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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 651, 4 June 1878, Page 2

ThdTnqTnry i&to the causes of tbji-Jattft coach be resumed on Tlmjraclay next, when the jurymen are requestcd*TO.,to&present. shortly to undergo considerable improvements. During the sitting of the Licensing •Court large - additions are.to.be, made; to the Star and Garter Hotel, and the EmpiroJJotel; and that according to the ' new lease of the Northern Hotel, the lessee was required to erect a new building at a cost of not less than 1,2000. During' the meeting the necessity for some improvement being made in the White Tlart Hotel was mentioned.

Tho annual election for the Tcaneraki Sub-division of the Waiareka Itoad District took place to-day at the Schoolhouse, Cave Valley, and resulted in the election of Mr. Alex. Isdale. Mr. Eouerfc Jackson presided as .Returning Officer. The annual election for the Landon subdivision of the AVaitaki Iload District Was held to-day at noon, at Mr. Connell*s resir dence, that gentleman acting as Beturning Officer. Mr. J. X. member, was the oiily candidate,' and was declared duly elected., • .' A billiard match is announced to be played at the Royal Hotel Snlnon : this evenihg between Mr. MeudeLsobu "(a well-known player) and Mr. Bill (one of;the lessees). The match is one of LSOO'up, and is for LlO a-side. .. ',

There was no meeting of tlic Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society calledfor last evening, on account'of the paucity of the attendance, which was no doubt clue to tlic incloment weather.

There was a much smaller , attendance than usual o.t the weekly meeting of the tit. I'.Mil's Young Men's' Association held last evening, Mr. MTherson in the chair. _ The evening was spent in reading the Young Men's Manuscript Magazine, which contains matter both interesting and Well written. Mr. Ciithhcrt will read a paper on " Work " at next meeting.

The usual weekly practice of the Qamavu Christy's took place last evening in the Masonic Hall, but, owing to ;tho' wretched weather, there was not a large attendance. A-mcctiug of the Committee was afterwards held, when it was decided to give the first entertainment on the 9th July, the evening of the Xorth Otago Coursing Club's principal meeting. It was resolved that, as the Club had learned that the Oamaru Hospital was in need of funds, and that in the winter season large-demands were likely to be made upon the Institution, tha-proceeds of the lirst entertainmeut should be offered to the Committee oi the Hospital. Seeing that so short a time will, elapse before .the entertainment is to be given, it was decided in future to hold two practices weekly, a.id members are requested to rehearse en Thursday evening at eight.o'clock.in.the Masonic Hall.

A meeting of the Committee' of the Coursing ChJ) will be held on Thursday iii-xt, at 11 o'clock, at the. Waitaki County Council Chambers.

An important land sale v,-ill take place on the 7th 'instant, at Messrs. Bullock and Co.'s Auction Mart, Ashbiirton. It will he seen on reference to our advertising columns that Messrs.- Miles", Tlassal, and Co., in conjunction with Koberfc Wilkin and Co., will sell, on the before-mentioned date, at Ashbnrton, the remainder of the Wakanui Cr>:i.'k property, including the homestead, w lich has been subdivided into three farms, each consisting of 350 acres, and ten other farms ranging in size from 251 to 44 acres. It is well known that this land is amongst the best in the Canterbury Provincial district, being exceedingly rich and suitable for agricultural and pastoral purposes ; and, what may be considered an immense advantage, it is situated within a short distance from the prosperous and rising town of Ashburton. *jT''is sale will offer a splendid opportunity to those agriculturists who are desirous of acquiring guod workable farms, in sizes to suit the amount of their capital, more especially as the terms arc exceedingly liberal, and such as should operate as an incentive to agriculturists of small means to make an effort to possess themselves of what will in all probability in the course of a fewyears give them a competence. We cannot do better than refer our readers to the announcement in another column, where tho terms are explicitly set forth.