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Southland Times, Issue 702, 26 July 1867, Page 2

Messrs Lumsden amd ,Ross, two of the city members, "will address. their constituents at the Theatre ; Royal, this evening,- at half-past seven o'clock. It will be seen from our advertising column b. that owing to the sudden indisposition of Madame Carandini the series of Concerts to be given by that lady and company, in the Theatre Royal, the first of which was to have taken place last evening, haa been until Monday evening next. Opening services in connexion with the Wesleyan Church, will be held in the new building, Leet-street, on Sunday next, the 31st July. A Tea Meeting will be held in the same place, oh the following Wednesday evening, when several ministers, and other gentlemen, it is expected will address the meeting. The Sermons on Sunday, will be preached by the Rev. R. S. Bunn. We have been informed that Messrs M'Mieckan, Blackwood and Co., have placed their powerful steamers, the .' Alhambra, and the " Omeo " permanently on the hne between New Zealand and Melbourne. The "Omeo" has been overhauled, and new marhinery supplied at' a cost of £10,000, and it is stated she is now one of the fastest boats ih the_ tra^__She_leaves_.fpr Melbourne via Hokitika this day. YY ':' We understand that the approaches to the Oreti Ferry are in a fearful state ; that in order to facilitate the construction of the bridge, the line of road hasbeen diverted,, and the consequence is that traffic is much impeded.: This should not be. It is probable that the construction of the bridge' will take -a considerable, time ; therefore temporary arrangement's should be made ifor the traffic in the meantime. , y. j, A-,,. :', I The " Protection" question is attracting atten- ! tion in Otagb; The " Daily Times £ \.pt the 20th inst., says: — "The Chamber of v Commerce, at a meeting on the . :11th inst., rosolved by seven to ichree, "that in -th'e; opinion of this* Chamber, an impSrt duty should bo put "upon grain "and flour equal T to.. t£e amount : imposed by the Victorian Government." There was, as might be supposed a 7 about the arguihents put forward in support of jrhat vrould7. D"e,/^rotection/' but which none of the speaker *3,Uked to call by that name." '■ '; An instance of.^tke^ uncertainty 7^hat.,oivißterß Bound, the Postal:; system, even at the present tjime, has been brought under our notice.; We are informed that a gentleman who: had business ih Invercargill of a character that required an intimation of his intention to .visit this town should precede him, posted some days previous to'his leaving Melbourne, documents upon which he paid .ten- shilings, postage, . .that ; two . mail steamers, left Melbourne for this port, and< arrived here days before the vessel in which •he came, yet the documents in question 7 were not received dt the -,P,oat. Office here until a day.,. after he arrived, v Thi»re,,caa be no blame Attached to the Post Office here, but it is certain the Melbourne authorities, or the mail agent, is to blame. ! A whale, measuring forty-five feet in length, is reported by the ." Waikouaiti Herald" (Otago) tb , have been * washed ashore oh the-- Goodwood ; beach, af 'a -place called- "the Stoney Creek. The'" whale was first discovered by S. Kennard and A. M'Laren, who were eye-witnesses: of the | monster's landing on the sea-beach, audiwho at once proceeded to capture it. On reaching the spot where' the whale was lying it. was found dead. It is not stated to what particular species . it belongs. ■'"_.: One of the mail bags, which was "lost in November last, by the upsetting of the Chri*tchurch and Hokitika coach in the Teremakau, has just been found. The " West Coast Times" of the 'ith' inst. says:— "A singular discovery was. made, on Sunday last by,) Mr M'Kenzie, a "cattle .driver,, who, whilst proceeding along the river Teremakau, observed a strange-lqbkmg object: lying upon f the7bank, abouttwdYand a-half from tlie Rangier! Station... It -proved tobe a tattered mail-bag, filled with newspapers and letters, which Mr- -M'Kehi*ie gathered '.tip. and'conveyed t'O'iihe station, where it was ascertained they formed part of the-, mail that was lost in November last, when the Christchurch , coach so "narrowly .escaped destruction whilst- crossing an 'arm of the river during a flood. Constable Bennett, the officer .in charge JaY Rangiriri, brought theinissing mad into town on Sunday night, and yesterday it wa9 dehvered to the Postmaster and sorted,- for, notwithstanding it was so lbhg3ubmerged, the addresses, except in a few cases, were quite legible." That the .bag .was riot washed out tojsea.is something.jto bewqndereo^at,'considering the many high floods that^^lliave-Jsqbttred^hb' river bed smcevfthe.tame'df 7^the^aipcident. We i^gme'J^**^ ih some of the snage that abound in the Tere»akau, M