The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 870, 29 January 1879, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1879.

Xtr, i'otvyMs' positioa may be viewsd a.-* still tvitiuaf. At timp» he- makes great stridt-s towards recevuvy: bwt thest* ratlytng perioils are followed; by sorresperutfttg teactions. amt he fevKriah. «tctcrioos. luid apparently weaker tluirt t;v»r. Rut hi.* case is not assacmtig the ssrinns phases that were «vnttci(«tci-( an<t feaced by some, at least,, of his medical atteiufant*. and it is now hoped that he wilt soo» be out of d'uigei - .

O&mam now has a watercart: and, although ©ne can scarwty W e-speetetl to ge> into a fren/y of detight at this eirramstanee on a day such a» Che present, when the atmosphere is so delightfully eoot that it require* art effort of memory to eatl to mind a genuine nor'-wester 1 , with ita tow ampte drtst and other unpteasant accompaniments. we compliment the Council on what it has done. Although wb do> not feet disposed to-day to cool our heated anatomy beneath the eooting fountain 06 a water-eart* we do* not know how soon we may tu4Ve occasion to ehange our minds. We should think that shopktsepers will hail with detight the advent of the watee-cart. AM we rec|ttire now is a suitable ouuasion on which to test it* «p»* bitities,. ami that may arise at any moment. Our correspondent at Pukeurt writer - .Harvest is- general throughout the district now. am t the reaper and binder 1 is doing its worfe welt in several fotds,, ire others the back delivery reaper is dealing out to the realty hand 06 the binder its neat and many sheaves. The crops on the whole are t-|«ite up- to the average, anil the yield of grain will be very good.. There will not lie such a bulls ot straw as there had been in some- past seasons : stilt the farmers have reason to be satisfied, and if the present favorabte weather continues. » few weeks will See the most of the grain- in the stacks, if not in tti-e bags, ttc notice the thrashing tuitt w already at woi-k «t» o«e farm thrashing theoats out of the stoolc. This is a very economical way of doing if it can W managed. Th« potato- crop' Is toofeing welt ami bids fair for iv good average.

CKm? Sfgapaßu uomspondent pt»ee» a# in possession of the following information, whfcfi wilt be welcomed by the friends of Mr. W. Kay 0 am- gtad to- be able to state that the accident to- Mr. W. Hay is not of so< Serious a nature as wast at first betieved. While Mr. Hay was ire the act of lifting the foot of one- of his horse*. the animal fciefced him in the faoe. tie is greatty disSgnred. his nose being broken and his face bruised and lacerated ; but I am happy to say that he is progressing favovaMy."

We understand that owing to. the uncertainty of obtaining the Volunteer Halt for (trill purposes, and certain restrictions being imposed upon the- Company prohibiting gim ctrilts being hetd in the room, the Artillery Volunteers have scented for themselves a fresh place in which to carry on their weekly drills. A targe store at the rear of Mr. Morton's office in Tyne-street ha* been engaged, and the Company will, in future. meet there instead of at the Volvtnteer Kail. We would remind our readers that this evening the Rev. J. W. Inglis wilt tWitw his second and last lecture in the Volunteer Hall. The subject is " tVn and Ink Sketches of the Fast." and during the delivery of the tecture the Rev. Me. Inglis will give several readings illustrative of thesubject. At the Resident Magistrates" C ourt, today* before J. W. Humphrey. Ks<j.. .1.1".. Daniel Magilt and Charles Brown r.'m each riiu;d fOs. for having been dronk and disi orderly in Thames-street yesterday, trt default to undergo* -f hoars" imprisonment. . (Both prisoners accepted the- alternative. Our Kgapura correspondent writes :—"The : Ctooit Tatnptars hetd an opott meeting in the school-house kst night at § p.m. There , were about persona present, mostly belong- : ing t» the Order. Mr. Elder was propose I ' as chairman for the evening, and opened the I meeting with a short but interesting address on his reasons for fusing a fJood Templar. Me. •*. !£. Mittigan (Oam-aml then addressed ; the meeting on some of the svits of intoxicating lienors, illustrating with anecdotes. Miss Arnold (Uanwwwl gave a temperance reading, which was welt received. The Kev. ■ Mr. Kyley then delivered a short hat telling ' address on the benefits of beeotning a Oood Templar: he also, in his usual style, gave some advice to the young people on eonrtship and marriage, and finished with a few remarks to those who were not Ueod Templars. Mr. Jaskson nest sang in good style " Ring the Bell. Watchman." Sir. Charles .JVssep. then gave "A Conversation between i % Dvunkard and His Landlady/" acd Miss ' Arnold followed with the sarnie reading, j "Smmm* Pttre." This eoncturfed the pro- ; gramme. Mr. €&iwl«s Jessep then made a ; £«w remarks on the prosperity of the Lodge j sinus it has been opened. aind *ta v ted that the i object of the meeting was to. ende*vanr to j get % Itasf others to> join the Order. After | _a«v»ral vote® of thanks were passed, the Rev. Mr. Kytey eiosetl She meeting with psayw;

