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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 710, 26 June 1878, Page 2

*. On making enquiries at t':c Hospital to(h»y wc learned that Mr. Jsmn Baird, who had Tiii leg amputated yeat. is progressing as favorable as can be exjiocrc'. t'-..~gh he is ic a very w.-k sw.te, i-.,d suffering considerably from i. • -litcis i-' ' There is present a ve~ "-cn-city coal in town, and r-3 a ~ theprice of t"at very necessary coni:i...>'. ty li~risen. S?<> tar as we ran 'er.rn, there is little likelihood of an adeq ;:»to -u :;n?y being received for some little tirin". This fac. forces t upon us the newsvty f" ' -very exertion being made to bring coal into the market, no matter what direction, aa speedily as pf?*iWe. "fliers i> an abundance of cozi or lignite in every <iiro/;tiou, and there should be.little difficulty in conveyin" it to tsv market. At Papakr-io there is a ti't.-" «npj.ty rf T'-rr rxcolJent liyiii --. and only thing required to m*ke it populwi>h th< pnMrc i* • httle more energy on the p:irt of the owner of the mine, in view of the chance *e cont'HiaHy run of bt ing at any :imt> left, nndcr present iout an adequate supply, \re mine fc.jil wit'r Mtisfactiou th? proposal of the pi'.int Oil ;"'om:..\ny to construct a branch li:n> of rjtiiw*T from th»ir piis to connect with the n-.jiiu southern line. The formation of thi* line should hava the effect of enabling the e m- any to keep up a proper supply •A coil i'k f > amaru, and that too ut a prii.-a which vrould render it highly popular with eonsnmers. On this ground, wo look upon the proposal of the company aa likely to prove a boon to this town ant! the southern districts. The necessity for something being done to render the road up to the Oamaru Hospital somewhat suitable for the nature of the tratlic which passes over it, was fully demonstrated when Mr. James Baird, the sufferer by the serious railway accident, was being conveyed to the Hospital. The whole of the road from its junction with Severnstreet to the Hospital gate 3 is in a very bad state. It is simply one mass of deep ruts and water conrses, rendering locomotion very unpleasant even to those in robust health. Despite the care taken by the «' river of the express and those who aecom- ; -initd Baird, the joltiug of the v» hide, consequent upon the roughness of - was wry severe. The poor felliv- ■ v 'rd times received shakings calculated to make his painful position still mor.t so. Thi3 is not as it should be. The road to the Hospital shotiid be one of the Vest in the town ; but. instead of being so, it appears to be aiK'Ut one of the worst conditioned. We : trust that something will be done to improve the road and render it more suitable' for the traffic which passes over it. On and after Ist July delayed telegrams will be received at every telegraph station throughout the Colony for transmission, final delivery to the address given being effected by post. The rite 3 chargeable on a'J such messages will be a viz. : r >;l for the first 10 words (exslu-'ivj of ad'l.- rj Mid signature up to 10 words), and halfpenny for every additional word. Fractions i

of * penny in computing charges will not bo allowed. Senders of delayed telegrams are requested to give as full addreas as possible, and are also requested to write, in " instructions " on the message, the word " delayed. In addition to the rates above mentioned, post Trill be charged as follow! :—lf the delivery ;■ within the postal district of any tcrr P; id ; reside the pottal district, 2d. In - ?.-:th ♦t'.i-s? telegrams, the depart- | n;c . . s »rt::Ve« to trieg spb tlsem to their I 'i -t.i - -a: 'he dsy of their receipt, and to [ ■ - 1 r ii--, >:fiine eTemr.g. r of the Philharmonic Society > , rhis evsning at the Masonic Hall j - -weekly practice. ■\V. ; » ; „ r'url members of the North Ou.'-o V- • -ural that the annual m< c iiif t.- i-.• ' ; !»re thin rver.ins, at'naifpart 7 (. 'clock, in the Wear-strict Hall. Mr. John A Brsrr, Ute with the Hon. the Attorney-G'-r.-raJ. w.-?s on "Wedne-.d.-.y last L-.dmiSt-' and enrolled a barrister and solicit"!' -.1 tl}* " : ttpr?nje Court by his Honor tar. Wj-.liarvss,

Th'.' Ct-r: Qwdpner, Mr. Kii'tl. aekno with ihr-.fe*, Hie receipt from 5-r. CMrg? V'i «e<it:«et ! a, "f a ••♦' !-v? : iDS and ot fr-ees and asrjils xcr the ?;;o& ctrdeiu. A iiieeting of the msmber? *? 4 he Ofca.-.-i Railway 01nb » sa»><l '-• tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock, at the JR»uway Station. A ideating of fbe Committee of ibe Korth Otago Coursing Ciub "will be holfl at 11 o'clock to-morrow miming, in the Couuty Council Chambers, At the Resident Magistrate's Coort this niorning, before T. A. Clowea, Esq., J.P., Thomas Northwood, ■whom three recent convictions "were recorded, was fioerl y.'ith the option of gfiing to gaoi for six day«, for having pgid too great a devotion f. : ; the rosy god. To-morrow, the match between the Timsra tnj Oamaru Artillery corps will take place. The Timara detachment, under Captain Haniersley, will arrive by the first train, aud will, we believe, be met at the station by the o*maru detachment. The first portion of the nivtch, that of gun drill, will take place on the fild Crjcket Ground at 11 a.m., and the shot and shell practice will be commenced on the Esplanade at noon.

The ''i*:izflns' Roll for the year IS7S-9 lias been '..rinted, and copies may be obtained at tji.7 f'onnoil Chambers. Those persons vho have been accidentally omitted from the Koll iTsuit Rend in written claims on or before the; 3rd July ; and those whnsv names have been oinitfcd through not paying their rates in time can have their name-i placed on the roll by paying their rate/: lodging written claims by the sa;ne All objections t-.i Harriet on the Roll must be sent in on or be!'to the stli July. iSome evidence having been called as to character by the young man named James Harris, who yesterday pleaded guilty to zzlins several small sums ol money ]i.IV to his former employer, Mr. •loherv his Worship sentenced the pi-; ■>>:<- t-.: one mouth'? imprisonment with