The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1879

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1111, 10 November 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1879

Tub House of Representatives has, by a majority of five out of a total of <33 votes, on the motion of Mr. Ballance, decided in favor of female suffrage. In voting on the qjiication parties were very much mixed, all shades of political opinion btfing represented in each lobby. "W.• think it scarcely likely that the Upper House will permit this principle to remain in the Qualification of Electors Hill. To our tniml such a reform is frivolous just no w. The House would be much more profitably engaged in an endeavour to place the male franchise on a more satisfactory basis than in turning its attention to the: ladies at such a juncture as the present. Not that wo think there would to any harm in iiuesting women with the franchise. Those who I have husbands—and most of those who would be entitled to vote under the new arrangement have husbands—would, if they were good obedient wives, accompany their "lords" to the polling booth and vote to their order ; whilst those women who are the sole root* and branches of their families —friendless and jJono in the world—would as a rule be sure to vote ! aright. The effect of bestowing the franchise on women would be to strike a blow l at Conservatism. The hdies of the upper strata of society would not subject themselves to the unpleasantness of the ballot. If they could reclino in tbeir easy chairs at home, and vote by prosy, without incurring the ciutcei that would inevitably result from mixing too intimately with the uncouth world, they would not object. Not so with the lower strata—not being of hot-house growth, they have stronger nerves* and fewer scruples. To a man, wc ijnins t<> say—but, iiii>re correctly, to a woman they would back up the causa of Lihsmhstn. Women are very keen in ths detection of injustice, and they are just as kewn in showing their disapproval of it, and as (Vuumined to do their best to put it down. It will be seen that we hold the fair sex in icrcat estimation. But the present administration is not the one to carry such a principle as the female franchise, and if it were, there is other legislation for which the country is pining, aud which should not have been postponed by the interpolation of such new-fangled ideas.

O.v Friday evening next the Oamaru Jockey Club will hold a meeting for ihe purpose of making arrangements for holding the annual races. All true brers of sport, and the advocates of what is perhaps of still more importance, the improvement of the breed of horse#, should enter rtm»r.- into thw matter aad aa.iiit the club to the be.-it of their ability, to make the next Oamaru rare meeting far in advanca of the meetut'ga ihat have preceded it in point of exeelienee and interest. We learn that it i ; absolutely neecMary that the club afl ottld hold » meeting this year, hj, order that ri S ht i» the nice c ' i)Ur3e * )e j^oE>ar^isect. Oc" «. utrae, they must fully recants.? the ditlku ltle3 " f tfieir P°-' i:io[u "' ite ' x ' :iro times i n which not a few people had n«nnda tr > r ' d ia •'" l »' !sc,ucnt J™ r have now .'.'tihculeytoget even to spend «.i the necessaries of life. But there are s om.> st/« *» uW to resist the c i«b, thl '- v "'V he \ compelled to aIW an mat has t'»r so mr,ny vc,i. *" '.;t»utuL in- tf> t<«? disgraced h v

To-<foy has nrralty been ©l*. a holiday in c«I rt.rati'jn i>t the arm oS the birth of the I'rinoe of Wales, were, however, no public gatherings of kind, and beyond the cricket runt or private pic-niea there was iiotiitn. to provitfe enjoyment for holiday-makers. The Oarnactt Fire Brigade arc greatly in ' need ot hinds to meet the liabilities in the purchase of the necessary plant to enable them to perform their ditties in case of lire. Ely Satnrday evening's train th>'_v receiv ed a supply rl! hctmeta. belts. hatches, an-1 an •wcotmt for LKO. All these things. encept the account, arc necessary to the exist cnce ;irui efficiency of the Brigade, and have been ordered in the expectation that the |i uliiic wontd contrihnte towards the cost of pa ying tor them. in addition to theamountalr eadv irietiiitmwd, tlwtc are outstanding lialiil iities of nearly so that Utf Brigade i; indebted to the extent of abont LI 10. To , no»'t this tin'y have only a small sun i in Furnd, and efforts are being made to rah e a a tint sufficient to pay off the amoit nt. Several very handsome subscriptions ha ve been promised, but ttnlesst the pnl>. 'ic gunerxlv asaist, the members of the Brigat 'e ; wilt have* :o dip their hands pretty decpl y into their pockets, for the liabilities inctnra l meat he met in some way. Now, secir ; r ; ! that the tn» inhere of the Brigade give tliei r time and services on behalf c£ th> i pabtic without the hope of receiving any direct rotnrn, the least that «ui ba done is to ensure their being pro ocrly equipped without the necessity for • their having to bear any share of the expc use. We have already seen that they can do • an immense amount of good in cases of fi re. and we hope that the public will show th sir appreciation of a very useful branch of t> "io Volunteer service by contributing towarr's the ftrnds necessary to ensnre the eflicienc y of the Brigade. Might not a concert »>r other entertainment bo got tip in ahl of the ir t'nnds? It would he a pleasant aud to: jv method of obtaining money.

