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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 626, 6 May 1878, Page 2

V.V reg er that we have been unable 'e-e :i.,w to phiee he ore our leaders an a c .lint. ..t tie- e-e-vs ng iiiateii which toU p'aoe at ■'•usliv Park on'Frid .v and Saturday un-ier rl.e aespi- e- of the Metroi-«;!i-:.n Cleb. "U e had made arrangi ment.-for a report of the ■natch, but owing to soiie unexplained c •Ui--e.e have not. received a single line ..n h stibi.-et from the gen'lem-m on whom w depended for a report. From a private -ouree we learn that some good sport was provided, but the gr.vj.nd was somewhat rough, and the arrang-m-juis were not :dto- ■ *ether satisfactory "" It s pleasing to learn that the whole of the iio»s from Oamaru sho«ed up exceedingly well, each of them winning in the fir-t courses, -vhile two <>i them t ok first and third prizes. Thi-< fact is greatly attributable to the care with which they had been trained by Mr. P. Mason. The winner was Mr. W. H llonayne's f and v, b Camilla, the f d Smoker, owned by Mr. TV, C. Smith, of Dunedin, being the runner up. \!r. P Mas-n's br d Mechanic took the third prize Camelia, the winner, was imported from Victoria some few months ago by Mr. A. Thomson, of Kakamii, who sold her to Mr. Ronayne. She isof the very best English breed imported to the Colonies j and is by Hed Kail, out of Dauntless. Red Kail, by Ca-d'd Kail, is the sire of many noted winners, such as Vandyke, Robina. the Fawn. Maid of Stawell, Lady Vandyke, Maid of Florence, Jtc. Dauntless, Camelia's dam, i> full sist-T to the late renowned Veno, and one of a litter for one of which LISO, the highest price ever offered for a d >g in Aus tralia, was pub iely offered and reiu-ed. Camelia's pedigree clearly proves that her victory was not" a matter of chance, but the outcome of good breeding.

The s.s. Zealaudia is expected from Honolulu to-morrow. Mails 'for Sydney will close immediately after her arrival at Auckland.

The monthly meeting of the Committee nf the Benevolent >S icsety wi.l be hehl thi.s evening, at S o'clock, iu Mr. Hardy s office.

We have received trie first copy of the New Zeahmder, a paper as large as the Daily rimes. Although it bears evidence:of being the first is>u C ! >om its general a - peanut and the ability with wh.i«jh the. contents are written, we conclude that it will supply a want that has long been felt j m Wcilin.tou. l-'rom what we know of the pioinorenTof the New Zealander, and of the I character of the editor (Mr. Killon), we have every rean-n to believe that it will be rhorou Jilv independent. ai>d act in the interests of* the whole Colony. The Press of Wellington has not been cosmopolitan ia its tone since Wellington became the seat of Government. The Times—well, the Times would be nothingdid.it not boast of being the < olonial journal ; the Post has alwaybeen well written, hut in the wrongintei'ct: and the vicj>situdes of the paper at present called the Chronicle have been such that it will take so:ae time before it will be felt as a power amongst the newspaper Press. The New Zeaknd.rtherefore stands an excel! Nt chance of ""■">■'■""<j f . """^fr*** 1

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society will be held at Albion Hotel this evening, at eight o'clock. "We understand that it was contemplated to hold the Philharmonic Society's rehearsal to-morrow instead of Wednesday evening, in order not to interfere with the meeting to he held on Wednesday evening to listen to the addresses of Messrs. Hislop and fchrimsfci, the memhers in the House of Kepresentatives f"r this district. This. Ivwever. appears to he impracticable ; and although it wdl doubtless occasion some in-convi-nce, the Society has been compelled to adhere t-o th<> nsml evening for practice. Mai's for the United K nsrd <m and Austr l ; an C"loni<»«, per Arawata will close at rhe ''lutr at 11 a.m. to-morrow, the 7th in=t. We h.v-e been informed that the full-dres= nni-'onn of the * rtiljerv Company, which was ord red from some months aao. has ■.-riv.-fl in Dunedin. As the 24th inst. will hj» a fi-1.1-d:iv. the men should turn ou« u-.-ll to r,: v ,. their " best, clothes " the first ' ~;,.;.,„ . rl„. v should attend drill regularly, and let s s e what thev can do. A stil' more '.ow>rfii' reason exists for their "turnin.' out" hett r than they have done foi -ome time • that is the fact of the forth,.,,„rncr with the Timani Battery, «-' ii-h~is sure to be followed up hv chal rn a- d from other ''nmpanies. There fiwe the ni'n slionld take a little more in tc-est in their Company, and attend well a 1 The Anck'and correspondent of the Daily 'f"inies Urns briefly chronicles the departu-c from our shores n' : one of the manv undesi ■ able per-ons for whose passages to the colon} tax-'-nvers have been called upon to contri 1,',,'f0 : _Th- last of the imoorted Frenol " vi'merops." who graduated here as Can-car ■lancers, left in tlv> mail steamer for Sai '-"Yanciseo There was an animated scene ot the wharf, in wtrch a bailiff was con-pienous par'ina adieus hearing on matters financial. *t. mee*ing of the Acelimatisatior Secietv on Tuesday (say<« +he 1 ytteltoi Tiin sV attention was called to the statemery that th ■■ bill of fare of one of the Christchurcl : bibs oc-asionallv included game, out oi season, I 1" was decided to instruct a solid to- te take action in the matter.

The following is rom the Cromwell A rgl is ;_" (>r. Smith, of Ba'clntha, is an exfienMnnnlly lucky man. In Cameron's swpp-p on the Melbourne Cup a few month? ago he dipw t'-e wining horse, and realised about LSOO. In a ! 2,000 sweep upon the 'hristchnrh Autumn Handicap run this week the doctor agam had the winner I onglands. The hair" of the sweep waai.pr»npnted to the first horse. which, with pommi-sion and other expenses, would be n-div-ed to I 900. .Then it anpear-s T»r Smith had ' h'-dged' to the extent of L2OO. w''ich bines his net gams upon the event to a'out L 700."

The ''r-'rowe l ! Argns says: — "A para-g.-a"h is going the rounds of the Press to "he effect that the Hokitika C'ountv Council '■ave re-olved to construct the track from RoK-i't'ka t-> Otago. Tlie Government will s.disi I'se the work by a vote of L 3 000, and Hie Ci'ijitv w ; H give L,500 al-o. Tn- latter parr .if <h" statement is inc rrect.

as at thp'C'o'incil meeting on Fridav it was not t'> e-tertam "the proposal seeing that the projected track w'H n-t affect Vincent Counts' f.,r coed or evil.