THE EVENING MAIL. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 271, 6 March 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1877.

Wnriti are tbinics. and* drop *>'• infe fatlin? upon x thott-tii may prwiucia Ctiatv.Jd«:b nwkc» thousands

The milters, ,-pprcciattng the avkward dilemma nvo which they have gnt themselves* essay to explain the reasons for thwr t xtroordinary conduct towards those through whoacr hands a large p-oportion of their wares pass before they reach consumers. Wc r, print their explanation i" another cotttiu.. hi order to give them fair phv.% T-rt»: to our itttnd it does not in the k-a»t help thuu out of the slough into which they t-.ive xs-Mh-X As in .the case of the ciiTtib- tailed t»tbaters in' Dime.ttn, much u It ft to the imagination «>f the reader. They "do not consider it necessary to enter fully into the various reason* which at this moment have in«Iu«»I ttttm to take the steps tWy have." The fact is, th» y little thought that they would be catted upon to do so, and they now, in order to wrigghj out of a bad business, ask m to give thim the benefit of the doubt, to is-.rrcise faith in tlicui, wt uh t cutis-1 Ititiitt: alt things, would be exceedingly dUheutt-.-1 h-nst, so faras we are concerned. Since trtiitinjf the obnoxious circrttar to the d,-ahrs, their ideas must have un U-rgone considerable change, as in their tSptahatory later they scout the imputation thist they ever contcinp!at«tl luor.opoty. We should have been ignorant of this point had they not thus t-n- ---! tightened us. No man in his right senses ; coutd lave twisted their circular into ', nu-aning that tlu-y vouhl tolerate free • tradtf if ttu-y cotttd avr»id it. But what ! they dea*ud was that tha dealers slionld tak-,- their word for it that they !,ad a great gi-ievartcu »r thttr transactions with souie of flu.il--g;>.;-y to stat-* what it was, or win> had trausgrtSJiid ; sulric-- it to s=.;y that sin had been coinfuittud, and the pjnatty was a , rise in the pt\ee-> of their wares. Of course, it wasn't wife ;>n t!i« rangj of pro-b.-.bdwty that isttii could be found, evc-n aniMtigctt tuid-.-i-* in Dunedin, who won It ■.vov.L a c'.uruLu- as- follows :-'' Whereas it las conn.;- t.» om- knowledge that you havt! h'.cn in the habit of im-p.Ti..in-.X tl-'u:-, br-.n, sharj.s, oatmeal, !a-„ L-] ♦►.. ■■. -...1 .!..„-'. «., ti.ii.

is to ti-n'ii/ that yo:t at x.icj tUa*-*»ritin i-• so unfair a pr.ie' - .h-e, whle iis pr.jit liea'ty a.Vtctin;.; onr tr.ul-. F.iiliriy :tu hunt di .to .111.1 ua^MiproiuUin ; cj.-nplj-;itio.: «a leu our :■. <pt «?, we slnlt be lis c -s.sifiT.ti,;.t ti> e' arc ■■ y>>;t tivo per «■■. nt. advane • t>:i pr. sent -iiILS, ' ,»e. Tit's t« about t' c oi the w. ot.: mafrer, an 1 tho*._r r.mediately i:tt --/ste I sa v through it trfpLviswuitly i| iici.lv fie t'.e wily ijrai-.t-cMs'ters. I'wsmmht'.c that :'■« vvhoia «|■les'ion hi;t;*.-.-s on the neemiii,'to these mills c>:nerpterife uiioii the exc'ijurjjs of useless sacks fur JTi'inl iiiij, the dhheulty could have been canity compared by objecting to take them back and allow f;.r t .em. Nothing Ruirewiw iit.'C«:ssary. From wiir.t we can from the very fo-vy circular, and the explanation written to t'te fJiKudian, t'-w is v. hat t'li'V iw'tlJ wi.?!i to convey; I;tit t'rri, as a:t add nda to the circular and t e Ltter, which bin's at s>met'iijr,,' K'hht.t the fC-'H'-H. there \i something which, despite our endeavours to discover, stilt r,r:a;ti»3 untold by these tour i-iuttvrnerr. h i.+ only natural that they should have a certain amount of delicaey in disclosing the details of a scheme thit ivpstred not only solemn prwatbos hut bonds of £IOO cacti to guarantee gionj faith on the part of its tint: itors. If any one of thes:? gentlemen alvo'ttti-t happen to lit? seized with prickings of co;v-;:ci':'tu;e he might, in such a weak moment, break the compact ; such a.contingency i* provided against l>y appealing to the only point vulnerable, mentally or physically, vi*;., his pocket. This h flatter. tug to t'lrcti oclur; but we assume that this id a porftott of that code of "Mercantile Customs" vrith which the gentlemen ptoses.! to have an acquaintance, and with which we are ignorant. The people of Punedin need have little fear that sue!; a combination will ever grind them down. Oatuartt and " elsewhere" can and wiil tfoiut? to the rescue. If we cannot now tptit j satisfy the requirements of the Duuedin market, we can increase our nppti.T.eos to enable tt3 to do so. Lst the Bmitdin millers do the export trade they IMb to covttt, and we wiil supply Dun- ; ad'm with the staff of bfe, and meet them f.i;e to face in distant markets, too.

Tlia n«rt*cattMral . v ojkty have resolved to h»tt! an auction sale of the exhibits at the termination »>f ths S»he»«f on Saturday. The ft.>ve nor«)f Fiji has a second time returned £"-CO3 ft* List salary to the Colonial clie.it, thai reducing Lis own pay to £3OOO.

"We have received from Mr. H. Aitken the Unioa Company's Time Table for March. It 13 a most useful little production, and every oihee should Le supplied with one. A Chinaman at Tuapcka has been fined £25 for allowing gambling in his house. The officers in charge of the Telegraph .Stations at Dunedin, Christchurch, Kelson, and Auckland respectively, are authorised by proclamation in the N.Z. Gazette to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels posted on the public service. The following gent'emen were present at the meeting of the Benevolent Society held in the office of the Secretary (Mr. (J.inrch) la-st evening : Messrs Steward (chair), Alkn, J. Booth, Mi'l'gan. Ilonaync. Creenfiehl, and l!tv. A. P.. 'I odd. Messrs. Booth and Miltigan were appoint, d a Visiting Committee for the month. The rest of the business was of a routine nature. Messrs. Joseph Cidiing and Andrew Biddle are gaz-tt-d as members of the Mocraki Harbour Board. The debate at the Young Men's Christian Association last night was as to whether it is for the advancement of civilisation and Christianity that Turkey, as a nation, should retain her present position amongst the nations of Kurnpc. '1 he negative and affirmative views of ihc question were both ably ar"ucd, and tli3 debate was ultimately adjourned, to be resumed at an early date. The President of the Society, the Kev. Mr. Todd, lias kindly promised to give an essay \ next Monday night, when there will, no ! doubt, be a full meeting of the members of ; the Association.