The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1880.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 10 July 1880, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1880.

We have received another letter from "Adamant," but as it deals entirely with the same matters as were contained in his letter published yesterday, we fail to see [that any good can be attained by its ' publication. Our correspondent avers that the ease of the coachman was not fairly | stated, and says that that individual is entitled to fair play. Our correspondent said precisely the same tiling in his previous jitter, and it was chiefly on that ground that we cave insertion to his long epistle. No good purpose can be served by repeating a bare assertion, bnt if onr correspondent can procure a coii'uct report of what the coachman of exalted notions did say to the Premier, we shall be happy to publish it. Unless this done we must decline to bs a vehicle for any further reference to the subject. We are informed that as there i 3 fully four months' supply of water in the r.e.servoir, through what we may call very judicious management, and as the contractors fpr the pipe laying have finished their contracts, the supply was turned on this afternoon. The following appeal's in the Morning Herald's political intelligence:—"The assault bv Atkinson this morning on the Collector of Customs was a good deal talked of in the vicinity of the House. For four or five sessions he has been a man with a real grievance, having been unjustly dismissed, and never replaced, though a Committee reported that he had been unjustly dismissed, and recommended his re-appointment. The general impression is that Atkinson has been a hardly-used man, and that it is a case in which the Civil Service power has overridden the representatives.'' Comment upon this is needless, and we therefore pass it by with the remark if the highly-placed Civil servants are to .set at defiance the will of the representatives of the people, the sooner the curtain falls on the farse of maintaining a Parliament for the sole purpose of raising fund 3 for the payment of the Service the better. It is scarcely necessary to mention that the Rifles Band will give the first of a series of promenade concerts at the V olunteer Sail, this evening. A foot-ball match was played to-day between the High and North School Clubs, resulting in a victory for the former, who obtained four goals and two touch-downs against one touch-down. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before T. W. Parker, Esq., R.M., Patrick M'dusker, against whom 29 previous convictions were recorded, was fined 40s with the option of six days' hard labor, for being drank and disorderly. Martin Shea, Charles Wilson 3, and John Russell, for being drunk and disorderly, were fined respectively 40s, 12s, and 30s, with the alternatives of doing six days,' three days', and five days' hard labor. John C'onnell and Thomas Keating, charged with fighting on the esplanade were fined, C'onnell, 40s with the option of 14 days" hard labor, and Keating, 20s with the option of seven days' Jiard labor.

The Monthly Meeting of the School ComEDjttee was held last evening, when there were pr sent: —Messrs. N. Fleming (chairman), Smith, Stevenson, Mollison, and Forrester. The pjinutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and the oat*-ard correspondence read and approved. Mr. J, H. Milligm wrote, oh behalf c£ St. Paul's Presbyterian Session, asking for theuse of the South School on Sunday afternoons for Sabbath School purposes. The writer stated thai the"«l-rcetion of a place of worsiiip in the southern part of the town was contemplated,. but that, pending its erection the Session wished to provide for the religious instruction of the young residing there. On the motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Stevenson, it was resolved that the request be provided arrangements be made with the eoifcrietor touching such cleaning of the school premises as might be necessary. The resignation of Mis; A. Nicol of her appointment as a pupil teacher in the North School was accepted. Leave of absence was rrjvfjn to Mr. Frdlcrto enable him to attend the Ur.iv*;'.' ity examinations at Christchurch. [ The P-.K-tor of the High School forwarded I LIT i'J»- a< fees-collected for higher education diirins tiie j .'.-i . ninths, the sum to be I tiividoi between K'.-cior, Second Master, and Matron. Ti.e Secretary was directed to r.p|>Ly to the Ijducation Board for the salucj.cs of. the Misses Patterson and Peach,, tern,-' porarily engaged as pupil teachers. The names of John Evans and Thomas M'ls aught were ordered to be submitted to the Inspector Schools, for him to select one as pupil tpaehcr of the North School. A letter read from the Education Board, stating that it had been decided to .advertise for a second assistant teacher for the ll:~h School. The Building Committee stated yalls of fhe High apd North Schools Jjafl .bee#

