ODDS AND ENDS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 6, 28 April 1876, Page 2

ODDS AND ENDS.

A telfjjram from Melbourne " Times ; 111.it the Suez mail boat Adelaide yesterday, tlircc days bo fare due date The Itingarooma will brine, t'.e otag J portion of the mail, au& be expe :ted at Port Chalmers. q«i A tele jram was received by iyiu>l*t«Jli3e tcrday, rating that the lock.-i-o, f;it washed away. ffttfiiiturc aH Mr. tore, a clerk v». tdia- <fi:Tice of tiHH Minister of Agricullwe. at (Ottawa, been agcH ThefEarl <v Aberdeen), asiphcw of tfjfl lately jfiected M.P.fcu- kJM been qliosen to, the Address in tl|j^H Hons Jo? LordSj. ajull 't. w.iU be by till Earl ( irEiit«sn«oi'e. Hij llw -1 K'ighness the Date of EdififM burgli formtilly opened the oilier da}', .'lfcrfl now biddings wliich hare been oreetf-j/ljM as an aquarium and svr*ini?« and liinter garden. Tlfc English University Boat Clu-i* hav. V declined the challenge to take pa;.* an ai » international boat race in theliPhiladelphia Exhibition. The Lord Mayor of London dfcjliTied tv;JM grant the use of the Egyptian HfcU; nj>- uh S M;iision-house, for a meeting t-j > IJiptesJM agiSjist the Slave Circular. i\j conference of shipowners 'i&logfttQ|lWj was! held in Liverpool recently, at wliicljjH resolutions forming a basis for united ac|afl tiou regarding shipping legislation wei|ff adopted. J& The revenue up to February 5 amounted to £58,091,841 compared with £oG,C49,o4|||l at tlie same date last- year. tive payments were £03,122,990 an<||jK £01,918,939. , Mi Mr Peace, the newly-elected presidenW of the Sheffield Chamber of CommerceJF stated tlie other day that both Sheffield urWB Birmingham are rapidly losing their foiij ' extensive trade with A ticrica. The Ojibbeway elu Ong, better known as! the Rev. H. .K| Cliaseu t>f Ontario, has met with a ~^ ld fH]

han,<in "? the A"® ■ biahop who lately received Win at ; a >' s : e , w |i u .h ruvwalsv ">n the part of an exIW wt the English clergy,a direct ,m ( , with Blurue. wind* only waits for rTlweinn r,n bo publicly announced." ; a in'itu-h wti k-'h name off recently be- .„ n lii< v<-i« witl id hwvste, Stanton ttnle : hicvi:!'-'" M v - Tuckers p«>ny . j,,.! ; , ii.rut wurt. The race wad ten ~ f.,f i and the distance was rr ,i l»y ■"•iiuiii'ti in ruin. 38 sec. The carted equal. :nnr:il Ei- S. KLpley, who stated that |ii-ci! * soldier, had » Ueneral i army, and *» at prewit.!x>ut any sonrcw »>f *nc»>me, has | ~,| hit* rvvnnriatiom %;£■>?« the I«ml»n l<rii|»tt:y (>'.>nrfc: liabilities, £»,«&" !«».; N, aimoLirtwby ml" ; , ( ~,l HHl| ,..r:vtU'W i-if the fnmtal «reißn- ; thi t»*« Commodore ,j t>u C. I?., l*»»t t»i» We at Santa * whili.- ill. the wXutmtron of his duty, .um: informed that the Treasury has , tin* awartl ♦>! a special pension per annum to the widow of this MUUtIMI nlliui.T. | At Slirllic-'l"! large nnmbcrs of rtwl irkt'i"; ;l inl I,tin-1- wotrlUuwn are Wing di»i.wi* g to thw stagnation of liwle. | A Ivi'itraJ Committee has bc«» appointed ; to- agitate- for the » Omliiiu import (duties on Lancashire oils. . „ : At Aat»>n. near ftinnragnaro, the man* lit- ol! a smalt-arms factory has Wen timed, der tilui t'lmuuey sweepers Act, for ~w i n"' xi.-vkh boys to- ascend a tine. Tile BXP<:« is entertained that the | ince ..f Wate» wilt visit the Wetah KisI(tfi>il thin year. i»nw of the prizes ' UV . W( |: at tin: Ki»tK«t«Ww4 » fwr tii« m.sliitiiui i't thu Qtißßtv 3 Sjpt'Bttfu. iff. Dwrawfi has !>een |>p»p*«B«l as a mliiliiCo t'i>v t'lcutiiirv as a tweuUxe* «>f tine s>yal Si«:i«ty wf Lotn-lloni. Lt>r«l Afo«rlatul Sti' Solater B«»>th have been u: " IfUiv and Navy flazuttc" aays ruliimt Aitmirivl Sir M- B«jrm»tir, ~» nuar rutativo fchw Ftrst Lor*r» [fj. secrutaiy, «traws .£2,000 per anwan . vai'toaw p«n»i»»n». _ j iu ru«Ki»t pi'Dp<>sall ti> fill existing | tcii'M in thu ili iyiil Marines by inviting k'Hit'-n wlw» |>r<ss«Trl!«*l th(P»i»eivv» ; iii,M»i<>ci3 in tha arnty at the fate »x»,tion tii. at:cupfc appointments in that | I I)us hevn cittTittli int»> ette»:i. ■ no |;n:k, nf ttssiiralife an»t votM'M t*y fttl the va«am:ii)S thtis tm»x- i illy ptucyit at ttit-if idispuyal hy the are feeing taktn hy the North Ah'i-ivan Kxp««titi»>n t*> prove the icahrlity »»f the plan f»»i' •►pvittng Iv t'erti'iil Atriea fn>vn the (of Cape Mi"|4aih>r. Tlve etituate i» ,f the hfiiithiest in the worhl. Water •nf.it'ut mv the whute rn»nte, an«t the S'tant's ptaci'aßi-fe an*l intelligent. :i)imtry were the proposed station is tstahfis.leii is very fertile. A moat totter has been recetvfid frwni Hi.-man in Mt>w«eo, in whi«h he aays Tie was visited l»>* influential m«r-------h fi'nin- Ttinfo'teiw l htm that | fiiut heard of the expedition, hat the natives were prepared to proits' ©bioct# in every way. There is a intent faurtwtttr on the coast having tnchorajee for shipping. _ fiOttfs Caruier, the i>*ineipal of the I Chartreuse, who Sor fifty years «*w>l' the manufacture of the sedactive nu-'il tii'|rtenr which cnrielted that sfcuvy, has died at the age of seventyi.i stated tltat the Rank of Weimar i:u-liased M. de b ITastte's patent f»>r teninit rrtasa for the entire extent «>f Icfivian Kpiiptre, and tEiat it pr»>p«>ses iny ir. by mt'ansMif a jt.>int-stnek c»>m- , l :ivin:,' its central seat at Berlin, hnt ssinsf iiraneh factories and agencies uv ('eraiarty. is nnnomittd that the Persian fJovernin I'txl.T b> eatry »>nt its newty-esta-i,<f pi stal service, which I'Rs already f !:hm.il nmler the divecitt-tt of two nrn (.ll'eials, Isas now dteided t*> "a j*n «ti«-n with the Httsisian pt-sial in :il; Tahi-nvr, near the frontier, where .isjari iifHctat writ lie placed in charge.