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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 622, 1 May 1878, Page 2

' 'l' ic members' for the aki di«!r : et \ir?>r . Ilisli.ji ami .-lirimski met the elee j;..r< tt the \th. ua-uni. Ote'.'opo. 'a-t loght. I A fair number "f electors were present. ' null-v of whom attended from long distances. ' r. Henderson oc-euoiod the coair. Messrs. !!•%!'. |i ainl Shiimski dc'hvred addres.-e-. at | .-onsiderable length : bur as tiny were ne-ee.-<.inly to tilt; same efie.-: as delivered ] :.t Hampden nil til'.: plcviolls OVollill _'. 'i-j.iti'iin.' "f which .".pjn'a'f-il in our last issue i and a- our members "iii addre-;-- the electors at Oamaru next Wednc.-day eveninir. ! u hen thcvv.ili doubtless enter more fully I into matter*, \vc liave deemed it unnecesI sarv to produce last night's speeches in -ur ! columns. A motion, expressive of conliI donee in ami thanks to Messrs. Hislnp and | <lirimski. proposed by Mr. Pollock, and .-ecombd l>y Mr. O. Paterson, was carrieil j unanimously. ami a vote of thanks to the ' Chairman concluded the proceedings. I A memo, from Ihe Telegraph Office inj forms that the Port Darwin line is interj rupteil north of Port Augusta. I During the month of April 32 births were I registered in the Oamaru otiice, while the number for the same month last year was .'JI. During the same period 8 deatiis were recorded as against 7 during the same month last year. There were 1:2 marriage certilicates taken out during tiie month. A of a somewhat serious nature took place in Tync-stieot this morning. Two men, named, we believe, Amoyley and Poison, the latter a foreigner, went into Mr. Henderson's office, and, being under the influence of drink, made their presence unwelcome. Mr. V.'nod, failing to per.-u.ide them to depart, called in Constable Smith, who asked the two men to go away quietly ; but his persuasive powers were I unavailing, for he was immediat- ly struck several severe blows in the face by Amoylev, while the other man held him pretty tightly. AfteraLTe.it deal of trouble the constable succeeded in getting the men out into the street, but being unable to manage them, I Mr. Wood went for assistance, and Scrgt. Peatty was soon on the spot. But in the meantime Constable Smith was pretty severely handled, and w>s forced to call upon some of the by-standers for assistance, but only one out of the large crowd present responded to the call. On the arrival of Sergeant Beatty, the man Poison made off at a run aloig Harbour-street, and was followed by the Sergeant, but the Sergeant being unable to overtake the fellow, Constable Donovan, who was passing along the street with a prisoner for Duuedin, gave chase, and succeeded in capturing the runaway. Both the men were then lo lged in the lock-up. and will be brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-morrow morning. The injuries received by Constable >mith were of so severe a nature s.s to necessitate his being attended by a medical man. The man George Mo-ire. sentenced to nine months' imprisonment tor indecency at Teanuraki. was forwarded to Dunedin gaol I to-day. under the charge of Constable Dono- I van, in- the Waitak . ' j Messrs. .1. W. Thomson, M H.P., H. ; Partings. M.11.P.., and \V. Arthur. Chief Surveyor of dago, haw? been appointed Conimi.-siotieis or t ■ purpose of c assifying rural lands iu ths Piuvmcial District. I

A blank sheet was presented at the President Magistrate's Court this morning. t The usual monthly meeting of the Com- j mittee of the Mechanics' Institute will be £ held to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. ' We would remind our readers that the ( first of the Rev. Dr. Somerville's_ evange- 1 listic services will be held in the Volunteer ( Hall at half-past seven o'clock this evening. 