The Evening Mail. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 543, 28 January 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1878.

~ .-1 -> . • .-= f,, r -;'■<? mi-pose A meeting o: :;....• - -"* ' r ' ; x _

of electing a School <-""'»«-'•■•"'•■■_ • ;' '/-' n | members to serva for this dist.n:: . the current year under the new Act. wi.i he j held to-night, at the Grammar -School. Cumulative voting will ho pen.miea : so that each householder, having seven votes ! trill have th, option of bestowing them all unon one candidate, «v distributing them amongst the seven. V.'c hope thai; Acre will be a large atiemdaww. >•■- need absent himself, a-sr-lthougli he may be in arrears with his rites he will not he disqualified fro;:; v-ring.

At the meting of the Oamrtrn Stone and Export Company, hold at Mr. Sumpter's c-Itiee to-day, si was resolved to call a meeting of the shareholders U> discuss tiie positi.-u «'f affairs and decide what should be .lone in relation t,. til: proposed compaiiv. Jleport.. of a most encouraging nature were received from Melbourne and Chrfct.:h«r-'.!, and it seemed to be the determination of the directors to bring the enterprise to a sn.-oes.sful issue.

The district public aen.-ou S;,d a number of private educational establi-iiimwits reassembled to-day. The scholars merely put in an appearance and wore dismissed. The resumption ai school duties will take place to-morrow. In the *»se of the public schools the accession to the imuil/e.- .of scholars is great, a tGS'-df. attributable to the new .system.

The Misses Ada Ward and Lydia Howards, Mdlle. S.-iange Navaro, ar.d Mr. Sydney, will appear in a capital entertainment at the Masonic Hall to-night. W.- have every reason to Wieyethat Miss Waul iias seldom, if ever, been assailed as an artiste in tins Colony, and \v« fcs,o>y from experience that Miss Lydia Howaf-ie and Mdlle. golange Navaro, of themselves, are eapiihlp of giving an entertaiinueut well worth listx-iofy. to,

The meeting of the rvjjool Committee which was to liave been held at Mi, Hardy's office at 11 a.m. to-day was adjourned to half-past 4 this afternoon. The business transacted is of no public interest, as it was merely to receive the report and balancesheet, winch will bo presented at to-night's meeting of householders.

At the Kesiilent Magistrate's Court this morning, John M'Leod was fined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly. His Honor Judge "Ward delivered judgment to-day in re Hilliker ex parte Secular, trustee in the estate of Thomas Hilliker. The trustee was ordered to refund the sum of L'Jrl 1-').-;. ills Honor staled that it would rc-t with the creditors as to wiiat further action was taiicn ;n the matter. Mr. O'.Meagher intimated that in; vyo-ild take the necessary steps for the benefit of the eredirois.

In his spe-.ch at Auckland Sir George Grev staU-d is was the intention of the Government to abolish the plurality of votes in repaid to County Council election?.

Squatting runs in New South Wales embrace an estimated area of 217,52-3 square miles, yielding a public revenue annually of LlGS,(>'o<>\ or a return of 15s lid per square mile, against T. 4 9s. per square mile in Victoria. Opinion generally is in favour of increasing the value of squatters.