LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 260, 21 February 1877, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Amongst the pa singer* !>v the Waitafci kfiM morning we nntked Constable Stuwart ; md three prisoners*. one of v.'!tn»i I't'tng a young girt. who stand* committed tor trial at the I'utiedtn acssitetw on a charge 'arueuy.. A meeting of the Ojiitsm Hospital Com- • nit tee took place bat evening in the >'t.'cr*'%iry s w-ftice, at which there were present jtessre Jiooth (I 'hairman), Stewart!, IfeadTownserid. Morris, Ilobcrtson. Taylor, tnd Ftett. A tetter from Mr. T. U. Hroun was read, declining to accept the otliee t>f Vice* f resident, which «>ttioe. it will be re* nembercd. was ertttfi'iTt'il on htm at the ;euerat meeting during hi* absence. It was •evolved. h->we ver. that he »>•.• I«in>lly rejiu«: ted to reconddcr hid decision. Mw;-r-Mainland and Town.'etul were appoint-'d aembers of the Committee. The. Creas-ar r'* statement wa* received. and ae* 'imrits amounting to i"*> 3 tI-<- i»t. were passed 'or payment. ami the meeting then terminated with the '.r.-uat v»>te of thank* to the 'hairman. Ah instancing the eharact-'r ot the prisoner deCaat<i, who flogged lately fsay* the "frmhvj it tnay he stated that on a on .lay List. whib working with the gang. 10 thro :r.ei> it to run his shovel down the hroat of a tVllow pri-oner. Jte also i«atd it .-.luTit Ik- the tast xveek he w.nt'.d cvt-r work. ; 1:l«;> would murder .-oeaeotie and g-jt hung 'or it. tt will lie Mtii by later An*tr.dian new.* to iami per II is by. that fieavv sale* of wheat iav© fieen ma<le at <>.». 2d.. •►Wintf t-> tlx* detraction »>f the erop?» in that t'.d-»ny t»y the 'cueat tfi>m U Aith. •ugh th»" p.ppointniont of K-.-'tdent ♦nrgv-on ot' the iHttveditt flixpital not yet !h-'ku fo'-rnaKy made (say.-t the it U understood that it will he ennterred on pr. fi.;: iv fate of ('hristefutrch. The »'lerk of the \V.;.-tfa»»l » f o«mtv (.''urn ■il \a (-ays the ■' t »'' • * 77;..-..'1 a .-"'me .vhat tiMptja.'.ant position. He {»••».> no nllisc. uid it provided with neither ,«tattom/ry, itauui-i. tetter hook, or any fvth'-r otiteial re* (iii-sit.-■•.-!. The have n<> frutd*. arr»l ri the pvantirue. w« pr«'Mnn»'% the i'lerl; uinst ni.h afotig a.-> tn;st lie tnay. 1 ha AFt-Knjt'and < 'riekofc Mateh C»»n*mitee tnterid eheoding a te:tm of IS Hnnerlin •ilayers fmcn the following nam?;!. re;»:'rving rim rigt:fc fif making changes in the fame up s.» the Fa -1 moment r —Downey Mtllington. | rchodiM, fidtirison. ParaI mer. Spig. Aw*tin. f>is:ofi. Clarke. Motrison. ! SntefirtV'. JfeareJ. fargill, Kit-hots, I* niton. I Kvere*t. Alton. M'Divmell, liohin*oti. The *• fnt-'Uigent Vagrant," in the X'»' ' Z-irtaiut say-- Having returned to WeUington I have lieeome aware of di*agrecahle uirottm*tano*!*. In the first plaee my friend the Mayor, I am sorry to »;ee, wa.* ar»*tow.< to tax hatln in lioitsex. Washing ono*etf i* altogether a matter of taste, and one ahonfc whteti I *Fiottlt not presttinc to dictate: hut thnttgh F am personalty iikothe eoallwaver wh>» washed himself at least once ; a week. I *hortld F>e sorry to deter anyone frotn doing it ot'iener. Yesterday afternoon (says the Sm'lhbmd j thvrc wa* *ome litde excitement in j town, e* pec tally among the Mttr.ieipal ; Coaneitlor-.. wtten it wa,* noticed that a Hag j Ftad Wen ht>i*ted <vver the Artesian well, and ; another on the hillock a little distance otVin ! the Pa bite Hardens, anil the news spread j that water in fair quantity had been struck. [ On enquiry at the well we fonnd that this i was the ease. At a depth of 40 feet the rod | struck a bed of clay from which the water I

