THE EVENING MAIL. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 273, 8 March 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1877.

Wsnl4 are thtnsrs, and a drop of Ink falling- upon a thought may pri«iuc« that win'cb make* thousand* think."

At the meettng of the County Council, tortay, .Mr. f>o«gta.-j was electee] Iri3i>€ct>r, ami Mr. Jfarttn. ot" the Koa«l B'»arkt Oiitcc, wa.3 appointed I'krfc, CwHuict'ir. and Treaswrcr. Strang measures had to be r-.jatn resorted to hy Mr. Ilarrell, in onler to preserve qtti« v tne:3a in the galJcry at the Masonic HaU fast night. A di^repntable-lo;>king man, -with hta face all hrutaed, during the whole of the second ant, was leaning over the gallery making remarks —certainly of an appreciative' natttrev l«tt nevertheks* not at ail agreeable t<-> listen to when fhey were almost drowning the voice* of thode on the s'aj-e. At the eotieltt-ston of the act, Mr. Parred earn© hefwre the enrtatn. and said that when he came to CJatnartt, he made up his mind not to to-kratc stteh rowdyism, and he was determined to pttt a atop to it at at! hazards. He said that the conduct of the galferj- in Oamant wa* a Uye-word amongst the profession in all parte* of the Colony, and he was sitrpri'sed that the edtteated portion of the audience:.-* iti the Efati hatl home the uondneS of the rongh* for ?o long a period. He then ordered hi: manager t*> return titc money to the man. and pttt him oat. Thi;* wa» done, and the fellow went ottt rjttiutiy t, no ugh. U*e faney that if th«r police took the matter in Funut. and arretted anyone ereatiuga dt.-turbance, the notovtety of the Oanta.ru rottgEw would aoon be a tidng of the pa,t. We bv,i t»»;en rertrtcstcd to thai Cnuru'd and ("owes' sale of grain advc:ti.-td h'r t"-d.iy has been till the itt-i I *. On a't i af;jr tiu I I'di .U:r;c't r.st-;? to all part** of Am-ifiea by eaf>legrani will be reduced by one shitting per word. We direct atttntivti to the advertisement in reference t>> th-- Mtttu.d Frovid-'ttt iioeiety in auothfr t'lutumt. person in th'j Southern Hotui j p!ts*.v npp.vretvt.ty knowj- what to d» with the mu.di;.er fud.van. We vt.utd r<t.r'.nv.'i.'i th'-' M-tni tv.'i" *>t' Ju.-.'ic.; s tie Sicd-i-a dli'.: .-n iy iu rj'.aiuiug a peruu-u-jnt hatigmrits on hi., staii'.. W> employ t'.dj ...:e:c:y tm* a';ea tv. :u iu this uapwity. r'eu'.i;:-- tttat Mr S.dUvaVs sneviid ta 1 ' ni;.< •• ottld in tid- sphj.e o-J u.'.efwUi ;-s I'm.t i-.i-titat>te eiu^!i>yn«-'t»t. r r. Oriiiith. of has had hi.-? claim of t."tH)J f«-r datnr-gj- dona hy {t,e tceetit tii;y on his prirnd.-es. promptly pai-i by the standard Fu-urauee Company. Tiie nu,ub-;r o-: pu;.iii ati.-uiiaj t:v; P. »y.j Kigh i<Tthi-> otißr£er is 10.K Jhi> is about the same as the lirst rptarter of last year. An eighth share in Moran and patty's etaim at Addison's, West port, has s>>id at auction tor the funt of 1.-l'K The ease of the man -hi the idand at V.';nniato stilt reruaius a «">urte of mystery. The Wa'd'tnji Tri'ti'in'. says■:—" It stents to us a ruo..-t extraonltnary thing that no infcWmat'cni Fias readied Waimate yet n- ; j»eettng the poor feHow whi* v.a •• seen on the i.-dand in tlfJ hand, we tlnd that Mr. Tregonatng's- men stent vr.'vd t> Cameroa, a s-pe.'iat e.m?.table, of the R-jdcti't'j Inn. by two gentlemen, who were riding pa-it, in a bnggy, that a man was or» the i-laint. TFie mtn a'-; > ' eooeyed ' and waved Ev vndkerehiefs, but the water-bound prisoner did not appear t« take any notice of thorn : and, a'ter dark, tliey lighted tires. tin the following afternoon (Wednesday. 'JJst tilt.), Constabh; Keeve roite out to 'Fregonuiirg's camp, -when one o' b:vj utjii. ua'u; t William Mueh, went with Reives for the pu-p >o.t of ero-idng the river and endeavottrit'.g to resette the titan. Much and Keeve undressed, eroded -two ftnaH streatns. taking with ttvin a rope, atnt on getting to tlve main stream, whh-h was running rapidly. Mueh fastsucd the rope around his body, for Keeve to hold hhn by, and bravely [dunged into the strtam. He swam some little distatuv, when he v/as washed baek to the bank, and had n narrow escape. C'otistable Loose, on the following day, rode up and down on the Marev»henna side of the river, but we have not heard that he attempted to get on the island. There ts a boat at Koss', and another at M'Lean's. and we cannot possibly conceive H'hy Cameron did not endeavour to get one of them aeros.3 the river, to secure the unfortunate man. The island is about three or four etvairw wide, and a ftwatter-of-a-inile long : it has grasa and flax on it. ami is now a tun lor eight or nine head of cattle. Tlie stream rvrn* rapidly on each side of the Lland. and when high is nncrossable. Probably, the Commissioner of Police will cattae inquiries to he made respecting the sad affair."

