The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1887.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 471, 1 November 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1887.

We regret that through press of matter we have been necessitated to hold over a pretty full report of Mr. Larnach's speech on the no-coufidence motion, received by telegraph, until to-morrow.

The total proceeds of the late classical concert given for the benefit of the funds of' the Hospital, were L3B 125., which, after defraying expenses (Ll4 95.) will leave a clear balance of L' 24 35., which has been handed to that institution.

The following are the sides picked to play in the cricket match, Last Year's Eleven and eighteen other members of the Club, next Saturday :—Last Year's Eleven —Boo;h, lie Lautour, F. Fenwick, G. Millington, J. Millington, Macdonald, Maude, iNicolls, Ric j , Sumpter, and Tempest. Eighteen o;her members of the Club—Atherton, Borton, Bennett, Balmer, Church, Davidson, Edwards, G. Fenwick, 1-iileul, Holds worth, Hiikey, Honour, Kerr Lowe, M'Jennet, Tho nton, Walls, and Waters. If the weather should prove favourable, some good p;ay may be anticipated.

We are informed that the brewers and malsters offer a prize of L 4 4s. to be competed for by barley-growers at the forthcoming Northern Ag.icultural and Pastoral Association's Show.

The Hampden Volunteers turned out in strong force last evening under 'he command of Ci.ptain Murcott. Adjutant M'Kenzie and fetaff Inst: uctor Macpherson were present. After ilie inspection, tiie men we e supp ied with blank ammunition, feu dejoie firing b-iing indulged in. 'lhe Bard of the Men's Christian Association assembled last night at the office of Mr. Mi- ams. Bye-laws were dop ed, and the following officers were appointed : Piesident, Mr C. G. Moore; Vice-Presi-dent, i.'ev. J. Armitage; Hon. Secretary, Mr, James iteid; Treasurer, Mr. W. J. Gow.

An entertainment in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Fund was held in lie Otepopo Ath.-naeiim Hall on Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Good Templars. The conceit was very thinly attended ; a much larger attendance woi 11 have result d Isa.l the aff.ur bem succeed-d <y a dance, which the lilies of the Onler preclu ;e, but which is more e< joyed by the country lads and lasses than the best reading< and music, and which acts as an additional attraction iu the ease of mo t people in country districts. Several or the songs and reaoL'gs .-eomed to please the ineag.e audience; buc oi the whole, the at lair was a failure. '1 wo of the pro-1 ised suppo.ters faded to put in an appearance The entertainment was br uglit to an end by the ecr..-tary reading wh it appeared to be an oiigiuai epilogue on tne famine.

The usual monthly meeting of the Mechanics' institute whi take place at 8 o clock tins evening.

At the usual monthly meeting of the Waiareka lioad Board held at the Road Board offices yesterday the following members were present —Messrs. J. lii-id (in the chair), Major Evans, J. T. Evans, It. Meek, C. Todd, J. Jackson, and Oliver (Engineer ) In reference to the letter from Mr. Oliver with regard to closing of the road 1 ne tnrough t "orriedale, it was resolved —That in consequence of the road-line named having been c oseil, and given in exchange for other land to Dr. Webster and Mr. Menlove, and payment for difference of acreage having been made some years ago, the Board <-anuot take any steps in the matter other than to complete the transaction. It was decided to cad for tenders for the improvement of roads through the Corriedale estate, the same to be considered at the next meeting. The clerk was instructed to apply to have the roads to the Awamoka Coal 1 it gazetted as the main district roads. In response to a letter from Messrs. Connell and Clowes, the Engineer was instructed to supply an estimate of the cost of forming the road-line to the south of sections 40 to 43, block VIII, Awamoko, so as to connect it with the road to thu Coal Pit. It was resolved that Mr. Oakden be elected in the place of Mr. Millar (resigned) to represnt Tapui sub-division in the Board. The Committee appointed to report upon the road through the Whits tone estate stated that they could not i ecommend the re-opening of the road-line through the Whitstone paddocks. It was decided that the question of repairing the Airedale Road be po-tponed. Iu reply to a petition rerequesing the Board's co-operation to form a road to connect the we-t and south city districts, in order to obviate the necessity of passing from one dist ict to the other though the streets of Oamaru, it, was on the motion of Mr. J. T. Evans, as follows:—" That the Clerk acknowledge the receipt of the petition, and point out that the road-lines proposed to be formed do

not appear to be of anv advantage, to the Waiareka district; yet the Board is willing that the Council sh"uld have the roads referred to, and would give every facility for their acquirement, pro* ided that they be formed, taken over, and maintained by the Oamaru Municipal Council." In reference to the report from the Inspector of Works, it whs ie-o!ved—" (1.) That the Engineer repo;t on the rtate of the bridge oti the main district road, near Mr. Todd's. (2.) That the Engineer repair the road near the farm of Mr. Harbridge. (3 ) That Messrs. Malcolm, T. Rainforth, W. Meek, and Cruickshanks be informed that mile s they uproot the gorse which has spread from their hedges on to the r< ad-line within a week, proceedings will lie taken to compel 'hem to do so " 'I he fol owing resolution was passed:—"That notice bd given of the intention of the Bo ird, at next meeting, to le.y a general rate of Is. in the 1.1 on all raiea! le properties in the district." .Ace.'Unt- to the amount of L9O 9s. 6d. weie passed for payment.

The nrcesr-ary funds for the purchase of a new nrga-'i for S. Matthews' Epi cupalian Chu:eh. Dunedin, have been subscribed, and it is hoped that within a few months a rea ly good instrument will take the p ace of the old rattle-trap that now, in the tliroes of dissoluton, grunts and groa is out the "Jubilate" ai.d '* M.ign Scat" so as to render dismal what should be joyous, and burlesque the whole service.

The Auckland Star, the editor of which has had a thorough acquaintance with Mr. James Mackay and his dohigs for many years, writes as follows:—We are disposed to think that if a man of le?s standing, with fewer influential fiiends —sonn labourer, say —had assaulted a member of Parliament for a matter connected with the business of the House, his sentence would have been something heivier than seven days' imprisonment without h:>rd labour, and no largely-signed petition would have been forthcoming to get him out. The St. T.ouis Central Law Journal of the 24 h August last, has the following : —" Mr. William Downie Stewart, a barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, travelled through the I nited States (we believe) in the year 1875, and on his return home delivered a lecture to a society of law student-, in which ne instituted many instructive comparisons between the laws of America, England, Scotl mil, and his own country. Considering the fact that this gentleman lives literally on the other side of the world from us. and that his observations of our laws and institutions were neeesssrily hasty, his paper exhibits extemely few inaccuracies of statement. How the perusal of such a paper dissipated the dreams of' our boyhood ! JHow vividly it calls to our minds the fact that in a country the nvsfc remote from us in the srlobe —the Terra Australia Ine.ognita—which, in our youth we were accustomed to associate only with the idea of tattooed savages, a gre.it empire is in progress of growth ; for there, in the most fertile of soils, the grea'est of men have planted the greatest of languages and the greatest of laws. The gentleman named has kindly given us permission to republish his address in this journal, and we print a portion of it this week."