The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 435, 19 September 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1877.

A more than ordinary pressure of advertisements has for the last few issues crowded out a con idi rable amount of reading matter, for which we hope to be aide- to find room within the next week. The conclusion of Mr. Fuller's lecture will be found on outfourth i age.

Pr J emo'i has supplied us with the following te egram :—" Batavia. —The Singapore cable is int rrupted, and there is no direct telegraphic communication with Eur. pe. Steamers leave Hafavia for Singapore on Fe.pt mber 20th and Octo? er 4th, and Will airive at Batavia from Singapore on September 27 h and October loth. There are also < ccasional steamers."

Tlds morning we received from the Telegra] h Cffice the balance of o"r leport of Sloi day's sitting of l'arliament, and a batch •>f other telegrams which should have reached us in lime for insertion in our List issue. On making inquiri-'s as to the delay in trans-mitting messages, we Ica.nedth.t the tel. g'aph wires were down again for ihe greater part of the day between Timaru and Chiistelmrch.

Our telegraphic report of yesterday's itting of the House of Representatives contains a summary of the discussi' n which took place on the District liailway Bill, the second reading of which was earned without diseent. Several members intimated their detire <o see stveral am. mendments mullein the Bill in o-der to render it more liber;.!, and its provisions more likely t > be availed of by Bailwav I'ompaues. These amendment- the Gove nment are willing to accept, and we may the ef re In pe that 'he Bid will be passed in a form like I}' 1 }' to facilitate ihrt construction of railways by privat" enterprise, which o heiwise would stand but little chance ■ f being made, however advantageous their en tiuctiun might be to the districts interested.

The consideration of the Education "Hi 1 in Committ. e still drags hs weary leng -h alono- ]t wil lie ?een that the clause nlatinAo the reading of the liible ami tk Lofd's Pi aver hi public' sell, ols has stmck out of the Bid altogether. Tue uoveuiment and a majority of the House have ,euised to do the slight meed of ™>tice to the Eoman Cal holies by Air. Curtis, having i ejected the new clause pi oposed by the hon. member for Kelson by 30 to 18 'J here is evidently a strong dettruination on the part of the House to make education entiiely secular, an amendment proposed by Mr. Han er to set apart either one whole day or two half-days a week for reli ion? instruction having 1 en i.egative.l. One of the most m ticeable alteration made in the Bill as yet was that proposed by AJr. Sheehan,' aud adopted by the House,, to male the enforcement of t l e compul ory closes of the Bill oj tiomd wuh School Com mit'ees This, of course, pimply means that the clans*s wi'l remain a deadlier, as Committees will scaicely have sufficient courage to make education compulsory, i he Government appear to have some new idea with regard to the mode of dealing with the Education Re erves and Endowments, the whole of that porrion of the ».ll relating thereto having been withdrawn m order to , nabl a separate Bi 1 to be introduced dealing with these reserves and endowments. There are more ways than one of driving a team of horses ; the ordinary one by mean* of reins and a whip is capable ot be.ng improved on, as was exempl.hed on Monday. A gentleman with a heavy waggon laden with p-0v.6i0..s f started Irom town on his homeward journey, after having plentiiu.ly refreshed him.-elf preparatory to soaping. He had rather overdone the thing in tact, and was as much capable < f taking care of his horses as he was of himself. The patient animals, however, trudged on northwards, till they arrived opj osite the shamrock, where more refreshment a; peared necessarv to the waggoner.. He sung put "Woa!' and they woa'd so suddenly as to cause a ca*. e ot tins of meat to fall but and burst. After an interval the gentleman emerged m a more helpless condition than before, and wanted his animals to move on. 'J hey refused, but he, thoroughly equal to the occasion seized a tin and hurled it, accompanied by a ieeough and an expletive,- at- ■he leader's head. This not having the desired effect, he tried another, then another, and so on ; but his aun was inaccurate, and the leader inexorable. Two good Samaritans came to his assistance, and lifted him bodily into the waggon; then a thud mounted the box and assumed the reins. All the little boys in the neighbourhood helped!"themselys to the missiles; and as the cumbersome machine slowly rolled away, a iay of sun illumined the upturned face of the refreshed pa*, who, like the fat boy in Pickwick, »3«iaher#d placidly. 1

