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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1133, 5 December 1879, Page 2

it t* reported that the Telegraph Commissioner has notified to the elepartments tinder hut control that the pay of any officer ruststinsr with an aeeiih'nt while playing at (n.)tF»;v{t wit! eesi.**! tsrhile he i* from Why »«••« a mltr appty only Co ?h-! "tVfearapb •t« , |»rtl»wtrt ■ WV wonhl that th»' h«'ad »f •rt'-ti ttt'tMrtm'.-i:" alin'tt't cra.ru;> a li»t of gsiRM that lit- has II" "hjuistion to his subordinates playing. th:' t'lTx-i at'd lienors tti; v .r, hf h'.s no objection t-> thoir catitw: and dnrikin'.', tl»«? hours that lis Vspwt* tivrn torcri'"-. the amount of t«l'*;i'i" ■th«y aw ir> smrife, (U.ii the soap. to_r>thpowder. anti hstr-orl wtil he permitted Ci> us*j. Our rsperirnccr tea«.-hcatts there m«r« esvit s»n<rw»r»t# ißapacitatdl perfornnßaf tfcstr Jttttest through ttisordervd »ysten» o«!aiWjJ>y indulging: tn (»eer. and tolnww than hy engaging in football or any other e\ereis<. by should not an |»taw«l on pfoyins.' frieket ? ft U a most «tang«corw game. We have only fotetv se*.!\ met* with contowsl ty«. ami Fwani of wen breaking their leg* while i:i»tut«tn<; to thw pastime. The civil acrviw earing tor «ti--graceil hy the apfwaranec in paEitit- of otu>' oil its servants with a Ma»-k eye. anil hi' id therefore as much lost to hi:t position for a time- aa a man who has had his instalment* of locomotion damaged through ptayiitg footliall. Our racecourse vraa the scene of 3 con(»«t thijt nwning whteh, notwithstanding the *-»rty hoar at which it took place. induced many of ottr citizens to indulge themselves with the Irtsttry of a trip before l>r«.'.ik?a.-t. *tviEtr the d"W wast on the grass, and the •.jmrrFms, gotdhammersr. greenfinches, ami larks were ia their most cheerful ntood. The match t»;w between Mr. John Cogviu's kiy nisre Hoauty and Mr. Gibsons roan horse Sweetbread." The distance, one mile, to traversed in ft?e»:s.. anil waa W";i l>y tfur riKvn rath-x easily at the last. Keauty led along the hack stretch. hut round the nortti«n» s>emi-«un*le th« roan tollart.l her. atul np the ri.JC the extra weight tol l its tatv. aiut the hrave little !>ay ha<t toaiteetmil> U> the vi«tnr. Had the weights heeti e«|ual, the contest jntdit, and prol>ahly wotiM, have ditfereiitly. We tm#t to see hoth Kompetitors in two County Plate at the Christmas meeting.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Athetueum was held Inst evening, whets there were present—Messrs. For*enter (tit tilt: chatr>. Peat tie, Fillettl, Headland, i Putter; Montagu.. Spratt. M'Combe. and Williamson (Hon. Secretary). The minute* of the prevtotut meeting having been read a tut continued. arrangements were made lor IhoWtns the Oamant' Dramatic Club's performance, to he given on Monday, the lath instant. The President was* empowered to imafce at! necessary arrangements for the entertainment. Sortie discussion then took ptaw with reference to the bazaar to be lutd at New Year a time, and power was t.> the Entertainment Committee to : employ tabor and secure the material neeess>arv tor erecting the stands, &e., required fnr'the occasion. " Irvine other business having been transacted, tlie meeting terminated. Mr. Battanee's reply to Major AtkinsonV speech on his moving the se ontl reading of ' the Property Assessment Hill, is stated to have been masterly, and to have increased antipiithv to the measure. But we suppose "that it rill pa s in spite of all opposition. The Goverjjjnent apprars to be able to,do juat what it ehooans. At the ilesident Magistrate's .C°«rt this morning J.imes Turner, charged with having matte me joJT obscene language at Xgapara. was lined Sfc, with the alternative of four davs" imprisonment. The KxceUior Cricket Club will play a scratch match to-ruorrow t/ternoon, on the Otd Cricket t.ronnd, at - o'clock. The New Zealand Prices Current and Jtntrnal of Commerce says:—Another month has passed, and it is satisfactory to 1» able to record an improved feeling and generally more easiness in the money market. A | healthy tone is now characterising ojierations [of alt kinds, and there has not been the same: [ laiuc tor r.v;gratnlatii>n at any time during | the pivit year si there h at present. The demand t»r imney still rather beyond the ' snpply. and rate* evwi for lirst-class seenri- , tie» are maintained : however, investorsnow .show more confidence iu tin ir dealings. ; Payments throughout tlie month iitve been regularly met. and we have lieen without assy failure of consequence either in town or country. A \\ elliniiton correspondent sends the following Parliamentary items to the Otago f>nt[yTitncs :—A general impression prevails that Sir O. fJreV should not, at thi3 late stage of the session, pres.-t his Constitution Amendment Act. which led to an animated discussion last ni^ht. —Mr. ilislop was very senre on .Mr. Oliver, who got up to sjieak after I- o'clock this morning, to apeak until it was too late for private tne:nhers r bnjinea3 to be proceeded with. He mu charged with speaking against time. —To"«Iay the whole afternoon was occupied vrito a debate on the telegram scandal. A scene took place between Mr. Oliver and Mr. Snrxznski, and the Speaker had to interfere. We have Received a copy of thc> old and well e>tab!iihcd annual public&tion, the South Canterbury Almanac, an edition of

which has this year, for the first time, been adapted so as to be useful to this district r.a weli as that of Timaru, and called the North Otago Handbook, Almanac, and Diary. Wc ihink that the time has arrived when Mich a book as that before us has become almost a necessity to the settlers of this district. It contains all the information that they arc likely to require, and to have it handy would" i.-'ve them much trouble, jieiplexity. r.:id 'o.-'s of time, and, perhaps, money, 'it is o-iiteathick volume, neatlv and plainly printed, and strongly bound. The matter, too. is modernised to Mi'-h an ext. Nt a-i to he useful instead of misleading. and it is .sold for a shilling. There ar« . of foini: inaccuracies, but th-.v are -n':ii as ;>:e ni;t <ji 'jre.it importance, .l-h! .'•ome have evidently occurred through alterations in ]>ulilic bodies since the compilation and printing of the sheets containing thf information. Mr. H. >5. Fish is not, it would appear, to b • permitted to enjoy the honors of the .Mayoral jKjdition ill uninterrupted peace. The rr.-.'e for disputing the right of certain ii.pii. nieiiiliers of i'arliainent to occupy tlieir j> >.;itiou has only died away in \\ eilington to revive*! in bunedin in connection with the oeeuj>ant of the highest civic position in that city. Messrs. Finch, Walter, ami .l;imes .lame-H have lod-.'ud a petition with the lI.M. of Ihuicdin praying that Mr. Fish ini-jht be ousted from his position, on the ground that lie was at the time of his election carrying on a contract for the Council, which petition will come before the R.M. Court on the llith inst. It is quite [Kwsilde that the action that is being taken will fall through, the Municipal Corporations Act providing that no matter in relation to a disputed election shall be heard in the K.M. Court. 15ut we have reason to suspect that proceedings will taken in another form should the present action fall through.