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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 335, 21 May 1877, Page 2

On the fourth page of our present issue we e publish a lengthy telegraphic summary of the news brought by the City of New York, which arrived at Auckland on Saturday y afternoon, too late for us to have the news transmitted in time for our last issue. We learn, by a private telegram, that Mr. Martelli, of Timaru, who was seriously injured during the hunt near Washdylce on Thursday, has died from the effects of the injuries he then received. Owing to Thursday next being the anniversary of her Majesty's Birthday, the regular fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council will be held on Friday evening, at the usual hour. A bold attempt at robbery occurred at the shop of one of our leading drapers early on Saturday evening. The would-be thief was ' in the act of removing from the front of the ' shop a large rug, when his movements were observed by two gentlemen, who at once called the attention of the proprietor to the J matter. The shopkeeper, being averse to 1 appearing in the Court as a prosecutor, with i the prospect of losing a large amount of i valuable time, allowed the scoundrel to go on his way, a free, but not less guilty, man. On inspection of the rug, it was found to be considerably damaged, having been torn during the fellow's efforts to dislodge it from the nail upon which it was hanging. The match played on Saturday afternoon by the members of the Oamaru Football Club was between sides chosen by the captain and deputy-captain.'' The play was very good on both sides. After playing for an hour without anything being done in the way of scoring, ends were changed, and the deputy-captain's side secured a goal, which was kicked by Caverhill. Another goal was afterwards kicked for the deputy-captain's side, which won the match," the other side not obtaining a goal. The following members have been nominated to practice for the forthcoming match with the Dunedin Club : —Walls, W. Finch, Ferens, Snodgrass, Burnett, Caverhill, Chancellor, Holdsworth, Tempest, Otterson, Blackburne, J.' Millington, Wait, Thomson, Corliss, Hickey, Booth, Blackett, A. Y. Smith, M'Glashan, C. Fenwick, M'Donald, Main waring. The final selection will, we believe, be made next week, and as it is desirable to send as strong a team as possible to Dunedin, it is hoped that the gentleman named will attend regularly at practice, in order that the selection committee may have an opportunity of judging of the play of members. Mr. D. R Hay has won the silver cup given by the Dunedin Chess Club for competition in a chess handicap tournament. He scored 19 wins, and only lost two games. | That versatile medico, Dr. B. H. Bakewell, of Dunedin and Trinidud, has delivered t his promised lecture on the "Crimean War," ] but the lecturer does net appear to have said < anything wonderfully hew or interesting. 1 If we may judge from the published reports, 1 he seems to have confined himself chiefly to £ the expression of his own particular opinions 1 —a proceeding which the doctor is very good ] at performing. Amongst these was one to j the effect that he believed England would c never go to war again to support the Turkish s Gewrumwt, , «

