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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1141, 11 December 1879, Page 2

A m«tttia£ *>£ th<- t ■ N'usrf.y fculvray IIIII hi lit *t Mr. pier's r.fh v thin morning. A i-Kuutvot ir»n* Mr- JLiiutoiir in ri'ply to ouv. t, to hint JBstswfoy by the »'ornrnit;t>c ws» WW/**i» tni»tak>> fe;u& apjiormtty mromittKil tit th« epytatiou of transmission. ► •Bwkiiisf it* purpart vaeun. it waa risttmie»l ti» th« otfica with a ri'nwst tfwxt it she>ul«l fir mpuatmL It :ippcu,i'S,. however, that Mr. tl»* Luituur is nunwuUiojt taunts txvtMfictiteii it« the inn/ttur "ptaonT in fvi* h.u:i!.->. When infjrrua. ' ttioft ha» beau »uo'tv*cl from the telegraph an. Uk wlWttwr tlie i.* •coftfi'it m ttoti Mr. Su *i|>t«:r will cut! Ml ßi«Onnaatt*w ** tf»:y a.4j->t>rnt>f Hjiiiit ttkW&A ttiujt»'*t;i)uli[>£. Thai < omnutti U ooolti not tukVtt more earocst—u« thai* ba» Kh;uracterwi«:«i their colt* iocft £a relation to trtvK interior railway. »rr<> jfc woold be meat tumoymg If tiicy ahoold

rat ajtain that which they neck. The Comnut.j/'- a.ifc the Government to effect a survey r>iinhp .ronntry between Livinsr-ttone and Nascby. with "the object of continuing the Lvtmrcone tine as aoon as possible into thr intTor as far as N.*vlby, .ml to at r>ri'-e arrest the construction of _ t!i- last tivr wi!, .i r,f th«- l»«w into Living-tone, in onbr that it may be ascertained whether or u.»t it ha* U-*;r. laid off in /«ch a :;i..i.ncr ?..■» t. admit of its continuation to Xasebv. A.« tin; awt of the snnrev would i»: im-tr-atr-rial compare*! with tin- importance of i». r.tting for ever the fca.*>;i>itity and destraobnt'** of acquiescing in t!tc request of tU«'< v .t:ir.iitt> >; t'f.r a lin*; :i»t<» it.-: ir.t-nor from fhnacu, think that It -

merit >:»'M tii.' point without making i a:;y u.n-'a! Mcrt(t»'»; ••ith " m««wy or j-r: pb* Th.- Government L-.v« j £•► . r. tin-, fr.tn r.-wtiiwanl, iu tlif Auckland !*r.>vinciat I»i.-tri..-:. througn country that isatnwat as bad as it i» possible to titid in the Colony, ar.d where a railway would have to d-:|.«:rid mainly ppott timber and gum for freight. We impute no motives of self-interest to the Government. We only ask them to if> the same for us, and if it is found that the country through which tit.: suggested rait way would have to pass is anything like as Kid as that in the vicinity of the projected Helens vitlc rait way. we will for ever hold oar [*act-. Wt do not wi.tti to •tietatf to the Government. We only ask; th»-nv to ascertain whether or not the interior Imtr anpgestetl by tile Committee would be tikety to f>ri>v»' a.4 valuable to thi* ]>art of the I otnny as the Committee repreaeiits. ithont the data at hand for which the Coinmittcc Mia, it is »|tiite possible that lines may h»r surveyed and even constmcted that will not pay a tithe as well as the Oamani-Naseby tine wottM—tFiat would not, indeed, pay working expenses. At all eveuts, the least the Government can do is to sec that Hie line to Livingstone is hcinsi so constructed ; that it would be quite poaaiblc for their successors to continue it to Naaeby, should they iin their wisdom desire to do so. c know ; that we have as a district forfeited the good ■ will of the party in power by returning men :to Parliament who do not see as they do. flat pttrc arwt undeSled Governments do not allow 3tn-h considerations to warp their decisions in matters of pnblic importance. There is yet one word more to say : If it is rwsolvett 60 have the survey made, it nho«M !»» done by men whose repoit j would not only be above suspicion, bat ■ whoa** I ti»tt. JStnev writing the above tb« corrected tefcu'rattii has come to hand. It reads as I follow*" Minister holds ont no hope, !»£ course, being guided by Blair. Am con- ' suiting Hi?top and Shriniski if further ; action l><? possible-.—C. PP. I.As*rot*i:.'' It Iwi'tl fie remembered that Mr. Blair made a I*• Byins " survey of the country through whir Ft it is proposed to take the railway. He stood life*- the Lawgiver of old on the top of a hill, viewed the country _from_afar. and gave a report from a Dunedin point of highly imaginative. At the time that Mr." Blair made hi* perilous survey, Mr. Oliver was a common citizen of Dtinedin. Ife will, therefore, be able to form a proper estimate of the value of that gentleman's report, and make good use of it in the interest of the public, now that he is the Hon. the Minister for Public Works.

