The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 713, 23 July 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1878.

[fc is reported that a tidal wave occurred ;it about VI o'clock last night, which caused tli" Garrotte to {.art her cable, but she was ;i.m:i secured again. No other damage was done. The sea gradually subsided during the dav.

A meeting of the Committee of the Oamaru Steeple.-hai-e Club was held last evening at this Kmpire Hotel. There were present — Messrs. F. W. O. Grant, President (in the • •hair). G. A. Sutton. G. R. Taylor, M. Taylor, W. Maitl;uiil, T. Y. Duncan, ami G. Greenfield (Secretary). It was resolved that the Ground Committee be authorised to dispose of the gates by tender, for not less tlum 1.4~>. Some other business of a routine nature having been disposed of, the meeting separated.

A meeting of the Oamaru Christy's was In: .1 eveuing. at Mr. Kar]e's_ DiningvooriH. There was a full attendance of members, ami it was decided to give an out- rtaitiment in aid of the funds of the < oiujiany in about live weeks. A programme" was arranged, including several novelties never as yet presented in Oamaru, and the first rehearsal was fixed for Friday eveiiiuL', at etuFit o'clock.

At the ustial meeting of the St. Paul's Young Men's .\-sot;£at:on evening, there was a v,rv fair attendance, ami the chair w.-is occulted by Mr. D. Fleming, Yies-I're.-iilent. Mr.fr. Parker read an interesting e-.-av on ••Character," after which a livi-:v. lint f:i.v.-rahlt>. criticism took place ii[ioii th- es-ay. ttie e?->ayist being c >mplimeiit' .1 for the excellence of his paper. The n tiiii' lilo-eil in the usual manner.

Tli« Annual Meeting; of the Oamaru Citizen C;i Vt.«, for the purpose of electing otlic-'-s and transacting eeneral business. will he le-M sit tl-.«; VolTinteer Hall, at lialf-o.-ist seven o'clock to-morrow evening.

The New Zealand Gazette contains an , ani.otiriri'iiient that the following GovernI nu ut laud in the Papakaio district will he I ,m>!.i by auction : and as some of our readers in thnt district are interested in the matter, j w.. publish the particulars :—Section '25, ! block VIII . I'ap.ikaio district, about 12 I miKs from Oamaru, and within 3 miles of ) W;ittaki coutainini* ">'- acres 1 rood |;uid ."-"> poles, will be ottered for sale at the I f'ronn Lands OTiee, I'imvdin. at noon, 6th August next. Upset price, II) per acre. ' A mteftii2 of Xo. 1 Company, Omiiani L":ttes. will be held on Friday evening, at eiu'lit o'i-[,,i;k, in the Volunteer Hall. Letters of appointment have been received of Hon. Liea'tepant K. Hewat, and Hon. Sub. -Lieutenant \V. T»*dd, of the Grammar School Cadets. Owners of dogs beware! The Oamaru Steeplechase Club have determined to lay pot-on for dogs on the racecourse on Thursday, the day of the Steeplechases. j The following alteration «|^ fi railway i tariii' is now in force : of I native coal from collieries. trucks. lst;dp«r ton for disflP; of three I miles and under, 2> fid per ton f«rc}istanee3 over three mdes and not exceeding fifteen miles : iM per ton per mile for each additional rude tip to twenty-five miles ; Hd per ton per mile for each additional mile up to fifty miles: Id per ton per mile for eash additional mile. Full track charged for. The Dr. Bradford, mentioned in opr Melbourne telegrams as figuring before the Court, was a rpsident of Wellington. It will be remembered that about three years while resident surgeon of the Melbourne ho.-pital he ran away -with Miss Were, a Victorian heiress, whom he married immediately on his arrival in Wellington, and was thereafter adjudged guilty of contempt of Court by Judire Molesworth. He hjjd occasion to visit Melbourne very recently, and has fonnd himself within the grasp of the law. What the outcome of it will be remains to be seen.

We are indebted to the enterprise of Mr. Richardson, of the Royal Hotel, for the promise of a treat such as has never before been offered to the public of Oamaru. A billiard match between Messrs. Roberts (the premier billiard player of the world) and Shorter, a foeman worthy of the champion's steel, will possess something more than the virtue of novelty. Everybody must have read the glowing accounts of the exciting contests engaged in by these celebrated players ; and we can easily imagine that amateur billiardists and other admirers of the noble game will only be too glad to meet these two billiard heroes face to face. We may already have witnessed the wonderful celerity of Roberts —the cleanness of his strokes, and keenness of his foresight; but what are all these if thrown away upon an opponent who is a much inferior player. The fame of Shorter has resounded throughout the world, as having made the largest break on record. This was not Fcored by a fluke; for he is known to be a all round player, and one whose ability is such a3 to invariably secure to him surprisingly high scores. In fact, he is the man whose playing so delighted the clever Roberts, that he selected him to play what are termed exhibition marches throughout the world in conjunction with him. They have played to very full houses throughout Australia, and now they are coming to Oamaru, at the instigation of Mr. Kichardson, to make their first appearance in New Zealand, on to-morrow and Thursday nights. In order that all may have an opportunity of witnessing the play, a sta«e i.s being erected in the billiard-room of the Royal. As these are holiday times, a crowded attendance may be expected. A Special Meeting of the Harbor Board is called for Friday next, at the usual time. Mr. Archibald Forbes, the renowned army correspondent of the Daily News, is son of the late Rev. Mr. Forbes, minister of the parish of Sleat, Skyn—formerly parish schoolmaster of Jwt Augustus. The late Mr. Forbes was an excellent scholar, and published the longest, and, perhaps, the best Gaelic grammar in existence.