The Evening Mail. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 221, 6 January 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Words aw 6hin(i»v »ntt* dtop of ink fattintr trpofta 6hoiitfh«.may P«wl«iiir that-whfcb make* shnwjivnris,

» heat of the day has not fr-jen* witho*fr.its effieotey- and- w»- ! twir<? I>*wn ire*formed that, a., case .of sunstroke ouuttrrei.t.. 4i Although \wtr" informant was positive a:* tothe co*M»te«fi»-*otf' 'the WsterniStfrt,' unable to give u» ( lfhe, J3artte|*hif s,/,.. •' W».tw» been i Immigrants, ex Oarnaru. wilt be forwarded from l3ktneYl&*p«r f s>'s. t^nijght^ After we had gone to Press- last eventing, we received a telegram- arottfeWtrcing, the death of Sir Donald M*teant.~ 'lfor some* "time' pa.ft the deceaaadLatatesiaan J»»d, been wriailtng- ! the' past week or two that any, .danger;, was. antic*pated>*<'3?b* void thus- made is one which it ' •ftffl he impeislele t», ' ing the many hard thtnga which have been written of the late Ufa-tire 1 Mfni4tet;lt is not ! to©mnchte>Bay nor ; wiß there be in the fretarey -a* politician who> i could have deallf w^&'tKe tnattpcrabfe t Questiwwith the-'abtKtyamtl tact which"! rt!r^aEmen(i*lJy t £tr 'ftonaH j M'Lean. He-ii«'igoate iitewt^-aatel ■'tnatty of those without deliberation crirti<nsed hastactious too "keenly, will regret that thlif t&it ll4bif& fc wfco'had' foiled for ;< over a quarter of a century in the service of the-Colony, shouftfrhove^ad' ; embittered by the, unfounded' aspersions and,; vague insinuations cast upon him. We certainly think tfcateif ifeete-'has beet* a e&Totiial -j statesman!' who«&* 'services;.' i, entitle htca t& » pub'nV funeraV-Sir-Donald | M'l«axrf»tlßrfc.«tttt.* -/' •- v -"- •-•• ;1 ' 'H Some "treasure trove,'* in the-sfa»pe"«>f ! tea and ham, were found yesterday, m an old she^^'t^.bea^raß^.^W^e^. to ' **• j' part of take yhmder Ja»ri«so«%"prc-. ' raises. a n'iiiabe'r'of oott&tf <*l ■ [ *««* «**»***** u*#«™**' l, *****'«**■' ■«>-•,*■ aprrit* were discovered hkietap*''Wfri»4- tfce* blocks ox* the Breakwater. The police, how* ever are of opinion' has j Ifepior itf the stack of am a/? /«we» siy-grog ; bt»aw9# fit of the: «wp%<te. HowSEver, of the wti*M .iottnd, and no .«c* .with attrfßdeftt nerve'canKJ-fbir- ' ward to claim the >A ,_ i .«. ~,..' | Some*t&he?«jac*we e .that T the railway «wp%*.* would have aa especial ; day set apart for theirrTettpgymeftt, l *!!*? we are pleased ttt* ittftt'tftat siiSh •fias > l)ccfl''l&'e"' case. We leari? t gsUterOay.vpcroiljßica > w*» received from Mr. Coayers, thet General. [. MMWger'«or'fiJe M43&*"fabn^'VoV"the I lwldaigof th»a*rtmLoaJt«t Wedncedayjif. •ad it ia therefoae determined to celebrate

