It is highly necessary that some r« sh-ie-ti- -ii should b" placed on the festive ardour of e';'.testri:'.nM who occasionally seem to bo seized with a desire in emulate the I'.-axilian horse-rid r in their travels though < 'aniani. To-day. an individual, without any apparent object in view, except it be that ji;.-t mentioned, and evidently I rimed untile occasion, put spurs to his horse, and :a:i a-muek up and down our principal thoroughfare. AVe are sure ih.it. had he b, en"espied by a policeman, his crat".:t"iis performance would have K-e;i cut short, fur it is one of their duties to protect lif». and limb, both of which are at stakv. hen such mail-iucu are allowed to have full play. « >amaru is not what it was a lew vcars ago. full of liquor, giving the horse his head, and doing the jockcy touch might have been admi.isibl > then, but it is decidedly dangerous now, and should be put down with, a firm hand,
The Port Darwin line is interrupted north of Peak. ~>-,! A meeting of the Committer of the JNorfh Oiago Turf Club will be held at the Empire Hotel this evening, at 8 p.m. Messrs. Brown, button, and Co. report the sale this dav. on -ccoitnt of Mrs. Payne, of section 8, block I.XXII , Oamaru, for the sum of LllO. l'"or a portion of secti nS, Block XXVI., the mum of L3I!0 was offered, hut it was pa-s"d in. Section 9, block '.XXII.. was wiihdrawi'. The Waikouaici School Committee liave decided to vote for the following candidates f. r scats mh 1 lie Kdueation hoard:—Messrs. Horace Ba-tin-s, A. C. i'-e'.".', - OV. I p r "n ■'nvi- O. A. i"i..-l/it'-ur. .J. <:ree!i. I>. Kevi. !'i-..f,.55..r Sh ■mi. W. -J. St-ward, and J. M'Kcnzie. I lie H:'.M!i)d' n Commr.tec have determined to v-e f"r four C:;ndalalcs only, viz.. Messrs. W. J. - toward, S. I-:. Siirimski, C. A. Dehatitonr, and W. A. Youn;,'. Tiie •■ em'o-rs of th ■ Puiiharmoiuc Society v.-iii meet for j.raciice tlii-; eveine", at the Masonic liali. at S o'clock. Gentlemen de-irim.' to form a hand in connection wiili th" are rei|ile-tud to att.:ll'i. We understand that it is contemplated by the t Government to oiler a bonus t i the cm- ! tractors of the Pahnerston and AVaikouuu | section of the main trunk railway, in order | to hasten irs coiiinletlon in time to he if i sniii- scivice during the pre-enc harvest, j Thi- i* h--w an Weiamre c.'ia'.V-i a iievrly- ! .-.-.Tv.int d J I'. :—"The »!ae;ic 1 --' rre s -•''■ I : ..:.••■.I ■'!•• ■.•,tro::v:.:ie have ■■: to -st I . ;i-;et or, >"'eo e".o. !'■ s ' li ' ! t!;:i! ' l,! 1' '■ ; i ..'rde- ih.it h • iniL'V m-, side or. i'.i ■ .Ben 1; |, ~! ~■nicec ;h. !:! :if.,rv i .,at-o<!o-d l r. lot! '.wi-.1l !!.■-• areur.d ;:ddM--d th' l.ewl.V- ---; as 'yo.a- W.-l-hi;.,' the Mcnch j'.V'th :. ■■••";'•";," ~.,.. < „, 11 ,.n.:, 1 , r1 |, r ,.,.i„ ! :•. Australia and "Ni-W >' -aland wiii'-t ; own-in..' "'ir i-r-'l-h !'"' !; " : '- -"•'r. ''.• ""• i w : eh !■'■;:!• ilinu -v. irav.- it a- Ids o-dui.m tn.v.: ! .•„ iisi, .•an.re.-.'sir.u'.i s-nd their -oie- v- ; the coheres in-t--.nl of : d! e.vinj teem to U, tire- in V„r. ,;, ~, ,o rk ; . !!■_
.".av. hefoi-e "i". A. i.':owes, !•>([.. -1.1'., j with" ilrunkrnn.ss. wi-vo dismis-eil with 'cautions, and Mill, for huin;.' drunk ! and iiisi.rderly in "''hauie--i-stTeet last even-
iim. w:-< lined'UN. The -rain .-e:-.5..n of tha (Vniai-Liiry Plains is no\v~:it its ii!';h":-t .-•'< iuc idoa of the TTaiiie ni-v he. formed from the hvi -.hat the l:::"s: t-.v.C. thank- to .:_•",,• I mi-miLeim-nt, in -t ■ ck. tii • il: ;!:irr;::oi:'; !■■= perio: mm;-' rs work to list- :.:iti>f.i!.-ii-u ■■!" al'i-'i'S e.m----r-r;i, ii. 'i his is a nmti.-r f.e-con-niuikuioo. -- ■-■ •' JI IT that durin.r Ik.- J'l'i'-;.!:t SOU ■!■:!. 'itv 1.1 grain will i»; carried to inark-t '. is;i•> ..■i' the ( '."ii:.tl ui-y Plain-, it. i- dm- t" _u ■-..■
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 593, 27 March 1878, Page 2
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