The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 587, 20 March 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1878.

We nre pleased t ■ I <rn that the man M'Bride, who met with a" ■■■ l-leiit at Waiareka a few days ago. ~,.<i u..d -wnt am utation ••{ the arm at the shoulder, is progressing favorably. The rpie-tion of the advisabil ty of adopting th« compulsory claues of the Education Act cropped up at meeting of th-■ich-'old Committe.- last evening on a letter frni the Kduc itioli Hoard cerrain itiform.ition t.eing read. From what fell from soin.: • f the membe s, it is p-etty clear that a i"tj of the t'omniittee at any ate favor the bringing into force of t : «e clauses of the Act which would make educitiou com puNorv as we las fee. The coi-sid-ration «r the"matt-r was postponed until the next m-.-ting of the Committee, which wi 1 be he'd at 2 o'elne . on S:i unlay. j We b lieve the whole of the slmp-k ep riu Damaru, or nearly so, intend ob-ervmg Saturday next as a clo-ed ho.id.y. in < onMile ati.'.u oi it beinir t :e anniversary or th< foundation of the ■•ld I'rovinc ■ of l)::ign. The adjourned monthly meeting of th> Waitaki Cmnty Council will be held at II o'clock to-morrow nuirii'i'g The lecture announced to be delivered on Saturday ni-ht by Mr. W. J.. lies M H.I!", will be given in the Misonic Hall and not in the V» unteer Hall .s advertised A sitti g of the Vsscssmcnt Cmiit was hell at Mr. D. Booth's wool.-h-d, yesterday, by T. W. Parker, Esq., Jiul-e. for tlie |>u - : o e of hearing ami deteriiriiing ap;»-al against the asses-meir for the Kak.nui it- ad lii-trict. Several appeals had b'en lodged lit in the majority of c.s-s the appcliantil d not appear. Tl e only al orations made in the roll consisted o> correcting errors in the names of owners of several properiies a: lleidston

Fmm the statement made l>y Mr. Rice a' the nieetin." of the Schools''ommittee hit evening the South School appears to he ii anything but a satisfactory state so far aaceonimodati.n ami the strength of th teaching staff is concerned. Th-re are. i' seems, fully - 2< 0 children in attenda C•• at the school divided into s..;:i: ha f-d z-n classes, ami the whole of tln-.se are ilep ndent for instruction upon the master an i o.istn-ss. with a couple of pu il teachers, for instruction. Mr. ! ice having pcinteo out the positron in which he was placed, it was decided i>v the ('omtni tee to make thnecessary ap; lication to the Kdue.it ion Hoard tor the "appointment of a second master. With ref r.:i!ce to the want of sufficient accommodation, th- Ruildiii! Commrtec wa~ instructed to renorr. in conjunction with the masters, a-= to the additions required for the different schools, with a view to expending the sum of LI2OD voted I.y the Kducatiou Board tor the purees.- to the !>e-t aiyaiita e llit- Commit t' e are to i.riug up their report on Saturday i>ext.

It is scarcely nee s-ary to remind our readers that the U.S Minstrel*, whose perform mces last week ■■■ et with such a larg amount of success, will appeir at thMasonic Hall this evening, when a new prog-amme will be presented, containing! many attractive items. ;he company wilt appear a-am tomorr.-.v evening, and wdl afterwards omce d to Rum-din. The una-med divi-ion of the Grammar School Cad-ts had th-ir usual dill yesterday afternoon under the charge fit tbHector. Mr. I'eattie. Th-re were TO. 1 ! -vs pr sen", ami the ilriil was gone through very Well in.i ed.

The Artillery Corps, after going through the u-ual company drill last evening under Captain M-rton," had some inter—ring sword exerei-e with sin-!e-st:eks. \i hile at 10. -i; p.av -oin- smart w.-rk wa- -one t!iro;e_'h witii" the stick.-, the leemt-ers s-oin-in-! tiiorotl.hU to er.j-V th-- exercise, it the har.i knocks "-iveti at times v.vr.- not ako-li.-ther appreciated by the recipients. Tie- a'ii'iKia! competition of the North (Itauo Uiti- As ociatiou to take place this week promises to hj highly sine s-i'ul. -A large number of entries have been rec- ived for each event, comprising the u h le of the be-t shots iu the di-tiict, and if tiie weather

.-houlil prove tine, as it is to be hoped it wdl. some excellent shooting mav le looked for. Theent-i s for the th ee events are —Cham t.i.'ti bet c-mpetic on 4f> ; cabiue mach. :ji> ; cadet priz-s, 1-. 'i lie cadets wdl tie at'ia.tn on Fr.dac, and th- carbine ma en will he tak-n at u' a.m. on Saturday. 'I hl>ii! match of the me-tl g. that for the ladr-s' prize, or champion belt, will be comim need at 11 am. on Saturday. I lie competitors from Hampden and < >t-popr> will arrive l.y the morning train from the south. As Saturd- y i~ t > be observed as a public holiday, in consequence of it being the anniversary of the foundation of the Province of Otago, there should be a large number of spectators on the ground to witness one of the most interesting ritle contests that has ever been he'd m the district. We are reqii sted to statethat the Committee will meet at the Volunteer Hall to-morrow evening, at half-pa t eight o'clock, for the purpose of considering the rules drawn up by the sub-committee for the management of the competition, and to transact other business. There was a blank sheet at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. A man named Mdlburn was received into the Hospital last ni lit stilFcriu-r from severinjurie.s to the light arm. received while wo king a chaff-cutting machine at Burnbank Farm. Resides an extensive lacerated w.mnit. one of the small hones of tiie arm was fractured a little above the writ We have received a letter from a co-re-spondent signing himself •' Arboi \ ita.-,'' in reference to the Horticultural Society's hire show, but as the writer has failed to comp y with the condition which requires the real names of correspondents to be sent in with their communications, we cannot at present

mve inset tion to the letter. The work of palling down Messrs. Spence and I'.ees oM store a: the comer of lyne and Itchen .-tie-ts. ior the i urpose of widening tltat p.»ti.>-.i of the street, was commenced to-day. It is ptobaile. therefore, that before long one <.f the most dangerous portions of the public thorong ifares in the t'-wu will be rendered capabie of carrying the amount of traffic which muot of necessity pass a oiig it.