b- There are now 340 pupils attending the Caledonian Society's Classes at the Normal 0 School, Dunedin. e The farmers of the Ellesmere district, in e Canterbury, have established a co-operative bacon-curing company on a large scale, e A large artesian well, 106 ft. deep and 20ft. e in diameter, has been completed for the e Leamington Town Council. e A Kaiapoi man, with his wife and family, d has lately embraced the Mormon faith, and ,t the whole of them have gone to Salt Lake r City. it What next, we wonder! According to the Hokitika Evening Star a settler near Ross has trained a pig to retrieve birds on the Mhoinapua lake. Very nearly all mining operations at Macetown have been suspended in consequence of the severe weather. Only the Victor Emanuel Mine is reasonably accessible. t It is expected that the section of the e southern line of railway from Dunedin will be opened in the course of about three j weeks. This section is 15 miles in length. ■ Large quantities of fish were thrown up at s Mercury, Auckland, by the earthquake wave. r One of the fish washed ashore resembled a £ small snake, with a spotted tail, and was £ probably a species of eel. 1 The members of the Dunedin Football B Club are getting up a fancy dress ball, to j take place next month, and hope by this means to raise the necessary funds to pay the expenses of outgoing teams. Dr. Carr has been lecturing at Invercargill on " The New Religion; its Foibles, e Follies, and Fallacies." One of the local f papers says that the lecture was listened to , with marked attention. V New Zealand is progressing in the way of s literature. Mr. W. L. Rees, M.H.R. for Auckland City East, has written a novel called "Sir Gilbert Leigh," which will be - published by Sampson, Low, Marston, and l Co., of London. At a meeting of the Riverton Harbour Board, held on Friday, it was resolved that " application be made to the General Govern--3 ment for the unexpended votes of the late 1 Provincial Council for Riverton Harbour—k namely, LSOO for new jetty and L3OO for survey. i The Daily Times says : —" Gas engineers i differ. Grey coal is thought but little of in s Dunedin for gas manufacturing purposes, i but in another column will lie found opinions ; of practical men upon the subject, from i which it would appear that if used here, ; there would be less expenditure and more i light." The meeting at Palmerston in reference to 1 the line of railway into the interior, held on Friday evening, was, we learn, largely attended. A resolution in favour of forming the line to Naseby from Palmerston via 1 Waihemo was carried, and a Committee L appointed to further the carrying out of that proposal. Is is possible (says a contemporary) for a man, who is found to be in a helpless state of intoxication, to violently resist an apprehending constable ? This question was an. swered affirmatively, to the satisfaction of the Christchurch Bench, on the 14th inst. 9 and the helpless inebriate mulcted in the usual penalty. It is stated that Turner, the farmer who was gored by a bull lately near Christchurch, when he lost one of his eyes and had the greater portion of his jaw torn out, is likely to recover. Should he do so, his recovery will be very much akin to a miracle, and will reflect the greatest credit upon the medical men who have attended the unfortunate, man. They do strange things in Auckland. This is the way in which a birth was lately announced in the Herald: —"On May 3, at Onehunga, the wife of Mr. John Dempsey—safely delivered by Mrs. Wells, of a son." Very satisfactory this to Mrs. Wells, no doubt, who may benefit somewhat from the advertisement herein contained. But even this interesting announcement is outdone by one which appeared in the Auckland Evening Star.' It was as follows:—"May 5, 1877 —unto us a son is given—John and Ann Ryan, Symonds-street." Footballers beware ! An accident of a serious character occurred at a football match in Nelson to Mr. J. Firth, the captain of the College team. - Strictly in accordance with the rules of this noble game, the gentleman was charged by a player on the opposite side and thrown violently. The force of the fall may be gathered from the fact that Mr. Firth was unconscious for some time, and eventually had to be taken home in a ( cab. It was also reported that some of the i sufferer's teeth had been loosened by a - kick J: MouU&tty lUUiuaiftfotd during the game, j 1

The proprietors of tho Wellington Even in Post have erected a flagstaff, on which tt following signals will be displayed : —Arriv, of the San Francisco mail at Auckland, lj] t flag; arrival of the Suez mail at tho Blu* white flag ; arrival of either of tho Englii mails in Wellington harbour, New Zcalaj Ensign ; arrival of war news, red flag (day red light (nignt). It was thought that the opening up ( railway communication would do much | reduce the cost of carriage of goods. Thj anticipation does not appear to have boo realised in one instance at least, if we ma; judge by the following, which we clip from contemporary :—" Mr. Henry White, ga dener and seedsman, of Milton, had occasii to forward a quantity of trees, Ac., to Tt« peka for sale, per railway. The cost m 20s. more than he could have had tho gooi formerly carted for if there had been no r»i This does not include cartage to and fro the railway stations. How is this ?"

In the Gazette are published tho agricit tural returns of the Colony, making allot ance for losses by flood in Nelson, Mat, borough, and Canterbury. As we ka\ published the separate reports from time I time for each district, it will now not I necessary to give more than the totals li the whole. They are as follows, compare with last year : Number of holding 18,750 —increase, 1500; extent of land broke up, but not under crop, 257,753£ acrcß—it crease, 101,539£; estimated produce in wheal 4,054,377 bushels increase, 1,279,91 bushels; oats, 4,707,836 bushels—decreasi 1,573,761 bushels ; barley, 801,379 bushelsdecrease, 144,736 bushels ; grass, 2,203,64s —increase, 382,8435; potatoes, 86,922 tot —increase 16,199 tons; and in other cropi 111,437§ acres increase, 32,500J ; tot number of acres under crop, including sow grasses, 2,082,7572 —increase, 451,769.