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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 291, 29 March 1877, Page 2

To-morrow bein? Omrl Friday, the Evp.visv; Mm. will not be published. The oSfret.il inspection of thenewly-fini.shed mil way Hue from the Windsor .Station to Ncßpara was made to-day by Air. Low, Resident Kniitmcr. A train left the Onmani Station about ha'-f-pa«t eleven this mf>rtiiti'.'. but lnd not returned when we went t-i press. A large party of ladies and cntlemeii availed themselves of the opportunity «->f paying a visit to Ngapara. Amongst th»>?:> who awmpuued .Mr. Low in his trip of inspection ive noticed the fallowing :—Mr. Smt'r.h, TraiitL- Manag-.-r forOamaru railways, and Mrs. Smith ; Mr. and Mrs. Corm.ick ; Mr. and Mrs. Steward; Messrs. Hislop, M.H.R. : -L <". IVown. M.11.R. ; Shrimski, M.11.n. : M.II.H. : Mcnlove, Topham, and Amos. On arrival at Ngipara the p.trtv. we b licvo. spent sonic time in viewing the surrounding country.

A general meeting of the Oaniaru Cricket Chth will be held at tiie Northern Hotel on Saturday evening, at S o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration the formation of a now cricket ground.

An accident of .1 serious nature occurred yesterday afternoon to a man named James Knur- a mason. It appears that while attempting t»> get on tiie shaft of his dray, he tVH. and one of the wheels passed over his leg. and severely crushed it, the dray being Ki.te I with ston? at the time. The unfortunate man wai removed to the Hospital, and on examination it was deemed necessary to ntnpttt.it': the kg. The operation was perfotiucd at 0 o'clock la-t night by Dr. Garland, a-sststed by Dr. De Lautour, the patient being pi teed under chloroform during the operation. King is. we are informed, a married man with a family of five, and 'his sad accident will be a great blow to him. On making inquiries to-day we learned that the poor fellow is progressing very favourably. A meeting of the Committee of the North Otagn Turf Club was held last evening at the Kmptrc Hotel, when the following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. Lttmsden (in ; the chair), Steward, Grant, Taylor, Longford, Dooley, Lintott, F.onayne, Shalders, ] Robertson, and Greenfield (secretary). The mimttcs of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the following gentlemen were elceted members of the Club : Messrs. B. Bahncr, H. B. Hook, J. C. Marshall. K- Bichar.lson. J. O'Meagher, H. Prince, K. Lyons, M. Cohen, T. H. Dodson. Mr. A. Peyman wrote resigning his seat as a member of the Committee, and the resignation was accepted.—A letter was also read from Mr. O'Meagher, pointing out the necessity of certain matters in connection with the racecourse receiving attention. It was decided to acknowledge the letter with thanks, and to inform the writer that the subject would have the attention of the Committee.—Some accounts having been passed for payment, the meeting was brought to a close.

We.direct the attention of our readers to a notification in regard to the running of trains on Easter Monday.

There is every probability of Christchurch being added to the list of markets that Oamaru supplies with flour. Messrs. Anderson and Co. sent to-day, as a trial, two trucks of flour to one of the firms established there. We are sure that the connection with Christchurch once formed, Oamaru flour -will take its place in that market.

The Clutha Leader learns on excellent authority that a gold rush may very soon he expected in the direction of the Waikaka. Some Chinamen have recently made from £ls to £2O per man per week at from 40ft. to 50ft. sinking, borne of the knowing ones from Tapanui have already left for the ground. The Dunedin Star supplies the following : "On her last trip round the island, the Reautiful Star landed at Big Bay, for Martin's Bay, the families of Messrs. Martin and Goudin, settlers who had proceeded thither from Oamaru. She also landed-all their chattels and effects, cattle, sheep, pigs, geese, ducks, &c. Jimmy Tear, one of the survivors of the wreck of the General Grant, has also proceeded thither from Jackson's Bay in search of fresh adventure.

A complaint has been made to the City Council (says the Guardian) regarding the practice of occasionally employing cabs and other public vehicles in conveying the dead to their last resting-place. It has very properly been pointed out that not only is the system disagreeable to such as are in the habit of travelling in vehicles, but it is positively dangerous, and calculated to spread infectious diseases. The matter has been referred to the Sanitary Committee.

