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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 736, 19 August 1878, Page 2

It is a most interesting pastime to wateo the peculiarities of the young ladies who condescend to adopt the profession of servant maids. More c specially is it so t.. those who, not being brought into contact with them tiicrr selves, can aiiVnd t" thoroughly enjoy tlte amu«e;ii*ut derivable: from a study of the idio-ynerasies .;f the servants of other*, * v e cannot say that « altogether approve of the decided relish with which nome people apeak of the whimsicalities of other people's .servants; but then that may he because we ourselves feci a little serious irter th? matter. Fancy a i:irl ■ i>fectiniC to her master and mistress occuinir.i; an hotir over th.ir evening meal, cm t!:e ground that it was h-wl in principle tc take so lon:.', arul that she would bo countenancing wrong-doing by aiding and abbetcing m i it. Hire, too. is a racy instance <.; i\w hardships that some poor feminine moni .1have to iinder.ro in this Colony : A yoiu;u lady waseniMgecl .is a help by aper.-oiiresinen! in this town." Iter employers though? that she had not a proper estimate of truthful- ! ness and other .finalities indispensable inn lady entrusted with a share of the rosp>n •■- '■ biti'ties of a home in which there are children. and she was desired to try .1 change of :>ir The next scene opens in a tirst-ciaas railway carriage, wh.er* servant and late master meet. The train stops at Otepopo: ti:vonng lady step* out and wends her way to a pretty cottage not many yards from the station! Her tormer employer seeing that, to all appearance, she ; s about to take up her residence in the house of a friend, whispered quietly in his friends ear. A little later or. a lady and gentlemen might have been seen approaching the railway station ; the former the servant maid, the latter the gentleman who was within an ace of becoming her employer. How one may entertain an angei unawares wa3 demonstrated when, haying performed the duty of chttprrone, he • ssaye-1 to return to his h>me. The young lady said that she deemed it exceedingly unkind to treat her thus, and made a c aim for two first-class railway farea. The gentleman expostulated. He always travelled secondclass. Would she not accept of second-class tickets. Kaising herself erect, she look en with a pitying expression upon the gentle-

■appose that a lady y birth and eduea-md-class." No ! The young lady she would have •4 .<<ss to cut up imate into «,»..«., -Ki- j This is a jgise iiesolve. aaSjit certainly would pay selLiandfor agricultural purposes a sheep walk. Thgny there view to be taken ofr.rthe matter. Agricultural land is becomiijgj so_ scarce now, that'it is quite a feat to se'cure : - nny, even at most fabulous prices, where it would pay to turn it into farms. The settlement of . portions of the. large runs around our town by agriculturists would quite solidify our trade, and be . prb- : ductive of the greatest amount of good.tp all. Mr. Middleton not long since purchased 200 acres of land from Mr Studholme atLl7 per acre, for which he was lately offered L 25 per acre, in crop, a price that would have given the purchaser a profit of L 1,500 on his bargain. Indeed, land has risen so wonderfully hi price of late, that there are few runholders who will not take advantage of the occasion to redise on a portion at least of their fat estates. It is stated that Mr. Studholme will cut up and sell by public auction a portion of his estate next year, and that Mr. Maclean and Mr. Tesehemaker will follow suit. Mr. Tyke is attempting to impress upon Parliament the desirableness of forming a railway line from Cromwell to the Y\ anaka Lake, and thence through the Haast Pass to the West Coast. It would be an well for honorable members to enquire whether or not the line between Cromwell and Wanaka would not be productive of immense benefit to private land borders. The line through the Haast Pass to the West Co:st might be of immense advantage to the City of Dunedin, because it would tap the whole of the most valuable interior lands of the Middle Inland: but if the scheme favored by -Mr. I'yke is to be entertained at ail, we should think that the Government will take every caro that they enhance the va'ue of colonial lands rather than those of private individuals The scheme is. in our ooinion, one that should noC be entertained for mimoment, as ir, is not the most des-irabie method of opening up the cunrry, exe -p----from a Dnnediu .standpoint. There are ports n:ueh nearer the inferior than l)un.•diu. and lines t-. ih ■ o port—say to those of Uamaiuand Timaru—could be constructed at a mucli smaller cost. At the Resident Magistrate's Court todav. Paui'd 'Ned and John M'Keliuy in"" cinrg-d with having been Aviv.:': -:. '. " orderly yesterday in Thamns-strj ;t. '!' former was lined 7s. lid. and the latter os Frank Hanaal, n!ia* Thompson, charged I with cutting and v.uiind'ng Andrew Hen--1 dor-on at l'a;...kai.> on tile J 2th inst., was again remanded for a week, owing to Henderson not yet being in a lit state to be removed. John Henderson, lor allowing a. cow to lin at large, was lined 2«. 6'd.. and James K id. f"i-permitting a c->uple of cows t<i warder in the :.tieets, was ordered to pay a line of 7s. I'M.