Mail* for the Australian colonies per Albion close at tlie Bluff at 11 a.m. to* morrow.

The usual monthly meeting of the Woiareka Row) Board, which was to hare taken place to-day. lapsed in consequence of there not being a rafEcicnt number of members present to form a quorum.

A puwo sasttd William Penman, whilst riding - along Wharf-street this morning, was thrown violently from bis horse. The animal, when at the comer of Wharf and Waosbcdc-atreeta went on to the pavement, and slipped, precipitating the rider on to his head, tearing him almost insensibl* on the ground. No material injury seems to have occurred to bis head, although his hat was cut to pieces. Bat his arm is considerably cut and braised, and he complains of a pain in his side, whtch probably arises from the severe shaking to which he was subjected, He now lies at the hotel, where he will probably have to remain for a day or so. There is in Oamarn a certain aged female wh>» exhibits a very strong predilection for fowl*—(not her own?. She adores poultry—she loves poultry—9o greatly that apparently she could not live happily if she were not permitted to bring to her fond bosom every rooster, hen, or chicken that she claps her loving eyes npon. The other day she came across a hen jomewhat given to wandering from the home roost. That hen had a string attached to one of her legs for the purpose of enabling her owner to place a necessary amount of restraint ttpon her rambling projwynstities. Here was a case in which the old danie's love for poultry might well lie given Hall vent to. She picked up that hen, clasped "the feathered martyr to her boaom in the fondest of fond embraces. Could she sew a hen so ill-treated ? No ! Tighter and tighter she hugged the poor thing, and many ww the tears she shed over the poor imprisoned fowl. Indeed, so great was the old woman's* anguish that she omitted to consider the fact the owner might object to so roach love being bestowed upon the naughty, bat stilt mtteh-pri/cd, hen. The poultryloving dame was about to make off with the Itt'tn ttndrr her ami when she espied some more forlorn-looking fowls within the fence of a neighboring section. Here wasaglorions chance for the display of that love for lonesome fowl# which ist so great within her. Makiug;» blind rush, she reached the gate, awl with outstretched arms she essayed the 6a.*k of embracing several additional hens. Some cold, unfeeling persons, apjiarently objecting to the exhibition of so much hen love, refused to allow the benign old lady to enter the gate, and she was eventually forced to relinquish her task, but not before she had received several severe blows over the knuckles from a stick welded with precision by an unsparing hand. The old dame them made off with the fowl she had at first emf>ra»'ed. which she still fondly pressed to her bosom, despite the threats of the unthinking people who followed lier that she would be given in charge of a policeman. At length the old woman became exasperated—she could stand this sort of treatment tif> linger ; so seizing the unoffending hen by the legs she hurled it at the head of the foremost of her pursuers, saying.

*" Here, take ywir dtrtv old hen ! " There is a mor;d to this perfectly tnic narrative : "• Beware of postStry-loving old women."— ('orumnnteated.

Tin.- Knropean Mail says : —By the side of the: earriage drive in Messrs. Gangway's nursery at Bristol may be seen growing a very tine sample of the New Zealand iiax /'Aftrmiiem I'ttft.r, sonic 10 feet high- It 3 broad, somewhat erect, spear-ahrped foliage, differing in both form and color from everything eW. renders; it a very suitable plant either for a very prominent position in the front shrnW. r.r a.* a specimen in grass, or in i::jtnbinati»ns of mixed fine-leaved plants, especially saah m are of a spreading ehawter to aliirh it won Id afford a striking contrast.

Tin.' MeEP'ortnte Argns of the "JK instant .says :— *" intcllijienee was received in Melbourne l>y aMe yestwiay, that at thcmccting of the proprietors of the Union Bank ot Australia. held in London on the 13th inst, a dividend declared at the rate of 111 per cent. per anntttn for the half-year ending 31st I>«ee«vWr. IS>7S. L 20.000 was added to the reserve fund, and L 7465 carried over to next account.