THE EVENING MAIL. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 298, 7 April 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1877.

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We have to apologije tw many of our waiters wtu*, th onjb ths cirel.-s mess of some of onr runners, have been debarred irvxtt receiving their copies of The Mau, with regularity. Kvery effort has been made by our with the view of ensuring the regular delivery of the paper, but Gutnptaints still reach B* of neglect oh the part of the runners. We are happy to say that arrangements are pending whereby we trust to avoid any such neglect in the future. During last evening a rumour was current in town to the effect that a special meeting of the steward* of the jSmtli Otago Turf Glut* had teen held for the pnrpoae of reconsidering their decision in regard to the disqualification of the racehorse Fiahhook front ever again running on the Oarnaru course ; and it wa* actually stated that the decision had been reversed. We are authorised to aiate that no such meeting has taken place, neither do we believe there is any intention to reconsider the matter. It is just possible that a farther investigation may take place, with the object of getting at another party to the dishonorable transaction ; but at present we are unable to give any further parti- j colors taereanent. '

! It will be seen by the mail notice published elsewhere that the outward mail vid \ Suez will close here at half-past four o'clock on Monday next, for transmission by the p.s. Samson. I We learn that the Bombay to Arden teleI graph cable has been successfully duplicated, ■ and communication between India and England reopened. The Penang-Rangoon cable j is expected to be ready for tratfic to-day. The Oamaru portion of the inward San Francisco mail was received in town this morning, having been transmitted overland from C'hriitihurch. It i* worthy of remark that not a single »a c of drunkemiess his conic under the ii'.ticcnf the Resident Magistrate at the last two sittings of the Court, notwithstanding the fact of the holding of the Turf Club's race?. The exigencies of the pre:s having necessitated the caily departure of our reporter from the rac.-.-ourse yesterday, we were unable to give the conclusion of the day's running. The termination of this most suc- : cnaiiul in eling is easily told. Four horses i entered for the Consolation Race, which was I w >n easily by Piuigaw e ewere. canying 9st ; ! Cob Roy (7st.) hiring second, and Exile (6\t. | -ill.) third, Terry (Gst. 41b.) also competing. I After a good race, the Hur.y Scurry was won ! l>y M. T. M'Kay's Bushman. Thus termi- ; na'cl one of the most successful race meet- ! ings that ha* ever been held in Oamaru. i | An«>th?r iustmcc of the mismanagement of the '•paternal" Government is afforded ' by its action in regard to the additions to | the Waimatc Court-house. The whole of | the particulars in regard to the work re- | .[ttired to he done were quietly deposited at ! Timani, a great injustice thus being inflicted i upon the inhabitants of the place where the • work was required to be done, besides incurring the possibility of the being greatly increased. The annual meeting of the Shearers' Union takes plac3 at the Mechanics' Institute this evfiiing at S o'clock. The settling in connection with the Nortt{ 06.~.2>-> Turf Club It.nces will take place at the Kmpiro Hotel on Monday at 11 a.m. Tii- Rev. L. M. Isitt will preach in Wesley Church to-morrow, both morning and evening. It will be remembered that a few days ago we published a telegram announcing the death at Dunedin of a man named George Smith under very extraordinary circumstances. The Guardian of yesterday has the following in relation thereto:—"lt is very ' sv\ to learn that the peculiarly melancholy circumstance* of the death of Mr. George Smith are darkened further by the fact that ftp-* f.ttmty, consisting of his widow and four little children, are left in very indigent cir-tumr-Uise-j.*. It is a case tint calls loudlj* tor sympathy from the charitable ; but before making suc'i appeal we fed compelled to say that a strong claim of justice, to say nothing of hum iittty, should be recognised by the executor.* ami legatsc.s of the late Dr. i Hulme. We say nothing as to whether this i melancholy event, which has plunged a family in bereavement and poverty, might not have been averted had the work of the undertaker originally been properly attended tf>. It is* suiitcient to note the clo.se couiicc- ; tion of came an I effect in this poor man's d.ath. Tim hite Dr. Hulme bequeathed an enortuoti.-* sum of money, and considering the *ad i>».-iiii'>ii of this poor family, we have neither h sitation nor delicacy in saying that it ii the duty of the inheritors of that wealth to make a reasonable provision for life for t'te wnlow and family of poor George Smith " Tlie Napier correspondent of the Dunedin Star telegraphs to that journal as follows : Two thousand claims to vote have been receive I. by the Returning Officer for the electoral district of Clivc and Napier, but of these -MO are Natives in the Clivc district. Should they get on the roll the effect will be that Mr. Sheehan will be able to swamp the European voters, thereby ousting Mr. Ormond. How very shocking! The Guardian says:—"A tall, strapping woman named Mary Thompson, who was described by the polica as an old nuisance, was sentenced by Mr. Watt, R.M., to four months' imprisonment for indulging in the pastime of kiss-in-ths-ring in front of the White Horse Hotel. The arresting constable stated that he saw her at midnight with her arms round a man's neck kissing him. anl behaving in an unbecomjng manner. Miss Thompson evidently thought she had been badly treated, and asked the constable * what harm there was in kissing.' Johu Elliott, the individual who was said to have been kissed, and who was rather indignant at the arrest of the •charmer,' had to pay 495. for obstructing the police."

The Dunedin Star publishes the following telegram from its Lawrence correspondent:— •' The latest intelligence from the "Waikaka rush does not warrant any large number of miners going there. The diggings are surrounded by freeholders, and there is very little water available. The lead is only proved for a short distance, and is most likely only a patch similar to other workings in the vicinity."

For the last day or two (says the Guardian) a professional bird-catcher, properly equipped with nets and decoys, has been engaged in trapping skylarks on the Tokomairiro Plain. The man is employed by the Otago Acclimatisation Society, and the birds are to be distributed in other parts of the Provincial District. From 20 to 30 larks are captured daily without much difficulty, and the man is able to make a very good living at the business.

We clip the following from the Waitangi Tribune:— Some twelve months since, Mr. Campbell, of the Bank of New Zealand, purchased a section of land about half-a-mile from Waimate, near Mr. 0. Clarke's, and on paying the ground a visit, a day or two since, he found, to his astonishment, that the fencing had been taken down and laid on the roadside. What the object of the depredator was can scarcely be conceived ; but it is not a difficult matter to come to the conclusion that his assurance or roguery should cbim for him the attention of the police. A native chieftain (says the Poverty Bay Herald), after talking himself hoarse the other day at the Makaraka Lands Court, whilst asserting his right to countless acres of hill, wood, and dell, found it necessary to assuage his thirst after the labours of the day. The fleeting hours flew swiftly by while the noble savage quaffed goblet after goblet of the far-famed local XXX. Meanwhile his faithful steed, which was waiting at the door to convey him to hi 3 kainga, inspired some gay pakeha revellers with a brilliant idea. Loosening the girths, they reversed the saddle with the pommel facing the tail, and then left. At length the ranga tira bethought him of his home and the wife of his bosom, and striding to his horse, he placed his hand on the pommel, his foot in the stirrup, and instinctively felt for the rein. None was to be found, however, at that end of the quadruped, and with a wild cry of rage a'.d anguish, he rushed back into the house, exclaiming—"Who's cut off my horse's head ?"