THE EVENING MAIL. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 294, 3 April 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1877.

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\V<j beg to draw the attention of our reader* t«> the extended mail notice that appeals in another column, notifying that tetters ell San Franc tseoi must he posted before f» a.m. to-morrow. the 4th inst. Mr. M'Kay's two hurdle-roec horses* fUrijo and Malabar. arrived in Oarnani t onlay. A general meeting of the Citizen Cadets wilt he held a? th» Prill-ah-d to-morrow evening. "Five annual general meeting of the Shearers' ! Union will he held at the Mechanics' Institute on Satan lay nest, at S o'clock, when all interested are invited to attend. Another vacancy hast occurred in the House of Representatives, Mr. H. lonks. one of the members tor Auckland City \\ e.-tt, having resigued, owing t<> pressure of lu-ii-uess. The usual general meeting of the North Otago Permanent Building Society, for the receipt of eash, kc., will i<e held at the Secretary"* office this evening between seven and haff-pasfc eight o'eloek. The Panks intend keeping holiday on the race dap. An advertisement in another j culixmn announces that on Thursday the j ranks will on Friday they wilt at 12 o'clock. Ky an advertisvm'.'nt wtiieh appetra in another portion this issue it will he seen that Mr. .higo. n.W.C.T., will deliver nit address on (ffood Templary tht'-t evening in the Tecs-street Halt. Mr. Jago has the reputation of being one of the beat lecturers on this subject in the Colony, and posse;se;s the p*>wer of thorongldy engaging the attention ©i hi.* audience. Those who attend the krtur-' this evening wilt not only have the pleasure of listening to a capital address, but will also have ?u opportunity of hearing ; something to their advantage. The admission is free to alt.

At the meeting of the St. Paul's Church Voting Men's Association last evening, Mr. A. W. CottrelE r. ad an essay of considerable length ©n S 1 ;. Paul's two first missionary journey.''. The attendance of members w.n a medium one. The essay proved very interesting, and the manner in which the essayist handled the subject showed that he had devoted considerable attention to it ; and the essay wm favorably criticised by ait present. Mr. M'Pherson afterwards read a leaf from hi* note-book, which caused considerable amusement by the witticism with which it abounded. A full programme lor the ensuing tjuarter having been drawn up, embodying lectures, debates, readings, and e&j.sys, the meeting closed. Ail essay on Kagged Schools, to be read by Mr. Gould, forms the principal business for next Monday evening.

The meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society, called for last night, did not erentuate, owing to there not being sufficient members present to form a quorum. The lecture to be given by Mr. Severn this evening will l« of very great interest. Sot only is our visitor a first-class scientific lecturer, but he has, we believe, some very superior apparatus —the bc3fc in the Colony. Crook "rf extraordinary new instrument termed the radiometer will be shown for the first time. This works by the force of light, and must be sen to enable one to judge of its merits In the larger towns Mr. Severn has given three, and even six, leclure3, and we only hope that the audience that may meet our visitor on his first lecture will be sufficient to induce him to give a second one. The photographic views (some S00) of the Colony and Europe that will be thrown on a large .«-cr en by the oxyhydrogen light are said to be superior to anything before seen, and the instantaneous portraits of animals in the 7.0> logical Garden* are said to be wonderful. On the whole the lecture on the Karth and the Moon," illustrated, as it is to be. by the best diagrams and real photographs of the moon, will be of surpassing interest. Wc understand Mr. .Severn is a rita voce lecturer, and fairly carries his hearers with him.

Tii.2 C'liristchurch correspondent of the Guardian writes :—"Canterbury is beginning to asd« rt ber literary supremacy already. You will have observed the favourable re-vi-ws on " Iritis Trcgar.ce's Novels," both in Kngtiih aiul Australian papers. Well, it i - now no secret that the book is from the pen of a Christchuidi clergyman, who is now at work on a second romance. " Louis Trainee " was also illustrated by a Christchurch ariist, and his services have been secured by Mr. for his new bantling."

Tfie following very sensible suggestions are made by the Pored y Ilj'j Sl-.nidtird: — " What we demand on behalf of those who desir.: to ' pay as they go ' is that there shall • be a marked distinction made in their favour, I as r.gaisnt those who take long credit, or do nut pay at ail. I.et those who have hereto fore done what is known as a ' booking business * make it clearly and emphatically un-der-tood that the cash price for goods is so much, and credit price so much more. Traders will very soon learn how much the principle will be appreciated, and how many wi 1 only be too ready to avail themselves of such an arrangement. There should be no evasions 011 the part of those who sell, and no excuses for departure from the rules laid down by those who buy—' So much for cash payment: so much for credit.'"' We take the following from the Guardian . —" Mr. Tlioma3 Htuwell ha? gone into mining speculation again; we may, therefore, expert to hear of great fluctuation? in the Auckland gharcmArkefe, Mr. Ilus3ell being the :-:hrvre:ii;nk.:t barometer of that district. On .Saturday, directly it was known that Thomas had bought into the Kuranui mine, shares rose seven sh llings. If he sells out t>nwrr;iiv they will fall 145., but if he buys half-a-dozen more tliey will go up another half-crown, and so forth. He can just dodge the market as he like 3, so slavish are the Auckland people in their following of Mr. Russtll ami hi* mining fortunes."

