The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 521, 2 January 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878.

11l Oamara the Nov.- Year was lishercfl in with the u>:i:u " mi:uary honors." tV herecver our iHcerenrarive Went liis sensitive olfactory ne;ve3 wcrv. assailed with the smell of powder, an l hisi eara tilth the mirthful shouts of r.viijy- ot jubilant young faojiefnl-'/ r/hfi there thro £li<.ut ;ho town fur the .purpose of baptising the >cw Year wth fire. The police were lenient to a ibgrf c, evidently taking into consideration tha circumstances and the seasou-; but, notwithstanding this, onlyoneir.st u:ceo?nuU-ne;s, sof.iras wekr.ow, ocenrred. ' The pyrotechnic display was not confined to the lads of the town, for on the hills surrounding the town might have been seen from the streets the squib vomiting forth its contents, the Catherine wheel performing its gyratory movements and displaying its vari-eolored lire iu numerous designs, and the lively Jack-jumper, ever interfering •with the liberty «rf the sii jcct. We were not favored with then.-iril .-erciiading, which wc have always ill'.sight insvpar.tblo from New Year's cvo, ::ivr.:iiig cue out of 1»L----beauty .-leep : bus: gentL nn.ii "were liilr.iVi-' ■.? Ihiiv I r.<: ;»=■-=. thinking that they n.L it; !>e ihili. p:-id them ei'ei'V necessary and unnc.-es-;arv at loution.

At tii.' !Je:.=ul-.'itt Magistrate's Court this morning, before Messrs. Numpter aiul Maude, J.V'.s., Mathev Kuighton ■was fined ss. for letting oft" lire works lit Thames-street on New Year's eve. (ieorge Moxliam was charged with throwing stones at Constable Smith during the execution of his duty. ' It appeared that while the constable was ill the aet of taking Knighton to the lock-up, a number of persons commenced throwing' stones at liini, >everal of which struck him. Sub-Inspector f-nuth happening to come along the street at the time., saw Moxliam throw a stone at Constable Smith, and apprehended him. Moxham was fined LI. with the option of seven days' imprisonment. Several complaints having lately been . made to the police with regard to breaches of the Employment of Females Act, 1873, Seigeant iieattie has been appointed at Inspector under the Act. On New Year's eve, the Sergeant paid a vi.-it to the various dressmaking establishments in town, but in only one case was a breach of the Act discovered. It is likely, wc believe, that this infringement of the law will form the subject of Magisterial inquiry shortly.