THE EVENING MAIL. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 275, 10 March 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1877.

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Tiie Aatonin Show of tba North Otngn ffoptieatt'.tral conitnaniic.i in the DrilE Stictl afc I ««fou-k t«>*flay. The Show b tt-fM worthy a vbit. atut we expect a large nttmher ♦■>. visitors will at ten J tins evening. Tim- oth«er in charge at the Telegraph Office supplies* t.s with the following items : —The hreafc m the Lorgon and Hong Kong cahte is tvnw rejiairistt. anst all the cahles are in wurkin-g nrvter.—-MatU via San F ranciaco chise po nest at An.kfaiul. iM.iils for Australia cte at Ouehttrga on Monrlay.

The near approach of the race meeting of the yeir was. notified yesterday (says Friday's (H-'ftnlkM) by the arrival frorn C'hristehttryh of Mr. Detarnain's froraw Tetupteton, Puogawerewere. Klein King, and Tttania. They cam* in the stearnar Taup.>.

Yet another railway accident near Port Chalmers. When will they cease ? The lEHtnedict papers report that .fohn Wojd, a workman employed n;i Crisper';* sab-contract on the railway line between thz Port anil Deborah Bay tunnel, met with a severe aeeident jester;lay afternoon. Hj- was engaged in "fca'tering" the stile. and, slipping amongst the loose atones, fell with his back against some sharp and at the same time a targe p:e.'e of rock disengaged from above, and fettire* upon hint jarnrnsd him with foreo against tho rock* he was lying upon. tie wad removed to Cornish's* hoarding house, hat, singular to say, medical assistance was not ea't.'d in.

An intptust was hold at Pnnedtn. on Friday, on the body of Mrs. Yonng. an account of who?e d'-'ath appeared in ottr telegraphic columns on Thursday. A verdict of "Accidental Death " was returned. The cabman. in his evideneo. said : "We took her on to the sand, and t held her hy the teg* 30 that a tofi of froitv ami water earne out of her mouth. Miss Phillips told me todoso. Wc found that Mrs. Young wa dead." In reference to this statement, the Coroner remarked : "At thi-s st»ge I may mention that, by holding «p the teg 1 of a pars >n drowned, ; you destroy any chance of recovery. It is the worst thing yo« can po;sdbty do." We team from the .<*:t tr i f i;ri:t TUm* that the spring tide on the-*>th tn-'.t. came t the hull of the Impress to heat over broadsdde to port, and the diver was; thereby enabled to get at the hole in her bo>,fco;n and ascertain the extent of the d'.rnag-?. On Srtnlay mo.-n----ing a plate was procured to cover over tJv: damaged portion of the hull, hut it wa.* found to \m too .r.tuath A plate of the proper size having been ot>taitied *>n Monday morning, it wai securely fised, with the aid of some blanketing, and operations are now being vigorously carried on for the purpo : e of raising the Attho-tgh tha owners had deeided to abandon the steamer, we understand thai the- Inn-tramee Companies have not rgreed abandonment, and She present operations are being conducted under ; the direction of Captain RmsetL their agent, i Yesterday this geutLnmia proceeded to the Pdntt' for the purpose of procttring appti- ] anee* to raise the Esprei*. and afterward-* : float her fco the opposite shore. Whether his efforts are sitcci;'.-did »>r mot. it will hs necessary to remove chtr vq-..wjl from h-v pre- J: sent position, as she- now He;* athwart the ehaumd. thereby impeding the. navigation of the river. The K'ijiau.s. if peeri ti v, b a very effective one. t £n Wellington harbour, a few «fay*i ago, a Fijian took a boat *r.d went alongside a steanw:. and scatters t bread aronr.d tor the purpose of attracting a* many herrings a-; ■. possible t'» one particular spot. Then ha \ stood up in the boat and tired dart* from a , bow into the water, bringing up one or morj | tbh nearly every ttmo. He- goc about f<» ! herrings in as many minutes. i The <<tvrih!n-ii I 77jm.".-' say- :—We under- j stand that Mr. iWttty. the -skilful Xekon ' artist, whose p.iintingi of New Zealand . suenery are among the best repressing the j in thb Colony, b ab>«t to pay a | visit to .sjwatLlattdl. in search of subjects lor j | hb pencil.

j list week a pigeongram was brought by one of the Auckland Star camera 100 miles I in three hours, or twice the speed of our j railways. f It i 3 satisfactory to notice (says the Grey ■ liieer Argus) that even with the limited I nttmher of vessels calling here for coal, that j no le?3 than 4000 tons have been brought | down from the Brunner mine and disposed | of during the months of January and Feb- [ niary. The purser of the Albion, when prosecuting at Nelson a stowaway who had been found on board the Albion during her last voyage from Melbourne, stated that the number of would-be "deadheads" wa3 on the increase. The offending stowaway was, I in this instance, imprisoned for a month with hard tabor. Hop-picking and threshing are just now in full swi:ig in the YVaimca districts, which, I esjiceially Waimca west whore a large quantity of hops are grown, present a busy appearance from early i:i the morning until dusk. The /?o.« Guardian reports that the lode on the New Zealand Silver Mining Company's lease, Mount Bangitoto, has been traced for a distance of 35ft., and maintains a uniform width of about 12 inches. It is composed of mundic, quartz, and galena. Another lode has been found, but it has not yet been sufficiently developed to express an opinion on its value. An unfortunate accident occurred at the Chrisehureh rink during the last week. Very early one morning, Mr. Hart, clerk to Mr. I u.icau, solicitor, together with a son of the List named gentleman, succeeded in getting through a window into the riiik. Operations having begun, Mr. Hart l>y some means fell, and in doing so fractured his leg below the knee. This is the first serious accident which hai happened here, and it is singular that it should have taken place under cir-etuo-tanees so unusual. Mr. Hart, we are glad to jay, ii doing well. The following information supplied by James Bruce to builders will he appreciated iti Oaniicni :—" Will you be good enough to adt>w me to make known, in your columns, the extreuivly simple discovery that 1 have mate, that hard waters are rendered very soft and pure, rivalling distilled water, by merely boiling a twu-ounoj phial, say, in a : fcettleful of water? The cirbonate of Jimc and any impttritiss will be found adhering to the phial. The water boils very much quicker at the same time. The knowledge ot this fact will prove a boon to housewives and taundresse*, as well as to brewers, as it | is affirmed that good porter cannot be brewed out of London.