The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 229, 16 January 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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» Th« from Europe vi& Suez was tleKwndtia loxu bat night, and to the (uwnl pobHc thi» morning. Ffcpaksfat naitb** lively place if a pri* tamgbt tq» at the Police Court this muijg nay t* as a specimen of the fnTislrilinlft Getting considerably " mixc«i"' abanfe mbm chaaget ht received in a store he procured» butcher's cleaver and attempted to btaxa tint owner of tike it«w» his clerk, aadiftkai Beingthwarted in 6Ms badMm objtct* h* torn oata gate-poat» and with It proceeded to fataoMah the plate-glass front fff establishment. What " twelva gpod men and true"' may think of conduct w* dent know at present. hot fc* *rill fc*f«aa opportunity of facing them at tte »■—«'"g District Const* Wt beg to uD attention to the service to tetottiaSfc lak*"* Chord* this evening in atf Mtfcßwrian Mission, at which Mr. tbjavfflfniide. Meesra. Itchier and Bent take their late* «dl ftoMft to-night. As they wiM be itarirtii ly ahest of local talent* an enjoyaHiaiiMßaatnqpbtapidld. Wiritiag;. about tito iMuika en instratMHidaHUt la dntrefa* which took place ■li4ltl l 3jynod,lk fimut says: qpa % after all onfy a toy stiM ■ .H» qfrt«ac«v independent idlim ■iiiriTiiatlfmi li haxtfly worthy

of five minutes' consideration. We do the Synod the justice of supposing that it feels it is discussing a something of far greater importance than the historical kist vf whistles question, when it enters into an elaborate and prolonged debate on the in* trod action of instrumental music. We may d.'aw one conclusion, at any rate, from the attention that has been bestowed on the whole matter, and that is this—that as a thing is said to be only worth having that is worth fighting for, the instrumental disturbance is a sure sign of a deep and sound interest in Church matters, which is as satisfactory as it is uncommon."

The crops all over the Taieri Plain (says the Guardian), and as far as Balclutiia, are looking splendid, and during the past few days have been ripening rapidly. It i 3 anticipated that the harvest will this season prove more prolific than it has done for many years past. The heavy rain which fell on Sunday week laid some oats and wheat, but the damage is not extensive, being confined to a few patches where the cereals were growing very rank. The stuff damaged has been cat for hay. Kxcept in a few very" early places harvesting has not yet commenced, but in the course of a couple of weeks the reaping machines will generally be at work.

Writing from Constantinople, the correspondent of the PttlS Matt Cfazttir says : *' The clerical party is for war ; the army, encouraged by success*, is for war; the people in the Mahomedan provinces are for war: the Ministers find placards in their halls, and letters on their tables, threatening them with the fate of Ilassein Avni if peace be madfc at the dictation of the powers. 'ls it to make such a peace as this,' says the Ulcma, 'thai you resisted the Berlin memorandum and dethroned a Sultan ? We have nothing left. The prestige of our own Sovereign is gone; and, after all, the days of Abdul AztZr when the Sultan changed Ministers, were no worse than these in which Ministers change Sultans.'" The same correspondent adds :—"The whole administration of European Turkey must be re-modelled, and Turkey must apply to England for a staff of trained officials to carry out that organisation, to institute it, to set it in motion, and only to leave it when it has been brought into efficient working. Our Indian service could supply the right men ; the face of the provinces would change like magic under good administration, ami tW iitUigUtiS of tlussla. would be powerless to unsettle a contented and prosperous population. Here would be the true realisation of the idea of an Anglo-Turkish alliance."