THE EVENING MAIL. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 305, 16 April 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1877.

Won{*i»f> an'l !* »l fnfe fdftnz :» {lu.u-lit K«>- that »M«h «nak«» think."

The yrjitt n. Iv ;'i" t :i'T »r.l- I t<> -- > Ei.y the t>f tli« tr >n IturJ. ni.ty 1> - c -" hy t'vj Patrt etuvt the month of somettnix- like kigi of g-'iu were b: ovtjht into Uatitarti I>y the « i.T.rciit lines of ra'lway.

MiKor ami Smtlie, th J contractors for ths extension »f the Kre.ikvv.itcr, co:nmsncj 1 operations thi-f a tern >on. A largj net ruber ot nt.it are engaged making blocks, atut tfw e ►titra.-tiTA antiftpili abb to commence hying them abi>tti ihtirs-div, should the stun i-e calm. A new apparatus Itas litisit tievheti t* >r running the trucks .town with the Mock'. It i.+ t» be 'l■•iic b\ tnaatisi ol attached to ths engine of the largj craivj. A great saving of lab;>r will lie fr'Fcctud by thh ineatu.

Mewr. War,l and <-*.>. havj lo?t m tin in carrying out thj w,>rk of r.i l.n; in the itppor roid t> th; lireakwatar. A!ro; ly .1 great portion of the work had complete. I. The; feneabof a v./ry dutntantial ntturj, a «I wiU extend at far a' Antii-atreet.

The adj »irrisd tu jjtt tgt»f th-* North Oiag » Tttrf (.'tub t \>mrui tot,- will lit held at seven .»Vtock this evening, at thj Empire Hot--!, for the purport of further e>nstde:iig th;_Fuhhook »tUi[riatiliati<>:t ccje. W c believe we arc correct in stating that sines ths inciting oa Fii-lay night a great ehang; h n taken plan.: i:t th'j opinion.* of many oE the members uf th/ Committee, an I that lib tolerably certain that the decision of the steward J v.*;ll be- wphflit. ami the fcnts-j dis<f|naltii«l. lltw coarse ii ths mure 1 kcty to b; ta*en. seeing that th'J Canterbury .b.jkey Clttb h ti decided Co iti«|oaUfy Fishhook. Mails for Austral a, per s.s. Kingarootna, will yto.se at the liltttT tomorrow, at 11 a.m.

A mset'mii of th r S»ch >o!s Cotiiniittee will he heUI at the .Sj«rat;vy V Oilier fchbcvcHiag. .it h;lt£-J»:V5t »'cloc!i.

The ttittal monthly meeting of t!u o;vmru Hospital Ct>rtuut„t:c w.IE I>3 hel lat Mr. Churth'st oiliuj t.>-mi>rn>w evening.

Ths Church Wardens of St. Luke'd will attend at th; vestry to-inorrow cveni.tg for the purpose of receiving pew* rent.*. He «ti»g aai! He.Uc/ will cnaiinaj tlistr satvr of at the late ship «»{" Mr. Moody. at hale pit six o'eE.>c!» th:i cverr.ng.

M«mh«rs> of th.r l.oyal Oaai.vti M. t*. E'., are rjv| te.'tj'l to l t!ie itn'ir'.'i or their l.itj hwt'ir, M.\ O rorg} Anderson. which wisl leave h»;5 Lite red lj:iee .tt three t>'ch>j'c t»-ni >:r>w aft ,T.in:i.

A gnnsral meeting of tli3 Stesplech.-we Chtb w convened IW tht.4 evening, at S v»al>-ick. the Kinpirs Hotel. The b«siucs.-> t ► lie Irottght forward is very important, ami alt interested are kivitsd to attend.

The Artillery Volunteer Company v.-ill meet for carbine driil and inspection of arms at eight o'clock to-:nonv>w evening, and members who c.mn'it attend are required to sjatl tit their carlnnzit for inspection.

The members oE the Oatnam Piitliiarnianie Society, by advertisement in another column, announce that they will gsve ona of their concerts at the .Masonic Hall, on the 21th instant. Ths prog.tmmi ti be put forth u, we understand, a moat attractive one.

An effort w Wing matla to form a Christy Minstrel Company in Oamiru. Already a targe number of gentlemen liavc signified titeir wililngneas t-> carol themselves a members, anil a preliminary meeting will be held to-morrow evening at Mr. Carncroas shop.

The following appointments in the Oamani Volunteer* hive been gasttal :—Artillery Volunteers— Gej»rgi Greeuiield to be Licittjnait; date ot ommcjiba, 2ic!i July, 1573. KiHe Voluntcjera—Sab-Lieutenant Tcr&tas H iy-Mac:;enzb tj be Lieutenant; date of com mis sua, 17th December, 1575. Aaron Young Smith to be Sub-Lieutenant; date of commiislon, 17th

There are 43 licensed drinking-shops on tbo Kamara diggings.

