The Oamaru Mail WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1880.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 21 July 1880, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1880.

The scoop-dredge procured by the Harbor Board some few weeks since for the purpose of clearing away the accumulation of silt at the Breakwater has already done good work, having increased the depth of water alongside the wharf by a foot. The proceeds of the Harbor Board loan recently raised in London have been received, and the Board is now well supplied with funds.

We are informed that Mr. M'Leod's connection with the Municipal Council and the Waterworks has been severed. What has led up to this sudden determination we do not know, but it is whispered that the members of the Council have been sorely annoyed with the Engineer for frequently" setting at naught instructions given to him upon business matters. Be this as it may, however, there can be no doubt as to the' severance of a connection that has existed for about four years. The why and wherefore will probably be made known at the meeting of the Council to-morrow evening. It is notified that from this date contractors and others engaged upon the works will' receive their instructions from Mr, Sandison.

One of the waterworks mains, a 10-inch pipe, burst this afternoon about 2 o'clock in Severn-street, just below the junction •of Severn and Itchen streets. The pipe, 9 feet long, gave way through its whole length, evidently through some undetected flaw. These are accidents that are .always looked for in these works, and may occur periodically. There was a full pressure on at the time of such water as. is now available. Immediate steps were taken to repair damages, the water being locked off from this portion of the contract only. The rest of the town will not be affected while re* pairs are in progress. We mentioned yesterday that - Mr. W.' Gordon, the counter-clerk in the Oamaru Telegraph Office, had received an intimation that his sen-ices would no longer be' required,.as economy in-the department wfts. necessary. We also mentioned that a request, bearing the signatures of 40 leading citizens, had been forwarded to Wellington,, to have the matter reconsidered. The heads of the department have apparently reconsidered the matter, for Mr. Qgrdon has received instructions to proceed at once to Wellington, apparently to fill some other; appointment If so, those to whom he is so well and favorably known in Oamarix will be pleased to learn that his long' services to' the department have been fully recognised. Mr. Gordon proceeded north to-day by train. I Mr. Duncan Sutherland has on' several occasion*' shown a praiseworthy desire to render assistance to the Hospital. At J the meeting of the Committee last evening he handed to those present a supplement Jp the European Mail containing an illustration' of' the! " Universal" invalid- 1 tubular water and I air ,bed, patented for hospital use, and r stated T j that he had ordered one from Home, which ; he intended to present to the Oamaru Hospital. The bed consists of a series of separate cylinders, made of waterproof material, which can be used either for water or air, as may be desired, and can be fixed at any. angle to suit the condition of the patient, and thus alleviate suffering. The annual ball of the Otepopo Volunteers, will be held on Thursday evening, and gives promise of being a very -successful affair. The Committee have, we believe, made capital arrangements, and a large number of visitors is expected. Mr, Jennings announces that a cab will leave the Star and Garten to-morrow evening, at a quarter to seven o'clock.

The Pride of Maheno Lodge of Good Templars will celebrate their fourth anniversary this evening by a soiree and concert to be held in the Public Hall.

A special meeting of the Directors of the Caledonian Society, for the purpose of considering matters of importance, will be held to-morrow evening, at eight o'clock, at the Criterion Hotel. A full attendance of members is requested.

We need scarcely remind our readers that the Philharmonic Society will this evening give a concert, consisting of the greater portion of Vincent Wallace's popular opera of " Maritana." -We can safely promise those who attend the Volunteer Hall a very enjoyable evening's entertainment.

At the monthly meeting of the . Hospital Committee, held last'evening in-the Seere- 1 tary's office, there were present: Messrs. T. H. Brown (in the chair), J. Allen, J, Hassell,. Lemon, J. Mainland, Malcolm, J. M'lntosh, D. Sutherland, F. H. Townsend, arid H. Watson. The minutes of previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the report of the Visiting Committee was read and adopted. The receipt of the following was gratefully acknowledged: Illustrated papers from Mesdames Clowes and Cagney, a quantity of old linen from Mrs. J. H. Milligan, papers from Miss Crawford, and a number of earthenware utensils from Mr, E. G.'Lane. Several accounts having been passed, the Treasurer's report was read and adopted. Messrs. Allen, Brown, Hassell (convener), andiMaleolm, were elected Visiting Commit-tee-for the ensuing''three months.'-' J THe' meeting terminated with the nsnal vote of -thanks to the chair. "iH.M.S. Pinafore" has its dark side as well as all other things, for sorrowful news comes to us regarding the performance; of the opera by children. Some of the little, ones are said to have utterly lost their voices over the unnatural strain imposed upon them, and from Melbourne we are told that four of the little victims are hors de combat already. This should point out the grave necessity of not over-working the poor little: creatures beyond the powers whish Iffature has bestowed upon them.