1 The usual weekly practiee of the Philhar- ' monic Society will take place this evening in the Mnsonic Hall, at 8 o'clock ; but ; soloists are requested to attend half an hour earl'pr. We under-Land that a survey party is hnsv surveying the branch railway line thron"h the Waimate Gorge, which is intended to develops the splendid agricultural w u-c«s n f t'>e Wa : hn district, an 1 whi-h will be constructed by private enterprise. A most successful entertainment was (riven last, evening nt Waimate in connection with the parish of St-. AuL'Ustine. The concert, which was preceded by tea. was largely attended, and the lengthy and excellent programme was gone through with great spirit, and gave the utmost satisfaction. Amongst the performers were a large, number of ladies and g»ntl"m«n from Oamaru. who rendered verv material assistance in making the entertainment the Miece=s it undoubtedly was. We have not snace at, our disposal to notice the whole of the items on the programme, and it would be invidious, where all concerned did so well, to single out any of the performers for special mention. The quarterly meeting of the Artillery Volunteers was held at the Imperial Hotel last evening a'ter the usual drill. Captain ■ Morton occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of members ; but no luisi- ; nes= of any pa"tiee]ar importance was transacted. A team was selected to take part in the forthcomin ' mat -h with the Timaru corps, for g'ni drill and shot and shell practice, consisting of Sergeant-Major Holdsworth, Se.rgeanf-s f'owie and Hickey, Cor- ' pnrals' Evans, Roulston. and Lindsay, and G tinners Brown, Filleul, and Gilmore. with dinners Jones, Ferens, and Cmikshank. r Some other matters having been disposed i of. the meeting terminated with tho cus- • ternary vote of thanks to the Chairman. A meeting of the Calcined Corkonians was ' ; hdd last evening at the Royal Hot-1, when there was a v t -rv good attendance of members. Tt was decided to change tho name [ of the eompanv to the " Oamaru Christy's." .••ml several new members were elected, ' bringing the number on the roll up to 15. * A deputation, consisting of Messrs. K. ' Booth. Mitchell, and Walls, was appointed to wait upon Mr. J. G. Fhr-h, to ascertain * whether that gentleman would again accept ' the position of conductor. Mr. Mitchell 1 was appointed Stage Manager, and M" 1 Walls Secretary and Treasurer, and the '' fallowing members were elected a ('••"Mnit- "' tee. in conjunction with the Conductor. ' Stage Manager, and Secretary : —Me-srs. <!. " Booth, E. Booth. M'Corkindale. and Smith. 2 The first meeting for practice was fixed for '" Monday evening next, at 8 o'c'oi-k, in the Masonic Hall, when a programme for the first entertainment will be arranged. 3 The usual monthly meeting of the - Kakanui Bond Board was held in the "Board - - j room, Tvne-street, this forenoon. There f j were present—Messrs. Gilchrist (in the el<-hair). Morton, M'Donald, Manning, Klder. - Thomson. ('•■ mmell. and Oliver (Engineer) i- The minntes of last meeting were read and f confirmed, and outward corre=p -ndenoe read - and a proved. Mr. Tosehen aki r waited on c i the Board with reference to opening up new <i-..;t.1s in Tin-holm". If was resolve-1 that r | the nu-iiibei-s for the Tncholme Sub-division. . j with Dr. Wcbst-r. Mr. T.-schema'-er. and • ! the Engineer inspect the ennntrv and report ■■ I -r next meeting of the Board. Mr. Black, t j .is att-.-rn- v for Mr. I'airfax Fenwick, snbI .. it'e-1 for the Board's approval a plan 0,. ~ i -;..,,tii l l:u-,;:;ru township, showing road lines d ! exchanged. !t was resoK L d tli.it the ex--I change be approved of. Mr. All-n. - ! nia-.-.iger of tho Rank of Xcw Z-valand. ... ; p.rwai-deil a copy of the. Proposed ar- [ r .,.,, ; ,., n ,.,,' a r . H,e Board's banking account. ! 8,. ii'v-l lint the agreement he approved of. ~j Mr. MT.eod. Municipal Engineer, wrote'li- ' i clesiug plan of pi-mnsed road to Corno-ation "• ,-es.rve. section' ?<l h'oek TV.. Oamaru di*- "• trict. Be-olve.l that the Board's Kngiileer '• rep.irt on this mn'ter at next meeting, and '■ I aUo th.it the Clerk enquire if the lessee is lt ! willing to agree to the p-onosed deviation ''- Mr Church. A iiditor, wrote intimat ing that ,l he had audited the Hoard's books and " balance-sheet, and certifi--d the same correct. '''j The l-'n-./in.eer reported on several portions of ; "' road in lecholme district. Tt was onb red -'• ! that tenders be called for, to be opened at y j next me-ting of the Board. The Enginee 5 i was instructed to report on the nec-ssary '. r works mi Beaeh-road from Oamaru to Kaka- '" uni. and also as to the necessity of having pi f c''ing o-i this road re-gravelled. The arrangements were made for the annual eVctirms. Accounts amounting to 1.41 12s. (id. IC were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned. 1_ The following telegram has been received from Sir George Grey bv the hon. Secretary of the Reform Assoeia+inn, Cliristchurch : 'e " In ;•(• railwa-v em ploy fa your letter to me e on this subject is dated April 17, Vou will LS find upon enquiry tint on Amil 13 an order ' e was issued providing for overtime allowjl ances b ing paid to employe* on the Middle '-j Island railways.