THE EVENING MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 297, 6 April 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

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FRIDAY, APRIL G, 1*77.

There, was no bnsfneas done at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, not even a case of " drank" being forthcoming, a fact which speaks volonies for the sobriety of the great maaa of people attracted to Oamarn by the race?. Tenders are invi cd by the Municipality for the construction of footway* on the Severn-street bridges. Mesa?*. Fleming: and Hedley will hold a sa!e of drapery at tie shop lately occupied by Mr. Moody, Thames-street, commencing at 2 o'clock, and resuming the sale at half-pasiC.

The Waiaroka Road Board gives notice in another column of its intention to close that portion of the road line, from the main district road to the railway line, situate between section 25 and one of 30, in block IV.

The voters' lists for the various sub-divi-sions of the Kakanni, Waiareka and Waitaki Road Boards have been made, and maybe inspected at the offices of the Board, Tynestrcet.

At to day's races Eclipse won the Hurd 1 ? Race, Fishhook the Publican's Handicap, Sir William the Hospital Race, Titania the Flying Handicap, and Steamer the Novel Race. The Consolation Race had not been run when our reporter left the ground. A detailed report of to-day's racing will be found in another column.

What are they going to do with the beer ? Ar exchange says that an experiment will shortly be tried at Reefton to manufacture beer from locally grown hops. The hops appear to arrive at great perfection there, and all things being equal, should answer the re-

■ ur, entente of the case. Now, seeing that there are only a very few people in Rcefton. thev need not go to the trouble of glowing many hops, or beer will have to become the favourite liquid of that rising—very rising—township. What will our teetotal friends say to that ?

Strange excuses (say 3 the Guardian) ar„ sometimes pleaded in extenuation of the offence of getting drunk and disorderly. An old soldie- who appeared before the Bench veste-day with the marks on his forehead of a very recent engigemint, informed the Justices that his inordinate tippling was due to the receipt of his pension. The next inebriate on the list pleaded that he got diunk to drown his sorrows over a new coat which had been stolen from him. A nominal fine was inflicted in each case.

The Wellington correspondent of the Gmrtli.-iv solids that journal the following ' "The Wellington Chess Club have opened their winter se<sion with a very successful display of skiU by Mr. Hcnbow, their vice-p-esidenf, who played nine games simultaneously with different opponents, and succeeded in defeating eight of thsin. In three of these games, too, the diluculty of the task was enhanced by their being carried on by consultation between two, and in one case, tlir*e, other member*. Such a performance is no despicable feat in amateur chessplaying. The Daily Tarns say 3 that the latest accounts of the condition of the Chinese on board the Cli>u>-ester and on the Quarantine Island are satisfactory. All are progressing favorably, ami no indication of an extension of the disease is apparent. Wc are hopeful that the la-t ci3>? of small-pox has occurred, and that ere long all fears of contagion will be at an end. Captain Thomson, the Health Officer, went alongside the Gloucester yesterday morning and inspected the patients—from a distance of course. He informs ".s that the man who was last stricken lias almost recovered his normal appearance.

The following paragraph, which we take from the Gwrdhin, will be interesting to many of our readers:—The numerous friends of Mrs. George Darrell will regret to learn that the state of her health compels her to leave New Zealand, and that to-day she takes her departure from this city for the purpos-; of visiting Sydney. For some days past Mrs. Darrell has been unable to appear in public in consequence of a severe attack of bronchitis, and wc understand that her medical advisers have recommended a change of climate. Mrs. Parrell's disappearance from the stage where she has for many years taken a Lading part, will, it is to be hoped, be only temporary, and we trust that in Australia she will speedily regain her health. Wc take the following account of thesuccessful gagging of the Dunedin Press from the Guard'm.i: — "A special meeting of the Harbour Board was held yesterday to take into consideration a letter received from the con_ tractor for the harbour works, Mr. D. Proudfoot, and a report from the Board's engineer. On Tuesday the Board held a meeting upon the letter recrived from the contractor. The proceedings were then adjourned until yesterday, and a resolution carried to invite the Pre.-s ; but yesterday, as soon as the meeting was opened, a resolution wa3 passed that the business be resumed in committee, thus excluding the .epresentatives of the Press. Mr. Fish was of opinion that the Press should be admitted, that there was nothing private in the document-', and that they should first be read, and then, if it was thought necessary, questions of detail might be taken into committee. In favour of the motion to go into committee, it was urged that it would be more convenient, and that there was a possibility of creating an unnecessary and unwarranted sensation by the publishing of the documents. The motion to go into committee was carried."

For using abusive language to the master of the Cobden school, and assaulting one of his pupils, a Mrs. Sutcliffe has been fined 2s. Cd. and costs. It appears that Mrs. Sutcliffe's son goes to the school, and had been subjected to a good deal of bullying from the other boys, and particularly from a boy named Firth. On the occasion which led to the assault, Mrs. Sutcliffe had seen Firth aim a kick at her ton, and she rather indiscreetly entered the school, telling the master she would "put a stop to that sort of thing if he wouldn't," and going to where Firth was sitting, boxed his ear 3. The Grey River Argus says : —"As evidence of the adaptability of the soil and climate of Westland to the growth of frnit, we may state that one farmer up the Grey Valley expects to clear £250 from his apple crop alone. Another farmer in the neighborhood of Ahaura sold £l2 worth of plums from one tree alone.

That man of libel, the " Intelligent Vagrant," in the New Zealand Times, gives publicity to the following :—" Mr. Ti avers' suppoters worked hard. One of them on Monday offered a "line" of flour to a customer at £1 a t'»n under market quotations, exacting from the customer at the same time a promise to vote for Travers."