I The Philharmonic Society's seventh co c- > cert witt he given to-night at the Volnnt' :er ; iEit!. the subject being Haydn's orate rio '• The ('rtj>tion." This work is one of the moat interesting •>: all the works • of the jj'rcat masters. The title may appear to puriernE something far too classical for the niveaUivatetl ear. Hr.t if so, it i* mis* jcadinij. Front the beginning to the <>nd Haydn'st oratorio of "The Creation" I items ■Willi delightful mslixliea and pleasant . liarrEfinies. and we think we may safel y s»y that its beauties will be admirably inter jtreted by the Society this evening. The pt rformaneo will not last sufficiently long to be irksome to the most disinterested, as it will probably be brought to a conclusion I jp- iailfpast ten o'clock at the latest. >

The Oamaru i»ortion of the Suez mail will reach here alwnt ten o'clock to-night. Correspondence will at once be placed in private boxes. Mails for the United Kingdom via San Francisco, per Australia, close at noon on Tuesday, 11th inst.; and mails for Sydney, per Rotomahana, close at 2 p.m. same day.

The Rev. Father OA-n.aw has kindly given the Fire Brigade permission to ring the bell of the Catholic Chi'rch on the occurrence of any fire in Oamaru. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitaki Road Board will be held in the offices, Tync-strcet, at 11.30 a.m. to-morrow. We arc glad to learn that admirable train arrangements have been made in connection with the approaching Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show. The first train from I'almeniton will arrive at 9.30 a.m., and the departure of each of the afternoon trains will be postponed for about an hour beyond the usual time. But we shall, we expect, lie able to give particulars to-morrow. The Daily Times correspondent says that the Government has received news of an unfavorable character regarding the loan, which will render it absolutely necessary to retrench in the meantime. If this be correct, it is bad news; but the rumor that satisfactory arrangements were in progress, which will end in tiie Cplony getting the money at the beginning of next yetjr, is more likely to be correct. The Loftus Troupe are not, it appears, to be afforded opportunities for giving their vulgar performances in at least two towns in the Colony. At Invercargill they met with a pointed refusal of the nse of Sloan's Theatre when they applied for it, and we learn that they were similarly treated by the custodian of the Volunteer Hall in this town,

The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes : —On dil that we are to have a visit from Mr. Archibald Forbes, the well-known "special" of the London Daily Isews, at present in Sydney, and that one of his first excursions will be to Parihaka. After the lamentable descriptive attempts of " Captain " Barry, Colonel Roscnfeldt, and the absolute misrepresentations of Anthony Trollope' it will be refreshing to have a man of Forbes' calibre amongst us.

At no distant day England will find herself circumscribed to the narrow limits of the United Kingdom, weighted with the burden of a large pauper population, forced to pay immense sums yearly to foreign countries for food, while possibly at tinsame time her manufactures are excluded from all countries by inimical tarill" regulations, or by the development of manufactures in other places. On the other hand, if E;.g]and controls this emigration, if she expends large sums of money in developing her colonial possessions, in transpcrting her surplus population to those outlying parts of the Empire how is she to be rc-imburscd for thisf ptitiay How is she to benefit by the increased wealth of those outlying parts unless she is empowered to collect revenue for them ? And again, how can she collect revenue for them unleis she accords to them a proportionate voice in the Government of the Empire ? Westminster Review.

In reference to the Taranaki iron sand, tlia New Plymouth correspondent of the Wangantii Jlerald writes : " Mr. Vivian nt. his foundry this morning a number of articles from the obtained from tfie Taranaki iron sand. 'J he first pouring was commenced at 11.10 and was completed in four minutes, when two bogie engine wheels were cast. In the second pouring a bull urn] an ornamental door-WL-ight, v.ith a lion on it wore caafc. In the third pouring two ornamental plates of Xapolron ..Tossing the Alps, a of moulders 1 tools, Snider breech lock, rifle loekplate, and hammer. Fourth p-niiing, three smoothing iron.-., a magnet for the Telegraph Department, and one or two small articles. The whole casting was performed in a "little over jiall'-.v.i-hour, and the metal ran out very fre-.-Iy from the fur-

