THE EVENING MAIL. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 280, 16 March 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1877.

Wont* artr things, and a drop of ink falling upon a thought may produce that which makes thousands think."

We remind Volunteer! of the monthly inspection parade at 7.3Q o'clock this evening. Dr. Garland was elected Surgeon to the Lodge at tlit," meeting of the Loyal Oamaru Lodge, M.U.1.0.0.F., held at the Odd-fcl-lowa* Hall last evening. At the Town Council last night the question of proper egress from buildings used as places of public amazement was discussed. It was ultimately resolved that the Engineer should bring np a report up.on the matter. The Dunedin City I "ounetl have also been discussing the matter, and the following resolution was arrived at:—'"That the question of the sufueieney, or otherwise, of the means of entrance and exit to the various public ptaces of amusement in the city he referred to a special committee, consisting of the Mayor, and Messrs. Thomson, Fish, Woodland, and Isaac." The School Committee meet at the Secretary's office at 7.30 o'clock this evening. We notice that the Union Company have made special arrangements for running their boats to Dunedin for the convenience o { - those wishing to be present at the Dunedin EJaees. The Wattaki will leave for Port Chalmers on Wednesday, the 21st, at 10 a.in., and the Samson on Thursday, the •J-nd. at tf p.m. Ketttrn ticket* (£"ii ""til be available till the succeeding Tuesday (-Tthh During the discus-ton in rcferenei? to the itog tax a 5 but evening's mcjJiug of the "own Couaeil, thi Mayor re n.x'ked that if :.il tli- d 'gs i:i tie t'W.i '.r >r,r r.'/t-O-rred. the i'o:;.-.y,1 woa-M 'icilvc a ;'t:-- l 'iuie of rv t >r f.." 0 i, yi>;.r !;•:?:; SM •• t .■'.''; ;■•.!• >n j. Wlvii-j ■■l-i.-'iu-i'ig Uu' aI. i ,J>iKcr-f d-' ■."," •yi .■; .ill ttri."- g; .trie i uia.'.i: ( f t': • ci:;;if 0.-'cie-;. ;;■ C.«i".«:.U.>r ofal-O'l tli'-!•• a': IE ':n-: eo:i«itdeft;d t-> b.r ot any va.'uj n-jrj [;o;>; tor tfiree day-s in ordur to g' v" ■ thr o-.vri'.' 's a cli:i«i.v of elatmingdi'ivi. Hl-t VV'.n-jih'p remarkf-d that t r .u< mviuH's would then by t'ompelted to pay not only the t"b%. but also the of keeping the dog-i dvtriug the d*y* of grace: and a Councillor of an" extremely jrradical turn of mind ejaculated, " Ws, and where are wc to keep- thfin:" Thi* w;w a problem not attempted to be solved, and it was ultimately resolved that, in cases where the owner could not lie found, the Inspector he instructed to destroy the do,M. So licware. ye neglectful in regUtyring. ft woidd be welt it Mr. Simp-son's example were more generally followed in eases of damage done to private property by Hoods. &o. The Public- Works Committee oi the Town Conned reported la.-d night that although Mr. Simpson had suffered to a considerable extout through flood water, he did not interul to ct.um damages froni the Council. We remind our readers that all the banks will be eWed to-morrow, in consequence of it being St. Patrick's Day. We are glad to wee that the Council, under the new powers extended t<> them by the " Licensed Theatre Ordinandi?," have already taken measures to cheek the "gallery" nuisance. His Worship the Mayor, at last night's meeting, suggested that the Council should at once frame n bye-law on the subject, so that anyone smoking or using oh-teeiie language in any plate of amusement should be made amenable to the laws. The matter I was handed over to the Pyedaws Committee to report upon. A complimentary letter has been sent from fillywbite, the Kngtish e ptain, to Mr. Lathbury, who captained the Otago Kighteen, in reference to the state of the Cricket Oval on the Dunedin Ground. Mr. LtHywhite says : ** Dear Sir.—d roast eong/atnlatc yon upon the- splendid condition of yottr ground for i the late AM-Kngtand match. It was the best and truest wicket we have played on in New Zealand, and I am sure that an immense amount of labonr and attention must have : feeen spent upon it.—-Yours faithfully, -fames lillywhite." Mr. David M'lntosh. of the Blue Spur, has paw based Mr. John Cormack's interest, consisting of 3W shares, in the Extended Co.** claim. The price we (Tiotpeht Trim*) are in!ontned waa £3O per share.

The Guardian, speaking of the Davenport's entertainment, says: —"It was announced last evening that 'Captain' Barry's challenge Mas accepted for Friday evening, as per advertisement, and that all that was now required was for the 'captain' to 'down with the dust,' and he will have the privilege of tying them in the way he i»roposes." —We have very grave doubts indeed as to the probability of the "dust" being put down. Absenteeism was the cause of an agreeable half-hour's conversation at the Town Council meeting last night. The matter was brought up in consequence of a report from the Inspector of Nuisances in which it was stated that a nuisance existed on a section belonging to a non-resident, through water lodging on his land. It Mas agreed that the Council had power to compel owners of property to fill up water-holes, but in the case of absentees it was stated to be next to impossible to get at the owners. The matter was settled by resolving to ask the opinion of the solicitor as to the best means to take to compel absentees to abate nuisances on their j)ropcrty. A singular and most unpleasant adventure befel an unwary plumber at the Lunatic Asylum in Auckland, recently. According to a contemporary one of the men in the employ of Mr. W. J. Marks was sent out to repair the spouting on the roof of the building. While so engaged, mounted on a long ladder, a patient walking round the building came along to take stock. Seized with a sudden freak of his wild fancy, he caught hold of the ladder to take it away, no doubt imagining it would be high old sport to see the luckless wight at the top come snddenly down. The victim did not see it iu the same light, and shouted for him to desist. But the pathnt was inexorable, and began to draw the ladder away. '1 he workman was now it: very imminent peril, but instantly comprehending the situation, and seeing that to attempt the de-cent would mean almost certain death, he .seized the spouting, trusting t<> hold on until assistance could ariive The ladder was drawn clear away, and the plumber continued thus Misp-.ndcd in midair for some time, calling 1 :stiiy, as may well be suppo.-id, t'i r some less crack-brained fellow than the one who stood griiuacb'g and capering hcl>>w. ap;are--ll_." in a state of in- .->:, re-.:-tb{. ; delight nvcr the fun. A wa-der furtnnat-ly eime ou the sc.-iic at lb:-' jui:ciuv. i:t :i:n," t» piw •»-. the rerun--nee -f any in >re se i n-> c u-c in :.cjs. ami me I idder vvai restore !. t'i ihc int.-use r<.lh;f o." t:i- a'm.Mt exhausted vvnrkman.