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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 720, 8 July 1878, Page 2

At last Mr. A. J. Barns has mustered up sufficient courage to resign his seat in the Hnuse of Representatives. Having reached Wellington and thus placed a very respectful distance between his unfortunate constituents and himself, the honorable gentleman succeeded in screwing up his nerves to sticking point, and somewhat after the fashion of a school-girl, who, having got beyond the reach of her superior, defiantly makes faces, be placed his resignation in the hands of the Speaker. Whether Sir William Fitzherbert was much moved on hearing that so distinguished a satellite was disappearing from the political firmament, whether he shed tears copiously on receiving Mr. Burns' resignation, or whether the placid countenance of Sir Wiliiam wore a smile of satisfaction at the prospect of one more twaddler being removed from the House, report does not say. Having mus* tered up sufficient courage to quit a position which he filled with very poor grace, Mr. Burns hastened to announce the fact of his resignation to his misguided constituents. This he did in an address which, for its lack of any adherence to the ordinary rules of grammar and its fulness of egotism, cannot easily be surpassed. There is scarcely a sentence in this precious epistle > to the RosJyn electors in which Mr. Burns does not blow his own brass instrument pretty loudly, and from beginning to end he seems to declare that he Teas the very acme of perfection as a representative. Not a word does he utter in <

reference to the manner in which he deserted the party he was elected to support, and became the obsequious follower of those whom he had, when seeking election, sworn to oppose. No explanation on this head is forthcoming from Mr- Burns. No, the subject is an unpleasant one. The only sensible words in his address, and those most likely to be thoroughly appreciated by those to whom they were addressed, are " Farewell, gentlemen !'' We can imagine that he was quite affected when he wrote these words, nor could his constituents fail to wring tears from, their eyes when, he uttered the sentence, "Good-by; I may never see ye again," or something to that effect. It is pleasing to find, however, that Mr. Burns is about to transfer his talents to a sphere in which they may may be of some value. He is, according to his own statement, going "to develope another great colonial industry." Let us hope that as a director of the Westport Colliery Company he will prove more stable and more useful than he showed himself as a member of Parliament. The North Otago Coursing Club's third and most important meeting will take place to-morrow and the following day, commencing on the Awamoa estate at nine o'clock to-morrow morning. If the weather proves favorable, as there is every prospect of it doing, the meeting will undoubtedly be one of the most successful coursing events ever held in the Colony. Though the full number of dogs mentioned in the programme (thirty-two) have not been nominated, the Club has every reason to feel satisfied with the nominations received. As the entries do not close until 7 o'clock this evening, we 3re unable to give a complete Ijst qf the dogs which will take part in the meeting; but we may state that the list will be found fc> include most of the best greyhounds, not only in this district, but in Christchurch and Dunedin. There is therefore every prospect of some close and exciting courses taking place. We have no doubt that there will be a large attendance of the. general public, The Municipal Council held a Court of Revision this morning at the Council Chambers. There were present—His Worship the Mayor. Councillors Gibbs, Booth, Mainland, and Spence. A large number of additional names were ordered to be placed on the Citizens' Roll. There were no objections to names already on the list. The total number qf names p$ tho Burgga,s. nqw is 574. divided amongst the various Wards as follows :—Severn Ward, 174; Jetty Ward, 111 ; Thames Ward, 145 ; High Ward, 144. Those ladies and gentlemen who are to take a part in the concert to be given tomorrow evening in aid of the purchase of a site fqr the i}ew St. Luke's parsonage, are requested to meet for rehearsal at the Masonic Hall this evening punctually at 7 o'clock. At the Resident Magistrate's Court today, William Henderson, for permitting a dog to bite a boy named James Donaldson on the 2nd inst., was fined Is. with 6s. 6d. o.Qsta. John Ray, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Thames-street on iSaturclay, wag convicted and discharged i with a caution.

The footballists indulged in a scratch match on Saturday afternoon, sides being chosen by Messrs. Lambert and Thompson. There was only a small attendance of players. A^fi l7 about an hour and a half's play the game was won by Lambert's sjde, having scored one goal and three touchdowns to their opj>onents' two touchdowns. On Saturday next the return match, Colonials v. the World will be played, when it is hoped there will be a large turn out of kiokisis.

To-morrnw will be a grand field-day with the Waitaki Koad Board. Tho squabble in reference to the lafce election will be the subject of debate ; and, as a number of members have prepared themselves for the affray by study and the eipenfHtiir3 of sundry six-and-eightpences, some hard fighting may be anticipated. The performance will commence at 11 a.m., at the Koad Board offices.

