LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 256, 16 February 1877, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thowiiliiyot kc-.i:;;; thy Mc-;h:tic-*' Jk- - :k fi..-. i>.:c« a-.Ttflj-;>:-HV-t f>y tfvo tui-u?>-r »f {.'*•:-. f>;ut—vi-,it.>:v. and suf).:crtt)«;nt f)uti'jii!: t-f the- re.'.dhijj-ro.nti. D;tnn- the tirjt t«'-v davs thy■ attondauce wsn x.ot ta-jj-:-, hut diti-iii- portion-; »t' thot-r c-ndd not havt: h;:oa lew that; two [:LTr»»a.-iu U. A.-i th" *.i,j--jt ''t th>j C»ti;'ttittf;-J- in t!'iro-,\-i;i:; c-. u th.i in'.; '-r tii"i'f sui-i ; , '.i r -. -■'■ a«'l th-.r ot !.!; ..-.■: .d.f.vly '-a th-v 1.-ool:-. rlcr.; ,'.-ir« t.,. ~.-. , l u.-stu.n ~.'., a; ,.: ; ,;.,,[, and \v e t:-vi.-" that wh.%t vv-.i M'linrnTU'.ed a;; an exr-oriinunu tviH I > f'C t"Hi-tii-Hit--d a.i P- tu;i.'!.-^.-'*y. It v.-iil Kj sy.-n oy tU: *>;' the M'.nitthai thj r.u«j« are to F)..- he in - niiihii u;-on v.-hh-h thtTP ii no n-v.-u tV'.:tj !:!;e ' -t of M;u-ih. "i hj for the deiay that fchu in ■:« will t-.u at rtj f;tl! on tha •i:ii-d in-t... t"int' nu-ruir S>-,;r'oiv a:nl i'-t"c».T the(hittf ttttri-vcfitru; F.', t-.vv.-uiv thL* atsd the l*t pros. %vilE ;xnnivt; rrn artiii-jial ithunination. A stiii».'wbt .-u-ioiW acculunt ttnpocned thi-i Moruiii; ahoat Firdf-p.wt s<tx -Vfo.-k in thi; nivn.j.v.i.t'.-i »i a wh-jivby two t.i farty v.t>:v t'.jtn-fd. ft anpoar' th-y \vv,v r».; turn in'; front a {arty at Kakannu arid v.-hen i»«!udiniC Tee-i into XVan-shoyk-sti-t.-t a antht'tftitty ,-.>vccp was nob madv. and the v.diitde catne itit'» viotuat tout.u;t with the la;Hji-5.0.-<t. TFi-jr..-Vi/re two- -uonvrrv and a man hi tiia alt of whom wetv wtTB thrown out, S»»th of the- former reet-ivhu; ncv.-re injuria. They wtvw removed to M'Uuhme.W Coaiviiitt;fvortse, and one *>t" thetn was s<» bad that I»r. l>e Lautour v.a.-» .*ttn««t>«yU and fjutekly put lit an Although v«ry JiadJy fn-utaed and *haken. it w esjiet'tod, hwwwer. that n;> fatal ton<e-tu«nw.-* will ensue to any of the party. The lanip-p0.4 s-utfcnid f-u----atlderahly. and it tt»w bea some cv.np'.s of d;>/.un tVot from it.* nvrntor p >-dt:on. r.nd in a recamhout rather tlr.n an upright tion. A cw; «.-f riecntlir hard-dtip v»a.* heard at the ftilicu t'onrt t!iM A nnxst re-»pei;tahb.-looking hoy, auout years* «>f agy. was brought np in eustwty/eharged with having stolen a horse bridle and saddle at the Otago Uv.vte on the Ist inst. He was arrested hut by Constable Donovau on the strength of a description in the Crime Kcport

and a telegram from the Danedin authorities. The description was read out in Court to-day, and certainly did not tally with the appearance of accused in any one particular. The telegram was wrong also in the Christian name, although the surname was correct. It al o was able to tell when the hoy left i)n:i.diu, ami where he would he found, so that ou that aloua the police had some .round* f.-.r t!ic art-eat. ■"-till the little fellow s t:oa<;ly averted his innocence, and should he turn out to he the wrong party, which is more than probable, the case is particularly hard. What Make* it even worse is that, although the Bench was willing to take his father's recognisance for the appearance of -i-eujed at the Police Court, Dunedin, to which he has been remanded, the poor man is ?o circumstanced that lie is unable to leave his employment, and it is ju-_ l.os.ible the little fellow will have to he sent down in charge of a constable. However, it is only another phase of the glorious law which every patriotic Briton is so fond of lauding. The well-known Maori chief and giant, Manama, lately attended Choukiche's li'-ce fsays the Napier J%-'- : f ,;■;>/>). Manama had previously entertained the idea that nature eon Id not, in these days, turn out a much bigger man than himself, and he was rather frceptical of (b.liath, and Og, King of Bashan. He accordingly entered the presence chamber to s low music. The Chinaman rose to receive him. and as he straightened himself up higher and higher, Manama slowly retreated to a distance from whence he could rontcmplate the height of the foreign giant. Manama then recognised the liwna of the Chinaman, and, in reverential accents, said, "O, salutations to thee!" Manama can walk under Choukiche's arm, but he mca--ures round the chest and waist ratlier more than the Chinamnn, and is proud and happy to relate the fact lo anyone who j«ks him to do s>> over a friendly glass of b„er.