We take the following from Harpers' Weekly : —" Miss Yonge, the author, is now 57 years old, and devoted to religious work. The; profit of 'Daisy Chain,' amounting to 10,000 dollars, che used in building a missionary college at Auckland, New Zealand, while a large portion of those derived, from the ' Hejr of Redclyffe' went to the equipment of the late Bishop Selwyn's missionary, schooner, the Southern Cross." -< The British and Foreign Bible Society recently held a great meeting in London. The. receipts for the year to the.general fund were stated at p? 10,541, and the payments ■L193,5:j9. The issues from-the Bible establishment.were and from the de- 1 jjotsj abroad 1,404,689. The (UstribufTon was hs follows;— In France, 110,000, a slight increase; Germany had an increase of four-

teenfold ; Austria, 116,000, slight decrease ; Italy, 56.000, increase 6000-;/Spain, 39,000, as against 54,000; Portugal, §BO6, asagainst 8235; Madras Presidency, 87,000; Calcutta and Bombay, 60,000. Australia sent L3OOO last year to the Bible Society;; Canadaabout the same; New Zealand, La/of}; and- South Africa, L 760.

The Sydney Bulletin tells its readers how George Darrell,.the,actor, found a capitalist.: "The capitalist, whose name was Dealy, was a very clever young fellow, who declared he had LIO,OOO 'which "ha was 'anxious'that Darrell should-invest in taking an Australian company Home to play Australian plays at an Australian theatre in London. Darrell believed him, and was induced'to remain a week in Brisbane after the termination of his engagement, the young man undertaking to pay all his ex's. Darrell did the block with that young man, liquored him up, and introduced him to the ladies of the theatre. On the fifth day that young man disappeared, and handsome George had to leave without again meeting him." To-day's Timaru Herald says : —" It is our pleasing duty to record an heroic act in saving life which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Opihi river. It appears that two: men, both well known in Timaru, nanied Frederick Hedge and James Reid, were on the south side of the river, when criek were heard that a man was drowning in the river. Hedge, who was mounted, im-

