THE EVENING MAIL. FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 333, 18 May 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1877.

' Words are things, and a drop of ink failing upon a thought may produce that which makes thousands t!nnk."

A man named Mitchell met with a severe accident last evening between G and 7 o'clock, on the railway near Waitaki, several trucks belonging to a ballast train which was coming southward--, running over his feet, both of which were severely crushed and mutilated. The poor fellow was removed to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to. It was found necessary to resort to amputation, the whole of one fool- and a portion of the other being removed. We have not heard of an unfavourable change in the unfortunate man's condition since undergoing the operation. A disgraceful sight was witnessed this afternoon in Thames-street, viz.—a resjjeet-ably-dressed woman in a state of intoxication, so helpless, indeed, that she could not stand upright. She made several attempts to walk, but could not manage to do so, as 'she fell down against a telegraph post, and lay there a greater part of this afternoon. To-morrow afternoon a match will be played by the Oamaru Football Club, sides to be chosen by the Captain and DeputyCaptain. Play will commence at half-past 2 o'clock, and a large attendance of members is requested. We understand that a team representing the Oamaru Club will play the Dunedin Club on the 9th June, on the ground of the latter. We have not yet ascertained the names of the players likely to represent Oamaru, but we believe they will be made known in a few days. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, William John Craig, boardinghouse keeper, of Wansbeck-street, was fully committed to take his trial at the next sitting of the District Court, on the charge of stealing a pocket-book containing a large sum of money from a man named John Brown. The 2>risoner, through his counsel (Mr.

j O'Meagher), reserved his defence. Bail was granted—prisoner in LIOO, and two sureties 1 of LSO each. 1 We might remind ratepayers that unless

they pay their rates before the loth prox., they will not be entitled to have their names placed on the burgess roll for the year. The title of the ffeio Zealand Licensed Victuallers' Gazette has been changed to that of the New Zealand Sun. In other respects the journal is much the same as before. It contains several vicious articles on the Theatre Itoyal. We believe the proprie-

!tors, however, have received notice of an action for libel, so that the probabilities are that the Sim has put its foot further into it. The Guardian says : —" The great spirit of enterprise displayed by the Southland Times is observable iu the fact that although the "William Gilford went ashore at the ToisTois on Saturday, it was not until Wednesday that it supplied its readers wi:h an explanation of how the accident occurred, and this was extracted from an Oamaru paper ! " The Auckland correspondent of the Daily Times supplies the following information in reference to the ship Ocean Mail, whose loss has been recorded in our telegraphic columns: —"The ship Ocean Mail, wrecked at the Chatham Island, is an iron clipper ship of 1030 tons register, and was celebrated as a very fast sailer, in proof of which, iu 1574, she made the passage from London to Otago i in 74 days, the quickest run of the season. ] j

She was built by Thompson, of Sunderland, in 1569. and was constructed with stronger plates than are required by the rules of I loyds. She belonged to Messrs. J. Pay ton, jun., and Co., London, and was chartered on her last two or three voyages by the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Ocean Mail was'in Auckland Harbour about 18 months ago, arriving from London on the 23rd November, 1575. She was then commanded by Captain Cause, but Captain Watson was in charge of her at the time of the catastrophe. She loaded wool and general cargo at Wellington this last trip and sailed for London in the beginning of March." We learn that the principal portion of the Ocean Mail's cargo was insured.