S Tfaarei «waa'aVblank /iheeiT a,t*th'd' Res^diilb <C%trt tKis^orning>~-' '*ffi' ■■''■' Th mas Desmond, who was last week .sejttt§He.fcd to six months' imprisonment for assflii'r'ing Mrs. Cagney in Taames-street, was forwardfd to the Duuedin Gaol to-day ■ by the Waitaki, under the care of Constable Donovan.

-An announcement in our advertising columns states that tiie meeting of the promoters of the proposed Oamaru Stone Quarrying Toinpany which was to have been held to-day, has been postponed until tomorrow, at 4 o'clock, at Messrs. Julius and Balmer's office.

The Oamaru Hospital Committee met last night at Mr. Church's office, when the following members were present :—Messrs. T. H. J rown (Vice-President, in the chair), Mainland, W. M'ln osh, G. I>. 'I ay lor, Headland, F. H. Townsend, T. Morris, and the Secretary (Mr.. Church). A letter was read, stating that the amount of 1.34 Ss. 2d. subsidy had been paid by the Government into the Hank of New Zealand to the credit of the Committee. The Secretary read the following report, which was adopted: "Oamaru Hospital,.ltiih >'ept., IS77.—Your Visiting Committee beg to report, in accordance with the usual custom, that they have vi ited the Hospital this day, and found the whole of the building m a clean and creditable condition. .At the present time there are nine bdoor patients—two or three of whom are about to leave immediately. ; The whole of the patients were \isited by us, and all expressed ihemselves highly satisfied wi h ihe teatnn>nt they have received. The grounds of the Hospital are being considerably improved. We would suggest that the south wall of the Fever Hospital should receive, two coats <-f oil, or b.; painted in white 1 ad." Accounts amounting to L 24 13 ; . 3d. were passed. The collections for the past month were stated to be 1.12 1 Is. It was proposed by Mr. Headland and seconded by Mr. Townsend, "Th.it tenders be invited by advertisement from persons desirous of securing the grass on the Hospital grout ds, the grass to be mown when and removed immediately afters aids."—* 'arried. A vote of thanks to the chairmiiu cone uded the proceedings. The following is an exact copy of a por tion of a Press Ageuc,y telegram received by us to-day:— '' Ivlnc-ation Bill. Clause 85 elementary science i-üb-tantial for mechanics proposal add social economies negatived and principles of dome tic economy added to destruction for gi Is.'' So the I ill animadverts on.the i-üb-tantialne-s of elemcmai'v science for mechanic*. We should imagine that no person would think of disputing t is point. But it seemed singular that statements of this kind shoild have f n.nd their way into the men sure and we have aeeoiditigly s.ivcn our ver ion of the matter in auoiher column. But the staeg-ring portion of the message is Unit whieh jefers to the desti action of girl-. What have they been doing to me it such harsh treatment? At enormous cost to the Colony, thousands of these dear creatures have been imported from the Old Country, it was understood, to raise u;> a g;eat nation in these southern climes; but now ir. transpires lhat the principles of domestic economy are to be used as a imaus for their dest uctii-n. In wh.it manner these | r.nciples are to be app'ied, or how they are exp< cted to operate, lhe te'egmphist has not told us. It h;is occurred to us that perhaps, they are to be .>-u! j'-cted to a course of lesions in frugality that will end in s : arvation. We cuniot stand by and >ee this cruelty perpetrated. Sir Julius Vogcl'sgrand imnv'gratioa policy has been the means of liiingingt es gills to this country, and we must treat them at lea*t humanely We have therefore revised this portion of the to-egram, >o as to. it po-sd>l>, avert the terr ble di a-ler wh eh the telegrapl it, in reporting the Education Bill debate, would soi k to bring upon the. heads of those for whom we have always had the greatest appi eciation.