- mediately went to the edge of the river, an seeing a man swimming in the current a once pluckily put his horse into the stream j ; He made several ineffectual attempts to gras the iUian, and at last succeeded in catchin him by the wrists The :dro'\ynirtg man's gwa at this moment fouled the legs of Hedge' 1 horse, and the consequence that bot 1 man and-. horse began tot sink. At thi critical moment, James Reid jumped hi k horse in and-succeeded iri catching hold c ' the drowning man and bringing him ashore Hedge having been washed off his horse hel 1 on by. ite b*9»s!tr&if to land, and thus no life was lost, A' npy<jsee&£jjsansig. has, ij.e.e: ' invektaiib^Mrj John ASiderson.aof Ratagiora j which;is' : 'said to''ariSwier ! -its -purpose ad j. miraUlyi' ' The'"principle tipbh which it i constructed is similar in many ways to threshing Q)asuf)fe ( . . by the Lyttelton Times:—"The chaff i blown from the seed as it falls from tli ' hopper on -to-the : by ; means of ;, 1 drum worked by the same power tha works the riddles. These'a>e six in number °' ap4''Vftry, ip point ( of . size .of . puncture ' an&jwork on a fore aijfl aft' motion,' The; * 'are feupportedlofi 'thii£ Woqdta slings,..whiol ■' answer better than the eccentric motio: 1 usually adopted, as ~Eh"ey~ regulate th ' running much t better. ..The . riddles- eacl "deposit their respective material at differen } -parts Not l-being- tfoowi over "p drtinv : Np:' ; so tough,' Bern; 3 in" a'convefhient' frflht'of'fh I .riddles, the best seed at one side, sorrel * -&c,j at the opposite, and-any fine seeds am ' rubbish or dirt falling under tjy) machine ' The process of cleaning is thus very mud I resultjofitke undertaking •' hasiproved that the machine is capable o turning out a sample o * ieed, no matter how, .Jjough,/previous to : (Iressing." | A Bill which aiijis a "deadly blow at th j T .existence of all mutual benefit societies (say the: New Zealand Herald of July 1) hq, 1 recently been passed "by—the New Yorl Senate, and sent, to-the,^Assembly.-,. 5}- i numbered 222, and is'divided into three sec tions, the jßirst'of'which makes it cQinpulrGr; for every corporation desirous of issuing in surance policies to deposit securities amount ing to 100,000 dollars with the Superin tendent of the Insurance Department '• The second section forbids any use what ' ever of corporate or fictitious names and- specially provides that every in ; surance company shall be known hi the{ name, of the individual or firm b; whdm it is founded. The third section sub jepta every corporation violating the pro 1 visipns of the Bill to a fine of 500 dollars fo: and every offence. At a meeting of tlii Mercantile Benefit Association, held to djs cuss the Bill, it was pointed out that al Masonic and temperance bodies, workmen': societies, trade unions, co-operative societies : accident and benefit associations would com< within the compass of the proposed enact ment, and would' b'e porijpdlled to deposi securities to the amount of_ 100,000 dollars which in most cases would be impracticable and would cause: their litter destruction.' A'writer in the New__ Zealand Wesleyai thuS takes the Minister of Pudlic Works tc task u—" I am- hot 'aware' if the Hon. R Olivier,. Minister of Public is an Epis copalian or noi j; : i£,.)ie.Js, ; ;I v hQpe (I thig time--hergdes:.tQ:. ohurch'the.'will be mosi sincere in'confessing' -'"'We-halve done thai whifctf we Shbtrld riot have ;done; we have left .undone that which we should'have dohef According to the Waikato Times, of Aprii 20, Mr. Oliver most effectually how a Cabinet Minister of V Christian Colonj not to Sabbath;,day. r/It is quite possible tljat Mr. Oliver may plead thai stress of w'ork as he did; but surely a little consideration is due to the sensibiljtjes pf thpse are anxious, on religious grounds, to see the | 'day at : : leg,"st " out^ardlj r ''-rei specked. And : yet' 'lt"was''6a a"Sunday that Mr. Oliver, by ; a.: of officials and others, visited the various iri the, Waikatcr 'district, inspecting jbridges,' r6ads,""&c.', receiving' deputations, aijd doing generalLy.sucli work as was •nothing short of an outrage on the lowest design 1 6f J cthe Sabbath: 1 It be well if r thosie who Colclny were more carefidLta consider the infliionee of their example upon others. The couqtry distrTcrt' of-'the Colony : espe'ciallydo not Want a member of the Government galloping through "th'emp eheduragitig 4h'ein in theif disregard fop- the law ojf. the Sabbath,Possibly Mr. Oliver thought that he could •afford to do with impunity in the country what even he would not have attempted to do in a town of any considerable size. There are too many who seem to say in earnest what a simple child was once heard to say >0 h6r prayers the night before leaving home for sj holiday ; "Good-bye, God; I'm going into the country for three weeks !"

£1 Free Gifts ! The proprietors of Wqlees' Akomatic Schiedam Schnapps, to induce the jdestruetion and prevent the improper use of their wrappers and labels, and thus furtter protect the public against fraud and deception, have inclosed in the wrappers, or under the label on the quart bottles, since Ist October, IS7S, and continue to inclose in every day's packing throughout the year, undersigned, and which will be cashecj. by thoia agents. To secure these gifts, the ■Dublfc must b.e careful to ask for, and ac- : epfcj nothing but tha Genuine Udolpho ' wolfe's Schnapps, with our name upon the .©p,label. M Moss and, Co., Wynyard-Jane, Sdyney; Dalgety and Co., agents, Dunedin,