle, ' 4ntfUh»t he lias purchased f,»iv.New. Zealand' several of the progeny* of the famous-French ■ ;_'J hey; ■ arrive I in Mel-J!„.u-ne on Sunday, and are enter.d for tho TiVi'S -'Wellington Derby. :: " : ' ' A pa-.-agraph Ua=« been gijng the rounds to j :l:o itf ei thiit th 3 ti ; ue iimde by Fallacy for j I L,,'e I uulo in the i lying stakes ..Uaiidjcap. at \ :|:Weiliiigton a Kw .ia>s ago-2 Njc-iisds— '"had'.m ; y been beateii oil two ! pivvi-.us occa-ions, once i=i Australia and i once in England," and that the quickest . tuny for £-inUu in 'England to 2 minutes IS seconds, or ooiy 2 seconds- quicker, than Fallacy's time. A corpsp.omlont seiids the I \Vclliogtoii Ar.ji'S a.paragraph fr -m a recent j number oi-BdCs Li/*, giving instances of I ve-v vaet performances in England, m onlcr to.show that such is not llu case. From'this we iind that a horse uamod Diophautus. ran not :V-n.ile, hut one miU in 1 minute 43 seconds at Newmarket, and another named r-ueijaueev'-':d;d the mile in 1 minute S3 w-eonds at .Saiisbui-y, 'J'his Jitter is considerably more than twice as fast as FaUacy-'s tiinc, as it would give only 1 minute 13\ secouds for the ffmile, instead of 2 minutes 10 seconds, which would he at the rate of a mile in 3 minutes G seconds, mere trotting pace. , In publishing the list of acceptances for the'North-Otago Turf Club annual meeting, the Southland News makes the following remarks :—"The Oamaru people—we suppose it is through the Jiberality of their subscription's, "and the consequently high value of the prizes .offered—can not only get a lai-ge -,number of entries at their meetings, but have .their money, competed for. by. animals -really, entitled.tp the. name of race-horses." that the Princess-Thectre Dramatic Company is to pay Oamaru a visit at the close, of 'tWpre'sent week. We presume this will jbe to make-room'for the Davenport Brothers, 1-Y.t, and Dayies Combination. The Lingaril-* and Messrs. Kohler, Bent, and Waud are at 'present included in the Company, bjifc whetlier or not they will come here also we do jiiofc, .know, •,_,,..'. ; the character of the pf isonbr M'Caun, who'was flogged recently at Wei-, X\.Mgl<.a\, theArgu.s saws it may be stated that on Monday lask.wMo working with the gan2,.he ; threateijed..to.riiu Jiis, sho\;ol down the throat of a fellow prisoner. He also sajd it would be.the,last week he would ever work, as he' wouid'murder some one and get : filing for it. ' """"' ' I *.. -Twenty-four children were received into " ■ institution '■ in tlje, ; course of the but these were all . ; V.ei'y.+ejfeeiJtiosal «asfcSirnearly:o r yeryT'bßLe of : t-£e,-terVs!re'ii; liayin'g ;bWn talien, jn f a? ihel'ter' until time /should be gained for disHhernl dthei'wise.' I .' Tweirty-nine children were'discharged'during the year! These yrere : disposed of .as follows : —Rei- ; sen't'tb : fristi'ds, four ; placed at'service^eleven. In speaking r . (\i .the; juvenile, inmates in. their- report,- tm? Commtttee'say that they are' decidedly_of •■• ■:■ orjinion~;as,stated in.last. year's rer>p>t ? that a urgently wanted for \ the reception and training of orphans and j other destitute children who are wholly j cieVlpVMffie;.ne.eesstty wiiich;at present-exisis £isii icommi£fcing children of this'class to the •rut"ustr&^- : Sclio'6l / or' Ref orni^^^t i sham, which was instituted for quite a differ-, •- i

ent description of inmates. It must be admitted that the present brick building, consisting of three-storeys, is exceedingly illadapted as a residence for old and infirm people, and it may be deserving of consideration whether the building should not be wholly devoted to the purposes of an orphanage, and a suite of cottage buildings of a less pretentious description erected either on a portion of the present site, or some suitable land elsewhere, as an asylum for adults.