Owing to an alteration having been made niwter the new mail service, via Suez, in the date of the departure of the mail steamer, the outward mail wilt etosc one day earlier at all post offices. The mail will close at Oamarn 00 Thursday nest, and those intoadrnir to forward correspondence by it should boar this in mind.

We have rectnve.l the fo!tow*ing noti'ieattPti from the hcaul of the Tetegrapii departm«:it here - : "On an*l aftrr the Oaroartt station will tie open to the t'rocu 9 a.m. tilt mi'Enii'ht on Momtaya. Tugs»l»ys. VVcilncstlajv. Thursdays, ami Fridays, uiut from 9 a.m. to JO ]'. m. m Satariiays. The atMittonal hours granted to the public some time ago. at the of Mr. Sumpter and the Chamber of Commerce, cannot have entailed loss upon the Department, or it surely would not havedecided upon voluntarily extending the office hours still further. It tuav J" 1 , however, that the new arrant*!' menfe v.rl! not entail additional expense t»w>n the .Department : that it will the hours for rest and reereattMU of the operators. If srcteh is the case. of count*, tin; pnbtic have nothing to «ay: and as t» tin: ogisratora —poor Iwggara—they dare not open their months. Provided, however, that the ftoverwnent are treating their servants fairly, the alteration is one that should fee weti;«ni''.