We would n-fcr those of our readers who feci an interest in the sheep dog trial thd will be hc-M at Duntroon on the 2nd of October next to the particulars of the samwhich appear in our advertising columns. Tile conti-.-t will not be exclusively for dogs j of the district, but will be open to dogs from I anv pi-ice. This will make the nll'air much j more excitinc. and emulate the dogs of the I district in such a manner as to tend to their I improvement. Another matter worthy of j note is that the trial is announced to occur on the "3v immediateiv preceding the iiurof the Waitaki .Jo'ck-y Club t" be held j at"the same place on the Mid and 4th of October. This will be convenient for all concerned, and will no doubt largely increase tii«! attendance- at both. _ As the nature ->t tie.; sheep will ur -a-iy inUuenec the result, we may as v.'cß mention that cliev. through th" kindness of the lion. 11. j Campbell, wiii be selected from the .Mount I Domett itotk .".'i-i shorn. Sh-cp accustomed 1 to such a locality v.iii surely give the dogs ' plenty of work and t-rs what they are made The usual monthly lueetine; of the Hospital I Committee will i"" held at .Mr. Church's j oliice to-:m•!•!•• ••.-,- rvi ii-::-, at eight o'clock. I Mails for th- Colonic-, via Bluff, per s.s. A'thambra, will close at 10 a.m. to-morrow. We would remind those interested th.-r j t■•nilers for .hi:.plying the Hospital with j or.iceries. iuedi-d <■, mfor'-. meat, etc., I must be sent in to tiie'Secretary at once. [ Mails -'..r San Francisco, per Australia, e'o-e :•; Auckland at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Te- Oninani Cbri*rys will meet for re- ; hi:;;- ; :T the Ma-"iiie"l[all this evening, at | S I-' ,v.k. I ': ii s eveiuue. ihr. Itev W. Tinsley, of i Chii-tehureii, v.ill deliver a koiurc in the Volunteer Hall on •■ Seotloud, and her Sous," the proceed- of which will b • devoted to the bcn.-lit of the Primi'ivc Methodist Sund.iv school. Tin; known ability of the lectu cr, the inten.s ing nature of the-dis-I curs ', and the ue.-ervbiir object to be aided, : .-hoi:l f.irmacombitiatiuii sufficiently strong t■• bring togeti.- :• i iar.:~ .■■.udieiicc. The of the Battalion Hand Committee, eaded for tin.- eveeing. hut been unavoidably postponed until 1 hursday evenini:. when it will bo held in the Volunteer Hall, at S o'clock. A teietrr.un has "one the round of the Colonial i'ress that Mr. "Hill" Jenkins, a Victorian ]■■•> -t, h-s just died in Melbourne. The :v;l name of the deceased gentleman was Wiiban: Kfcitt Jenkins, and he was the poet laureate of Victoria. For many years he was employed l.y the th".n of Dalgety, Ibbotson, and* < o. us custodian uf their i;,.,.[, „,„ .sj-.ire. lie was a warm advocate ef temperance, and a great deal of his beautif:d 'no-try w::s written o:i this favorite than.dr.- has fur some ihi.o ps.-fc. The knowing ones cannot he ;-'-r.-u.-;h,d. to a'vept t<-e opinion of the- croaker-, who assert that its zenith is p.;-,t. That whicii -reatly helped Waimate'tn attain to its nreser.p prosperous position -hei- timber resources—is not yet wo:ked nut, ii-r v/iil it be f-.»- at least ten vears to come. It does not look Touch like subsiding v. h n a railway Company, to he called the Waimaie Bush Branch Railway Comea-.y (Limit :d), for thy purpose of working 2000 acre--; more or less of good timber and a large area of firewood land, is being established. A meeting w;is held on Friday last, at which a large number of the influential men of the locality were prasent. The prospectus was submitted, and ordered to be printed and distributed throngh the agency of the branches of the Union Bank of Australia between Christcharch and Dunedin. The promoters have wisely resolved to adopt this course in order to secure co-operation and interest beyond Waimate. They could have had no other reason, as one capitalist who was present at last Friday's meeting of the promoters offered to purchase tho whole of the shares. The shrvre list is to close on the 30' h of September next In the mean- \ time full particulars will be afforded in- j tending investors. The articles of association will be signed this week, and the company will be immediately registered with a I capital of L 20.000, which it is proposed to I

raise in 2000 shares t^^^^Sch—paid on application, ami lQsjjpn allotment. •This looks like business, 'ttr is just what Waimate requires to enable her to make the best of her timber resources ;. and not. only ■will it be adpsntagfo-gs for htit, it ; swill timber by enabling; them to gfp&eirlwahts supplied withT-ihore ra||roess|jfnot all events, a [slightly' ejkfaper rat&' : Thg.pbor man, too, may ex : expect v in the price, iof his: '■'&''U-- ' ;; -; : " **!■

'%: Ambngsfr'the numerous improvements that .ar.e. being carried on in Waimate, one of the :m6s'tprominent is the premises now in course Of erection for Mr. Hayes, sawmill proprietor. He is building a large horse reposi-tory,-in connection-with which there will be "cattle yards, for the convenience of auctioneers, and a market for farmers, in which they will be able to meet to do business. The premises will extend from Queenstreet into Shearman-street, and will be one of the most useful institutions in the country.

The Napier Telegraph (a strong_ Opposition paper) says :—" It is rumored in Auckland that the Star is going into opposition. There is a strong feeling in Auckland now against the Grey Government, people finding out that not one of the sweet promises made by Grey when m Opposition are being or are likely to be fulfilled, and unless one of the present journals changes its tactics, both the Herald and Star will have to fight against keen opposition. The Star is, however, watchful, and will doubtless take the initiative in leading public opinion." It is no use "kicking against the pricks," and opposition newspapers would do well to accept the inevitable. The Government has secured the confidence of the people of the Colony by the policy they have enunciated, and the fervent desire of opoonents for their downfall will not be realised. Why, it is announced in another column of this issue that the Auckland Chamber of Commerce approves of the actions that the Government is taking with regard to the great questions of the day. Is it 'likely that it wouid pay the Star or the Herald to act in op])osition to such an influential body. We must take leave to question the truth of the statement of the N'apior Telegraph.