The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 115, 2 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The fiomirwttona t'or the otlicc <>! Munid|xtl Autlitor, vacant l>y the dsatli MrJaW Jo!i Ham. tw>k flaw tn-ilay at n«w>n, at tliP Cftinetl Clianilwri. Theri- were l>tit two caji«ii«late»—Stanley Martin. |>r<»p«<c f Ivy Mr. [.'icfce. isnti secon*!«.-il l»v Mr. 11. •"IriaentwM : and Ktehard Bntt. 1-y Mr. attill s»ct<r»n«ie«t hy Mr. .-\. Hc.cilamL As there was more thsn <■>»»: c;unH*late. a pwll will he taken »>n Tnc-t iay nr>xt. St'ptticnWr 5. I'nor JiLnry O'lieary. whnae stirring ajiju-al (a ther |>rrat»i:i«g »lettie» we cliroijicl««l in our isswe «>i yestterdiiiy, wonht «j»|Knr to itiiVvagain ent»» the liaiifS- 1 of the Dimediii Phillistmest. No s«ot»cr In l ahc once ui«>r=; Wwatitei'l the? free air off heaven, than shr> retome4t»>hertui«nt3 sml fortiiwith commenced her devo'tiocn at the shrtue of tl'.e " Kosy C»»«L" A tynx-eye.l gn.irdt.in of the however. drt»j>p««! the «rring on .-, and she was* ♦{tikkty "rtin in" to her old Tints time Mary cried p*rmrt. and having tw espttae to olTer. was handed over tin the- fceefitig «»f Mr. CahUvoll tor the next tJvrce mf>t»th».

Tfais Arji*.* lewis that Mr. of cite iiihttvicnhtm pen notoriety, prior to bi» depwrtttris? front Wellington. had 6«> hand over : t»» Mr. Stwtt. M. H. I; , acting oi» behalf of Messrs. Ferguson and MitchcEt.nl Dtsnctiin. , Cite f«n» of £3s. It happened this way : Messrs. Fergusdon and Mitchell were appointed agents for the so-called nlmumitini i pest*. and bad purchased £"2Ut» v. ->rth. Tlie potke ciontmttnkated with the (Inn in j two with a view to taking step* against Mr. JawmW. Mes>ar». Fergnsaon ami Mitchell re- ! pCkd t"> the effect that although tiicy had discovered the swindla they did not fuel ■ Jastifcl in taking action in the iintter. jjuLscfuneotly Mr. Stout, acting for the linn, interviewed Mr. .Jacobs, and thftt gentleman deemwd it advisable for his fnture peace of Efetckß to hand over to Mr. Stout, on behalf of I hi-> I>vtnr,di» agents, the sum t>t £.VJ. P Xo one would snppoue (says the A--jmJ [ tliat in prwsperwtis Wellington we bad legiti- ' (HAt.ii beggars; yet snch would seem to be the case frotn the fact that a Norwegian named Ivwr fJielgaard. was this morning sentenced 6»> iirs months hard labor for this offence. In I .fismvary, IS7-5. this fellow was sentenced to ' twelve monEhi imprisonment. and oncoming nftt of <sr.Jol he was assisted by the Benevolent Society, who started him np country whereLe would be among his own countrymen. This did not suit him, and he returned to Wellington, where he has since subsisted by begging, and in this he has been aided by his exceedingly plana ibid mode of address. Lately, however, he has carried bis antics a } i little too far, by making an almost house to j Loose canvass for snpport, and complaints j, were consequently lodged with the police. j j Vcatenlay be was arretted, aiwl some silver, j amoaatiog to 7s. &JL, vu found on him.

