The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 132, 22 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have received an intimation from the Telegraph Department that owing to the gate experienced all the lines arc down North of AshhartnTi. The Grammar School Cadets. to the number pi' etghty-fottr, were just through their driEi £>y S'ergeant-Major M'l'heraoii yesterday aftenuwn. 'Flu; manner in which the youngsters went through the various movements nittst have given great satisfaction to, and rettwt* the highest credit on. their instructor: .wet tn many ways* their elder brethren of the Vohmtwr Corps might take a lesson with advantage. Lite Itcetor and others connected with the aehnol were present during the para< t«:. The prisoner Morrison, at the Resident MagistrateV Otiri this morning, was formally. committed for trial. Mr. o'Ale«ghcr made application that the case should he tried at the Prutedin SupremeCottrt.Sitting* : but while the Bench refused to make the committal therefor, stated that, shottld such art application hi hereafter made, there was little donht hat it would he granted. Prisoner <fs.» admitted to hail in his own recognisance of O>o, and two sureties* in £''lo each. A fttrion.* nortlwwest gale was experienced in town dnrirtg the day, from the effects of whu'ft some damage has been reported. We understand the dwelling-honse of Mr. tnimpter had one of ita chimneys' blown down, and fences without number have had to acknowledge the leveSliug-power of the gale. The Samson, which shoald have arrived in port at one o'clock, had not put in an appearance when we went to Press, and, according to the signal at the ttagstaffafc four o'clock, she was not abreast of Moernki.

The tenders, four in number, for the 1,000 yards of blnestone metal, advertised for by the Council, were opened yesterday, when that of John Grant, at 3s. 7itL per yard, being the lowest, was accepted. The rejected tenders were at the following rates : H. Mnnro, 4s. 4d. ; H. Wallace, Us. llid. ; and Barnabas Battersby, at 3s. 9d. per yard. This prince of humbng3, Dr. Carr, appears to have a most marvellous knack of reaching 2Cew Zealanders' pockets. For years past he has perambulated, over and over again, all parts of the Colony, and gaping idiots are always glad to sec him "only once more." It augurs well for the consummate knowledge of the world's weakest and softest parts, which the "doctor" evidently possesses to a superlative degree. Lately he was lecturing in Blenheim with much success in the matter of attracting audiences. His sixth lecture was so largely attended that many /were unable to obtain admission to the .hall in which it was delivered. He'is expected shortly to visit Wellington, where he will deliver a scries of lectures on the phrenological characteristics of the leading members of the Assemblv. hat next ?

Litest fashions are approaching the incident as closely as any regard for appearances will allow. The Paris correspondent of the Melbourne A rt/us writes : —" And since I am speaking of dress, allow me to note down here a detail- : whicli shows what are the caprices and whims of the mode, and how fashion rushes from one extreme to another. I allude to the exaggerated narrowness of the skirts of ladies drcssej, which no longer seem intended to veil the human body, but rather to show its form to the human eye as clearly as possible. Nay-, more,, for the ball-dresses the .fashion copies the nmdc3 of the ancients to such a degree that the dress is maintained on the shoulders by a simple clasp, leaving the arms wholly bare ; you must also remark that the bodice is cut lower down than'ever. ' Fashion seems to have copied the-museums of ancient art, and you"meet in the play-houses and in'-the drawing-rooms of our > '-/*'</«'i'* all the women without sleeves of aiiv was the wont of IJotne during the time of IKhhulus and his , successors. Even in tlie"cUiy-tiriie the light worn-dress rules supreme, jincl" as'satin and velvet wofild not ad here' sujficifirftly close to' the body, our bells have, recourse»to the skin of the deer, and cuirass their bodies as they glove their hands."" - '- -■ At the inquest on thc .body of-Charles.; Coats,, who* committed sili'cide'atfc 'Christchurch Inst week, because lie conltl not find work, it was stated by. a relation of dgccasGtl-j that, since her arrival in the Cblonj*, two years ago, she and her. hysjjftnd# making inquiries since, had hear anything' about him. 'name in the paper. His her to try and litul-him,-as, death, he had beelgfl^^Soufc£fofti' He-ifas; of an.ecceatric'di|ngSTtjs>i^. l and peculiar peranieut when atlio?U£r~ The jury returned a verdict of " Di«l;fw)nv the effects' v of a wound iu the thrpafc-jirifucted while in of temporary insanifrr/' . In Wellington, last week, the City C'oiwcil elections and Haiightou's 'were of : rior interest to matters Prirliafirfentary. largest Itfcal .cootcst fwTitcs respondent) was bctv/ccii 'Mr. Gillrfn, of the Ar'jm newspaper,' Ojid -M r. fonnerly of the ICmpire l|&|el.. Hathisr'-unexpecteAly, Mr. Moeller hri'J>irf6Ve .tiian double the niun-:* bcr of vote3;gi<fen to Mr. Glllon. ]laught^l : s - case was closed doors, thoughts counsel, made a feint of .protesting against the same. Mr. Barton peared to protest against the procetdings ou behalf oi the friends of the principal witness, but the case was proceeded with, with the result already known. A recent issue of the Melbourne V'eAvwfl Rp.r:„ir„- contained the following paragraph : •' It rather jars on olio's notion of the properties of the ck-ric.-sl oirice to read that we of "the younger ministers in England, in circuits where liorselicsh is dear and the distances great, have taken refuge in bicycles, aud • career to their appointments balanced perilously and jauntily on the two wheels of that ingenious machine. And yet, on consideration. a bicycle must be pronounced as intrinsically innoxious and respectable as a buggy ; and the youthful divines who are takuig.to it iiwy hj« congratulated on their common sense and courage, if the innovation really - i economises time and strength. .Some or tne Methodist papers look favorably on the matter, and the Methodist even suggests, half-humoronsly, that the training insfcitu-, tions for minister;! should include lessons oil bicycling in their curriculum. But many of the fathers will groan in spirit over the iude- | cent spectacle. A good many year.s ago, in | the conversation on the work of God at one j one the coiifcronces, a venerable brother at- • tribntcd the decrease iu membership of that ! year to ' the unscripturp.l and worldly habit j of wearing braces' into Which some of the brethren had fallen. He drew the line at breeches and gaiters ; anything beyond that was mere ungodliness and worldly conformity. And no doubt this spirit, with some modification, survives. The Gospel on a bicycle will seem to many a mere scandal and a profanation; if it must be transported in vehicles, anything 1e33 than a horse and bnggy is unscriptaral and dangerous."