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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 14 October 1880, Page 2

At a meeting of St. Luke's Vestry, held yesterday, the Rev. Mr. Gifford stated he had received a co m muni cation from tlic. Right Reverend the .Bishop of , Dunedifl, intimating that lie would preach the anniversary sermons' in St. Luke s- Church,- on Sunday next. On Tuesday night a row took place at the Windsor Hotel. It appears that at ten o'clock there were several men in the bar, and Mr. Cunningham, desiring to close the house, requested them to leave. This they stoutly refused to do, and assistance was sought to tuftf out. A general rough-and-tumble. scrrwinage followed, and the men, on being put out, continued the war. : fare by hammering upon the house with stones and breaking some of ihe windows. Mr,' Cunninglianl in order to scare the fellows flped in the air a couple of shots from a and it >yas stated that these had effect, but on inquiry we lesrn that the statement is unfounded. The matter 13 likely to come before tli!r Resident Magistrate's Court. , ,

The finnnal meeting of members of the Caledonian Society wiU be held at the Criterion Hotel this evening, at eight o'clock. In addition to the presentation of the balance-sheet and report and the election of office-bearers, the meeting will be called upon to consider several important matters. These will include alterations in the rules and a suggestion to found a scholarship. A full muster is thereforp highly desirable. The directors will meet at half-past seven o'clock.

Captain JSdwin predicts Bad weather is approaching, and says that there are the same indications as existed yesterday. There will 'be a further fall of the glass, which will rise within 12 hours. There are bad indications.

According to the Timaru Herald Xnspec- j tor Pender received a telegram from the Commissioner of Armed Constabulary, Wellington, last evening to the effect that the Hon, the Defence Minister had approved of his (Inspector Bender's) Inspectorship dating from 18G4, and that he would not therefore be included in the reductions. We are quite sure this news will be hailed with feelings of the liveliest satisfaction by every section of the community, fhis concession has been made in consequence of tlje action of a large and influential section of the Timaru public, represented to the Government the injustice and danger that would accrue from the dismissal of their Inspector. There is a tendency in this town to take a similar step in regard to Inspector Thompson. We hope that it will I develop itself in suoh a inauner as to bring about a similar result.

' It is notified that the Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., will meet in future on Friday evenings.

The following is th e team chosen to represent the Excelsior Cricket o}ub in tlje match against the Oaraa.ru Crioket Olub, to be played next Saturday : —C. W. Cooke, A, G, Creagh, G. Fenwick, W. Finch, A. Hartley, T. How.it, J. S. Holmes, W. M'Donald, D. Moore, H. Snow, Blakely, F. Little, J. Ham, 11. Hewat.

It is lipt generally known that a of Ireland exists oil paper, and that it enjoys the privilege of a national debt, A movement is on foot in the United States towards giving greater stability to the Republic and adding largely to its indebtedness. Patriotic Irish* servant girls are the principal investors in the bonds which the founders of that State issue for the purpose of raising what they call "skirmishing funds." One of these bonds is now before us. It has a close resemblance to a Ui)ifce4 States greenback note for 10 dollars, Xhe chief . difference is that instead of- the portraits of two distinguished American statesmen being represented on the face of it, the portraits are those of Wolfe Tone and Davis. A small cross at the top gives a religious sanction to the document. The inscription runs as follows : —"The national bond of the Republic of Ireland is indebted to in the sum of .10 dollars, redeemable with interest at the rate of 5 per Gent, per annum six jnouths frpm the acknowledgment of the independence qf the Irish nation, or at the option of the Republic convertible into G per cant, interest bearing Government stock, payable in six years from that date." This undertaking is signed by Michael Scanlon as " Agent of the Republic," and by C. B. Sullivan as " Registrar." An eagle grasping, a sword, and triumphing apparently over a defeated, foe, figures in the middle, A good many bonds must be in circulation, seeing that the registered number of this one is 11,029.

Under the heading of "A Cheerful Communication," tlie Lyttelton Times gives the folio-vying :-t-As a specimen of the annoyances that are inflicted on unfortunate newspaper editors, we appepd the following letter, which is printed exactly as we received it. We present it gratis to our readers with the hope that some flf those who jiow solace their idle hours with the convolutions of the Fifteen Gem Puzzle will find in our anonymous correspondent a new source of amusement:— Templeton Oct 11th 1880. Tear Sir,—l got five swine laitly & one had a broken [Here follows something which is absolutely undecipherable, but looks like the letter Y.] if i get another one the same i will try if i can get the Magestrate to' give six months in prison when killed in this state in the summer would Bring truble on wemin & Children this, has got nothing to do with the Broken legs' of the jfchumar swine & that man on the other side dosenfc know eany think about the"; measeled- swjne he would stop; short."

