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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 13 July 1880, Page 2

Captain Edwin telegraphs that there are indications of a further fall of the glass.and of strong winds between north-east and. north and west. . ; Owing to the length of our Parliamentary report, we are compelled to hold over ;a quantity of other matter. .The debate which took place in the House last night will prove interesting to those who; take an interest in Civil Service reform, and who are anxious to learn w;hat the House thinks of the Civil Service Commissioners' report. We are informed by the officer in-charge of the Oamaru Telegraph Office that from and after the. Ist Auguat the Leithfielcl station will be closed. ■ j Work at the Shag l?oint coal mine is again in fpll swing, the men having resumed w;ork yesterday on the manager's terms. .! It is notified that the Deputy Commissioner under the Property Assesslneiit'Act, 1579, for the, Waitaki diatricfc,.. at the Star and Garter Hotel to-morrow, and at the Hampden Hotel on' the following day, to • supply information to property owners and generally to. assist them in filling uplthje form 3 where such may be required. The Volunteer Hall was literally crowded, last night, when Baymond% -Lime-light-Diorama wa3 exhibited. Ma.ny' vietjrs thrown on the- canvas were really artistic, and the andience were kept thoroughly j entertained by Mr. Raymond's appropriate remarks. 'We have not space : to give a detailed notice of the exhibition, and will, therefore, content ourselves with saying thjit we hope the proprietor will afford the public another'opportuhifcy of pf Africa t the Zulu War, - &c., before parts from'the district.' ' f ' s 'j ,< A' church meeting* was lield in tne Mechanics'lnstitute, Kakanui Mouth; last; erening, to concert measures forfthe;estabIrshment of regular -services-.! .- The )Kev:' iJ. !C. Wilson occupied the chair-:;i{Fhe-meeting was opened with prayer, and chairman then laid ;before: thoae. present some of'itlie reasons .for - calling; • them t togatheD, airiz. :p' That.it was in tbe"lnghest degree r that ditirclimen'should 1 sedure J t3le" "priVll'egjes belonging to them;* tliat with .only- one clergyman to the WaitakL County (except Ormaru) those, privileges could_ only- Jae sparingly eh j oye'd;' bat iliat" if 'churchmen Bhowied that they really valued 'the' "froVshap of their childhood—the pure reifjjtofl'jof Christ and His Apostles—in :: suppcrrtiilg by their- presence .alt -public prayers in private, and: iitgivingi" accbrding as.the ; Lord; had prospered ea^-of.them," the JBishop would divide the district into two parts, to' their ' great spiritual' advantage. The * meeting, after -gome' discu'ssfen" as jto ways and means, declared that it was hfgmy important that the Church should {hp established at Kakanui Mouth. A Committee of 'five wis then appointed' to annual subscriptions to the stipend fund, and jto endeavor to heat the culpable lukewarmnass of the church members in the township and neighborhood. The Committee was directed to present a report on Monday, 9th August. A provisional Committee of ladies was then appointed, with power to add to their imbiber, to assist the Church Committee jin getting up a tea meeting, to be held jon Friday, .Angust 20. The meeting;! was then adjourned until 9th-August. Prayer, ana a vote of thanks'tti'the the

The action brought by Mr. Bracken against Mr. George Darrell, the actor, for libel, in which the damages ..were jet down at LIOOO, was Court, Christchurch,. yesterday, ajqdtjjesultecT in a verdict for the nlsintifr, fcwit'i LSO , ; *7 1 -? i damages. ■ ? :•<; At the R« •> . this day, before T. \Y. i'arker, Esq., K.M., the following cases were disposed of : —James Leahy and .John Nimmin were each fined of.threeHjayailJiard labor, for being drunk and disorderly. Kelly, against whom 46 previ6us~corivi;:tibhs was fined with alte'rnative ofctefi) dSja'ihard' labc^ ? ;fpr arsimilar | offence-to-the-above.—G. -H—Evans,—jun. ■ was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a wheelbarrow, value 10s, the property of David Henderson. After the evi- : dence of the prosecutor and his father had ibeen taken, Mr. Balmer produced certain | evidence for the defence, and, in addressing : the Bench, called his Worship's attention to | the fact that there appeared to be no felo- ! nious intent on the part of the youth, who was only 17 yeai'3 old, The case was dismissed. G. H. Evans, charged with stealing one door, the property of David Henderson, was convicted, and ordered to pay the value |of the door, 7s. Cd. Mr. Balmer appeared for the accused in this case also. An unannounced, but still highly diverting, coursing match took place this morning in Tees-street. A solitary, but plump and wholesome-looking hare, a wanderer from well-grassed fields, made its appearance in the street, and there was a rush and a bustle such as is seldom seen in the locality. A butcher (not he of coursing fame, but a neighbor), a sporting stationer, and an inspector of'vasioiia'*things, 1 ' but' of'{nuisances in particular, besides many others of lighter weight and fewer "years, were thsre. The spiri^siof' gyeryone-present^. were raised; to an alarming extent, and they did the most extraordinaryl fhin^s. 1 Some -whistled l Jor a greyhound, but strange to say one could not be found, and he of the nuisances, who is .rioted {pr.'his ability sin: hunting. ifcpTtjflregis-, tered dogs and stray animals, armed -with' 'search of, aj ■car^hj;.',,anunai v pf the Sefjt-foptijd; species.: >¥ka& bfrtcheß vwas'. equals • .to> i ;th'e occasion.; "Arming himself -with one of J his_ m6§t deadly| v,-capons, he started in pursuit'of'puSsy, and; the wayjie ran was- astonishing ;.alike to the; spectators and the hare. The stationer also! entered the hunt, but although he led up for; a shoi£ distance,, his want of condition soon; told against finn, and he fell back beaten,! crying faintly, .owingto want of breath, "A dog, a dog ; rpy kingdom for a dog ; " Meantime, Wtclier had taken'a'couple of turns; and a few wrenehep.out of pijssy.but though he struggled hard, neither he nor his deadly weapon could get- within liand-sliaking distance of the toothsome .animal. At laslj butcher '"fell 'iiack, arid* 'throwing his hat the-fast vanishing fprm. of puSsy, -:gave iho; phase; •A. :collie> dog-,; however,' was 'nbfc'so' ea'siljr daiintej?j' J arid- ; f6ll6wed thb''hare up Itchen-street/" but pussy was top much for him, and at last-got nway to cover. The scene was one of a thrilling nature, and those whb'SVrf;riessed : it ' will : never forget the "shoos," ''boos,", and; other noises that hailed the little stranger in those parts ;:;,and .■ those who were not present can fonn no conception of the vast amount of agility shown by men who turn the scale_a_t ajittle under IS stone. either would anyone not present believp that usually eed'ate 'and 1 exemplary citizenfe could l ecome so suddenly excited, but tliey must bear in mind the greatness of the occasipfi.'.> <l-1 fv fvL'V'' i.I V.'.. r