Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1891.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4999, 9 June 1891, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1891.

Constable Michael Joyce is gazetted clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court, Hampdpn, and Mr Bateman Thomas Missen clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wainiate and clerk of the licensing districts of Pareora, Makikihi, Deep Creek, Hakateramea, and Waimate borough. Mr W. A. Scaife is gazetted chief registrar of brands for Dunedin, Oamaru, Dunstan, Tapanui, and Southland branding districts ; and Alfred Douglas is gazetted to a similar appointment for South Canterbury. A money order and savings bank office will be opened at Dunback from the Bth proximo. The Detroit Free Press says : —"A native New Zealander was induced to wear a shirt, a paper collar, shoes and a hat, and he almost concluded to eat with a knife and embrace Christianity. Then they asked him to wear suspenders and he went out and hanged himself. It was pushing civilisation too fast - " It is a curious coincidence that at the time the above experiment was being conducted, Brother Johnathan had just induced the Red Indian chief to adopt the habit of excessive expectoration, to pick his teeth with a knife, sit with his feet on the mantelpiece, drink bad liquor, swear like a trooper, and deliver himself with an abortive nasal twang. The latter item frightened him so much that he let out for the wilds of civilisation again, and left the barbarous Yankee to reclaim himself.

The Woodville Examiner is prepared to brand the Hon, Richard John Seddon as a political coward and knave if he does not, as Minister of Public Works, bring in a Bill to repeal the appointment of the Railway Commissioners. The Little Peddlington Gazette again. "We call upon the Czar to renounce his policy of coercion, and we shall insist upon his obedience to this mandate. Our respected fellow-citizens must not be denied, and representing the voice of Little Peddlington, we are prepared to stigmatise even the Czar of all the Russias as a political and social tyrant, and hold him up to the scorn of Little Peddlington." The Manawatu Times says, "Several years ago Mr R. C. Bruce suggested in the House that people should be allowed to travel free on the railways. Of course, as Mr Bruce had suggested this, the Ballance faction could see no merit in the proposal, but since then the same idea has been put forward in America, and, wonderful to relate, a Ballanee print approves of it." Therefore, the " Ballance faction" has proved itself to be grievously inconsistent, and Mr Ballance must take a back seat, and the present Ministry is forever discredited, and the Manawatu Times is for all time exalted upon a pillar of reason, and the bones of Locke clatter an approving rattle from the grave of its marvellous and incontrovertible logic. We have to acknowledge the receipt of Messrs Nimmo and Blair's catalogue of farm and garden seeds and garden requisites for the present season. The weekly meeting of the Wesley Church Club was held last evening, when there was again a very large attendance of members ; in fact, the attendance each evening is very .encouraging, going to prove that the interest is being sustained, and with the excellent programme still to go on with, no doubt it will continue to do so. A pleasing feature of these evenings is the ladies stitching away busily during discussion. After the election of new menibers (of whom there were several) the meeting settled down to hear papers on the " Life of St John." These were given by Messrs Foweraker and Jones and Misses Tempero and Anderson. Great praise is due to these members for the able manner in which they acquitted themselves. Criticism by the other members and the President (Rev. Mr Luxford) followed. The pronouncing of the Benediction brought a very enjoyable and profitable evening to a close. The Dunedin Star, in an article, in which Messrs M'Kenzie and Seddon were treated to the usual amount of unreasonable Tory criticism, says, "The rural classes, if in their right mind, will never support a party one of whose leading principles is Protection. The object of Ministers may be clearly seen through. They naturally desire to gain strength where they are weak—namely, in the agricultural districts; and we may expect to iind in their taxation measures ' sops to Cerberus' in the way of special exemptions." Where, then, are the rural classes to look for a party worthy of support ? To the Atkinson party ? To them they are indebted for the present Protection policy. Moreover, the Star supported the Atkinson party who gave us the meed of Protection for which it professes to have such an abhorrence. Where; is the Stir's sincerity, and what is th® value of the comments aad opinions of euch a paper ?

To tell the truth, the Protective policy was one of the things that the Atkinson Government conceded against its own professed criticisms, in order to retain office. In doing this, on the Star's own showing, they did the colony a great injury. Our correspondent writes : —At the meeting of the newly elected Licensing Committee for the Moeraki district, Mr Mathew Morion, of Kakanui was elected Chairman, and oil the sth instant the annual meeting of the Committee took place at the Athenieum Hall, Herbert. A full bench was present, together with some interested listeners. Applications for the renewal of publicans' licenses were read from James de Clifford, Maheno Hotel; Robert J. Hinkley, Royal Hotel, Herbert; John Mansfield, Railway Hotel, Waianakarua. Mr Newton, solicitor, of Oamaru, appeared for the applicants, and asked that the licenses be granted, as there was 110 objection to the same. After some considerable argument between the bench and counsel, the applications were adjourned to the 15th instant to allow the Bench time to inquire into the necessity for the licensed houses in the district, and as to how they are conducted. The action of the Bench in this respect has created consternation in the breasts of the applicants, as it forebodes that an evil day lias come upon them, and it is now expected that a lively meeting will take place on the 15th. Considerable evidence from outside persons will be taken regarding whether the licenses should be renewed or not, and it is very doubtful indeed if they will be. As such a change of feeling has so recently taken place in the minds of l atepayers, I think it would be a wise step for the Committee to adopt to allow those unfortunate vendors in the trade some little time in which to dispose of their stocks-in-trade. This might be done with all good grace by the Committee, as in other districts, and it would perhaps not inflict such hardship on those connected with the trade here, and be a means of strangling out illicit sale, which no doubt would be resorted to should the Committee determine to close the hotels at the end of June. The following gentlemen have been nominated candidates for seats on the Licensing Committee for Oamaru: —Moderates: Messrs J. L. Allan, J. H. Barr, T. Kenndy, and T. Meek, and Captain F. Turpie; Prohibitionists : Messrs B. Billing, 1). Dunn, T. Hilliker, and J. Oliver, and Major G. T. Evans. The poll for the election of five will be taken on the 16th instant. The following letter, received by Messrs Reid and Gray, as a result of the recent trial of digging ploughs at Wakakahi, has been forwarded to us with a request that we would give it publicity : " Waikakahi Estate, 6th June, IS9I. Messrs Reid and Gray, Oamaru. Dear Sirs, —In regard to the digging plough trial which took place here on Thursday last, I was well satisfied with the work done by your plough. In free deep soil it quite pulverised the furrows making the land appear as if it had been harrowed ; it also acted well in the tough couch grass and tussock, both of which it buried completely out of sight, leaving the furrows thoroughly broken up into a fine tilth. There was no doubt in the mind of the majority of the farmers present that it did superior work to the Howard digging plough.—Yours etc., (Signed) Geo. M'Lean, Manager." The Rev. L. M. Isitt, the popular leader of the Sydenham Prohibition League, will visit Oamaru for one night only, on Friday next, and will lecture in the Public Hall, as announced elsewhere. Referring to the Hon. Mr Shrimski's remarks complaining that the magistrate never invited J.P. J s to sit with him, Mr C. 15. Rawson, R.M. at Invercargill says : It is not necessary that the Justices should wait for an invitation, as they have a right to sit with the Magistrate whenever they desire to do so. As far as I am personally concerned I shall be glad of the companionship and assistance upon the bench of any of the Justices of the Peace whenever they fiud it convenient to sit with me. —'