The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 723, 3 August 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1878.

Daring the month of July, 41 births and eight deaths were registered at the Oamaru office, and two marriage certificates v/ere issued. In the corresponding month of last year 31 births and eight deaths were recorded. The vital statistics of this town, when compared with thosw of Timaru, shows Oamaro to be hcth healthy and prolific. The figures for Timsra pfc—births, : deaths, 14 ; marriages, 12. We notice hy a special telegram in the Daily Times Jthat Mr. Shrirnski has introduced thft extended Oamaru Waterworks Bill into the Hj>n«» of Representatives, and [ has presented a pstitwn from miners at ! Maentwhenua complaining of certain gripvj aaces. These are trides beneath the no'.lce of the Press Agency, which appears to have n strong penchant for recording fires, indecent offenrf-3, and other items of a similar nature. The total amount received ,»t tlie .C'nstoms during the month of July was Lll>l4 lis. H J., as against LS43 12s. Id. for the corresponding month of last year. There was a blank sheet at the Resident | Magistrates* Court to-day. A meeting of the Oamaru and Naseby! Railway Committee will be held on Friday ! next, at 11 a.m., in the County Council ■' Chambers, for the purpose of considering lin- \ report of the surveyor on the proposed rail- • way extension to Livingstone. and to dscid.-: what action shall be taken. i

The monthly it» eting of the committee of the North * -taco Benevol'-nt SoeL ty will be held .it Mr. Hani'. *■ office on Monday evening, at seven o'clock. We yesterday gave a description of the gold collar presented to Mr. H. Prince, the owner of Magic, the winner of the Waterloo Cup, by the North Otago Coursing Club. ; which is now on view at Mr. M'.Oorkindnle'a shop. At the same place may lie seen the collar given by Mr. R Richardson, and won by Mr. P. Mason's dog Mechanic at the same meeting. This collar, which is of a similar nature to the dob's gift, with the exception j that it is of silver, lisars the following in-1 acription : —" Won by Mr. Masons's brd. ; w. d. Mechanic, as runner-up to Magic, the ; the winner of the first New Zealand Waterloo ! C'tip; held at Oamaru, July 10, IsTS. I Mechanic, full »>rofc.her to Magic (tiie winner). I by Farrier—dam Kegai-'a."

It will lie observed that, in <>;'.ler not tu clash with the lecture on " iri oloify to be delivered on Thnnjduy nest l.y the iluv. A. B. Todd, Mrs. Medland Newsham's far< v/ell concert has been postponed untii Frida utxL The Oamaru Christys had a very successfi practice last evening at the Masonic Hall -viv. ral change* iiav»- iuxn made in th .•(institution the company since the las urrfnrmanoe. and tin: « >iic<:rt to hi.- giren in he 20th iiutaut in aid <1 i the ' hristy' vardrobe and music fund will bring out s/>iix resh talent, as well as present a number i>

novelties. Another rehearsal wiil take plac< on Monday evening. Tiit' monthly meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural .Society will be held on Monday evening; at eight o'clock at Mr. Earie's dining room?. A meeting of the .committee of the Xorth Otago Coursing Club will Le held at the County Coutxil Chambers <iu Tuesday, it eleven o'clock. The Secretary requests that all accounts against the Club may be sept in to him before the meeting takes place, | An effort is being made at Waimate to : form a company for the purpose of constructing a railway three miles into the bush. preliminary meeting was held a tew day.aco. when Messrs. Studholme, Manchester. Hillary, M. O'Brien, I'artiett, Hayes, ami Prii were appointed Provisional Directors to draw out the articles of association and arrange preliminaries ior flouting the rnmpanv. Mr. P. Slee was appointed Secretary. Tlie Director* meet again on Tuesday next at 10 a.ni. f at the Secretary's otiiee. Tlie Otago Agricultural and Pastoral As- j snei.it inn his approved of the proposal of the ! C'hristchurcli Association ior the holding <*" a conference of delegates from the vn Associations at Oaniaru about the til:.the North Otago Society's show. The Tre sideat (Mr. &. M- Bell} and Messrs. .1. j Roberta and T. Brydone have htea appointed delegates from tli# Otago Association,

The Rev. H. Dewsbury will preach in Wesley Church to-morrow, the subject for the evening's discourse being "Formalism ivTrue. Religion." . Mr. Jutfrej" will preach iii the old Teesafcree 1 H Jl, at <j o'clock to-morrow evening. On Monday •- t?ie Elder Brothers will give oao of their performances in the Masonic Hall. There was a capital turn-out of the Grammar School Cadets at the special parade, yesterday. After the company had been put through a number of movements, Captain Peattie handed to lieutenant Hewat and Sub-Lieutenant Todd their letters of appointment, and addressed a few'encouraging remarks to the Cadets. Cheers having been given for the officers, the parade was dismissed. Mr. Woollcombe, the present Resident Magistrate at Timaru, who also does duty at Woimate, is about to be replaced by Mr. Richmond Beetham, now Resident Magistrate at Napier. The Timaru Herald says that the tidal wave which has be.en observed in Oamaru and elsewhere seems to have bepn visiting Timaru within the last day or two. Tile vessels have been constantly swinging round and changing their positions in a manner which can hardly be accounted for, while the irregular state of the wayes also appears due to some such cause. Napier has at last become famous for something. It possesses a remarkably strong minded woman. This lady, wjjase name is Elizabeth Gallagher, was lately bound over, in two sureties of L 25, to keep the peace for six months for first scolding, then scalding, then thrashing, and finally threatening her husband with a knife. It transpired that on the saifte occasion she pelted a carpenter with stones, and broke hi? head with a paling.