i An awi'lent, attested with serimt.-t rcUwtts., exwwrrwl yesU-ntay afternoon to Mr. ! Malcotn .Ifell. who is will-known aajnedriver of Messrs. Humphrey ami Hanie's : bread cart. While driving -town Utwcstreet. in his oreiinary occupation, the hack'band of the harness broke. The horse became greatly frightened and restive, and hotted. Ik!! strtefc to him as lon,' as he t-ontfi. but was thrown off. and in tailing broke- three of his short riK-t and bruised his left. stele. The wheel appears to have ove;r his left foot, as tlip heel est his boot neartv torn from the Bpr*T. anel bis spr'ittf E. Hp xtm earrieel tiito Mr. tfobrrt* house*. v-Ftrrtr he- wjw attended by |)r:4. »Jartanef arid de Lautnnr, and * sis afterwards carried on a stretcher i»» nis ov:. ; hotww. We are sorry to hear that he fct isttfferinff intense pain ; bat it is hoped that I rare-fit! attention will bring about his speedy and perfect recovery and return to bttstness. Wk shoctt-l have said that both shaft* of the u-art were-broken. bat the horse toiinnately escaped without injnry. A footisb paragraph appeared in the Temttka Leader to the effect that Mr. John Mactean dangerottsty ill, that his briber haei etieet stttttlenty. and that he " is likely to ii-o off in the same"way." It was suikiefjnently ! rumored that lie had died, the rumor having, w presume. been built np«:i the superIsr.ntctttre rawed by the evidently not very ! veraciotts or considerate newspaper in «|ites- ' ci'irt. We are irt.-iel tt> be able t«_say that the inquiry «f a personal friend residing in this {own iwvst elicited a reply that afiows that Mr. John Maclean is not only altve. but that tfiere hopes of Itis ihe reply vras £>y tefesrarn, the snfomntion in whieh bfins'to the effect that Mr. Mat-lean is about the same M ttsn.il, and that tiiere r.re hopes !»f his uttimate twnMty. Mr. Maclean's : many friends wril ptad to hear this news. Th*r annual installation r»t" the H.W.M. nntt 'nffiwers of the Lodge Oantant 5.r... to«k place last evening, in the Masonic ItaJL Bco. Kairtv. r.M./otiu-iated as Tnst:vi!ing _Mast"er. and the f"!!owing brettiwn in their respective offices K W.M.. I'o. Wm. Ike: W.i'.M., Hro. Iv Rowland; W.D.M., Bro. L. Morton: W>.W. Brw. MTorkindalc: S.W., Bro. T. Kennedy : J.W.. r.ro.Oledfiill; Treasurer, Uro. Esther: Secretary, Bro. J. Walls S.r>.. Bro. Yorke; J.D., Bro. Rnnting; 1.G.. i; ct >. W. Ferguson: Tyler. Bro. J. Catderweod. After the Lodge had been 'slewed, the brethren adjourned to the Star and Carter Hotel, where, in company with si-v. rat visiting brethren from Wainiate. they p:trtook of a anbatantial rej>ast. Th-; usual toasts, interspersed with jonte capital s;>ngs, were- dwty ht>nor*:el. and altogetlier a very ienjovabte evening waa spent, the proceedings he'ing broncht to » »:tose by all present singinil " Attld I>antc Syne." Breaking ttp for the Itoiidays. with all its pleasant accompaniments. wiU i;e>i::uience tomocrow at the North Sehucd. Mr. T.iu.lsav, the esteemeel stifi.rintc!i iont of that institution, lias, of w»«rae, jmt cverj'thing into " app{e"|)ic order *" for the *>«:easion. Arottnd the WB win Iw ftwd a tttit.;K r »i the f dr»%;»{ ttu- .-.hifdr. n. v.-ltfe?». v.- :;>re|f-r-I stanel, are wetubTftt'dy v:«" r '«l tV>" ptt[jtl-t wh'. I have endy .jest et>nxraen»'t.-d to K-aru the ntdi- - merits of tii-' art >'■' nsinit the : an.i tlie ■ehildren will »in2 the f..U.>wing ! *" Hearts of V\ here is the l_ii:d." Lessi>~. ••<,{;«» t<» Mentl, Wateh eo'er the Bhtt:.-." "The Minute I litij." "Homer. Home." "Slaves to the World," "The Watehntan." " I'hitne- Again," and Save the tja-cn." It wifl l«r interesting to observe what amount of siteeoss Ivas attetitled the eH'orts of Mr. Lindsay to import inaitrtietion in the two branches of education the teaching at which has liecn aeld.'tl to the ordinary diitiu* o: sehool* ci:uters. In this reajvet we have .drifted ha«;'c -Jl) years or so. But, no matter; We have no doubt that the results will jnstify the means in the ease of the North School, a* any rate : although, as we have already ~ r >*jrselv»s. tile. tea*. 'T \ •*it the the teaching ot drawing, is faulty. Mr. Lindsay has re<[neat«al ,m to invite, in his behalf, the parents and frienda of the children nntier his cuv, and any others who take on