naee. A tradesman i:i I.>i _i 11 is, aecordiiig ton local jc. i :•>" th'j working of tlur railway tariff. i : ~- '.vsThnf while goods wtk'hinga hiii:i'r-j;tvi'. i.-:a co.it him a shilling for carvi.W. a of quarter that w»;i'_'lifc lor the same distance is charged two shillings. Me think* seriously of advising fita to keep on hand :i half-hundred of bricks, or soui'j stone ballast, or pig-iron, or something, so as to bring up the weight und lessen the cost u! transit. ,t publican named Cooke, of Emerald Hill, V\tom, has obtained damages from a tobac\i named iSradlcy, for sending through LO "* cfct one cd the ordinary postal cards !C ,''. «; •id-; u;>'4i( it:—"\our Wlt ' v.,:y v. ir.n I called for the witc was ' , . - t w}-sh tiivc you one balance oE : . " }» it i:; i.i i '>aivl !>v y a.m. on more chance. • • . , T Viij summons. 1 oil I-rnl.iv next, j . it will then either W S° to pnson.-H. UIIADt-EV.'' A -somewhat alarm "V* last Monday's Kvcning • , y ... near tlici i. - lktmo.it station, tii.i niji:v.:tg. A" ' tlc b ; u train from the Upper Jlutt was that placO, an Italian happened to Jiedmvng over the crossing witli a horsr-and parcntly con'in/J.into town. Iheen^ , 'J'-" t blew his whistle, a.'id the Italian made : t to get out of tire way'. Jfe was too late, hwever. The engine struck the trap, and InirieiJ both the cart and horse the unfortunate lad clean over the cattle-. sto P at tllc s '^ c of tlic crossing. The train was immediatclj stopped, and the guard and sev<. ot *he passengera rushed to the spot, expi/ ctni £ to lind the poor Italian and his horse . killed. Although both were very much shaken, neither, as far as we can learn, appeared to have any bones broken. The cart was smashed to pieces. As may be imagined, the occurrence excited a great sensation amongst the passengera in the train.

The Wellington correspondent of the Dnnedin Evening Stat- writes: —The next ten .days will decide "V/hcther the Government c;m weather tlie session. As I have said, tb e foundation is .insecure. At the caucus ye;;ttrilay nothing was revealed, it being merely a meeting to amuse and l;eep together supporters. Mr. 1: ;;lton made tnmtie efforts fco _get Toinoana upstairs to the caucus rooi a. b at that great aiul dignified chief went op a few steps only to turn hack a„.i:ii, winking' at the Opposition members. who were cir'oying !• nitons little maji'cuvre. It is ii:i { 'Ossible lor the Treasurer to vevea! his Una neial proposals, even to suDjxirteri. and all a. 'her matters are subordinate to those. .Meat itiuie Ministers are niti'li ovi-.-worked, and the .Minister fur Works especially has art nnhappy time of it. If he was only sure I e had the straw he would not inind brick-n 'aking. As it is lie does know what money L s available, and yet has, day after day, to en. tertain applications for works from all parts of the Colony. If he had more practice, havn >g to promise so much, regardless of money U -' n 3 available

or not, would not trouble him. As it is his rest is sadly broken. A much more experienced man m'glrt well quail at the task he lias before hitt. Mr. Kolleston, Mr. Whitakcr, and Major Atkinson take to hard work naturally, asd seem to thrive on it. The Premier, Mr. Oliver, and Mr. Bryce look worn, and certainly could not bear any great continual strain of public business. It is quite "•time Mr._ M'Leau was throwing off his coyness and assisting his future colleagues in tlieir difficulties.

The recent mild and warm weather has had the effect of making all the crops in the. Ashburton district look extremely/ well.Some farmers state that in case of heavy rain falling now their crops will be laid altogether. Near longbeach and the low-lying-land adjacent, the pa-.ldocks . have a line appearance, ami heavy crops of hay will be cut this season should 'in*.- weather ensue for the next six weeks. The whole of the country- bears quite a different aspect from what was the case last year at this time, and altogether things are much more hopeful for the farmers than they were a few months back.—Lyttclton Times.

A jnost remarkable item of news is that contained in a paragraph in a Melbourne newspaper, which describes ail illicit still, discovered in full working order, in Pentridge Stockade. The prisoners in the principal penal establishments of Victoria seem to have "rosy" times of it. We frequently liear of largo quantities of tobacco being surreptitiously conveyed to the prisoners there; and now it seems, in addition to their smoke, they 'are able to enjoy their grog, and make it themselves under the very noses of their gaolers. Mr. Henry Varley, of the Tabernacle, St. James' Place, Notting Hill, who has recently returned from a visit of nearly two years'duration to Australia and New Zealand (says an Knglisli paper), lectured upon those Colonies before an open-air meeting in Hyde Park recently. A large number of persons assembled to hear his address. The lecturer set forth the characteristics and prospects of each of the Colonies. He discouraged the idea of emigrating to Victoria or Queensland, a great trade depression existing in the former Colony, and the latter being unsuitable by reason of its hot climate. He recommended Western Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and explained their characteristics and the requirements needed for the miuvcss of intending emigrants to tlieni.

