The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 725, 6 August 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1878.

I We inentioucd some /lays since that a I requisition eigne! by the whole of the merchants in town, as well as a large number of others, had been forwarded to the Hon. the j Commissioner of Telegraphs, asking that the Oamarn telegraph office might be kept open be.ween the honrs of five and seven p.m. i To that requisition the following reply has j been received : -•■' Wellington, Aug. 2. la"s. i Gentlemen—ln reply to your communication I of the 26th ultimo, pointing out the desira- : bility of keeping tiie Oamarn station open to the public between the hours uf.'i and 7 p.m.. I have the honor by direction of the Hon. the Telegraph Commissioner to inform yon that your request will receive his due consideration.—l have, &.c, C. Lbjjo:;, Ceneral Manager." The people of Ngapara are naturaily anstoiM to obtain the advantages accruing from being connected with Oamarn by telegraph wires, and are taking action with a view to obtaining the extension of the wires to their township. The matter was fully discussed at a meeting a few evenings since, at which there was a large attendance. The several speakers pointed out the ii<c"--gity for the township being brought inr< telegraphic communication with other particularly with Oamanij and sjioke of the inconvenience often occasioned through the , present uncertain and slow means of j communication. A committee was appointed j for the purpose of taking action in the I matter, and a deputation waited upon Mr, ! T. W. Hislop, M.H.R., with a view to I obtaining his assistance. It is needless to say that Mr. Hidop promised to render all j the aid in his power. The request of the i Ngapara people ;s a very reasonable one. j and the only wonder is that it was not made j lone ere thi?. We have ilttSe doubt that j I the reqnest will be complied with bv i.iic . Government, though probablv. a* has Mfcn ! ! the case hi several other tuatances, some j conditions juay be imposed, especially with j re&.?-mce to a guarantee, and it wili be we'll j Kir tlu promote! s to take this point into j consideration. aw several other , rising townships in the Jist-ri-t which m.-.y [ fairly claim a similar boon to AJiat for -j Ngapara, and we would suggest that the matter should also be taken up by the resi-; dents in them, with a view "f devisim; some j general .-chtiiie. '

I TL-; usual monthly inciting i.-f tin; l'...iii- ' niittcv '<•■ ilif-' 2iorth Otau-' Horticultural | Society, wan iicli ;tt Mi". Kane's iliningI rooms last evening, when there were present ! —Messrs. Connell, President iiij the chair), ! Wimpsou, Forsyth, Glen, Kicid. Montagu, ! anil Spratt (Hon. Secretary). Mr. M'Larea {jawing resigned his position as a I member of Comnsittcs, Mr. Earle was chosen to till the vacancy. It yaa decided that the i show should be held.on tilt *Jst and '2-u<* November. The Secretary was in-rtruct-.-d to order the medals won at t'n.; last.; »how- Tiif committee appointed to revise- ; the prize list having brought up their report, j it was read and adopted, and tiie President I and .Secretary were empowered to have, the ] prize schedule? prepared for distribution, j rnp<>tiii£ closed with the annual vote of j thank* tv> tiie Chairman.

( The ordinary ninthly pireting of th.> ' (Vrnmitirt- of the Xn'frh On:g'.- >»snrv.«l»-ni | Society was heM last evening at the f-jjic-e i-i ; the Secretary. Thpre wer* present —Messrs. j Steward (in the chair), ijonayn*, GreeniysW, | Milligan, Kerr, Falconer, Allen, and Hardy (secretary). The minutes of last meeting I were read and confirmed and the outward | correspondence wa3 read and approved. j The usual reports were read and dealt with, i : The report of the Visiting Committee showed j that at present there was a more than ordi-; nary amount of distress in the town. One 1 of the new cases mentioned was that of j Mrs. Mullen, whose husband died so sud- ( denly a few days ago. The case was referred j to the Visiting Committee with instructions ■ to make an immediate enquiry into it, and

act as may be required. The chief item in the Barracb-ma3ters report was the statement, that during the month seventeen domestic servants had been admitted to the Home, all of whom, -with one exception, had succeeded in obtaining situations. It was pointed out that the roofs of some of the Society's cottages required repairs. Several matters of detail were dealt with, and Messrs. Kerr and Milligan were appointed a Visiting Committee for the current month. Accounts to the amount of L 122 [B3. lOd. were ?V.r p'v"-""t, an- 1 *V) meeting tH.rrni'iatcd. Th» -■...•«■-;•"•, >f South <\-u:>:-",? b -acidly increasing Iji '.r ;;oi .'-.u .. Ji. -1 ' ds f :--vr in be tlie resi.iecut. of a very lar<<e population. The increase of dwellings, of course, necessitates something being done in the way of improving the streets, a fact which is shortly to be brought under the notice of the K.ikauui Road Board, within whose jurisdiction South Oamaru conies. We have been favored with the perusal of a petition to the Kakanui Road Board, signed by the majority of the residents, praying for the permanent levels of the various streets, and the ftii mation 01 portions that are at present d:in<rerous for vehicle traffic. We understand that the petition will be presented to the Board by Mr. A. H. Maude, the newlyelected member for the Awamoa riding, and we sincerely trust that the petition will have the desired effect.

