The Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 485, 19 November 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1877.

We apologise to a number of otir subset ibers at Kakanui on account of the irregularity with wh ; ch the Mail reaches them. We, in common with the majority of neople. have hi herto labored under the hallucination that anytl.ing entrust d to the postal department was "tapud," &n I morally certain t» reach its dest nation. We confess our error. The allurements of the Matl have proved too st-ong f<>r some one ; it is " collared ;" and our .sub.-cribers, who naturally thiuk that if they pay for a thing they are en itled tojiave it, a e annoyed. We have no obj ction to p ople rea dug the paper on ihe cheap, a-, of course, irs pr being a penny, is mo: e than .some can aff >rd ; we rather applmd their appreciation f->r wh> lissome literature But we do -hii-k ihat a'ter haviug read it, iht-y should return it to its wiapper, in oider that those who undertake t-> pay for it may have an opportunity o; pe= using it a ter they have d new.th it We are little hurt over ihe matter, b cm e in addition to he ordinary expenses of producing our .-heet, each c->py that is transmi t-d through the [ ost is stamped. But atter all <>ur tr<>uUe and expetis-', we have nut the front to ask our subscribers to pay f r p pers whi-h are -cad by other peo Id We beg that tho e who hive in the habit oi perpetrating the injustee complained ikt wi 1 either tee that the p pe s a;e duly delivered aft r they h-.ve red them, or let. us know wh • they are in Oider that we may tend tin m fr< e cop es. At lit? I.'esident Magistrate's Court this morning, before T. W., Parker, E q.. EM., John -haw wa< charged «ih l.aving assaulted l-'mnois H -my on the l'ith just Mr. O'Mnagh-r ap,i3uvd for the d fmdaut. The evidence went to show that the cm-pl.-iinaiif, who «as drunk at the time, insisted on thriistin „' his conversation u 10.1 tin defendant, and made une of some insulting rem irks. 'J he defendant theieupoi st°uck lr.ni several times, inflicting -ome cuts .in the defendant's face. Evidence having he. n taken as to the g-nerallv peaceful eha-acter ot the dale idaot, l:i* Worship iufl cfc.d a fine of L 3, togeth -r with costs. 'lhe baziar in aid of the Wesleyau parsonage was brought to a close on Saturday i.ight, ihe total amoun-. re lised Ly ihe baza.o- be.ng 1 333 12; 4d. There was a very goo I attendance during th ; evening, an I the fair vendors of articles o-nainental and useful succeeded in disposing of a quantity of the stock remain ng unsold The amount realised <>n Saturday was LIOO 9s lOd. the sum being matle up as follows :—Mrs Robertson's stall, 1,24 14s 2d : Mrs. Armi-ta-e's, 1-2* 17s 21; Mrs Wansbrough's, Ll7; Mr.*. G.doiaith's, Lls lis 6d ; Mr*, .-heppard's, 14 8s 6'l ; refreshment stall, i 2 Kid ; take i at-ilia doors. LI3 7s Sd. The amounts realised from the different sources during the three days were as follow :—Mrs. Armitage's stall, 178 lis 2d ; Mrs. Robertson's, L 73 13s 9d ; Mrs. Wansbrough's, L 55 18i Sd; Mrs. Galbraith's, L 47 ISs 8d; Ms Sh-mpa'-rl's, Lls 15s b'd : refreshment sta'l. Ll3 Is lid; taken at th 3 doors, L4S 12.- Sd. At the clo.se of the bazaar, a number of arti les still remained on baud. Instead of holding an auction ?ale of these, as is usually the case, it is intended to keep them to form the nucleus of a supplementary bazaar, to be held in a few months.

A number of the Municipal Councillors will, to-morrow, pay a visit of inspection to the waterworks. The Suez mail will close to-morrow at 6 a.m. at the Oaniaru office. The committee of the Oamaru Hospital will meet to-morrow, at 8 p.m., ai tlu oifice of Mr. Church.