The adjourned meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held in Mr. Church's office on Thursday, at 11 a.m., for the purpose of considering the prize list and matters. An in another column informs members of the Oamaru Artillery Volunteers that the annual meeting and inspection of urms will take place to-morrow evening, at eight o'clock. Those members who may be unable to attend are required to send in their arms and accoutrements to ths drill-shed before the time mentioned.

Ap apnounced in our issue of Saturday, the quarterly un;£fi;J. children's service was held in the Presbyterian Clmircf} ygsferday afternoon, and there could not have been less than 500 or GOO children present, with their teachers and friends. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. Todd and Dewsbury and Mr. C. Moore, and. several of the wellknown children's hymns were nicely sung by thaso present, with one of which the gathering WW dispersed, anc i the minds of the little ones carried toswartj £p t]\e timu when they (as thuy sung) shall >■ gather at the river."

The warder of the Oamaru Hospital desires us to acknowledge with thanks the reubipt of illustrated papers, a donation from Mp. J. A, Douglas, of the Akaterewa Station, and a p&lr oi nsyy crutches from Mr, Andrew Adamson, of Oamaru. The ponegFfc to be giyen at the Masonic Hull to-morrow evening for the benefit of the St. Luke's Parsonage Fund will afford a treat to all who are fond of good music. The programme contains a great variety of items, none of which, although really excellent, cannot be called classical. For songs of merit we have never seen a better programme ; and yet they are such that everyone may thoroughly enjoy to hear them ! sung without any effort. Then there are the instrumental pieces, comprising a pianoforte duet, a pianoforte solo, anfj. a violin solo, with pianoforte accompaniment. But soma of the most enjoyable items will be the glees and the vocal duets, many of which will be quite now to an Oamaru audience. The prices to be charged for admission are 3s, 2s, and Is, at which prices the hall should be crowded.

Miss Fidler has ceased to give lessons in the art of cookery in Oamaru, after several weeks spent in instilling into the minds of both ladies and servants the tricks of her profession. Jso one would have dreamt that there was so much philosophy needed in fixing up a rissole, making a stew, or—we were going to say, boning a fowl, but people might think that we intended it as a joke. One may partake of the most complex dishes without fear of deranging one's digestive organs, if Mjss Filer's instructions be ad? hered to. We know all about it.- All. yon you have to do, in cooking nico things in fat, is to see that the fat boils, and that you keep it at boiling temperature. They will then not absorb the fat, and be rendered unwholesome. Of what immense value is even this apparently particular, for how many dishes it affects. We sincerely trust that those who have been Miss Fidler's pupils will not forget the valuable lessons they hare learnt, and would suggest that they keep themselves ait fait by constant practice. Miss Fidler will proceed to Timaru in a day or so.

In consequence of the concert in aid of the purchase of a site for new St. Luke's parsonage taking place to-morrow evening, it has been decided to postpone the meeting of the Chess Club called .for that evening until Wednesday, at 7.30 p.m. Mr. George Amos, so favorably known in connection with the Locomotive Department, of the Oamaru Railways,- has adoptecl'a new' line of business, having become proprietor of the Shamrock Hotel. He was installed on Saturday night last with ".musical honours." the Eailway Band having turned out in full force' to pay respect-to one for whom they seem to entertain the: greatest' regard. We need not inform our readers amongst the pieces played were the old favorites, "God save the Queen" and "Auld lang syne," for the soul-stirring strains reached to the most remote part of the town. Mr. Amos entertained his old friends, of whose coming he had not recieved the slightest intimation, "right •loyally, and after having spent a very pleasant evening together, the party broke up shortly before 12 o'clock. On Saturday night last, as is usual on such occasions, the premises lately occupied by Mr. Jame3 Bee, and now in the occupation of the Co-operative Company (being a branch of the business carried on by Messrs. Singer and Co.. in .Dunedin), was a, source of considerable attraction, the pathway opposite the premises being crowded to the annoyance of strollers, who were compelled to seek the road. The Saturday Advertiser, in a leader in its last issue, announces that it has entered upon its fourth year- of publication. Those newspaper conductors who are in the habit of sucking, other people's brains without acknowledgment, are treated to the following piece of irony : —" It would be mere affectation on our part did we not acknowledge the compliments which some of our contemporaries have paid us by following in our wake, copying our headings, and borrowing our ideas. Such, tributes' to our originality are exceedingly gratifying, and we are deeply sensible of the honor conferred on us, for we should be ungrateful indeed were we to remain insensible to such flattering demonstrations of approval. Whatevei small vices we may be possessed of, ingratitude is not of them, for we ' hate ingratitude more \i\ m,an, Thau lying, vainness!, babbling drunkenness., Or any taint of vice,'" The name Disraeli has never been borne by any other family than that of the present Lord Beaconsfield, and as he has no living relations, it will expire with him. The Southland Times, says i —"Several Dunedin are making considerable investments in the way of land purchases in Southland. We heard the other day that a representative of a well-known firm was anxious to spend LIO,OOO in this way."

