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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 323, 7 May 1877, Page 2

A list of persons objected to as not qualified to have their names placed on the Electoral Roll for the Waitaki district appears elsewherj.

The only ca3e brought before the notice of Mr. Parker, R.M., this morning was a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct against a man named Allen. The accused, who was out on bail, did not put in an appearance, and was fined iu the amount of his bail, A'2.

Thi opening match of the Oamaru Football Club was held last Saturday afternoon. There was a large number of members present, and after sides had been chosen by Messrs. E. Booth and J. Walls, play was commenced about 3 o'clock, and continued with great spirit. The game resulted in a victory for Booth's side, they securing two goals to their opponents one, the goals being respectively kicked by Ferens and Booth for for Booth's side, and Walls for his side.

A special meeting of the Municipal Council will be held this evening for the purpose of further considering, and finally passing, the bye-laws adopted at a meeting held a month ago in reference to the keeping of swine, licensed theatres, and licen-ed vehicles. The regulations drawn up some time ago under the Common Lodging-house Ordinances will also be taken into consideration. The report of the Engineer upon the various tenders for the construction of the Waterworks will be brought up and discussed by the Council, and the acceptance or rejection of the n decided.

Owing to prassure of advertisements upon our space, we are unable to publish in full the conclusion of our report of the annual meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Saturday. We are therefore compelled to briefly summarise the proceedings which took place after the adoption of the report and balance-sheet. On the motion of Mr. N. Fleming, a vote of thanks was accorded to the Ron. Treasurer for the able manner in which he had done his work during the past, and Mr. Ilonayna briefly thanked the meeting for the compliment paid him. Mr. Maclean proposed a vote of thanks to the Vice-I'residents (Messrs. Falconer and Medley), and the former gentleman, in the absence of Mr. Medley, returned thanks for both recipients of the compliment. A vote of thanks was also passed to the Committee on the motion of Mr. Jackson. The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted ai follows : —President, the Hon. R. Campbell ; VicePresidents, Messrs. P. Orr and T. Y. Duncan ; Hon. Mr. W. H. Konayne ; •Secretary, Mr. J. Church ; Committee, Messrs. A. Aikenhead, W. Craig, Thos. Henderson, A. Medley, J. Falconer, J. Mitchell, Alex. Paterson, J. Jack, J. Gemmell, W. Gillespie, H. Little, Wm. Meek, K. Dunlop, Geo. M'Donald, and J. C. Gil christ; Auditors, Messrs. G. R. Taylor and FL Aitkeu. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the Chairman, the meeting terminated. A meeting of the new Committee was afterwards held, when it was arranged that the next meeting of Committee should be held 0:1 the 19th,inst.

Wo understand that another rise has taken place in the price of flour, which is now quoted at from £ls 10s. to £l6. These advances in the price of flour are owing to the news received by telegraph of a rise in wheat of something like 25 per cent, in the Home market. As a consequence of the advance in the pries of flour, bread has risen to 9.1 for the 41b. loaf. While these advances are matters of congratulation so far as the growers of wheat ,nd thepioducer3 of flour are concerned, they are anything but satisfactory to the consumers, amongst whom there is a very_considerable amount of growl-

A -writer in the Daily Times is very severe on the cricketers of the city, and says that cricket has improved, but little since the visit of Parr's team. He says that twenty different teams could be obtained in Melbourne, anyone of which would be more than a match for Dunedin's best. Speaking of the match with the England Eleven, the writer says that a one innings defeat was only avoided on sufferance, for had Shaw bowled, he would have made much shorter work of the team. The writer attributes the poorness of cricket in Otago to the want of good bowling, and says without it there cannot be good cricket. The usual monthly meeting of the Oamaru Mutual Benefit Ruilding Society, for the receipt of subscriptions, will be held tomorrow evening at the Secretary's office, instead of the Athenoeum, in accordance/with a resolution passed at the last annual meeting.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society will le held at Albion House this evening at 8 o'clock.

That Dr. E. H. Bakewell, of Dunedin and Trinidad, is a versatile individual, few who read the Dunedin papers will deny. That he is fond of thrusting himself prominently before the public gaze has long ere this been generally conceded. It is not surprising, therefore, to find that the outbreak of war between Turkey and llussia has been seized by him with avidity as a fitting opportunity of again airing his eloquence, and displacing the greatness of his knowledge upon worldly affairs. We observe by a paragraph in the Daily Times that a lecture, under the auspices of the St. Paul's Young Men's Association, is to be given by the ever-ready M.D, on "Recollections of the Crimean War of 185-1-55, and its bearing on the present crisis." As we are assured that the doctor was a Staff-Surgeon in that memorable campaign, the Crimea, it is just possible that he may this time be able to afford some useful information. The paragraphist adds th t "some appropriate songs will be given by well-known amateurs on the same occasion,' but he fails to add whether or not they are to be given in character ; neither does he say to say to what part of the lecture they will be appropriate.