The police told him it seemed to them that he earned as much by hogging as he would by working. He said, " Oh, yes, he did better at that in one day here than he would do in a week in his own country by work." : It is a great pity a good Hogging could not be administered to such .1 fellow, instead of pro- : viding him with comfortable fpiarters and plenty of wholesome fo<nl for a month. Invalids arc not likely to ban-lit much by treatment in the Hospital at Lawrence. The of the oUijo Lkentvl VkUm'tw G'ciz-.Uc says, it was once in good J condition, but now, "a patient, suffering | j perhaps from rheumatic fever, ha* to be put j i in a ward (the only one available for men) j I through which the wind whistle- 1 in every directum. You can see daylight through the [ r»*»f. ivs'K and floor ; and •luring the recent cold v.eath.;r t milk, medicine, water, and i cvervthing fluid has been turned into solid ! blocks "f ice. even when fires were being kept Hp at a roaring pace. The townspeople and the residents of thcd:str.et niibsciibc liberally t<» th; institution, but a new building is absolutely neeessa -y. and that tliev can seaicely : fur < >:p_et-;d to provide." j: The following liny be of interest to the Work-! Committer of oiir Municipal Council : I _The ' water channels are being I ronstructed of asphalt. A row of pitchers is placed 111 the centre of the cutting after the j kcrbiug iia; been fixed, and the faswe process J id i».»n« thr-011 either side of the stones ( f 1-1 observed in making a pathway. In one | stie-i a chinnel of th.- kin I lias bean in wear I for th*-> in >.itU4, atul sh v.vj conclusively that the cspe iinent is a success. It costs no more ttiasn Itte narrow rough pitched sort, ami has the of looking better, and o; bcinu more easily cleaned, as no weeds will «.t.»w in the t tr. In th .■ cvc:it of t'll2 surface l> coming worn, it is a very ca«y matter to repair it. i>nt there is not likely to be much trouble in tiii< respect, a - th.- water has very j little efleet on tlu sub-tane;."

A correspondent of the Melbourne A >•■ jus I whowat for some time awarder in the Yarra I licnd I.nnr.r c Asylum, writing of the work- [ ing of that institution, says : —"Out of the \ fifty attendants in the asylum, only four. I [ b„-li - ve, are Kngli-h, the rest are sons of the j sod. from north or south —Orangemen or | U.C.'s. My leanings were rather towards t the latter. as my ward comrades were prinei- | pa'.ly <>f that faith. I believe that one pious 1 :t:id prominent member of the St. I'atnek's Society bad hopes of my c«>nvcr ion. It was f pleasing to find here so many of •' the boys."

mud, to my mind, it i.-> only another proof of the superiority of the Irish race —especially in office-holding. In the City of New York, under Tammany, there was at one time only one n >t.\e American holding ofiice of any kind : and in Victoria, looking at our police, uanl. r«->yiums, and Parliament, what should we do without tii«! Irish element The whole social ami political system of Victoria would surely burst up if these banished sons of Erin should refuse to serve the country. ' Tw<. young elk a-rived at Wellington the other day by the Ring.irooma, consigned to the Acclimatisation Society. Tlie animals were tmn-hipped at Melbourne, from tlie -tv.irner Assam, by which steamer they were brought from Oalle. The newest thing in the way of swindles is related by " Attietis" in the Melbourne Ltti'l >A linn placed the sum of £IOO for r. year as a fixed deposit in a "Melbourne bank a! which he ha 1 likewise a running account. After a little while, h 3 receive 1 permission to overdraw his account on the seen-

rity of lii.s deposit to the amount of £BO, wiii. ii he at oiic;- to avail himself "I, lie mxt went to mon-v lender, and on th«; i!>-nri<it rccrof. I .-i in raising tinloan of .Tio'her t'-S I. in '.kiir; a cl«-a- <riin of t'ljil l»v f'le t-an* act inn. with u lrcli heclea- n d n>»f «f Moll'onriiP. The money lender is the victim i'i the ma*t"r. as bankers have a j»f>M 'ml lien over the moneys a'td of thfir custom in their hands. My infor-m-in t ra minlntic in condemnation of the wiiullc. It was ingenious. lie acknowledged, but A man with such an as that to have ma le a fort'ineouto? it. Starthave t>irne I it into £'.'!•), which he could have il-rposifed in another, ami so on till he haul cxh.-Uitt'.-1 all the ban'i.s in Melbourne, increasing fin capit'il at each oneration. -A nil the woi>t of it is. he savs. that through the th'n'4 known no man with more exalted view* will now be able to work it. a regret in which the money lenders will hardly sh.'<iv.