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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 15 September 1880, Page 2

Our sapient contemporary, the North Otago Times, in its issue of this morning, says :—" There is something peculiar about Ayoub Khan's artillery. At the recent battle near Caudahar, it was stated- that he lost the whole of his artillery. Another battle has been fought, and again Ayoub Las been unfortunate enough to lose the whole of his artillery. The "whole'' of his artillery must be something considerable, if, after losing it twice, he has still a few guns to spare." Much learning hath made our contemporary mad. There really is nothing peculiar about Ayoub Khan's artillery. The bellows-blower of our poptemjiorary in like the obfuscated person who, leaning against a lamp-post, thinks that everything is reeling, when it is only the swimming of his disordered brain, V.'e are not going to say that our contemporary's has Leon intoxicated by reason of excess of liquors, but it is shaken by reason of its superabundant erudition. Everybody else thought that only one battle had been fought by Ayoub Khan in which he lost artillery since lie defeated General Burrows,* on which occasion he lost no artillery. Perhaps the second battle in which Ayoub lost artillery was fought on the editor's pillow after severe superhuman and convulsive literary struggles in his sanctum. The snores of the editor may have conve3'ed the remarkable hallucination that war was raging somewhere. Perhaps our contemjiorary will be goqd enough tp explain. Js lie really in communication with the headmen of any particular tribe of Afghans, and does this account for his superior knowledge on this question affecting our possessions In the East, as well as on all other questions ? We pause for a reply.

Mails for tho Australian Colonies and Tasmania, per Albion, will close at the Bluff on Friday, 17th inst., at 11.30 a.m. Telegrams will be accepted at the Oamaru ofljce accordingly. A boy of about Ijo years of age. a son of Mr. Andrew Gray, Gretarstreet, broke fine of his legs yesterday. The boy was playing with a number of other children at the new Soufli School building, and fell from one of the scaffolds, lie was promptly attended by a doctor, and is progressing favorably. There was a vary large gathering of teachers, scholars, and friends, at-St, Paul's Church last evening, for the practice of the hymns to be smig at the llaikes' Centenary jiext week. After a few t preliminary failures the tpiiaz were sung pretty steadily, and, after another practice, will go very well. The hymns are, with one exception, taken from Bateman'a collection. The Fire Brigade meets for practice at the usual hour this evening. Seats in St. Paul's Church will be let on Ffiday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. The inspection . parade of the Head-quarters' Volunteers will be held,this eveuing. ajt half ; -past 7 o'clock. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance.

Our sporting renders nro notified of a pigeon match advert! c-d to,come off at tlio Boundary Crdek Hotel oil Friday next. We; hope to see a large muster of our local "cracks." There are indications of bad weather approaching from any direction between northeast and nortli and west. There will be a further fall of the glass. The Borough Council will meet at a quarter-past seven o'clock to-morrow evening, when the business will be to confirm the resolution passed re borrowing LIO.OOO, to consider the b'y-law re water supply, and general. ■ •