The Wellington correspondent of the Dnnedin Star furnishes some information with reference to the appointment of a Parliamentary agent by Municipal Conference. The correspondent says : Mr. Charters moved the appointment of a clerk and Parliamentary agent. Mr. Shrimsk said that he was not authorised to gw touc! expense without consulting his Corporation. Mr. Brett was under the improssiou that every member present had power to appoint a clerk, if not a Parliamentary agent. Ultimately it was agreed to appoint a clerk at

r oife gpipea per day. Mr. Gaitt, draper, of Waimate, has invented a very useful contrivance for displaying drapery, and other goods in shops and shop-windows, for which he has applied for a patent. The principle of it may best l.e explained by instancing how it can be applied to the rods which ran through most | drapers' shops above the counter, - These are now stationary, and goods upon them | have to be reached by steps or otherwise. | Mr. Oaitt's plan is to have these rods fitted : into telescopic sockets, and thus made to ; !"• v>rke<J up and down at pleasure by : mollis <>f weights ;u,.l pulleys, much in the ; r:.v.-\L ri'= peasant g::saliers are worked. ' The sain- ,-au of i-ourse be applied to rods in windows and elsewhere. The advantages are obvious, as the goods mar be placed before the eyes and within reach of customers by simply moving the weights, and they can also be easily goi, at for dusting and so forth. The contrivance is invaluable in drapers' shops, and the only wonder is, its px-inciple being so simple, that it was not long ago brought into requisition. - Daily Times, i The Satprday Advertiser possesses a I " jokist," who dresses up a column of news | ever}- week. The following is a fair specimen of the style in which he performs his work:--The branding establishment having been abolished, Captain Humphries, one of the -subs. been appointed Usher of the B'ack Rod f> the Legislative Council. This rod will bo a ft.-iff of lift! to the gallant lioldt-;-. ;>• id the sight of the rod will remind tin: 11 •i.-'iiables of their duty, and prevent ;l bre;-. ii thereof by the old association of the rod nud their orei . lies. Henceforth, with such a stii,!-: the I'pper House should not stick tit a triiitr.

; " 1 1 Iniici reports that previous to j die iJiKiiiration of the .Melbourne Cun I weight?. Mr. Barnard, the Victorian handiM capper, received an anonymous letter statiug • { that Truinti Card is a wonder. Such a " j paltry piece <if business is scarcely credible, j for tilery arc over one hundred horses in the 1 • r.i'.-f. and the writer of such a letter would * i Ifivc! to make all out in be wonders except | ids ov. Ji iior.se if he \vante:l to get the latter favorably treated. There can lie no reason why Tramp Card should have been selected as the only dangerous horse in the race, and ' I cannot but think this would-be sensational 1 incident has arisen in someone's fertile imagination. With a view to allaying scepticism, M. Bnnedetti, the sword-swa (lower, gave a I . ! private seance recently to some members of j the medical profession in his room at the j Westminster Aquarium. Since thirteen ! years pi age, it seems, this gentleman has been fighting SSTature with the sword, until he has pushed ths st/imaeh down into the jimin, thus elongating the oisophagiius to an : unnatural extent. As a rule he prefers ; taking fond bf!«>ro the exhibition begins, as ; it makes ilia hire) pal sheath more agreeable : to the reception of cold steel, and protests ! the coat oi the stomach from being pierced ; with thf- sword's point. A physician who I (im presi-nt told mo ];t> distinctly felt the i sword recede as it was withdrawn from the I stomach lying quite in the groin. The Jl.D.'s | pr&<cnt found his throat a good deal in- | darned, and gave him a gargle. Frank Buckland. who was instrumental in bringing about V. ■ -vinterview, intends pub- .. r:i the subject, from an | . .. .. i ; i . view, in next week's j . i ,V _ :i. j This !.♦ the style in which the Wjeilfngton J, Chronicle reports a f<•<»tlsnll match : —On : i Saturday List an iuterprovine al ina'.ch i

between Wellington and Nelson took place at the Botanical Gardens. The game was a truly noble one, although ignorant people might think it more calculated for noble savages than civilised men. 3|hg. conspicuous features of the game were—motley dresses, mud-stained ; bleeding faces, patches of the vital fluid showing through the coverings of the lower extremities ; and kicks, sometimes at*/the ball, aiid v -frequently, at opponents', shins-; the?fnn was/occasionally heightened by one of the smaller, players falling (it was generally the slighter one who fell), and several twelve or fourteen stone men falling on top of»'him. There was/.also howling." such as one'-would imagine'"■proceeded-from Bed Indians, had he not known it came from those contesting in a 'manly game,' played 'by civilised individuals. For the information of those interested, it may be added that Wellington won by a goal and a try. We would suggest that, in future, contests with quarter staves should be substituted for football, as more exciting ; the breaking of a few crowns would be immaterial." The - Wellington correspondent of the. Press telegraphs the following :—" Am6ngst papers to-day returned from the Government printer are the immigration returns from the first July, 1877, to 3<Jfch June, IS7S. The number of ordinary immigrants for the whole year was 4599, and of nominated 1029. making a total of 5625, of which as large a number as 5024 were statute adults. The total passage money amounted to L 65,651, of which L 1729 only has been received in eaili, <>;• is recoverable on notes, bills, die. Of this number oi inwiigrauti the Province of Canterbury has received by far the largest proportion, totalling 2034 soula. Otago is the next on the list, having received IGO'S. Wellington is third with. 500; Auckland, 49$ : Hawfce's Bay, 405. The whole number were British, with the exception of twelve Germans, eight Danes, live Norwegians, ten Italians, and eight of other nationalities. Accompanying these returns are papers of regulations for conveyance of immigrants and cargo to New Zealand, appended to which are detailed schedules of requisite rations and medicines to be provided.