intcrcst in education and watching year by vear the progress of school children. Apart from everything elf., the of witnessing th'.- happy faced of lit.: children in anticipation of a few w0..!; rest from their labours will more thav • oniitcnsate for the trouble of vi.-iititij; tin- Nm'li School to-mor-row. at 11 a.m. Ther. •.. .■'l be ;:o charge for admi-iion —a vrry •». i ,iM:it consideration in Mich times as To-morrow evening - ,l 'K. D'Orsay Ogd.n'.s Opera < 'ompatiy will appear at the Volunteer Hall in the rpera, "The Doctor of Alcantara." a new work that, as performed l»y tit-: O'ji'h ii Company, has drawn f.,rtit mo-t favorable criticisms from the i:i:W.-<paji».-rs of Ci;ri-t>:hi:rcii. The whole c r tin- ." •■nuiy and effects that have been use- 1 in its production ill Christehurch will b. i.rua_u- into requisition here, and will, wir.ini .r.-rtar.d, -.Tcatly conduce to the eflfectivei;. -.-; of the~reprc.-:entation. Wo have rot vet heard and witnessed any of the performances of the Ogden Company, bnt, fro:.: the nature of the criticisms which have apj eared. we should think that it is a good ■ 1]..-. On .Saturday night the company will appear in "The Sorcerer." Seats may he reserved on application to Messrs. Ronayne and Cottri.ll. The compiler of the Oamarn portion of the information contained in the North Otago Almanac has sought to bring alxmt a reconciliation between' two of the religious sects existing in this town in a manner peculiarly his own. He has announced the Rev. Mr. Itarley as Mr. Gilford's curate. We do not know whether an action would lie or not; we only know that the informant has not told the truth, from whatever cause. The Sydney Town ami Country, in commenting ujKjn the ability of the newly appointed Agent-General of New South Wales, says "It would be a mistake if we were to expect him to rival Sir Julius Vogel on the platform and in the Press, for his talents lie in a different direction. It is not often that a Colony produces a Vogel, and we arc quite satisfied at present to have a Stuart to whose care our interests in Great Britain are to be entrusted."

Thefollowingbusincssof particular interest to this district wass transacted at the meeting of the Waste Lands Hoard yesterday : —The Hon. M. Holmes applied to purchase portion of road-line in block IV.. Oamartt district, and the Kakanui Road Isoard consenting, the application wasgaantcd. Mr. W. H. S. Roberts was granted leave to purchase the road-line situatc<l in block V., Otcpopo district. Messrs. Street and Morris, on behalf of the Oamarn Stone Company, applied for a lease over jH>rtion3 of section 4S, block 111.. Oamarn district, and offered to give an advance rent to that now paid. The Board refused the application, 011 the ground that the granting of it would encourage a monopolv. and would be unfair to the present leaseholders, who expected a renewal. The I'ahnerston Koad Board wrote, calling attention to the fact that the conditions of Mr. Kliott's coal lease 011 section 57, block 111., Moeraki, were not being complied with. So Mi .j discussion ensued on the matter, Mr. lleevcs urging that Mr. Elliott should bo required to comply with the conditions of his lease or forfeit it, as other people in the district would be willing to take it up and supply the residents with coal at a cheaper rate, possibly, than now obtained. Kventuaitv it was agreed to inform Mr. Kliott that he* must at once proceed to carry out the conditions of his lease.

Wolverhampton, England, is a great centre for ho'seshocs, yet the olverhampton Tramway Company, and certain of the the London and Liveqjool tramway cornpanics, use American shoes, saying they are cheaper and better. The first-mentioned company have entered into a 12 months' contract with a New York gentleman for supplies of shoes.

The works now in course of execution in Pari;, in the l'avillion of Flora and in the wing of the Tuilerics bordering 011 the Seine, have brought to light a number of secret stairways and passages, the existence of which was unknown even to the keepers, the cellars form a perfect labyrinth. The old Louvre, built under Francis, I. ishoneycombed with secret passages and staircases, ami it was in these places that the most of the artistic riches of the museum were hidden in Is7o, when the Prussians were advancing on Paris.