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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1202, 23 February 1880, Page 2

Pastor Chiniqny arrived at the Oamara station by to-day's express train from the north. The platform was more thau usually crowded, a large number of persons exhibiting considerable curiosity to see the lecturer. Theßev. A. B. T.oddtookliimincharge immediately 011 his arrival, ana leaning on the rev. gentlemen's arm, he was escorted to a cab, and driven, we presume, to the Manse. The members of the reception committee were also present, although, by reason of the pressure ol what a large crowd for so small a platform, anything like a formal reception was impossible. An address of welcome will be presented to him at the church this evening, prior to the commence: ment of the lecture.

" Looker-on" of "sequestered Ngapara," your letter is couched in language far too courageous for publication in the Mail. If the evils that you depict so graphically actually exist, the wisest and most effectual course that could be adopted to secure their abolishment -vyould be to appeal to the Police Department, If " Another Protestant" will send us his correct name, in accordance with cuatoip, his letter shall be published. The Lincolnshire delegates were met on their arrival at Dunedin from Oamaai 011 SaJ,ur<Jay last by a Sub-committee of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association consisting of Messrs. j . Roberts (President), K. Wilson, G. L. Sise, john .Ileid, George Turnbull, and the Secretary. The Minister for Public Works introduced the delegates to the deputation, and they then took up their .quarters at the Criterion Hotel, Volunteers Harding and Morris, two of the representatives from this district, left by the express train for the north to-day to attend the Now Zealand Rifle Association's meeting at Nelson. Bandsman King and Sergeant Bobs, of Otepopo, wjll, }ye understand, leave on Wednesday next. Pastor Chiniquy has consented to lecture at tho Otepopo Church at half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening next. Jfo less tljan f}ve " drunks" were brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before W. H, S. Roberts, Esq,, J.P.. William Boyd, James Cook, William Baker, and Michael Donoghiie were each fined ss, with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment, and John Vaughan, of Ngapara, was fined 10s, with the option of going to gaol for 4S hours. The wholo of these elected, to " take it out," and the result is that every bed in the gaol is now occupied. There are now in gaol eight males and two females, and for the first time for a long time our local prison is full. ■ Tho swimming matches announced to take place at the baths on Saturday afternoon did not eventuate, owing to sufficient competitors not coining forward. ' We have to chronicle a second case of sunstroke to greyhound dogs that has occurred in this district, the animal on this' occasion being Mr. J. B. Reid's valnablc dog White. White took prizes at the following shows j Oamaru, Ist in 1878 and 1879 ; Cliristchurch, 1579 ; and 2nd at Dunedin in 1879. On Saturday afternoon a match was played on the Old Cricket Ground between eight members of the Excelsior Club's Second Eleven and fifteen of the High School Club, resulting in a victory for the latter by 21 171ns. The scores were—High School, si; Excelsior, 33. The play was not brilliant.

We have been favored with this month's number of the Illustrated New Zealand •Herald; It is dated February 27, and, whilst ill advance of the period by about a jveek, it is also in advance of its predecessors in point of artistic merits. Some of the engravings ai'e really excellent, and although, with the exception of one—a vivid and quite sensational representation of the C'liristchurch riot—they, as usual, consist of foreign subjects, rendering the title a ini«r 'nomor, they are stfeh as will doubtless prove interesting to Hotno readers. '

We would remind owners of horses that entries for the following handicaps Jo be ruji at the forthcoming meeting of the Oamai'ii Jockey Club must be made with the Secretary not later than to-morrow Hurdle Race, Redcastle Handicap, Steeplechase Handicap, Autumn Handicap, and Sfc, Patrick's Handicap. We might also mention that entries for tlio Palmerston Cup, Shag Valley Handicap, and Handicap Hurdle Race, tq 'do fi|n at Palmerston, must be pent ju this evening

The numerous friends of Mr. A. J. Towsey will be glad to learn that he will return to Dunedin by the Rialto, which is expected to arrive in Port Chaliners some time during next April. He has accomplished wonders in the musical world of London. -"■ • .... M .'Div Kenealy ia not Tn' the which is fixed for the' middle oi Judih P. Benjamipj Q.C., Confederal! A§£ torney-rGenerai dtiring; the American War, is; the leading counsel fdr the claimant. ; The following, takenfrom the Marlborough; Express, willhe interesting ; to the -symppy thisers with the sufferers by famine in Ireland Collecting funds for any good cause, as a rule, is an unpleasant work, but an agreeable incident encouraged the collectors aVPictoa on' Tuesday while' otirfoeir' house io houseMsit fcir the Irish. Relief Prpd.; They called upon an invalid gentleman, and, being invited inside, they were requested to search the:sideboard for all the. coin he then, had,-and to take the lot, which amounted t'Qi L2. - Having. secured,.tjiis, they wgre asked, to partake of refreshments, to ~ give them strength to carry on their labor of love._ Receiving this with his thanks.and pest wishes, they departed, considerably cheered, and succeeded in collecting about L6O. An interesting on dit comes to us from Timaru. A Catholic woman remarked to her neighbor, who is a Protestant, that she always thought that the Protestants wove sensible people, and that they did not care to throw away their money, much less to contribute .it towards the support of thejDhurch of Rome. "And yet," said she, "that is just what you are doing by encouraging: Chiniquy, who is only a disguised emissary: sent out to the colonies by the Pope to collect money for the benefit erf the Catholic Church." We are told on the very best; authority this ,is a true story. A smart tactician this adherent of the Catholic Church. • ' New Zealand has lost one of its most able telegraphists. The New Zealand Times, ia referring to this loss, says:—"Jaggar left Wellington because, in the first place, he could not discover when he was going to be dismissed, if at all; neither was any information accorded to him as to the inquiry which he asked for being granted. He was indefinitely suspended without pay. For several weeks he was cheerfully looking forward to being 'starved out' of: Wellington." We also learn from, the-Malborough* Express thvt a cadet in the department, who was in receipt of the princely income" of : L 6 6s Sd per month, rather than submit to the fine of L 5 in addition to a deduction on account of the days he was off duty, took fright, and departed without going through the formality of tendering his resignation. . 1