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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 903, 8 March 1879, Page 2

Hi* Worship the Mayor desires us to acknowledge on his behalf the receipt or the following s«"» s on account of the KaiBelief Fund : Messrs Duncan Sutherland. L 3 s*; P-' Dalgcty; 12 2s; - Ansfead. LI. ' ~ - , ,™«v Wc lxrltcrc that the Oainaru Cricket Club ha* received a. challenge from the U annate Clwb to play a match on the lith in3t., fct.Patrick's Day. , . , , Mr. Hugo Lippert desires us to acknowledge the prompt and liberal treatment which he has Bictlvrith at the hands ot the insurance companfe «n which his property destroyed t>v ttic btc tire was insured. "Tractates at which the annual inspection i»v Major Withers of oar Volithtccrs. arc' aurwtmced in another coli'mn. The present arrangements.' made by Major Steward, are •>* definite as possible: but should Major Wither* on his arrival desira any alteration iit will tw made and notified., ! I It is aaounccd in another column that the "Old Old Story" musical service,, which I was given some time ago ot the Tees-street ! Hall with so much success, will be repeated ittader the auspices of the lowig Mens 'Christian Association on Thursday evening > oast at the same place, for the benefit of the Kaitangata Belief Fund. I AttfieK-M. Court to-day, txsforc T. W. Parker. Esq.. R-&-. Peter Dooley, for allowing two horses to wander at large was fined ; 5» and Robert Aitkcn, for a similar offence, m' fined 4s. .roscpli Wood was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in rhanu»4tmt on-the 7th. The Bench fined him 10a. or 45 hours' imprisonment. It t* announced i" another column that ttw Kptth tttag© Horticultural Society a Autumn £xtubitioa will be held in the \ olun-le,-r Hall on Saturday, March lb* £>. The list of social prizes demonstrates that there are thJc amongst us who take an interest lin the shows of the Society. There is every 1 inducement for both amateurs and professional* to "look to their laurels: indeed, if . they donc/n Duaedia and linWru florist*, cncotiragcd by last year s success, intend to ! exhibit this year, they may again have to submit to the annoyance of seeing their prizes , taken ont of the district.

We understand that the New Zealand ; Insurance Company has pari Mr• Cnrne L 350, and Mr. Swmnard L,a, tapg »J amounts to which they were insured in that , Company, on account of buildings and stock consumed by the late fire. * ~\h£rD L Simpson has become tag oll3^,, "SSBtEV I ananas &***& been no alteration for the worse in the depth of the water there; while what was known as the inner Bar has totally disapS. It was lately stated that vessels wbifclf "Sh<JuM hsve been, to. gross Birviffi e&je wJih?raepth dfWfe* raM that stated by the Board tb 'exist there, This has been conjured up to ■ attaches to Mr. -Tewsley and the other. - marine engineers associated witli.hint. \\e .have instituted, enquiries.with;the;, object ofl tain«-frOM-the highest-authonty that the vjascTTih question 'did-not -bump against, : the bottom—the bottom flew up and bumped*

ag \\"illi.im Lascelles, -who was committed for trial at the District Court for stealing a sum. of money from the person of one David Kinnon, and for attempting to steal a watch from him, was found guilty on the lattcu, count, and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, with hard labor. The prisoner was brought up again this morning on the second indictment, viz., that of the larceny of L 3 from David Kinnon. Mr. TV hite asked his Honor to allow him to withdraw the charce on the ground of its not being withmthc function of the District Court. The application was granted. - Hve tender our thanks to those kind friends who treated us to the society Of their dogs at last night's lecture. It was pleasant, whilst the able exponent of character of Scotland's immortal bard was dwellins upon the poet's many social virtues, to be rcTninded that even the animals that were stretched out beneath our seats, ever and anon agitating themselves after the manner of their species in the pursuit of an nnseen intruder! that :had con-ealed- itself beneath their furry covering and irxitated their too sensitive .skm s . evidences of sociabkness that would put many of us to shame Their attentions to us were even "irksome, because _they were unremitting.But how prone are we to forget to recipro-, catc kindness. We would actually have fQCuotten that they had planted tnemselves at our feet had it not'been for the little messengers which they sent forth as reminders; that thevwere not so ungenerous as to wish to monopolise all the good things of this life, -\sthe in'uiuttf creatures coursed along our anatomv we were awakened from thes dreary state into which the. eloquence of the lecturer had thrown us, to a realisation of the , solid realities of our existence, heard unfeeling people suggest that other „eoi.lc should liofc allow tlicir dogs to accom,anv them where the' people are gathered toi:c"ther. But the dog is a noble animal, ami alibrded us last night, whilst we were li-itcnin" to the lessons which were taught bv tbe~talented lecturer in bursts of elomtence, to industriously rid ourselves of any evil however tenaciously it may cling to us. \ man named Andrew Lawne met with a severe accident yesterday at Ngapara. He ,-o.lc into the township in the morning, to"i-ther with two friends, and sold his horse to~Mr Campbell, of the Ngap.ra Hotel. On the return journev he rode oiiepf his friends hoi-*-, and tried to jump a gate which,ho hid been in the habit of..dping >vitb lus own horse The animal tripped on the gate, ami u-.il oil him, crushing him severely about, tlip. cvoiu*. He was removed, to Oaniaru by last fiiidi*'* "train. We' understand that ne was; „tu--d under the care of Dr. Do Lautour. Tin- •■a«e "' ■ ,olin M-Lanirhlin occupied the Court all day. The jury were locked up wh.ii 'we wont to press. : T'i'- i'lf'-m-iti'-n contained m "iu< cahle- .„,-„;, of'vesterday. that Mr. limy had sue- : , ,i,.,i ;,; raising a noition of the \ ictorian |', ..'„ i- pv.-'iiant with interest to us ill more than one respect. T.t . is. surprising that a . liiarkcf. that onlv a few-months ago was so convulsed to its very core, should have •divady so far recovered itself as to take up; thf' loan at all. much less-to* .to it at sti.-h a tiri.-c. Th..s effect of the negotiation, of this Urn "will be to relieve, to some extent, the Ww Zealand money market. It is well, known that cerUhi of our banks have been rt-lnvine '■ the' immediate necessities ~01 Vi.-torm. r.ni: in doin- so, have parted with ih-t which would have been useful to them ii.-re In the present straightened circumstances every pound that they disburse is felt. ~, ~. . L ' Mr E Eichardson. one or the .Minisicis for I'nblic Works in the late administration,. ai Cliairman of the Lyttelton Harbor Board, ~-nt the following fct4egram to the Hon. J. Macandrcw:—'" Twelve vessels alongside I wharves in Lyttelton : up to ten o clock this morning, had, not a single truck amongst them." The delays are ruinous (annot some steps be taken to utilise the trucks more frequently, until the new trucks, so often promised, arrive.".:-:. The 1 preseutt Atinister for Public Works sent the foUawiug reply to Mr. Richardson, the first portion of which savors of political unfriendliness : 1 always feared that your arrangement for meeting the 'traffic which has arisen were not far-seeing enough. Everything is being done to meet difficulty. 50 trucks now .in i transition from North, Islanddines, and-there have been ordered lately another 1000 sets iron-work for waggons, in additioij to those [ now on the way from England. ,