The Dunedin Age says ; accident, attended withi fatal consequences, happened yesterday afternoon to a resident of Qtakia named Alex. Piiutoid, on the Main South roadi about 1§ rrdlesj from Dunediu, and between the Reliance and White Horse Hotels. Rintoul, it appears, was on horseback looking for a horse belonging to a Mr. Crowther, at Port Chalmers. He was riding homewards, in company with Mr. Thomas Shand, when he suggested a race. Mr. Shand declined, aud Rintoul thereupon started off alone. Shortly afterwards, cm turning a yoiuier of the 'road, Shand was astonished to see the horse galloping oft' without its rider. On going up he found Eintoul on the road apparently unconscious. He rode back to the White Horse Hotel, and informed Mr. M'Kegg, the landlord, of what had happened. The latter, on proceeding to the sceqe of the accident, found Rintoul quiet dead- The.ro was a deep wound on his left temple, and marks on the road as if his horse had fallen. The body was conveyed to the deceased's house. Rintoul leaves a wife and family. . At the time of the accident he is stilted to have been perfectly scibjit. It is suggested by a section of the Australian Press that a route more direct than the present should be taken by the San Francisco mail boats, in which case the distance -would be shortened by 1000 miles, and save five days. Auckland and Honolulu would cease to be ports of call, and New Caledonia or one of the Pacific Islands would be substituted. The ChrisftfOiurgh. oqrresijortdent. p,f the Saturday Adyertisei: says ; '■'■ Mr. William Miles, farther at Spr-ingston, is about to farm his land by steam- H e has lately imparted a set of Burford and Perkins's ploughing apparatus, which works on a circular system. It is said that with this tackle a paddock of 100 acres can be ploughed by means of a common S-horse power portable engine without shifting, and only requires two men to work i(i ; Tli'e p,st£n|ess oltfiirj thg advantages for their tackle of possessing cheapness, simplifiity, and being, enabled to use an ordinary portable engine which would otherwise be in disuse lor t.hree-parts of a year. Besides, it will work swamp land. Mr. Miles expects to have the set ready for trial in a short time,"

' Aft extraordinary case (says the Mark Lane Express of lyiay 0| oj! preserving irsep-t; for- a long period is that of the cargo of the P-ara- ■ guay, a vessel which left the River Plate > freighted with meat and fish at the end of L October. She put in at St. Vincent, and on > leaving that port on the 11th December she t came into collision with another ship, andhad to put back for repairs. As workmen had tp fee brought back from Europe to do : the job, the Paraguay only left St. Vincent for France on the 11th April, and only ftr- ' rived at Havre on Wednesday last, with her . cargo in firgt-rate condition— six months after it was loaded. The special correspondent of the Pioneer (of India), commenting on the humane manner in which the native troops invariably treated the lowaki women and children during the recent hostilities, relates the following incident : —" In front of Sapparah, I came upon a little lowaki maiden, about 4 years old, standing jn the middle of the water, crying asj if her heart would break, with the bullets all whistling round her, and growds of excited soldiery hurrying past. Suddenly out there stepped, from the ranks a stalwart young Sikh, who, lifting her up in his arms, placed her under a sheltered rook ; then openod his haversack, and poured into her hands a heap of sweetmeats, patted her on the head, and rejoined his company." A large amount of interest was created yesterday in Messrs. R. Walton & Co.'s salerooms (says a Christchurch paper) by the novelty of the sale plans which were exhibited; Two of these w ; ere of huge dimensions, and were profusely embellished with colored illustrations,, representing choice bits of landscape, culinary, and other roots of "first prize"' dimensions, sheep, cattle, poultry, &p., all in magnificent condition. To one or two enquiring minds Mr. Walton gravely explained that the illustrations of animals and roots were to show what the land had already produced, and what' rhight be anticipated by those who were fortunate enough to obtain sections. One bucolic gentleman objected that an extraordinarily fat pig appeared to have been supplied with a l"t of green food, which, in his opinion, was an impolitic proceeding. The auctioneer was equal to the occasion, however, and with | an imperturbable countenance explained that

