The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 40, 7 June 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1976. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ww team from the Tcl«r.gra{.h atUlioritics that tutegvanus tor I.«>ii»l»>ii may l>c Veceive.l on the t-tth -lime? to be latde, |>*T*te*t ther.ee t»i GaWv, ami then telej;va|>Uett to their «k» tiu.iti<>n. I» .i'l'liti«n to tl«? New* Ztal-mtl rates to A«letatile, the '•harjw will he 4i. 'M. per wor.l t'r».nii f!:il!e to I.otn{t>n.

The Qneen'sf Star Variety Company arrived En t«w-n carty this morttiit"; tVorn Waini.ite, atwt will a*»*>ear at the Masonic lIkII this ev'rituo-. The i»rograi«tuu which will he stnituutte-t shouM jticaie tlte nto.st fasti-li«-n.-«.

When the prevailing cry is "dull time*." it in pfea.-dngf remarks thy "Tnnpeka Times") t*> record the evidences of prosperity and signs of permanent large yields at the iSltto Spttr. On ut> other grddhVld of the Provinceis there such activity and enterprise shown as on this famofts hill at the present time. Additional taUerie-" are in prospect, and in course <>t ereefciort.- and ere long the head of tfabriet's CuHy wilt be- bristling with stampers, as without a doubt the deposits • »?' tadtnv-i wilt hv treated by this method, in addition to. the batteries employed reducing the solid ground.*.

I We team from the "Star' that the two ii railway carriages* InsiEt by Messrs. Fiudiay and Co. t<> the order of the Provincial Oovernment. were tried on the Port Chalmers tine on .Saturday afternoon. They arc ; exactly facsimiles f>f those now used on the Port tine, and are built of cedar with ja'rmli fittings. The whole of the work, with the exception of the wheel.-*, are of local matint'autwrev and for comfort arc much preferable to those at present in use. The carriages arc snpplied at Home cost, with insurance and freight added. They are in every respect complete, and Mr. Conyers, general manager, and Mr. Orant. traffic manager, express themselves as highly pleased with the workmanship. On arrival at Port an adjournment was made to Ijodson's, where the health of the builders was drunk in hampers. The hulk of the Otago and Canterbury members proceed to the Assembly l»y the Hawea on Tuesday next. His Honour the Superintendent leaves next week, hut it is understood that Mr. Reid remains in town : till nearly the end of the month. The session wit! commence on Thursday, the l-">th inst- but the business in the Lower House on that day wilt be confined to the swearing in of member?, and the election of a Speaker and Chairman of Committees. It is a settled fact that the Premier will propose, and Sir l.eorge Orey will second, the nomination of Mr. Fitzherbert to the one position, and of Mr. OTtorfcc to the other, and that there will he no opposition to either gentlemen. When the House meets on the following Tuesday the address in reply will he moved, hut we ('"Star"> have not yet heard what lion, member will be entrusted with this task. The address is certain to provoke a warm debate. A love story in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales to India, is thus related by the correspondent of the "New York Herald " :—"The lirst sign of a cloud in the sky occurred during his Royal Highness** viiitt to Raroda. The Prince met here, I don't know how, a very l>eantiful Eurasian girl «fc" the name of Cleghorn, her father being a Scotch officer who was killed in a tight with the bill tribes during Lord Mayo's administration, and her mother, a full-

