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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 347, 4 June 1877, Page 2

Mails for Australia, per Arawata, close at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, the sth inst.. at Bluff. A meeting of the Committee of the Benevolent Society takes place at seven o'clock this evening, at Mr. Church's ofSce. The nominations in connection with the annual elections in the "Waiareka, Waitaki, and Kakanui Road Boards take place during this week. The dates for the various nominations will be found advertised' elsewhere §

Mr. A. H. Maude will sell by auction tomorrow, at noon, the anchor and chain recently parted from the William Gifford. Classes in connection with a ladies' seminary will be opened by the Misses Maccaw, in the Oddfellows' Hall, next month. Inadvertently we, in the process of condensation, somewhat distorted the drift of the evidence elicited during the hearing of the case Alice Purnell v. W. J. Craig on Saturday. The plaintiff was not understood to have been drunk at the time of signing the receipt for the payment of wages. A Court of Revision for the Hidings of Otematahau, Otekaike, Awamoko, Papakaio, Waiareka, and Kakanui, County of Waitaki, will be held at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Oamaru, on Monday, 18th June next, at 11 o'clock a.m. It is notified elsewhere that on Wndnes. day next, the day on which the Waimate Steeplechases are to be held, single tickets will be issued on the railway between Oamaru and Waimate, while ordinary return tickets for distances over fifty miles issued to-morrow will be available ioi return up to Thursday. The Chicago Minstrels will appear at the Masonic Hall to-morrow night, when thsy will go through a varied and interesting programme. Seeing that the entertainment is su arranged as to supply amusement and recreation for everybody, the charges for admission are reasonable, and that, last, but not least, the company consists of some stifling vocalists, a full audience may be anticipated. It should not be forgotten that they will appear for one night only. Mr. Proctor, who has carried on with extraordinary success the business of hotelkeeper in this town for a period of twelve years, has just disposed of the stock-in-trade and goodwill of the Royal Hotel, with the intention of retiring from business. The fact that Mr. Proctor has made his business more than ordinarily remunerative is attributable mainly to the respectable manner in which ho has conducted a calling connected with which there are so many inducements to acquire wealth at the expense of law and order. A well-known gentleman of the turf is the new landlord. Notwithstanding the formidable opposition that has sprung into existence since Oamaru first suggested the construction of a railway to Naseby, we are gratified to observe that the Railway Committee has not been crushed out of existence, nor has their ardour been quenched. In our advertising columns will be seen announcements to the effect that "applications will be received till Friday, the Sth instant, at noon, from persons willing to construct the line," and " from competent persons willing to undertake immediately a Hying survey for determining the best route, with estimate of cost." The Mirror of England drew another large audience to the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening, when there was ihe additional attraction of the distribution of a large number of gifts amongst the audience. The chief of these was an electro-plated tea and coffee service, which fell to the lot of Mr. Tregartha. Creat amusement was caused during the distribution of the gifts at the supremely ridiculous figures cut by several of the fortunate holders of prize tickets, many of whom marched up to the front of the stage with majestic steps to receive a doll, or some other gift of a similar nature. The appearance of one prize-taker caused considerable laughter. He walked to the front with a swaggering air to receive a packet of toilet soap—a gift the appropriateness of which there could be no doubt about, though it was scarcely complete, for a comb and brush might very well have been added thereto. During the evening Mr. Kennedy thanked the audience for the very liberal amount of patronage bestowed upon him during his stay here, remarking that his takings in Oamaru had shown a better coverage than those of any other town he had visited since leaving Wellington. He expressed his surprise that in towns composed chiefly of English people, to whom the panorama should be of the greatest interest, li2 had not met with as much support as he had in mixed communities. The fact that Oamaru should stand so well in the way of patronage bestowed upon entertainments, proves pretty conclusively the flourishing state of the town, notwithstanding the cry of hard times. Mr. Kennedy proceeds to Dunedin with the panorama by the Samson, this evening.