—O. Grey." The Wellington correspondent, of the Daily ■ s Times telegraphs that Negotiations arepend- '" ing between the Government and a Clyde '" shipping firm to establish a direct monthly *■ line of steamers from England to New Zea--8 land, and a contract will probably be enr tcrcd into. f . Quite a sensational case of breach of pro- ," mise of marriage is likely to come ofi'shortlv ;, .-it Timaru. The plaintiff" is a young ladv of |. seventeen, and the damages are laid at LI.OOO. Should the case get into the Su- .' preme Court it will (says a correspondent of e the I yttelton Times) be more intcreting e and st'tvtimental than the last one heard here, for the lady is not, to use the language ' of Arfemus Ward, "homely as a stump e fence." y The Mount Ida Chronicle says : —" It is 1 now decided that Mr. De Lautour will not , immediately resign the representation of t Mount Ida. At every meeting held throughf out the district he has been requested to i" stand by his party for another year; his - political colleagues, also, have claimed his t services. Having arranged to leave the district, it became possible for hi.n to comply 2 with the general wish expressed even at the s ri-k of heing reckoned unstable and wanting -tin d"tcrmiiiation or knowledge of his own i mind." '' \ In connection with the accident at Shaw's ' i track, the 1 yttelton Times reports that, al- " I though there was a great crowd at the well's ' I | mouth, only two men would volunteer to go | down it to attempt to rescue the poor fellow O'Toole. 'I hese two men were able to 1 I speak to O'Toole at one time, who begged ' j those on the top for God's sake not to leave 1 him thee. They told him to keep his heart ''up; thev would soon relieve him. A few j minutes afrer this s aneone pulled one of the . : boards out of the side of the well, thinking [ f tn mal-e ro,.m, but this cans, d the side of the I well (which is composed of loose .shingle) to ; run, and in a few minutes the poor fellow I was covered and smothered. j

The Russian Empire comprises one twenty-seventh part of the globe. Her religion is orthodox Catholic ; it was established in 105*. She denies the spiritual supremacy or infallibility of the Pope, and prohibits the celibacy of the priesthood ; nor can they perform any spiritual functions before they are married, nor after they become widowers. The Emperor appoints them to every sacred office; he is the protector and defender of the ChurA. Her population is 85,685,946, of which 54,0°3,810 are orthodox Catholics ; the remainder are "Mahommedans, Protestants, Roman Catholics, &c. The British Kmpire is rated at one-seventh of the land surface of the globe, inhabited by 202.546.213 souls. Great Britain and Ireland contain 31.628,2 (6 souls, exclusive of the army and navy. They are divided into 122 religious denominations. The population of the world was computed in December to be 725.251,239,602. of which number 157,511,445 were Koman Catholics. Mr. Thomas Walker, one of the Magistrates of Dumfermline, has recently purchased a property in the place, by which he secures possession of one of the most interesting and hitherto most neglected relics of the time when King Malcolm held Court at the Tower Hill. This relic is Queen Margaret'.* C.ive to which reference is made in every sketch of the life of the royal lady, and of which we have engravings in different volumes, the most recent, and without exception the most beautiful, being that given in '' The Chores of Fife." The cavo consists of an apartment in the solid rock, and is situate a lew hundred yards from the Tower Hill. Tt is 6 feet 9 inches in height, 8 feet 6 inches in width, and 11 feet 9 inches in length. At the bottom of the cave is a small spring well, the water of which rises at times and covers the whole of the lower space. Queen Margaret, was accustomed, historians tell ua, to repair frequently to the cave for the purpose of private devotion, and the l>ing, discovering tho causa of her long absences, hearing while he listened prayers uttered by her ascend to heaven on his behalf, caused the nidiexcavation in tho rock, always damp and dingy, to be fitted up as an oratory. After the Queen's death the place was permitted to fall into a condition of ruin, and up till the present time no attempt has been made to restore it. It is now, however, to be renovated, and the aeoqsu is to bo improved.