The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 493, 27 November 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1877.

Ifc will be observed "by: our Parliamentary telegrams' that the Kill introduced. iuto the Hou!-e of liepresentatives by Mr. Shrimski for the alteration of the constitution of ihe Oauiaru H*rbor Board has been parsed, and now only awaits the con-urrence of the legislative Council. The principal object of this Bill is to make the Harbor Board chiefly an elective body in-teid of the whole; of the members being subject to the approval of the Government.

The Immigration' Officer informs us that about 50 of the Waipa's immigrants 'are to be forwarded to Oamaru per Waitaki on Friday next, and will then be open to engagement.

We - are glad to notice that on and the Ist December next Bome important alterations will take place i:i the running of trains. On the Oamaru-Maerewhenua spction trains will leave Oamaru for Maerewhenua at 9.45 a.m. and 4.30-p.m., and Alaerewheniia for Oamaru at2 25 p.m. Thus it will be seen that two trains will run daily to Maerewhenua instead of one as formerly. There are a so several other alterations for information regarding-which we would <iirect the attention of our readers to au advertisement in another c.lumn,.

Mails for Australian. Colonies, per Ringarooma, close at the Bluff at 11 : a.m. tO-mor-rOW.

The ainual general meeting of the County Council, as prescribed by law, takes place to-morrow. It is doubtful, however, whether any business will be proceeded with, owing to a large number of members being absent from the district, attending the show in Dunediu.

Those ■'■ members' of the Oamaru Cricket Club who wish to be included amongst the eleven chosen to play in the match against the Palmeratqn Club .-would do weil to attend the practices regularly, in order to afford the f election Committee an opportunity of judging of ,their play. The match will be plaveu on the Bth December, and no tme is therefore to be lost in prepaiing for the event. The following eighteen names have been chosen from which the filial selection will be H-ade. and m making the selection the Committee will be guide,.! to a preat extent l>y tne play exhibited in the opening match on the new ground to lake place on Saturday next :—BeuneDt, Booth, Edwards, F. Fenwick, G. Fehwick, L»e Lau our, Lowe, Maude, M'Honald, G. -«. Millihgtou, J. A. Millington. M Jennett, N:c -lis, nice, Liobinst n, Sumpter, J'aylor, and J. Wal's.

A meeting of the directors of the Caledonian Soci. ty was held la-t evening at the Royal Hotel, when there were piesentMessrs. Mnclair (in the chair), H. Air-ken, j. Fee, W. Bee, Miller, Taylor, Hook, Liddli-, Wilson, Rule, Martin, Lawson, and VY. aitken (Hou. Secretary). The [Secretary reported that Mr. Dunbar had offered a special prize of L2 2s. for the best dancer in Highland eo-tume. A special prize of L2 2s. was also offered by a member of the Society, the eveutfor-.which it is to be given l to be afterwards decided. The prizes wer» accepted with thanks. Messrs. H. Aitken, Taylor, J. Bee, Rule, and Ma tin. were appointed a committee to wait.upon Mr. Smith to ni&ke arrangements, for the Running' of special trains on New Year's Day o:i ail the lines in the district. Some' other business of a formal nature having been transacted, the meeting terminated. '' - - •" Last night a .very.enthusiastic-'meeting of the residen s of the Teaneraki district took pb-.ce at the Scfoolhou e, the object beiog the formation of a vo unteer corps for that fine and rising district. After the prelim.nary matters were settled, a for the'enrollment of the proposed company was drawn up, and was at once signed by over ■thirty gentlemen. This will be sent at once toth officer commanding the district, Major Steward, who'will doubtless do all ia his power to foi ward the interests of whit promises to be a first-class company. Ihe company was then formed up and put through thrir first drill by Staff sergeant Major M 'Pherson, who was p eseut m the unavoidable absence of Major jStewar-1. Lieut. Morris, of Ko. 1 Corps, and Lieut Kennedy, of the artillery, were also present; The movements were gone through.iu most praiseworthy ma ner, and drew expres ions of pL asurable d light from the enthusiist c instructor, while all the old volunteers expiesed their opinion that the Wa ; areka HiflVs would soon make their mark amongst the co'onial forces. The f<illowmg gentlemen were elected as officers : —Mr. J. Heid. of J-lderslie, Captain; Mr Mitchell, Lieutenant ; and Mr. Reid jun., Sub-L;euteaaiit. Mr. Piper (schoolmaster) was elected Seen.-tat-y and Color-- ergeaiit. Mr. Pip< r deserves proat p' aise for the interest he has taken in the matter.