the jolly porker had "managed to get hold of" the top of a very fine mangold. The explanation appeared to be received in perfect good faith. A Canterbury paper .. says :— ". Ait. .the sitting of the Supreme Court yesterday, an official of the Bank of New Zealand, who had been residing at thef Rakaia, in giving evidence in the case bf. Hunter, said'that he had 'atli'ow'ed Hunter'to overdraw his imprest accounts.' ; His Honor : 'Do you mean to say that you: allowed'him to overdraw imprest money accounts V Witness : 'I did.' His Honor ; J,'ls by the Government ?' N >; ; Witr>ess : ' Ichr'not knowv-'.,>s[r._ Izard : 'lt will appear to be the praetice"6tr looking at the accounts.' Mr. Izard's remark elicited that it was not the practice, but exceptional. Witness : ' His account was overdrawn LI2S 17s. 2d.' His Honor : ' Who authorised this overdraft ? Witness : ' Nobody.' His Honor : ' You did it out of your own hea'd ?■■' Witness: 'Yes.' His Houor : ' Have they made you pay it V Witness : 'No.' His Honor : ' I don't see why they shouldn't.' Mr. Baker (Survey De])artment : ' We do not recognise the principle of overdrawing imprests, and would not have allowed it for one moment.' His Honor : 'lt would be a monstrous thing to say that every one in the position held by the prisoner should have power to make an overdraft at the Bank because he was a Government officer.' On a remark being made by Mr. Izard that he would submit that the case was merely a matter of acount, his Honor responded : ' I shall tell the jury that, if prisoner spent a shilling of this imprest money on his own account, he committed larceny.'" In Melbourne, the 41b loaf is sold at 5d ; in Sydney, at 8d; in Dunedin, at 5d ;in Invercargill, at 7d and Scl; and everybody knows quite well what is charged for it here. A London company, called the Sun AntiPneumatic Company, has invented a lamp which makes its own gas, and burns at less than one farthing per hour. It gives a light equal to twenty candles. Cannot we have the benefit of these improved illuminating machines here ? An exchange says that " the inhabitants of Qam.aru are going it bald-headed on early closing, appeals are made to the people not to shop after six o'clock on week nights, or after one on Saturday afternoons." The news contained in the latter portion of the foregoing sentence is fresh to us. Sir Wilfred |Lawgon, in the course of a speech on the permissive Bill, at Dudley, on March §7, made the following remarks : " If the Duke of Edinburgh were to shoot his father-in-law now, he would be handed down to posterity in iniquity ; but, if war wee declared, and the Duke shot the Czar, lie would receive a vote of thanks, proposed by Lord Beaconsfield (laughter), seconded by Lord (more laughter), and supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury (loud laughter)." We glean that the following are a few of the particulars connected with the Waitara and other native wars :—lt was at Waitara commenced the trouble which led to the Taranaki war. The Waitara block was sold to the Government by a native named Te Teira. William King disputed the right of Te Teira to sell the laud without his consent. Governor Browne, however, held that the sale was vajid, and insisted that the land sljouUl be surveyed and taken possession of. The survey was attempted in February, ISGO ; the natives resisted ; the result being that martial law was proclaimed, the troops called out, and the district plunged into a state of war. Whether William K.iag was right or wrong in disputing the. title of Teira to s-,-11 the land h,a.si been a subject of hot controversy in past years. In 1863, Sir George Grey, who was then Governor, gave publicity to a number of documents which purported to show that the Waitara had not been acquired from the right owners. Acting upon that view, Sir George Grey in 1863, by formal proclamation in th.e GaiJ.ettc, renounced all claim" on the part of the Government to the Waitara. Str George Grey was sent out to succeed Governor Browne, and to act as paf.ifler with respect to the native difficulty. Unfortunately Sir George came to the wmk too late. The policy of the ' new institutions' for the natives, supplemented by unlimited "sugar and floiir," smoothed matters over a little, hut proved useless in the end,. Th,e flighting spirit of natives ]'ft& been evrousecl, and soon the rjiassaere of th.e natives at Tatarairnaka, in the Taranaki Province, of Lieut, Tradgett and his men,, was the beginning of another period, of hostilities. Worse still, the war in Taranaki was followed by the Waikato campaign, the fighting on the West Coast north of Wanganui, and the East Coast campaign, so that the country knew no peace until 1869