THE EVENING MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 249, 8 February 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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At tfteC'tfttnty Cbiuiuit meeting to-<by, it wa» decided to advertise ia thu two local pafMMK »ail in the Htityo- fktUy Thus* fur a CJwk to the Con wit, at ;v aa.ta.ry of £3iM> r. llMlttia **«py probability "t there being * bqp-attefl&UMitt »t the tee sure fe«> be dr* ffctfiter Ketfy on Satrcrday even* an tte wa»secstan<t a large nutno'T of tMHtft have already 11i.-»i i )o.sotl of. par* tSealMrijy #w«ng fch« reyidoit* in the outlying for who** i;i d I>«.•»•• tit the tiWlflW was fixed f»«r a Saiunlay night. Unw wh«» wish to hear tin- rov. b'eturer woulit do welt to secure tiicu' ticKet-i in . <*•» if. i.s t'XpvcU'd th»T« % ill Ik- a Cfowdeti OU till' ocea-ii'M, a:ft JW til.' lactate is » parCiertfcwty tong and in?"r<.Mtbo_' one, it will fc« befct ■!' !•' 'jovi'it v/ii'i Hi-.! fort of a aeat. We ha*« l.eu-n ; o: jiif'ftftl to ti'itiry to- the Committees «>t tho tfortieulrunt Sici' i- v ! ilechanica' Institute that m .'stings wdt fectit this evening at tight o'clock, -the tor' Ht at the Albion ftcUoe, Wan.- beek-street. and the latter at tlu; institute. A letter wan vueefved by the County Cooaci) twrfay from lu* %V n,» tin* Mayor, stating that the K"r»t*» the Munieipat C'enncil had reported that the tiara at the PWii.x Mill w» in an iuseetirt: litate. ;uui later in the? day* at the of the County Cvvnuit. Mr- Jf'Leod attended the rusting, ami was examined at some tengfch by the Chacrtmii. After some disetts.-uon. it was rtsotveil Xliat the question of whether the Council kail pomvr to take action in the OBAttcr a&evJd be referred to the solicitor for ■ fth« Council foi v hia opinion. Mr. G'lieagher wad Mr. Hiafcp wexo both proposed, bat the j lelli noon Mr. o'Me,igh.n\ j Tike tempestn-eii.-i weather experienced by ; tthe AE-England Eluven h:w. r.O'itonht. miti- j tlwtetl agaioat the suisii-oss of their trip {>» en ettlerwise. Their stay in Wet* haa been a tteact failnro to what hart Flhmb »xpeutettv amt it ia ti> b« ftoarw> I that twsy few el! the groumU upon which th«y J eolted open to pfay wilt be in Vfefigeciv* them.. The Oval in Duflsdin en

Tttesday bat bad two feet of water upon it. Karl is kvn clean water it would not have beets so bad, l»fit we I earn that it is cohered ttitu a Hiswa »i mttd, clay. and slime. which will take weeks to thoroughly remove, and which must niMt effectually prevent the total cricketers from practising for the match with the Englishmen. From the Gwn-'tinn of ye.-terday we !wm the fallowing with to tin- Bn-vnu iiU of the Kttglialt teiuu : •• *|'h»r men have sent word that they will nor, bo abL' to,yet a team together, ami the match will he abandoned. Tha Kleven remain here till Friday, when they t'jave Ky the P.otorua tor "LV.ra:u-ki; hut unto.-i.-t the atK-wner from the North wtll <U;'ay !u«r d-part it re from Nf.V Plymouth to [ -unt the dat.: of playing >\:U»n. this match nt*o vvifl hav« t« W abandoned. Tarar.aM *tnd Xf : v '>^i tit'e only two-day matched. The team do not much like the idea of s»tng bark »r» their track* t»» ths former Province, and would fnvtch rather play at Watrgaimi of the two, where there is a good ground, and where th«y would meet a far stronger team than is ptayiui; to-re. Dvitttefct is not 'pfite certain that the Wangannt people may not yi: 5 ,vf't th»;ir men togeth.-r at the b*t moment. " At a recent sitting of the Ihnwdin City Council the Mayor went into ecstaeies over eh, : «:lf»rdin vs of that city, which. he det: 1. wan without a rival in that tin the colonic. It wo;; t.l appear, however, that >Htit'gw Lkithga'e doe.* not endorse tstc •..cntUuents uttered by tue i. Ir.et .\iag:s»trate, for in (lollverity judgment in a ta-« iioavd week lu; according to the fJifji-'lt-rn: - -••Th« evidence i-i thu wi-e revenis a state of thing* in fcho city that I r..uld not have Unloved »!wi;Ws uiiw" I had heard it "!>"» fci-s.tiniony of *s-it;u.vw«M whou eredd'dity iMrmot bt* ,!imputed. That the ot tl;j C.irpora'nou bUmit't «I»*{»o.«tfc garbage. iUth. ami veuise. of tto.) kind that ha* Won ,IU on a action in the mi Idle nt the e:t». i- 1 an ».:t tlwC r->u*fc W very .-•everely iv 11;, •! i:\!. j! i. nud vv (!.'■ rt ■ jJUllfy ot -ttcU a m ee'viinly vnti-d«rd to he vUtied v.ihh cho tuvl [>».;talty that tue law v.itt ftliuvv. Ucaiiy V Iwn I hear chat evi'L.'U;'.- I t:t rt-it iTt)rt.-t.';l that thu »at" (>t rMnvt I 'in t> Car V-ha£ I'i.v Is has a to tvu*. m a climate tike thi-s. when? we l-»ve t-ae {'ro|.cf appfiaticosi for t!m o:.Unary ruviervntion ot liwaUb. that our *hv*uM '- u ' I iwcr than tu «'i,;iar.d yet at "nt.-i i.i'.iiin ut. irom the i t.'Utia.i-t, i i»v ttut,. the ii actitaily rx tntfjh a- that of ihe t"i"'.. of Lou luti. V. ho-ve:* u {ir.i»ty of the like of thi •—wh-.'th r it be tho Corporafcje.i th»Tn--cive"«, or th;?ir eontraKtoW. or ehc'tr n.i-i' 1 "'-':-—I hoM a very f-tvong opinion that it < > |d»yiu.iC with the live.-) ot the poptt-