ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 344, 31 May 1877, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

[We wish it to be most distinctly understood that are not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.] ♦ TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL Sni,—Within the last week or so t cases of larceny have occurred in Oamar one, presumably, being committed by boarding-house keeper ; the other on on In both instances the oifence occurre according to evidence, in one of the dens. The amount of bail required in Craig affair showed that the Bench did n think there was much danger of the pr secntion getting a verdict ; and the subs quent apprehension of Mrs. Craig appea to me conclusive evidence of the weakne of testimony in the hands of the polk That Thompson should be discharged vvi a matter of course, nothing being in tl smallest degree proven against him. Now, it is a well-known fact that nini tenths of these so-called boarding housi are nothing more than sly grog shops, an that the proprietors look more to tli profit on liquor they sell than to the made by pursuing their legitimate trad< It is also evident, from the cases referre to above, that the police have little or n chance of investigating crimes committei in these places. It appears, therefore, to i«o that ai much care should be taken about tin character of a man starting one of thesi houses, as there is about that of the landlord of an hotel ; and that stringent measures should be adopted to close thoso which are disreputable, and to keep even those which do not fall under that category in such a state that the police would not have that difficulty in detecting crime, which appears to have been found in tin cases both of Thompson and Craig. Accommodation is wanted—and wanted badly—in Oamaru for working men ; but, until a very much better stylo is afforded, drunkenness, with its concomitants, will be on the increase, the law set at naught, and a class of men who are nothing more nor less than nuisances enriched to, of course, the impoverishment of their victims.—l am, &c., ISHMABIITS.

It says something for the Mosgiel Woollen Factory when a window in one of the leading -warehouses in the chief city in New Zealand can be decked out completely with its manufactures That such can be done in a way that can challenge the attention and command the admiration «f customers has been demonstrated by Brown, Ewing, and Co., of Dunedin. They have decorated one of their fine plate-glass fronts in Princes-street, exclusively with Mosgiel fabrics in a way that demands something more than a passing notice. A more charming or inviting picture of all that can contribute to individual comfort during the winter season has rarely or never been presented to the public The foreground is filled with tweeds suitable for male attire of the latest and most fashionable patterns, while rising immediately behind are pieces of elegant woollen tartans intended for female costume?, as free from loudness in color as they are chaste in design and comfortable in appearance. Above these are tiers of blankets, white as driven snow, soft as swandown, and lustrous as silk —blankets, in fact, that are not to be surpassed either in purity of color or quality by anything everl mported from the old-esta-blished manufactories of England. Over the blankets and ascending to the ceiling are a fine collection of white and colored worsteds. I The sides of the window are draped with hosiery, Crimean shirts, and other articles made up on the premises from the products of the Factory. If we are not mistaken, this is the first time in the Colony that the window of a leading retail warehouse has been decorated exclusively with an assortment of Colonial woollen manufactures, and the exhibition is certainly one that does infinite credit to the way in which this important branch of Colonial industry is being developed.— [Advt.] 22 Gentlemen's Heady-Made Colonial Clothing.—Hood and Shennan, corner of Tees and Itchen streets, Oamaru, have the largest stock of Gentlemen's Colonial Clothing in the north of Otago, and unsurpassed for cheapness and durability. Working men and others will find this a safe and reliable establishment to make their purchases. Every article of genuine quality, and their stock is free of all goods of a doubtful or jobbish character. One price asked. — [Advt.] Our New Zealand Industries.—Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., manufacturers and wholesale warehousemen, of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, following the example of some of the large manufacturers at Home, and more especially with a view of preventing the importation of English clothing, are opening extensive retail establishments in the large centres of population. For this purpose they have lately fitted up commodious premises in Messrs. Shrimski and Moss' buildines, Thames-street, where the sale of their manufactures will be thrown open direct to the public of Oamaru. This branch, which will be opened on Saturday, April 7, will be under the immediate management of Mr. E. C. Lindsay, and under the personal supervision of Mr. B. Hallenstein, the head of the New Zealand firm. Messrs. Hallenstein Bros., under the management of Mr. Anderson, started the New Zealand Clothing Factory about three years ago. They commenced ion a comparatively small scale, but at present they employ between 30i> and 400 people. They had to overcome rn.mv difficulties, and much prejudice, and asptoially the persistent opposition on the j.'.rt i-f the larger houses, glutting this marb>: with imported goods, and no doubt the r lii'jrs found it to their advantage to push in preference to local manufactures. Ilir.' proprietors of the New Zealand Clothing K;;.-Mry have therefore judiciously decided to iiicroduce their manufactures direct to the large consuming population of New Zealand, and in order to do so effectually, they have determined to sell a single garment at the wholesale price. The selling price is to be marked in plain figures on every article, from which no abatement will be made. The business is to be conducted strictly on the cash principle, and all goods must be paid for on delivery, but any article not found suitable may be exchanged, or the money returned. As will be seen from the garments exhibited, the public will now be able to choose from the largest stock of men's, youths', and boys' clothing, superior in style and quality, and at a proportionately ljwer price to anything that can be imported. But, irrespective of all these advantages, it is to the interest of everyone to support an industry which employs New Zealand labor, and is a direct benetit to the butcher, baker, farmer, mechanic, shopkeeper, merchant, and to everyone in the community.—[Advt.]