The Melbourne Argus, in a recent issue, says A stranger was in the Assembly yesterday, and could not be got rid of. The intruder was a handsome parrot, possessed of a musical turn. The bird made his presence in the upper regions known by interrupting! Mr. M'Kean "with the lively tune of> " Up. ■ and down the city road," which he iritro.-j ! duced with a vigor and propriety whsJi moved the House to laughter. =■ ■i. i-.-j ioi». An instance of the manner ii?%ftich Te Whiti influences the actions of his people was made to appear recently in the Taranaki! police.cells, A native * was locked'-up' for being drunk, and on being taken out of the? cell he toas requested to sign the " property., gheet "jfor hl s KPgiaiid ;Tfw jiatiye! pefuged to comply, saying tl>at Te Whiti hftdl forbidden fcia/people 1 -toei'gn'-tHtiir names to) any paper. The constable informed the that ho copld not gefc hiftgipeand tabocco until he signed his name, but the, native held oiit and < Baid be would lose his tobacco first. Virtue always, carries its .. ;i ■ • J >ii IJI AV g A fi {

reward, and the faithful follower of Te \-Yhite had the double satisfaction of obeying his master's commands, and also receiving his pipe and tobacco.

We if he 'lf^' i correctty;stated his case,',l)ht his complaint", should be y lsdd before the £hoir master; -. .If .wli^fr;'die adeems ; :a -puisahce is not-; then abated; heyanighfc, with-P ro " pnety; Church authorities.

At a meeting of the North Canterbury Board, of Education_held yesterday, a letter jyaa read from.the in referendo-to tlie { rod\ictwVi; stat- • ing th at -she' cotrid-nateeontirraettq-act for:» reduced salami - seeing ; that*heciservices had in no way depreciated, and she must therefore terminate her engagement on expiration of the required notice, adding tliat she would be happy after that time to give two hours of her time each day in such instruction gratis, in the interests of the Kindergarten system. The revenue returns for the quarter of the' half-year are not yet complete, but so far as received they are very favorable. The Customs have realised nearly L 645,000 for the half-year, or abort L 19.000 above the estimate. The quarter's return amounts to L 23,000 above the proportionate estimate. The beer duty has little over a at a rate just equal to L4O, year, the sum estimatejgfeglie Treasurer. Qther classes are sat^Hpry. Wellington Post. "UWrpen," in her letter to the New Zealand Herald, says:—"lf women would so; bind themselves together all over the wijcld, wit}} the ei}d yie.w. of ennobling themselves and those around them, how far preferable it would be to the present fashion they have of visiting and-backbiting their neighbors. I remember in Wellington, when I lived there, I never say gossip and colablooded slander carried on wholesale by any other women in any part of the world wbei'es I jjaye been'as it is by the female population, who. would even take the trouble to pay a visit to people they did not know,-with the sole purpose of telling some unpleasant 'story about tin unfortunate creature, who was prettier and more noticed than themselves".' And I really do believe if they could in that particular, city be induced to take .up some of the scientific work, so widely patronised by American women , of culture, they would add tq happiness, and be beloved. I am sq glad to have

the opportunity of mentioning anything for their special benefit, hoping they may see it. This society is ably presided over by Mrs. Stow. We have regular officers and byelaws, and we don't allow the shadow of a coat-tail on the floor."

Dr. Tanner's divorced wife, who resides in Paris, in denouncing him in the French press as q, fraud, says that in the water he drinks nourishment is conveyed in the form of matematis, a South American infusion, well known for its force-giving qualities. A friend of mine just returned from Ireland (says " Atlas" in the World) brings me p, story wliicli is, Ugrogaa of: disturbances in that ill-used country. He was driving on a car in Dublin, and passed , a party of some regiment in garrison; " Nicelooking lot," he remarked to the car-driver. " Ah, sure they're no good ; nothing, leastwise, to the Fenian infantry," said the other. ''Fenians! Have they any infantry?"' "'Deed, have they; and cavalry, and artillery, and all the 'rys," "You never saw finer boys. Fifty thousand of them." "But," said my friend, "if there are so many of them, why do they not come and take the country ? The regulars iu Ireland are not half that number." "Is it why ?" He looked round to see if any one was near. " I'll tell you," he whispered, putting his hand to his mouth j "I'll tell you, only it's a great secret; they'd they're afraid of the police !"

The new property assessment schedules, under the Amended Act of last session, are now being issued in the various districts. These must be filled in and returned by the 93th on pain of liability to a fine of LIOO, and to be assessed and charged treble duty. The officers appointed have had little difficulty in the fulfilment of their duties, .the indignation, of the people having apparently exhausted itself in the public manifestations of : last year, and they are now resigned to their fate. In several of the Southern journals, exception is taken to the form of the hew schedule, and 'much ingenuity exhibited in producing hypothetical gases in-which the Act will not applv.but t]ie officers stqte'that the people never make these objections on their own behalf, and that they have no difficulty on that score. There is a general fpon} the experience already gathered in working the Act, that the exerhpfcitfri will be reduced onehalf, namely, to L2so' and'/the tax to Ad in the £, and that under suoh a scale the tax would be easier to.!all,.;.distribute mors equitably the burden of taxation, and in addition produce a larger ajnount of revenue to the Colonial Exchequer.—New Zealand Herald.