On tin! Stli October, says the South Australian Air. JVan moved the second reading of liis Bill to legalise the use of the totalizator. The lion, member defended himself, in anticipation, against the charge of attempting to legalise gambling by the eon-, tention that it was desirable to take a course that would mitigate the great evils accompanying gambling with the professional bookmakers who came from the other colonies. The earnings of the members of this craft in the colonies he estimates at L 120,000 a year, and he thinks that this sum, less a commission of five per cent, would be saved by the use of the totalisator. Mr. Bean read copious extracts from various newspapers to show the operation and the benefits of the apparatus. After several speeches from other hon. members, both for and against the Bill, tho debate was adjonrned. The Register observed : " Judging from the tone of the debate in the Assembly, there is no likelihood of the Totalisator Bill receiving the sanction of Parliament. Believing as we do that the Statute-book would be disgraced by having upon it a measure distinctly and wantonly legalising gambling, we are bound to regard this fact with unqualified satisfaction," Shortly afterwards the sumo paper stated that the wind had changed, and the Bill was sure to pass—an impression which our telegrams lias shown to be correct.

A Home paper says that "a few (lays ago a te!c»i'ani was handed in at the Berlin Office—• Can't possibly send 5000 daggers in one day. Xot until co-morrow.' The police iveru no sooner warned than they went in eager search of a .Socialist plot. They found, and cautiously opened, at a drawer's! house, a huge packet with hair lioedles of the kind called 1 daggers.'"

The town of Naj>ier is to be congratulated upon the stern rectitude of the guardians of the peace. The chimney of the police sergeant having taken fire (says the Napier Telegraph), he forthwith instructed a constable to lay an information against him under the Borough bye-laws, which was done. Impartial performance of duty could not well go further. He scared in Court and paid his tine like a man, and was gratified by the approval, not only of his own conscience, but of such of the public as were in attendance.

The Liverpool Post states on good information that the enormous richness of the old goldfields on the Guinea coast has not been exaggerated in the reports received during the last ten months. To one of our African merchants, who has had a mining engineer at work for upwards of 12 ,months, a prize has fallen of probably untold: value. Sir John Glover's statement that lie had travelled over districts where one might dig up gold like potatoes is all but literally realised in these recent discoveries, which give the enormous yield of Ll2O per ton of quart/, at a depth of 50ft., and L 3 on the surface, "while their i-xtcnt is practically unlimited.

I We have received a copy of vol. 2 of the "New Zealand Stud Book of Draught Horses," edited by Mr. Robert Wilkin, and published under the auspices of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral There are two well executed lithographic illustrations—portraits of Mr. James Walls' famous imported Clydesdale stallion Pride of 1 Scotland, and his equally celebrated mare Maggie Craig. The animals enumerated include 131 stallions aud 3SB marcs, the total additional entries in this volume being 188. The editor expresses the>'belief that in a very l'ew years the whole of the draught stock in Zealand, kept for stud purposes, will be entered in the stud book, and that the advantage to owners of aud dealers in this class of stock will be very great, as sales will be effected with a confidence which could not exist if buyers had not ready means at their: disposal for cheeking the pedigrees handed to them. It might have been fairly claimed that the stud book, with its present dimensions, is of great practical value. The book has been edited with immense care, so as to secure, in a compact form, the largest obtainable amount of information, and with regard to the printing, this volume has been very neatly got up, the type used for names and numbers being effectively distinct. Even in the " New Zealand Stud Book of Draught Horses," there is scope for aniusenymt, in noting the run there is upon some of the names. For example there are 14 Blossoms, owned bv nearly as many different persons; S Flowers, 15 Gipsies, some of them with aristocratic appendages; a like number of Maggies, a dozen Polls and Pollys, 10 Princesses, a bouquet consisting of half a dozen Violets, a Snowdrop, a couple of Rosebuds, three Blue Bells, a Cowslip, Crocus, and .Lily, some Heather Bells, two Moss Roses ?

some sprigs of May, and, by way of contrast, a Nettle and a Dandelion.—Press. A coffee tavern was opened at Newbury on August 2 by the Countess of Carnarvon, in the presence oi a numerous and distinguished company. The'fEarl of Carnarvon spoke at considerable on the importance, both from an' educational and social point of view, .of the movement now on foot for providing places which would correspond amongst -working men. with the clubs of the wealthy. . ' ; .... .