§mith, the TraM dHLAmos, been already received. Amongst tta>«t-*o be competed for we may mention, besides v vaiiuiu limute> puie4, a sheep a large quan[tity of potatoes, books, and numberless ~**Unr ctH'-W r. I «T->rrT<r nf fit IfirW hnOHj subscribed. - g^f«tJS!-%fc3i , s!s«-* lver " cat gOl and Donedin stations have had their ; ' rTOouTrd ' x MMf-k\>&& from the generous manner in -which the fcfo >lic have respofadttl M> the tfppeal that ;,s*«■ Railway Fat«»f6ir -£^}sa#;i^>MJ have to 'of giving the line! an opportunity of enjoying himself with his | wt£e &M» farnily'afc-tfie Fotfe,*we nmtefstand" ; that Mr. Smith will make arrangements to" ran. darlrttffe 'rttf't'Hat tfciyas poksfbler !Jan«; we seo>wtal!4>jtt'tJtoa& ■ to. scc-hoso-harl-worked seromts of the pubb'c enjoy a ; little relaxation. We have been informed that our Dunedin contemporary, the Ifi'tiiw, has accused us '.of extracting from 'its 'columns extensively ; without sfcknowlertg*sieh'.l We say Th- \ formed, because as we do not exchange with • the Injured journal we would not have been | otherwise aware of the charge laid against !mr When "We assure "the editor that we \ nave not bad the pleasure of looking at a single copy Ifor the "past six months, wc imagine that .gentleman is kboriug imdw an ! hallucination. We 'ate always grateful for a gnod dipping! nnrCknowingly, have never ' twbliod the author of the credit due ;' Stilb , we, may have extracted 'paragraphs without accrediting them, but wc certainly have not | wronged the Wllne, •■■>; for the very' excellent ' reason we have gttVß. , . .... , . From a Taranakt exchange we learn' that Mr. W. T. Garwood, a gentleman well known it* this Province, antl at one time a ' compositor' on tTte Ob't-jo Dm! if Tim**, has iulkh into a fc'oritttie' of £17,U«!0. ' Tt is not often the' JfooV 'printer "drop* upon such a '" fat. taki*." and althdtt?'' xt "- <-'«-«'.>od has hud tuVw'pi and.d.<.>Wii#-p'' cqlnnlaj ,lii(^..\cit:i : this pleading and acceptable little windfall^ he will.be able to "make even ", withoiw diliCettUy." r"* We have rceervta'Ko/'G of ihc'Tnprtmii C&((rirt\ a jit^rfial,published, iathat-phioe, and owned by the proprietor of the Twipeh.i '■■' times. Iff*' Very rarely a.paper at so early a staget of-'it* extstcttC'3 presents-so creditable an app«a.raneej-bt>t!» in' the 'matter of typo-' grapby* amf advertisements. Taken .alto-. ' gether, the Coxrkr appears to be the herald I of a healthy career t« and that- it may really [ prove so is a wiWwe'coATKally 'fcriilcr tbis A . ! the youngest,' branch al. the., tree of.Jitera» \ tare. ._ >i# ._ , ...... !; WesttSerfid. considerably from the pangs \ of cotisctetiee* oiir'Trtesifay"s*pnb^ • ligation containing the report of the New ; Year's Sports at so late atihour as six, p.m. \>\t would appear, however, we were infinitely (better than the'kelson 'papers, 'which" got i.miasiderabty mixed over the holidays. The i morning r©fe»f4>vf.Xq^tey,iVa»..published. i on the previous evening ; and what should i have been the Seeiiing'STtiH of that afternoon, ; t was issue, t at eleven in the morning. '* / 'AJt the banquet given JJavor of Methcrarnc/Sir Hercules .Robinson, theGo- ! vernor«rf'J^w*«o«itfe-W^lc*,'Saf^:^-' , 'S6m'd 1 flay, do«btf ess, the wiJJ . firpw,np_ be,-, tween these adjoining Colonics for joint ac--1 *to«- npoit a«tetters 'of**coi(tin*«!fttal'"concern," 'and When that is brought about thesflAnglb-, j Saxon communities in Australia will asi'snaredty * prou'd"'■position in the" ! world f and will be enabled unitedly . ,t&. advance, not <«aJjs. tlje p?ogw»S'of ■• •'ticti; but also the development of the younger «Tiicn*ia* now'sp"rapfdly growing into i matttritjHn these Seas'tlontf cliecrsj/ "As' 1 :'S»tooVf dhe'dtfcer day upon the boundary between 2f»w South Wales and Victoria, I could not help thinking how preposterons it. \ wa» tba£ comrnunttics so thoroughly homogisnswtts shonld be separated by .such an arbiteay Ittld'of demarealioh* Yclieers).*" "The barrier :T»«ed the classical lovers Pyramus and Ith'&be, whose love passages cbnld only be carried on through a, hole—which in thia jit* "sSanH k represented by the Custom House A person by ""Whorn-'I was accompanied, and to pften vadeb.ted "For a happy inspiration, suggestetl what a pity it was such an onnafeurat "obstacle betwcea loving hearts could not he ilcalfc with as John dealt with his bolster, though t*»Wy w<^ J ofy*ott a K!SVe hfeara'the'old'stofy.'* John declared that it wavioa. aoft, vrhile

Joan avowed that it was too hard, until tlMl qnarrelled over the matter all day, and alj length they agreed to putut between them I says Here goes the bolster 1 (load assured that -when; ever VictonaaraTzes, New South Wales wi]^ ' be ready f-o say, "LioA bless you," and thei perhaps weliiaty 'some < nay Ao»kwthoai hlai ■ h.olotejf whiih now buuaiatea the l>;o Color ni(| 3 , and conflf filTja&&By3SfiSßKSlaoon wllicjj s£ *un iatm*al-arfcangfemdntJ(hinnfeo3epx!heers)i