f burst up to a height of about four feet above | the surface. The water is of good quality | but has a slight taste of foreign matter, ' partly of iron and partly of peat. It was f estimated that from three to four gallons of | water were flowing through the leaden pipe I attached to the well, and that, too, although ! there was some leakage through a seam in j t!t in>,'i pipe in which the leaden pipe was | fixed. The rod of course is not down on the i bed ivck, which will probably lie at a lower depth than at the well bv the Post OfHce corner. It is likely that in boring a few feet lower, a bed of drifting sand with a large quantity of water will he next struck. ft will he satisfactory to a great many people to leani that Signor Luiyi del \ cscovo, the sculptor at present engaged 011 the ! Fratheiitoti bud, is the successful competitor for the Melbourne (/Council monument. Sis;. Veeovo left Wellington about two months ago. and exhibited before the O ConiuH (" >:o!iti sioti the models upon which we remarked at the time of their completion. '1 hu Commission were so pleased with these that Signor Yescovo was at once selected to d-jT'ign and complete the monument. The wvrfe is to cost £!';»;), and is to he commenced in about four months, by which time tin l\\ith:i»tou bust will bo Be-M'U-r the < >X'i>n;te!l monument, Signor Yescovo is to undertake a large amount of artistie work for the Yietoiian Government, and will, as a matter of course, take up his permanent abode in Melbourne. e shall regret the removal of S'ignori Ycscovo and Sani from Wellington, but it would be the merest affectation to ignore the fact that there is not scops for such talented artists in Wellington. Chairmen of IJoad Hoards and County Conn* il: {savs the T <"'}»■!:•* would do w*.ll to take a !_•-<:>11 from the gentleman who jirs'side-i at the Tuapeka Road Hoard, in the.' matter rf economy, and the best means of getting tii" g'-eatc.-t possible work done for theieist nr.,-.ihie money. Mr. Peter Robert - .-oil is a grcr.t br-hever in keeping down exthi- was .<• takingly exemplified :«t the Ur.T.;d's uiec*;ng last Thursday. The qne-ti>>n cropped up as t-> the sum a solicitor w>>uld charge for drawing up two bonds, and the kriai ;nt!eman who was to undertake >Su; j ■!> b.-iiv; j the Chairman and lie c■o:ntn>: n--cd to drive a lorgnin. The lawyer offered i<> do the work for ,I*4 which inchided .'.'J for duty stamps. The Chairman t'tot:_'!u this a jjreat deal too much, as the 3;i'in.in''!it !•!■:!id be written out in an after-■ noon. and theiviorc he would offer i'J. Ot to:;;-: -.-, t!:•• lawyer declined, so the Chairman said he would ».-£ ini-:d springing another If;., and if ihat v.v.s 1; >i accepted, a man did not kr."W when lie was well paid. N't*. Robert i'ii e\pres-cl his •'.(•termination, as far as possible. to cut down ' : the-e lawyers' charges." they were most exorbitant. Atitr a brier dissertation 0:1 political e-f!>ornv. bv Mr. Robertson, it was eventual! v decided >-v the !"o:,- d to pay the solicitor C 4 3s. for his s rvieo-'. Tite ,{'/;• of the 23 rd nit, reports :—'• On !a.-t Friday afternoon a little , girl named KHen Y\ iiite. aged 11 years, living at Rancor, was brought to Mr. Law, surgeon, snflerincj "feat pain in lie" arm, which wa -.-to swollen about- the elbow joint that it was impossible to ascertain what iujnrv. if* any, had been .sustained. The do 'tor o!i(ai:i> il the following history of the ■ «!:*•-!> U rather a curious one. On j Wcdoe- ! >,y the chi'd witi to school as I ti ittai. and came «»uc a lour o'clock in the afternoon, intending to go to a friend's house at some disfanee. On l»:-r road thither she came t>> r. tre.?. which she clambered up for the purpose of having a swing, but in tiying t>> dov. ii again overba'-meed herself, and htrarm might in a fork, where she remained suspended, only the toe of one foot occasionally bare'}' touching on the ground, until nine o'clock o*l the next evening—l 7 hours. In this po-dtioji she was discovered by a youth called Frank J folds worth, who at once procured assistance, and the sufferer was liberated from her painful but novel position. Flcr arm was completely black, and she was greatly exhausted from crying, cooeyinf, and her efforts to extricate herself 011 the previous night, all of which were 1111- | availing till her deliverer came.''" i