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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 December 1880, Page 2

In onr yesterday's report of the R..M. Court wt omitted to state that Captain Short, of tluG brigantine Oamaru, was fined L 5 for entering the port -with powder on board his vessel, without flying the red flag as is usnal under such circumstances. This should prove a warning to captains not to commit breaches of the harbor regulations. The Oamaru Jockey Club, in order to offer facilities for training on the racecourse, has had a ploughed gallop prepared for the use of all recognised trainers of horses. The adoption of this course will probably lead to the establishment in Oamaru of a number of training stables in this district, for several trainers have already expressed a willingness to make this their headquarters, as being centrally situated between Dunedin and Christchurch. The Club is deserving of j j credit for the energy it has displayed, and we hope its efforts will prove successful. The commissions of Captain Headland, Lieutenant Clark, and Sub-Lieutenant Bennett of No. 1 Company have been gazetted. Mr. C, N*. Piper has been appointed registrar of births, deaths, and marriages at Hampden. The meeting of the Mechanics' Institute Committee called for last evening lapsed owing to there not being sufficient members present to form a quorum.

The members of the Excelsior Cricket Club will play a scratch match on the old cricket ground to-morrow afternoon. Commencing at 2.30. Last evening the following members of the Committee of the Horticultural Society met to make arrangements in connection with the approaching show : —Messrs. Lemon (in the chair), Forsyth, Dawson, Fox, Ansted, Glen, Jones, and Hey wood (Hon. Sec.) The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Letters were received from Messrs. Lewis, Harvey, Macpherson, Dowling, and Bicknell, in which those gentlemen consented to act as judges. The Chairman announced that satisfactory arrangements ha i been made regarding the hall. It was resolved that Mr. Earle's offer for the supply of mnsic be accepted, and several other matters affecting the show received attention. It was resolved that intending competitors be notified that they will be required to give notice to the Secretary, at leait two days prior to the show, of their intention to exhibit and the number and nature of their exhibits, in order that staging room may be provided for the same, The proceedings closed with the nsnal vote of Jhanks to the chair. *

It is probable *h-\t an ac , ?li i ;nral attraction will be presents'i the Oarr.aVu Jockey Club's race-mceriiv on Thursday and Friday next. Xegotia r i.''»jh are penJing with the Rifles' Band for i ta attendance on both days, and, as the Baud has made a reasonable offer, it is probable that the meeting will be enlivened wkh some good music. At the K.M. Court to-day, Christopher Robert Curtis, charged with deserting from H.M.S. Wolverine, at Auckland, was remanded to Dunedin. Edward Bishop, for failing to contribute to the support of his wife, was remanded to Icvercargill. Rachael Burke, charged with being of nnsound mind, was remanded for medical examination.

A Papakaio correspondent writes :—The long-looked-for rain has come at last. The genial showers which have fallen during the week have relieved the minds of the farmers regarding the future prospects of the crops, which are now showing a luxuriant color. Pastures, too, have revived; in fact, all sortsjof vegetation have undergone a thorough change for the better, whilst water for stock will now be abundant for some time to come. Shearing is now in full swing, and the extra clip will be a great acquisition to the pockets of the farmers. A start has been made to form a Farmers' Club here, which, if carried out, will be a great benefit to all concerned. A great many of the working class are under the impression that it is the intention of the Club to reduce laborers' wages, but such is not the case. As the Chairman (Mr. Borrie) explained at the meeting, what is wanted ia to bring wages to a level, which Would be more satisfactory to the employer and employed. A thunder storm passed over here this afternoon, when some pretty heavy hail fell, but it was only of short duration, and the damage will be trifling. Ploughing, which was retarded by the late -di y weather, is now proceeding satisfactorily. Mr. K. F. Gray, auctioneor, Temuka, finding increased accommodation needful in order to keep pace with his growing business, has purchased the large building, with ground attached, formerly used by Mr. C. Oldfield as a horse repository, and has at considerable cost made the building quo of the most commodious auction rooms in the Colony. At the back of the building is erected large and spacious yards, thus enabling him to exhibit all kinds of stock placed in his hands for sale to the best advantage.—Timaru Herald.

The Fpenph police authorities h ave forbidden the sale of imported hams known in the trade as " Cincinnati." The yellow material in which they are sewn is colored with a chromate of lead. It is also said that they frequently contain trichina. It has been found, too, that the golden hue, so appreciated by amateurs, of " bloaters," is often imparted to them artificially by purveyors of this delicacy. Analysis has revealed here agaiji the presence of one of the most poisonous chromdtes. The Melbourne Argus says :—We understand that it is the intention of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company to adopt during the ensuing grain season the system here which has proved so satisfaptory to their constituents in New Zealand, viz., to open up the London market, and give the option to every one of their clients, large or small, of selliiig their produce either here or in London, for whichever market a preference may be shown.

The following proclamation has lately been issued by the Chinese Government, and should be of interest to traders with that country : —" In the last moon of this year, a great misfortune befell the Celestial Empire. An Englishman, without receiving permission from the Sop of Heaven to trade upon his sacred soil, nevertheless dared to pass into the presence of Yunnan, and, instigating a quarrel, was killed by the inhabitan s, who did not know him. So, in consequence of this, the subjects of the Son of Heaven had to pay to the wjfe of thig Englishman an enormous amount of silver. "\Yishipg £q spare our beloved subjects from any similar misfortune in the future, we order in our wisdom that each of our subjects shall devoutly keep watch to. prevent any other single foreign trader from penetrating into our empire without our permission. We order this to be read before all our subjects every day, morning and evening." 1 he following is from the last issue of the Mount Ida Chronicle :i It is asserted in town to-day, on what is considered good authority, that All Lee had killed a sheep at Macnamara's within a fortnight of the murder, and that it was then observed that his trousers had been stained with blood. If such had been the case, evidence of this nature should have been volunteered when inquiries were being made, and it is a matter of regret that it should have been withheld, and better far at the present time had it never been made public. A iftosfc remarkable impostor has been going the rounds of provincial towns lately, in the person of a lady doctor known hf; Madame Enault. She first appeared in Birkenhead, and has since visited Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield. She drives a carriage blazing with mirrors and gilding, and is accompanied by an execrable band dressed as brigands. Her own appearance is very-like that of the danseuse of a penny shp'vy-, and Jjer upper dress is fantastically cut from velvet,' and croasec} anc| striped with gold lace, and for the rest she sometimes dons p, skirt, but oftener the bifurcated garment. She pulls teeth gratis, and professes to cure all diseases by means of a famous salve and liniment. She removes wens with her fingers, and boldly challenges investigation of her operations. Her harangues, delivered in French, are badly translated bv an Irish interpreter. She also sel|s her nostrums at 2s each to tlje crowd, The remarkable thing i§ tliat the people crowd around her, and buy at a rate which hfis been calculated to yield at least L 126 during every hour in which she sells. In Glasgow, where .shp at ppesept, she has fairly turned the heads of the people, and at least 20,000 attended her performance in one day, and in their enthusiasm they unharnessed her horses, and dragged her in triumph. They also in their blind enthusiasm threw down a poor fellow, who was sacrificed at the shrine of the popular idol, by being run ovpr and seriously injured. On reference to our advertising columns will be seen the Abridged Prospectus of the Caswell Sound Marble, Portland Cement, and Mining Company (Limited), the share list of which close on the 15th inst."— [Advt.]