The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 588, 21 March 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1878.

It is amn.-ing to watch the manner in •which thr e out "f every four of the small Scho- 1 C niniittets in the southern portions of Ut;igo studiously avoid including th • names of eirh r of the Xorth Otauo candidates in the list- of those tor wh ni they ▼ote tor seats in the new Kdneation Board ; or rather it would be amusing to note the ca>e shown by the?e Committees to leave this portion of*the Kdneation District nnrepreser.ted. if the action <f our southern trien.la d.d not smack of the OLtemptibly •elfish. It was thought when the Duntdiu School CVmimttce uTcluded ia iU selection

candidates from almost every portion of the Kdnca ion Distri'-t, that something like a representative bna'd would lie 01-tained ; hut there stents some chance of this ant cipation overturned by the selish action of the inf uitile School Committee-' of tiny districts d«wn south. 1c would be well for the School Committees in the ii-'rtherii portions of O'a.o to bear'hii h- ■ "" : d when maki g iheir elections That the County "f "-"aitak! should be treated in such a e libitmanner by the Scho 1 < oni'iiirtees in the southern end of the Education District is sorn wh it a-t -pishing, seeing t!i it not only in e uc'tion m.-ttt-rs but in ev-ry other r.-spect it is the most impn taut portion of Ota:;.', at .in} - we outbid-? of l>u e'in. and that a- th~re a"« -nni- thirtc n Sclio -1 Committees in it. wc miy fairly ask '■> have ■< representative •■!! the Kdiieati -n Boa d. Saturday, the 23rd March inst.. will he observed as a holiday in the fust Office Department. Mads u-ually d-sp itched on that dare w U close at S o'clock tne previous evening.

There was a tol- rable attendance at the Masonic Hall list evening, when the U. S Miusrrels made their re-appe ranc -. A capital pogi amine was prcsei.ted, a d was gone thiouim in a highlv sa isfaotory iii-.imer. he most noii cable items in the tirst po-tion of the p we e undoubtedly the song- '- Kvai.geline." by Mr. Braham. ami " Sivo t Ch.ming Hells," by Mr. Campbell. '1 I::- former g-iitb-m m also sang in th - lat'er part "f th-; enre: t diini'-nt 'When I am fir away" capitally and thsame may be said of M ■-. Ame-y s rendering of •• On by the Spur of Valor G aded." Mr. Thomp-on's violin -o!> rei.-ived a welln.ented • nc»re. and Mr. Roeke.'ei ers initntion of the hells on the h.-mj . were g- eeed wiih loud aoplause. of c urse Messrs. Hudson ai.d Holly were highly amusing throughout the evening their-ong audilaiic? bud ness lieing greatly applauded. In ourop.tiioii tie be.-t item on the programme was the i[Uart> tre ''Crowned in the tempest," eapi tally rendered by .Messrs. Cam[»beil, I'r.ih. in. Uoekefell- r. and Am ry 'I h- company will apjiear this evening lor the last time in Oamaru.

A special meeting of th» Harbour Bonrd will le he'd at h oV-past 10 o'.-loek to-tnor row morning, for the transaction of geueia' bu ine--<s.

The various Banks in town will be closed on Saturiiay, the anniversary of the I'ro-

The Railway Department amiou-ice= that in order to atVoni the country people an o;>jmrtuiii'v of vUring Coop r and Bailey's ci'i-us ami mnnee'ii- spei-ial late tsains will leave Oaiiiuru ou Tuesday ne\t for Moeraki Junction, Ngapaia, .Niaerewhenu '-, an i W aitaki Nortii after tlie performance. Tiis will country visitors an opportunity of retu ning home the same evening, and pevent any unnece-s ry loss of tim-. We tee sur.- that a nnniber of our country ftiemls will (fhnily avail themselves of the chance of attending a »h"Vr, th - like of which has n,.-ver before Wen seen in thi- portion of the w.rld. We umler-taml that applications have been made to the tle.-e-rtment f r arrangem* tits to 1-e i:i--d- to-- th- running >.f a tr-dii on the >!o -r.-iki !i-:e at such a timeawd! afford the scb «l ■-hddren of TrotterCreek. Hampden, Her'.-rt. and Mahe o an opportu- ity of tittered g the and circus iluruii' the afterno «.\ and rem riling home immediately at er.-ards. As yet anting merits hav -not heeii d finitely mtvie, but we understand that either the time of departure of the ordina-y train will be put back for an hour or a speeal train will e run. The special trains to be iuii in the • veiling will leave Oam-iru as follow : or Moer.ki Junction, at ltt 30 p.m : for Waitaki No th and Ma rewheiiua, at 10.35p in.: and for at 10 40 p.m.

W.j are re};-.-<re It> iiiMtnate that thv tnedal- awarded to tli.: prizetakers at tli • last .-'now ._■[' th:- Nor hern Agricultural an.. Past.>:;'.! Association are now ready to delivery l>y Mr. I. htireh. the Secretary, at the otiiees of the Association in Tynestie t. A I.>ill'<-* i.f instruction in connection with Lodge Waitdf. X.. 1111. K.C, \vi i he he .1 at h.df-past 7 o'clock >h .rp tins evening, in the Hall. W.i sU-ek-streec.

On Saturday afternoon a erickpt rr atch will he [.laved between Town and Country |it:iy .-oiniu!"-iicitiir ar 10 30 a.m. >h i-p. Tin following are the players chosen to n.-pr< - sent the town: —Ve ms. Atherton. l;o -th, (,'rhetr, Edwards. Du Pre. l.owe, .Mae dntiald. M'J.nnett. f;.C , laylor, i t-mi* --'. ivit-rgeney men —B.lin-r, Church, il rdy We have tmt yet received the names or tin. C'-Untry players.

We ar. 1 requested by the Seeretary of tin O.unaiu Hosj.it d to acknowledge witi thanks the receipt of 1.2 as a d nation t. the funds of the institution, by Mes-ra. IJlakeJy and Company, per Mr. Jame.-I'aters.-n.

The 'lVaneraki division of X". 1 Company V- hinteers met for drill last evenim.' an turned .ut well, and i-onie very good d'iU was gone ilip-ugli tinier Stall' .Sergeant. Major Wl'her.-on. A meo - in_' w.s aff.-r wards held, when several matter- in con neetiou with the uniforms, ic , were setrle.i.

It will be seen by an advertisement that the proceeds of the lecture to be delivered by Mr. llees, M.H.1!., at the Mason c Hall on .Saturday evering, are to be devoted to the building funds of the Mechanics' lusti tute.