A meeting of the committee of the North Otago Coursing Club was held to-day at the County Council Chambers. There were present—Messrs. Fleming, Vice-President [ (iu the chair), Allen, M'Auly, Hedley, i Duncan, Lintott, llonayne (Hon. Secretary). The minutes of the last meeting having been ■ read and confirmed, accounts to the amount of L 45 Os. 9d. were paased for payment, and the Hon. Secretary aud Treasurer empowered to pay a few other small outstanding accounts which had not been sent iu. Some discussion took place as to whether or not Mr. Dodson's subscription could be received that gentleman having j failed to send it in within the specified time. |lt was ultimately resolved to return the I amount with au intimation that he would have to be re-elected. Mr. Konayne h™• • 'jb ■■ up the question as to whether it w.mil h. ili nimble to iuitiatji a Derby Stakes, an Oaks, and a Si'. Leger for next season. Several owners of dogs had spoken to him on the subject, and he pointed out that if it was thought desirable to have such a stakes f.ir young dogs, it would be necessary to announce the fact at once, in order that entries might be received; consideration was deferred until the annual meeting of the f '!ub. which was lived to be held on the ">th September, at 11 o'ioek. Messrs. Lintott and Hedley were appointed to audit the accounts, and the meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the Chairman. A General Government Gazette to hand to-day contains no less than thirty-two Ord'jrsin-Council rc-serving lands for the purpose of granting them as endowments to Municipal Councils, the majority of which are in Otago. Included in the number is an endowment to the l'almerston Corporation of 1,526 acr-'s in the Waihemo Survey District.

j Tie uamu of the Teaceraki iwst-office has , or.en changed to Enfield, i We are informed '.hat the tickets for Mrs. I Medlaud Xewsham's farewell Concert, to be ' aiven on Thursday evening, are going off j .very well, and that there is every proba|bi!: .ty of lisrs. Nn>\ sham being greeted by a I iarjje audience on the occasion of her last [ appearance in Oarnarn prior to leaving for I the Old Country. j The balance-sheet for the year ending j .list March of the Kakauui Harbor Board is I published in the Gazette, and shows the ; receipts, im-'ading the grant from the Government <>:' f. 11.(100, to have been LII,SIS •_'s. 7'';.: and the expenditure (including I.fflM-* ' : -<. ;I'l. paid to the contractor). J.I !,:;•_'" (m. ii»d , iyuviug a balance of Ligi) !:- «.M. .A ineetiuu of the Oamavu Schools Commictee will oe held at half-past 7 o'clock tomorrow evening, at Mr. 1 far'y's orlice. The it rial weekly meeting of the St. Pajf'.'.s Young Men's Association was held, last evei.inf", tiii. being occupied by Mr, JloHison. A vi.ry pleasant evening was spent, a number >=f capital readings being given by lie i:iburs. |t was aunouueed that the .Wouiatiun's annual eonversai-ione would be held on'the l'Jcii September, !

j 'Hie meeting of the Committee 01 the : North t'ltago Turf (.'luh, which should have | taken place last evening, lapsed, owing to ; the absence of a quorum. It was decided to j adjourn the- meeting until to-morrow evenj ing, at the Empire Hotel, when members are particularly desired to attend. ! ill We have received the jirafc hatch of Parlia- ! iiieatary papers from the Government , Printer. There wax a very good att'-isdanuo at the | Masonic Hall last evening to witness the I ppjformar.ee of the Elder Brothers, who ] are assisted by Mr. Barnard and Mr. •). ' M'Guinness, the latter being a musician of | no mean order, his piano playing being especially attractive. Masters H. and A. K'dor danced a dnul.de sailor's hornpipa in i-Afital sivle, which the audience appeared ! to be very much jilcased with. But the j great feature of the entertainment was the | r singing and dancing of Master A. Elder—.l hoy sis years of age—who kept the audience highly amused, his style and get up being ; capital. Mr. J. Elder, the one-legged dancer and trapezian, deserves special credit for his performances, his clog-dancing being highly appreciated by the audience. As to-night will be the last performance this clever troupe will give in Oamaru, we would recommend our readers to pay them a visit, as not only will they witness a capital entertainment, but also have chance of taking away one of the numerous prizes which are 1 distributed nightly. !

Messrs. C. Dodge and D. O'Brien have to-day entered into possession of that wellknown hostelry in Oaiiiaru the Empire Hotel, and we have no doubt that when the new additions now being made, to the hotel are finished the new proprietors will meet with even greater success' than- their pre- ; decessor.