The American Variety Troupe concluded their performances in Oamar-u on Saturday evening, when they appeared to a good They w.ll now work their way towards Dunedin overland.

When otic Hospital i' full ; when our sur<renn< are so l>usy that even sleep will he deuu-.d to them ; when our Co oner will have ni time to attend to any public dity but th.it of h-lling inquests ; when our town i< deluded with tub eription lis r s in aid o wiil-.ivs and orphius left destitute : when all these things a'-e—ami a cord ng to the it.if;ress of the present state »i thiigs that is not far distant —then, an I it is ev - denr, not till then, will a move be made to rid Oa nam of the curs that, in packs, ru-h out at t e heels of every horse (saddle and ha ness) they see. Mr. Hector Munro has challenged Mr. Gtoge B och. the p iz ;-tak>ra- la-'C Saturday's >wimming touruanr nt, to t-w m a ma en for 1.2 a sid-. The distil ce is IOO.t \ads, ;>nd the scene of operations the Oaiia'u Baths. In order to al-.w the 0011-te.-tauts ample tim t > get themselves i ■ trsm by p>ac ice and otherwise, the in .tub has been iixe I fur the Ist of Decauii.e-. The di-i'ance is long, and will be a g >od test of •power o: enduraiu-e, a> well as skil . Amo g t thrf mime ■ us impr venient* that being «.tfjcted hi the town, and w.ieh we conceive* it c> be our duty to hr inicle is : he . x r .fn-i--n of Messrs. Konayue and r'ofcfcreli's sta ion ry warehouse. It is comparatively but a sh rt pe. iod since the busi ess was I'Stablishit by Mr. Flii-t. at which niine the a-e mnio latum was far too 1 .rge for the stick, which tiiere was no trouble in stowing away in the and amjile shelves wh lull had hen i rovided in fai-h that the i.u-iuess would oni d*y grow to such an ex ent as to till in all the interstices. This it did during Mr...Fl tt's time of occupation. JJu since the acc-ssion of Messrs. Konayrie and Coctrell to the pioprisioi>hip of the business it has lursc its bounds, and the sto.k may be seen to reach more than fifteen feet further back than it d.d previou-ly. Tiiis is another evidence of the prosperity of ou ■ disti it-t, and we are glad of the opportunity of pointing to it; ao ouch.

The North Otago Benevolent Society's ; Committee wi'l meet at a qu irter to seven I o'clock, and the general meeting will take place at the Mechanics' livstituie at half-past seven, this evening.

A special meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society will be held to-morrow, at 8 p in., at Albion House. The foilnightly meeting of the Commercial Building Society wid be held at Mr. W. Aitk' n s office this evening. The direc'o s of the Cale'lonian Society have postponed the r meeting -which was to have heen held this evening-until Monday, in order not to cla-h with the meeting of the Beaevol-nc Socety's, to take place this evening. Mr. Guildford Onslow a'id Mr Sheriff Fast, visaed the T chborne Claimant at Dartmoor on the 14th S-ptember. The conveisatioii was longer than usual, the prisoner having been promoted to a higher class by good con ; u-1 Both visitors declare the prisoner was looking well—all the better, probably, for the information they brought him that the veritable Atthur Orton had at last been found. Tin- announcement has repeat dly been made I efore by the too zealous iriends of ihe Claimant-., whose faith is great indeed; but this time, says Slieiiff East, there is certain'y. . Arthur is at present flourish'ng somewhere in Australia under the name ot Cress wt 11. His photograph is here ; and one of Orton fami'y has actually declared, though she would nor. swear it was him—which is cons .latere. The ( 1 i.iiaiit hinise fis mora positive. He solemnly assured his visitors on Saturday chat the ph tograp'i was that of th i Alfre I S-ni h s-woru to by hi u oo the 16th day of his examination in Court. What more could rational people de be ? -Echo.