The talc U>M by a bereaved mother yes- | tcrday (-.ays the Vnn.rlhxn) .-lionlil go far to j wtaUWi the uti'ity ot the Fever Hospital as ! a public anil to remove the stigma that was recently aimed so persistently at the character of its management. ,\!r<. Maekay, a respectable, industrious, and desciving woman, deserted by a heartless, worthless lius-band, and left, with a small family on her hands, to battle with the world, had three of her children taken ill with scarlatina about five weeks ago. They were removed to the Fever Hospital, and on .Sunday the eldest, an intelligent little girl

|of seven years, died. The story of her | death, as related by her mother, is something affecting. Oil Saturday, having | a presentiment of her death, she divided the few toys presented to her a day

or two before among the other children. When the mother called on Sun da}' after- ; noon, the child was just at the point of death, in an almost unconscious state. The appearance of her mother, however, appeared suddenly to wake her up, and she exclaimed, "Mother, I know I am dying, but I want to tell you how kind Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been to me; and Mrs. Robertson has nursed ine, atul everyone has been so good to | me. 1 ain dying, dear mother, but lam so happy. I know lam going to Heaven, and i we'll all meet there some day," and, bidding her weeping mother adieu, the child fell into that peaceful slumber that knows no waking. Testimony like this, narrated by a mother's lips, is surely of more value than all the evidence which Mr. Pearson's family and their medical experts have been able to adduce.

The honorary secretaries, Messrs. P. N. Trebeck and Griffiths, report that the trial shipment of frozen meat, under Messrs. Mort and Nicolle's process, will be sent to England in the ship Northam, to sail on May 15. Abundant space has been secured in this fine vessel, and Mr. Nicolle, who is carefully providing for every contingency, will proceed to England in charge of the shipment. Prime stock have been purchased, and are now arriving at the slaughtering ya' ds, at Boweufels. The machinery is perfected, and is being fitted up on board the ship. The Christchurch Star has the following : —'"The Otago Daily Times has the reputation of being conducted in a. liberal spirit. Through its columns, the people of Otago are supplied with all the latest utterances of philosophy and science. Theology has no difficulties which our contemporary is not prepared to solve, and we are much surprised to find that he has neglected to tell us whether or not the planet Vulcan is an actual entity. But, if the journal in question is greater in one field than another, it is in the domain of social science, and with resp2ct to the duties of man to man. Of the humane and enlightened spirit in which the Daily Times Mould deal with the school boys of the Colony, and, presumably, of the world, the following extract from last Tuesday's leader affords an indication :—'Every school boy ought to be whipped if he does not know that the "Waitepeka people, by their loudly expressed desire to have a line, each mail to his own back door, have succeeded in staying the formation of that section of the Southern line that runs f om Waipalii to Balclutlia until now.' With all due deference, we must urge that the Times appears to have a somewhat exaggerated notion of the importance to humanity at large of the circumstances related."

A rather amusing occurrence is mentioned by the Po*t: —" A man, who for the purposes of the may be termed Jones, and who carries 011 business as a storekeeper in a certain flourishing township in the Middle Island, found that it would conduce to the happiness of both parties if he had his wife separated. They did so, the lady coming to Wellington, and an agreement being entered into that she should receive a certain sum per week from her husband for her maintenance. At the beginning of the present week the wife conceived a brilliant idea. She would fathom the depth of Jones' affection for her. She went to tiie Telegraph Office, and sent the following message to Jones: ' Ilegret to inform you your wife died of broken heart last night. What shall Ido ?' She added to the telegram the name of one of Jones' friends as the sender. No sooner did Jones get the telegram than he put up his shutters ami announced th it owing to domestic afllictiou the store would be closed for three days. Then he telegraphed to the supposed .sender requesting that the funeral should be delayed until he arrived, and that he would reach Wellington two days afterwards. He did so. He went to the house of his friend, with whose family Mrs. Jones had lodged, and mournfully shaking hands with him, said, 'So she's gone !' The friend wished to know who ' she ' was, and while explanations were being made on both sides, Mrs. Jones herself entered the room. This was enough for Jones. He saw that he had been hoaxed by the woman who had sworn to obey him, he turned away in disgust, inarched to the wharf, caught a steamer on the point of sailing, and left for home. But before doing j so he sent the following laconic te.'egram to his storeman: —' Take down them shutters.'"