The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 174, 10 November 1876, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1876. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

••WocdsafßthiriTi.ani.ta ft ints fattini np.n j Mmwsrht may projuui: tfu: which niaJcci thoiumJi think."

Paring the hearing of a ease at ths Police Co art fchM minting agaiiwt some boy* f»r t>»thrng in the creek ftwn which the town swppty of water i-* rce«;vctl, his or.->t sip made a few musks tmni whtrh arc worthy oi nr>ti<>\ He stated that he considered it a gte.-vt hardship th\l th« tad« of th j town had no proper bathing place provided for them, and saggested that the Corporation atiostld take a«>tn j steps to supply the deficiency. Mr. O'Meagher. who was in Court at the tirfu v . stated that seme few years ago there exwtud a very cocnfortaSde place at the month of the creek (war tEu beach. and if a few pounds were expended upon it, it cosh! he easily made available for the boys. It t-annoS be denied that in thw {iarttcnl.tr reSj«eet Oantarn is lamentably deficient, and it strike.! stranger* as something peculiar that while in every way e'je the requirements of the town are keeping pace with its progress in a matter so essential to the health and comfort of its residents we are woefully behindhand.

We noticed to-day a Knight of the Broom plying hi.3 avocation along Thames-street while a high wind was blowing. Surely it h Quite bad enough for pedestrians and shopkeepers to hf subjected to the cloud of dust which is blown from the street caused by the alterations theteto, without having an addition to the nuisance by the performance of work which con Id and ahoitl.l be done before the streets are astir.

It is stated by the tt'uirarapa Sl'tn-Jard that a man. his wife, and daughter left that district some twenty-seven years ago. after accumulating property to some considerable amount, and took cabin passage from Wellington home. B«t on their way back they took advantagi of the free immigration, and arrived per last ship, and are now in the valley. Hits h thai second time the passages of those people have been paid by this