The DuneJin Savings Bank returns for the quarter ending 31st March were : Receipts, £GoG'2 33. Sd.; payments, £7733 63. 3d. At the annual suls of stock at Robertson Brothei s', Colac, the total amount obtained for *2OO head of cattle was £20,000, being an average of £IOO per head. The Auckland share-brokers have received intimation that they mn.-.t take out licences as per the Sharebrokers Act, IS/1, and as the fee is £2.1, the sharebrokers naturally object, especially as the Ice has never been enforced before.

Another instance of the rapidi'y of cable immmunicati'n (says the L'jtlellon limes) h:n come under our notice. On 'J hursday morning last, at ll o'clock, a trading company in this city sent a cablegram to London, and on Saturday evening at S o'elock ha I a reply, the time occupied being 57 hnur.s.

The Wellington correspondent of the Daily Tim.>. 4 says:—'"Mr. I'.rctt, <f the Auckland S'jf, was recently Wellington a few days, and his mi.sii »n is said to hive been to make c onirics as to tl.e chance a new morning paper would have here. There is certainly a goo.l chance for a really well conducted iudepc lent pape", the y< i/; Zealand Times being as wretch 3d a rag and as thoroughly unpopular as a paper c.mld well be. A circular just issued by the National Kiflc Association gives some important changes in the system of targets to be hereafter used at the Wimbledon Meeting. The hull's eyes are to bo reduced in size at all range.*, and we ate t< lose the "centre " as a term of marking, 'i he word to be used in if ? place will be " magpie," because the disc to l>c used for marking this score on the target will be " pied " black and white.

I'ictou is in want of a Church of England clergyman (says an exchange). The Rev. C. (>. Mules has declined the parochial nomina-

tion. I'icton is a'ways in clerical trouble. A Presbyterian clergyman was once imported by ! tin: .sleepy villag-% but as he was unable to

[ pav his baki r with promises, and couldn't | -ret anything better at the time, he went over f to the Church of England under Bishop I Sutcr, and he now holds a parish in the I North Island.

The <>! >.n D • Tim correspondent t-!c the following instance of t'.ie way the Minis'ry conducts the affairs of the Colony " Prior to the late city election, the M.-vor (Mr. Hutchinson) was in high favour with the Government, holding constant interview.* with Ministers, and getting all -sorts of promise?. Now that he has failed to get a seat, the Ministry seem, from the tone of correspondenci on various subject i brought before the City Conned yesteri!:iv, inclined to drop him, and to turn rust v. "

According to the -S'n-rH'tUin-l Tim-s, the inventive talent of C' 'ptain Thomson, Harbourmaster at the Bluff. has recently been applied to the construction of an improved washingmachine, and we understand that he has succeeded in completing the design of one of these highly useful aiticles of household economy, which is said to eclipse all the machines now in existence. By the way, we learn that Captain Thomson has it in con. temptation to visit Yictori.i for the purpose of nrra'ig'ng for the manufacture and disposal of his patent rowlock and boat-lowering

j a- p.tratu.s. j In Hoik-inn our article in reference to the | aetioii of tiie North Otago Turf Club, in | which we poin'ed out that it would have been better if the Club had postponed the consideration of the matter until a special occasion, inste.id of acting upon the spur of f the moment, the Guar li-ni says: —"We are not only of this opinion, but we believe had consideration of the matter been delayed until the noi.-y shouts of sundry losers in half-crown sweeps had died away, Mr. j O'Brien would not have been so unfairly I dealt with as lie has been." The Waitangi Tribune., writing upon the subject, also takes the same view as we did.

A local Auckland politician named Dr. Wallis got " 011 the stump" the other day at Auckland, and fairly convulsed his hearers. He was energetic, funny, and dramatic ; in fact, lie seemed to have been reading of the famous trick of the great Commoner's just heforc meeting the electors. 'lhe doctor complained of a Mr. Masefield trying to rob him of the honour of proposing to hang up the Counties Act i:i Kdcn, and said: "Mr. Ma jeiield lias attempted to supplant me, and I hereby, in the presence of his constituents, puMiclv constitute him the hangman of the Act, and here, sir, is the rope to hang it with." He at t';ii3 point produced a halter from his coat-tail pocket, and flung it with a tragij air of d---fiance upon the floor, amidst roarj o: laughter, mingled with deafening applause. In fact the doctor completely " brought down the house."—Exchange.

' Relating to the visit of the missionary schooner Day Spring, a correspondent from the North, says :—" The substantial results of missionary labour are being reaped by the youngsters who have subscribed their pennies towards the good work. The Day Spring has been visited every day by crowds of Sunday School children, each of whom have been gladdened with a cocoauut. The other day the mate caught a bright youth in the act of coming the double shuffle. He said in stern tones, 'Come, come, my little man, you were on board before to-day, and got a cocoa-nut.' 'Yes, I was, : replied the ingenious juvenile, 'but that was with another •Sunday School."'