cleaned at a cost of L 5. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Education Board, drawing attention to their letter of 27th November, 1879, in reference to the proposed erection of a janitor's residence at the. District High School. The Secretary was instructed to write to the iiducatian "Board, requesting them to lay on water to the school premises as promised. The; usual compliment to the Chairman closed the meeting. Those who have not already patronised the Oriental Exhibition and secured some fragment from the marvellous East, should hear in mind that the exhibition will close this evening. It will be opened at'Tlerbert on Monday,'and at' Hampden on Tuesday; We have been favored with an inspection of- the selected designs for the new Queen's Hotel about to be erected in Thames-street, by Mr. Markham. The building will occupy a frontage of 12S feet to Wear-street. and 93 feet to Thames-street, and is designed to be built in two or three floors, as may be desired by the proprietor. We believe it is Mr. Markham's intention to erect two storeys at present, and add the third story at a future time. The facade is designed in the Romanesque style, the cornices, panels, •"■'c., being freely decorated, the features of the upper storey and balustrade especially so. The building when completed will present a magnificent appearance, and will sustain the notoriety Oamaru possesses for the beauty and solidity of its buildings. The ground floor is divided into three shops and hotel apartments as follow :—Diningroom, 30ft by 30ft; billiard-room for two tables, 35ft by 30ft; public room, 21ft by 17ft; front bar, 22ft Gin by 13ft; bar parlor; two spacious halls, with grand staircases ; kitchen, scullery, pantry, corridor, and billiard-room bar, with the necessary adjuncts, lavatories, &c. ; shop, SOft by 27ft, ,nul two other shops 35ft x 14ft. Above the kitchen are two storeys for servants' apartments, with distinct itjiircasejiavingfullaccess to the other portions of the building without making use of the principal stairs. The' upper floor contains 26 bedrooms, nine sitting-rooms, and commercial room 22ft 9in by 21ft, two bath-ioonw, lavatory, etc. The height of lower floor to ceiling is lCft 6in, upper floor 12ft 9in. There is also a spacious cellar. Messrs. Forrester and Lemon are the architects, and the building will be proceeded with immediately. The monthly Goycmrnrmt Inspection of the Headquarters Companies was held last evening in the Volunteer Hall, Captain Sumpter, the officer commanding the district, being in charge. The following numbers were on parade Staff Major Sumpter in command, Staff Sergt.-Major M'Phersou, Quarter-master Sergeant Bennett. Artillery —1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 3 Sergeant, 25 Gunners. Artillery Band ~i Bandmaster, 1 Band Sergeant, 1G Bandsman, Oamaru Rifles—l Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 SubLieutenant, 4 Sergeants, 31 Privates. No J. Company Band —1 Bandmaster, 1 Leader, 17 Bandsmen. Oamaru Citizen Cadets—l Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sub-Lieutenant, 4 Sergeants, 22 Cadets ; making a total of 13S rank find file. After inspection the companies marched out in torch-light procession, headed by their respective bapcb- Q 1 ) tU e return to the hall, Sub-Lieut. Clarke \yas presented with his commission, and Cadet Orr received a handsome medal for shooting ; the presentations being made by Captain Sumpter, who addressed a few appropriate remarjis to each recipient. At the close of the parade, No. 1 company engaged in bavonet exercise, Lieut. Headland being iu command. The very pretty drill was watched by a large number of the public. The PlUlos Band afterwards played a number of selections, to the evident delight of the audience.

