The Evening Mail TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 627, 7 May 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1878.

The cablegrams whiith app-ar in anothir

column are not by cable direct, cablegrap: ic communication not yet being restored. I ■will be seen that the news is five day? old, a circumstance due to the necessity of carryinu: messages by s"earner wliere the bre-ik lias occurred. \Vheii the line is linked once more, we may expect startling news. Th>probabil ty is that it will be either very good or very bad.

The young man named Reider, alius Frank Pop<on, charged with passing several valueless cheques during Id- brief, but brilliant. stay in Oarnaru a few weeks since, returned to town to-day under the care of Constable Bell. He will probably be brought before the Court to-morrow morning.

The survey of the projected railway line between Duntroon and Hakateramea is being carried on vigorously under the superintendence of Mr. Coyle, and it may be encouraging to settlers to know that a Dnuedin contractor has already gone over tluground and inspected the site for the bridge. The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society, called for last evening, lapsed in consequence of there not being sufficient members present to form a quorum.

The Oarnaru Christys he'd their first rehearsal at the Masonic Hall M", evening The practice passed off in a highly satinfactory manner, the members setting to work in earnest. A meeting of the Committee was afterwards held, when several new members were elected, and a programme for the tirst entertainment drawn np.

A meeting of the Directors of the Oarnaru Stone Company wa3 held last evening at Mr. Snmptcr's office. There were present Messrs. Gibbs (Chairman), "umphnv. ; Sumpter, Spence, Dr. Garland, and Mr. J. Booth (Actii.g Secretary). The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Acting-Secretary announced that he had purchased a stone crane now lying at Weston from Mr. Cormack, ai.d hail obtained permission frorn the Government to erect it at the Wefeton siding. Ikhad also, in company with the Chairman, inspected the various quarries, and forwarded samples of the stone to the Company's agents. Applications from the following gentlemen for the position of Manager and Secretary to the Company were then • p-ned : Vessrs W. Booth, M jhVdhead. Thos Isedale. Jo-eph Miram-, John Hardy, and J. Ltddle. After deliberation Mr. W. "tw>th was appointed in accordance with the terms of the advertsement. Some other routine matters ha\ing l>eeu considered, the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairmuii.

As the Volunteer Hall will he occupied by Messrs Hisliv and Shrimski, M.H.R.'s, who will address their constituents in that building on Wednesday evening next, the evening on which the citizen cadets usualllv mtet for drill, their will bo no citizen cadet drill this week.

Sixteen new scholars joinad the infant classes at the Drill shed yesterday, and it is iii>w becoming gradually apparent that the building will not be a jot too large. A number of sch< lars have also been added to the higher clas.-es in the Grammar School building, and now Mr. Peattie's teaching statF has latlier more work to do than is desirable. ._ ,

A Government surveyor has been busy at •work surveying the site for the bridge to be constructed over the Maerewhenua at Duntroon.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before T. W. Parker, Esq., R.M., Michael Collins, for allowing a cow to wander at large in Humber-street, was fined 4a. James Demdster, for mnking use of profane language in Thames-street last evening, was fin. (I 3()5., with the option of going to gaol for seven days with hard labor. Henry Lvon, being found of unsound mind, was ordered to be sent to the Lunatic Asylum, ihniedin. for treatment.

Mr. (ienrge Hutch'son, of the Ma°rewhenua. Tables, had a large stack of wheat (about IfiO sa-ks) desrroy-d last we-k by fire. We understand it was not insured. This is to be regretted, especially when insuring costs so little trouble and money. The usual drill of the unarmed division of the High School cadets took place yeste.rrlav. There was a -.„ d muster, about 100 being on the drill ground. The Hector of the school and junior offi-• rs assumed the command, and the boys seemed to thoroughly enjoy the smart movements and the extension exercises, which, in thi3 cold weather, tend to keep them warm. On Saturday, a greyhound belonging to Mr. A. M Corkindale—not Mr. H. H. Cogeins, as stated by our morning contemporary —was accidentally killed. The dog was out with another for exercise in the leash, when a hare got up, and the two dogs broke away, and in dashing through a fence, the neck of Mr. M'Corkindale's dog was i-roken.

The following regulations with reference to traffic over the Waitaki and other bridges on the Northern railway line are publi-hed in the Gazette :—l. All horses crossing the bridge which are not driven in harness, oiled by hi idle or halter, and all cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have a man behind and before them. 2. Horses or light-wheeled vehicles will not be allowed to enter upon the 1 ridge within fifteen minutes, drays within thirty minutes, and cattle and sheep or pigs witl.m one hour of the adverti.-ed time of arrival and depa-ture of any train from the Waitaki Railwa\ Station. 3. Horsemen or wheel- d vehicles will not be allowed to travel at a greater rate than six miles an hour across the bridge 4. Traction engines, or engines employed in agriculture or flax-dressing, or any other i.urpose, will not be permitted on the bridge otherwise than on the goods wagons in use on the railways. 5. No greater weight, than two tons gross on any one i>air of wheels with tires less than five inches wide will be permitted to cross the bridge. 6. The restrictions provided in clause 2 for advertised trains idiall be in foicew.th 'espoct to special rains, but any authorized offL-er o the Railway ' 'epartment may, at hi- discretion, relax any of such restrictions as the case may >equire. 7. Any person or pers ns etering upon the bridge within the prohibited hours, • >r re. istmg the gatekeepers in the execution of their duties, will be subject to the penalty hereina f ter mentioned. S. Any person in a state of intoxication will not be permitted to enter upon the bridge wl.ilst in such condition 9. Any person offending against any of tliese regulations will be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 10. So far as applicable the general by-laws and regulations for the time beine respectively ■n force and affecting the traffic on the New Zealand railway shall extend and apply to the Waitaki Bridje.

Ihe meeting of the St. Paul's Young Men's Association took phice last night, at their rooms at the rear of the chur h. 'I hemembers mustered in strong fore, there being a goodly number of visitors, amongst which were several ladies. The meeting was opened by prayer, and after the disposal of tin; liusii-css of the Sociefv the Chairman (Mr Moilisou) called u on Mr. S. K. Smith to give his promised essay. Mr. Smith complied, and illustrated his subject r'Charl < Lninb") by well-chosen selections t'nin the work-: o'" the author. The members afterwards criticised f'cely what was oruiiaiif before 'ii- in b, tin; essayist paying Mr. Smith a coiii-.bnint for his production.