The meeting of the St. Paul's Young Men's Association last evening was devoted to leadings and re i*ationSj many of which were very well delivered. A good dealof general wa also got through, and some offices filled by election On Monday evening next, an essay will be given by Mr. Kidd, on. "The Garden." a subject which should proye.highLy interesting and instructive, for vjr. Kidd may be considered an authority upon the subject. The members of the Asso«iitiou are doing all in their power to advance the objects for which they are united by making their meetings both entertaining and profitable. At a meeting of the Committee it was decided to purchase a number of standard, works f-r reference by men.b-rs desirous of storing tlu-ir minds with u*efu' knowledge. It was also decided to obtain a number of articles for furnishing ihe meeting room.

The Melbourne correspondent of the Daily Times says the prevalence of gaml-1 ng.in V ictori» has reach d an extent which unavoidably forces itself into notice. .Never before was tuif gambling, especially amidst the young, so common as this year. The bookmakers are regarded as defeated over the spring meeting, that is to say they have not m; de Ltrge profits, but, of course, this luck to the public will only be a stimulus. About two years ago the Bailarat M« chanies' Institute got up a iottery wit LlnOO as the first prize, and siuce then the i-andhuist Mechanics' Institute has followed with another LICOO lottery, the success of which

has inspired the. Ballarat Institute to come outjwifch. another, - and the 1000- sovcrvigns are expose'd to" public view, in a salver at the window of Denis Brothers, jewellers, BourkeBtreet.. The Melbourne Temperancre'Society has organised a lottery for Christmas, the tickets being only a shilling, and the first prize, * cottage and land, valne L 200.. All society, is permeated wish minor schemes of gambling. They appear to have come from America.

We c'ip the following from an exchange : —" There ate tricks iu all trades, and even those terribly correct people, accountants in bankruptcy, have, it seems, at times to pu>h business in a peculiar way. An excellent example < f the mole in which this is sometimes done comes to us f a certain windy place in the neighborhood of Gnok Strait. A rertain accountaut, let us term him Oily Gammon, met a builder, s<iy Smith Jones, and found he was ab«ut to file his schedule. Gammon was not a creditor, and was profuse in his sympathy and offers of assistance. At last a happy thought suggested itself. 4 Ah, you asked me to sell some land tor you, I think, a year or two ag >, didn't >ou. Ji nes?' 4 Yes; but you did not sell it,' was the reply. ' Well, I never charged you anything, of course, but now it will make no difference to you if you put me d- wn for a •couple of guineas in your schedule, and then, you see, being a creditor, I may be able to give y->u a hand through.' Jones thought this uo.t a bad idea, and so down weii't the two guineas in the schedule. The Oily Gammon attended the meeting of creditors, and, being a fell. >w-sufferer, who so proper to be trustee. So far everything was right a* possible, even though the slight cerem nyo.f taking an affidavit as to the cla'tn bdng a just and lawtul one had to be gone through. Soon, however, the trustee became dissatisfied wi h the conduct of the debtor, and ventured to say something about fraudulent bankruptcy, but had to subside whtn the insolvent, laying his finger on the twc guinea item in the schedule, quietly a*ked the trustee's opinion whether a fraudulent creditor was worse than a fraudulent creditor. We wonder whether creditors are often manufactured in this way •! "