A novel football match was to be played in Timarn to-day. The sides were to be Handsome v. Ugly. By the way, who were to pick the sides and determine under which denomination pinyeio were to be clashed. The American Prairie Farmer says the following is one of the provisions of the new education law in Utah :—" Any pupil of a district school, at the option of his parents or guardian, or at his own option if he has no parents qr guardian, may confine his studies to the four fundamental branches —spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic. Thetuitiou fee of any pupil by whom or on whose behalf such option shall be taken shall in no case exceed one dollar per term, in addition to his propoition of the territorial appropriations." A curious little trial is going on at Philadelphia. The head of a ladies' school is accused by her pupil? of unfairness, and a sort of commission lias been appointed to inquire into the matter. The main charges are that the lady has favored her own niece, and has even shown favoritism in the matter of Sliakspeare studies. At first public opinion was much against the mistress on account of this supposed behaviour; but, fortunately fop her, her pupils were allowed to tell their owfi story, aij'd i$ was with great difficulty that order was maintained in the full Court. The young ladies wanted to speak all at onec, and were never content unless tivO cr thx-ee were speaking at ope time. Through the conflicting evidence, it appeared clearly that most of the malcontents were in the habit, according to their own account, of "cheating awfully," and their general conduct throughout the inquiry has been such that public opinion is now in favor of the Jady who had such awkward pupils to handle, An old Bible is now in a bookstore at Albany that was picked up by a Union soldier in the streets of Frederisksburg on December J4, ISG2. The soldier gave it to his chaplain, who forwarded it to Albany, and there it has been ever since. It is a Latin Tsible that was printed in the year 1500. The first person.of the Godhead is; represented in it jir the semblance of an old man, with the Papal erovn on His head. Thp flood is pictqre^—Noah and friq ;wjfe,' I with tneir beads but of the window, looking j afc the flight of four birds.. Mana is. repre-j i sonted about the size of a bread-cracker., Moses is invariably pictured as having horns, from an expression in the Vulgate, A telegram from Taupo to our Tauranga contemporary, on Monday last, states : "All earthquakes are alarming, even if the}' pass s.way in a few seconds, 5 >nt a s: ries of shaking extending ever twenty-four hours is s mething to frighten even iho most courageous. That is what v/e have had here. For the last twenty-four hours the town has shaken with earthquake after earthquake, occurring at intervals, some of them pretty sharp. The i direction of the oscillations is apparently £rom west to east, and the phenomenon has, evidently some connection with the state of; Mount which has been vomiting dense volumes of black srcjQke. It is feared by many that ademption of lava may occur, as such masses of thick black smoke are rar. Jy seen. The shakings, however, have not much a,faceted the town, as beyond chimneys being slightly injured, no damage of any moment has occurred,':'

The plodding,"calculating, Germans have everywhere organised emigration clubs, to which the would-be emigrants contribute in advance. The funds thus provided are available .to assist.inthe payment of, passages, :and.of olficers'to supervise embarkation," of take 'i: charge during Ahe voyage. ; Other immigrant clubs also exist in the new country, supported by* the subscriptions of emigrants who hp.ve gone before, and who are anxious to help friends at their arrival. It is announced that an Irish Land Bill is to be introduced by the Gladstone ment, having for its object the creation of an increasing: peasant proprietary.' It is complained" that" there do not exist at present sufficient opportunities or inducements for the purchase of small 'holdings. These opportunities, it is believed, the Government will multip y by appointing a Commission empowered to acquire by purchase big estates, and to retail them to the peasantry in small quantities. The money for starting the machinery must come from the State, and the peasant proprietor, will have to pay interest at the rate of 3g per cent, on his investment. Many doulits are expressed whether such a scheme will work successfully, The railway system is extending rapidly in Japan, two lines having been recently completed in the Island of Niplion, and a third in the Island of Yesso, the most northerly of the Japanese group. The rails (says Capital and Labor) are of English make, but the rolling stock and engines have been ordered in America, the foriner being supplied with Westinghquse brakes, and the latterwitlispai'k-aruesters—avery proper- precaution on the part of the Japanese authorities ; for were a chance spark to light upon, one of the shingle roofs near the line, whole villages would be swept away, and a very natural feeling of hostility be' developed towards railway enterprise. The two first engines are to be named Benkei and Yoshitsze, after two celebrated early Japanese heroes. It is the first order of the kind that has been given by Japan to American housgs.