The following paragraph, which we clip from the letter of the New Zealand correspondent of the Brisbane Courier, is news to us in the Colony alluded to :—"The workins of the Counties system has set all the people of New Zealand at feud with one another—even to the setting of brother against brother, and father against son; members of the County Councils opposed to eaeli other go into public houses, get excited, fall to fighting, and get bound over to keep the peace; the rich oppress the poor, and endeavour to unfairly overtax the poor, and generally a condition of the greatest anarchy and confusion has arisen." " Own" CDrrespondents are becoming notorious for—exaggeration.

As an indication of the results likely to accrue from the closing of the Dunedin Fever Hospital, " Argus" writes to the Star:— "I have to-day heard of a servant girl, residing with a family consisting of eight members, who lias taken scarlet fever, and has, in consequence been ordered home, seven miles into the country,' to her father's house, where she will be thrown into the midst of a family of ten. What will be the ultimate consequences to the community at large, I leave your readers to judge."

The Christchurch Evening Star does not not seem to believe the reports of great gold finds in Auckland. It says :—"The telegram to-day respecting the Moanatairi Company is of such an extraordinary character that we must call special attention to it. Five hundredweight of stone would contain about 12,6200z. troy, reckoning 1121bs. to the cwt. If, therefore, the telegram be true, the stone, as raised, was more than half gold. This so nearly approaches the region of the incredible that we strongly advise our readers to receive the news with caution. Agents have been misled before to-day, especially in gold-mining matters, and information of this kind, where it is the interest of many to overstate the truth, requires confirmation." Some of the fair sex have peculiar methods of showing their disapproval of the conduct of their husbands. It is fortunate that they arc not all of the same turn of mind as Mary Paganini, or things would be made pretty

lively for the sterner sex. The Daily Times has the following report of Mary's way of doing business when offended by her lord and master :—" On the morning of the 24th instant, a woman named Mary Paganini, wife of a labourer named Charles Paganini, employed at the Debora Bay tunnel, wilfully set fire to and burned down a small hut in which she and her husband lived. When asked, in the first instance, why she had done it, she replied that she wished to serve Paganini out. On being interrogated by the sergeant of police, she said that her husband had taken her up to Dunedin on the 23rd, with the intention of bringing her to the races, but did not do so, and gave her the "slip." She returned home, and for satisfaction's sake, burned down the hut, which contained a quantity of clothing belonging to her husband. She had also clothing in the Jiut, but carefully removed it before applying the torch." '

The "Intelligent Vagrant" in the .New Zealand Mail says :—"JThese be parlous times. Yesterday the Editor of the Neio Zealand Times received a telegram from the conductor of a country contemporary, saying a rumour was prevalent that the Armed Cjnsbabulary in Wellington had mutinied, and that particulars would oblige. The Editor of the Times telegraphed back, ' There has been no mutiny. There are no particulars.' This would not satisfy the energetic journalist in the country. He telegraphed again, 'ls there any truth in rumour? Kindly wire fully.' The Times man replied, 'No truth in rumour. How can I wire fully V The thirst for accurate information in this country is enormous." The Auckland people seem anxious that their portion of the Colony should not be considered as lagging behind the other large towns. In an article on the subject of vital statistics, in which fault is found with the Registrar-General for his reckoning of the population of Auckland, the Herald says : "In Auckland, considerable portions of our principal streets are being wholly devoted to business premises, whose owners occupy them during the day time, but reside in some of the suburbs. During the last three or four years the citizens of Auckland have spent in the erection of new and in the improvement of older buildings, &c, probably not less than a quarter of a million sterling—a fact which does not look as if our capitalists had lost faith in the future of their adopted city, or that population and wealth are decreasing within its bounds."

The Kangiora Standard thus speaks in regard to the Donkin-Pooley business at Christchurch :—" We have no sympathy for either Donkin or Pooley, nor do we believe has the general public ; and while the latter person has, unfortunately, been the cause of stamping the visit of the English Eleven with anything but pleasureable feelings, outside of the admiration naturally elicited by the clever play of the professional team, it must be said that Donkin comes very shabbily out of the affair. If he now wishes to squeeze his legal dues to the very last drop out of his opponent, why does he not await, before commencing civil proceedings, until the criminal charge is disposed of one way or the other ? There is a tone about thr.se new proceedings that smacks of a- desire to influence the result of the trial; but we fancy that the public feeling is already satisfied with this nauseous case, and cares very little as to the way in which it may be finally disposed."