I "Wo learn by telegraph from Cromwell last evening, that the requisition to Mr. Pyke de- [ mantling his resignation of his scat in the Assembly has received 316' signatures, and the one asking the resignation of his seat in the County Council 15*5. Tlie officers in charge of the Telegraph Stations at Dunedin, Christchurch, Kelson, and Auckland, respectively, are authorised i by proclamation in the A". Z. Gazette, to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, 1 letters and parcels posted on the public serI vice. A woman named Elizabeth Blytou, aged 7<>, has attempted to drown herself at Onelitttiga, Auckland, owing to grief for the loss of her husband, wiio died six weeks ago. A boat was regularly tossed into the air tlie other day in Wellington Harbor through the sudden tautening of the mooring-chain of a hulk over which it was passing. The astonishment of the five passengers, all of wltom fotmd themselves in the water, may be imagined. The Licensing Act seems to be carried out to tlie letter in Ihmedin. In the Police Court, on Tuesday, John Hornby, of the .Anchor Motel, was charged with selling beer at 10.10 p.m., he not being the holder of a night license. Mrs. Hornby pleaded that the beer was sold by a servant. The Bench iutiicted a line of £5 and costs. A walking match of five days, for £I,OOO, was to have come off in England between Weston and an "unknown" individual. Tits re has been a gieat raid upon dogs by the police in We lington, nearly 200 summonses for non-pa - : ment of the tax having been is-tied. In one of tbe eases—against a Mr. (dadman Smith—an important principle was Mettled, n.-nncly, that a conviction cannot lie when the fctttiimons is issued after the r.-trtV!ration of a although sueli registration is not ciVectcd wili.in the time i>: escribed i hy k.w. All the tickets in Tonks' X'tZOOO sweep, first prize L"i(liH.», to be drawn at Givytumtth, on the West Co.i:t, were taken up a week ago. A boy named John Harrison, 11 jeirs of age. met wit!i a.-ttdden death on Saturday ia.-t by the cap.dzing of a dray near the Orion: ('re k. Although he was extricated ::■•>:;« the dray almost immediately, he was .p.tite de-.d. I 'eu> r.d oniric:.-, with acceptances for Handicap.-. Cup, and Utriy, will close at (he Km;' ro Hotel, Dune-Jon, this evening, at S Tho HV; rit-ji Tribune says : —" On the afternoon of the inquest oti the l-»tc Mr. Pttt % a vagabond walked into a house in High-street, Waimate, while (he good lady was absent attending on ?drs. Pruc, and not only stole tea, sugar. &e., but had the effrontery to lay down on the bed for a time, auteh t • the fri-lit of the Voting children. A day or two since, the same or a similarly-dispo-ted ruitian entered a c-dtage near F'meo's mill, while the proprietor was away at work, opened a box, and took a few shillings ottt of a trousers pocket, besides adding to his store by taking a revolver from underneath the bed. It is to be hoped that the police will soon give an account of the thief or thieves. Concrete footpaths are coming into vogue itt America. In Philadelphia, 2\ev/ York, and other j.reat centres in America, sidewalks have been made of a concrete composed of Portland cement, sand, and gravel, wiLh the very best results. The pavement made from this concrete is found to be absolutely impervious to the action of the water, grows harder with the lapse of time, and is regarded as practically indestructible. The pavi-meut opposite the new I'ost Oiiicc in Xt.-w York liji-t been formed of this material. Tlie concrete is laid about four inches thick, the lower half con htingof four parts of sand and one of cement, and the upper part having just half the proportion of sand.