; Wooded Mahratta, niece of a chieftain of j \ sonic consequence living near To' : .say that Miss CUeghom attracted'the Prince's I attention is.tOj employ mild language; the I acf|Uauitrtnces£ho\vever,'had lasted only a few j hours was mysteriously I and disappeared I frm'n India altogether. I have since learned | thafshe is now in Singapore, and that she left Baroda and Bombay'voluntarily. The impression in India, however, was, and is, that she was murdered or put into secret confinement, and tiic result had a bad effect." The owner of the cutter Cygnet lias shown us a sample of the guano brought round by him from the Mutton Bird Islands. The article is very similar in appearance to that imported from Peru, and as we understand a portion of the cargo has been disposed of to fanners in the district, who are likely to test it thoroughly, a few months will decide whether it is equal in richness to the Peruvian. The guano is offered for sale at onethird of the price charged for Peruvian, and if it is as good in quality, it will be the means of opening up a large export trade with these islands, as well as keeping the local market regularly supplied. Eighteen months ago (says the " Press ") the two sons of a setter in the Sound were playing with some marbles on the deck of a cutter which was anchored in the bay, on the shores of which they resided, when, as might be expected, they very soon lost some overboard. Amongst them was one particularly marked, and which has been recovered in a somewhat peculiar and unexpected manner. Whilst fishing a few days ago a rock cod was caught, which on being dressed for culinary purposes, was found to contain the identical and much-prized "alley taw," to the delight and amusement of the juveniles. A new meaning to the phrase " been to Oiiehunga" was elicited in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Auckland, during the hearing of a ease. One of the parties had " been tit Onehnnga," which did not strictly imply that he had visited that settlement, but that he had "got drunk." His Worship said'hcSfihd.heard of "going to Howick," but." been to > * Onelmnga" was quite a new term for a very low habit.

The "Journal de Florence," of Italy, relates the following curious story, for the truth of which it vouches : —" Lord J. Seymour, an English nobleman, exceedingly found of all kinds of sports, was, many years .■•.»•■•. a member of the Paris Jockey Club. One day, whilst passing the door of the clubhouse on horseback, he was called by Fcrrey, a noted billiard-player, who chanced to be lolling out of the window, and invited to plav a game. His Lordship could sec no one l>y to hold his horse. Suddenly he took a .-trange resolution. He turned the horse's head towards the door, made the animal hound up tiie steps, and entered the billiard s;:'.i-.ti. lie took up a cue, and fought and v.-.>ii a lu.-itch with Ferrey on horseback. It v.-;is an .-.limiral.le sight to see the delicate tact with which the well-trained steed went round the table, and no less curious and ex-i-itiug to watch the movements of the nobleman, who, l»y his dexterity, won a large sum of monov as the reward of skill."

Mr. -fames l.olfe, of Auckland, has just finished cuttinga monster piece of greenstone, weighing (fewif., /or sonic Waikato natives, wh<> arc the owner?. The work was com{ilettil l>y means of machinery, awl took six months "in tinishing. The greenstone was divided into eight slabs, six centres and two outside ones. The saws employed were fed with emery ami water, the cost of the emery a!»ne amounting to over i'GO ; our readers, therefore, may reasonably conclude that greenstone is of an exceedingly hard nature. Mr. Ilolfe informed onr reporter that the cutting of such a large piece of stone lias not hitherto been attempted in the Colony, and the nature of it is pronounced superior to any other before operated upon. There is a very interesting history attached to the transportation of this monster piece of pounamu here. About fifteen years ago it was brought up hero from the West Coast, the place where the Maoris at all times got their largest supplies of greenstone. . It was shipped to McliwHirne to be cut up into meres,.'but there was no means of doing the work there, and Sydney was tried with like results. It was then brought back to Auckland, and a number of Waikato natives sold ay block of land anil purchased it. It was conveyed subsequently to the Waikato, and remained burredtwelve years, until Mr. Rojfe's machinery WB3 erected, and the native-, advised that the machinery was ready to cut the stone, at once unearthed their treasure and sent it down. King Tawhiao is supposed to be the largest shareholder. The slabs will now be manipulated into meres. The work has been capitally executed (says the "Herald "), and when the contemplated transformations take place, the cost altogether will not be under one thousand pounds. The slabs are now.de-po-iited with Mr. William Oliver. The details which we have given possess several features of an interesting character, and show beyond doubt, that when our brown brethren desire to possess anything, neither care, expense, nor other obstacles stand in the way. They were determined to possess the greenstone, and they waited patiently for years till they could get it cut. The London "Times " says "the Sultan is ill with cholera, from having eaten eighteen hard eggs at one meal."