The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 743, 27 August 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1878.

It would appear that after all the whole of the membera of Purliaraent are not going to indulge in the festivities on the occasion of opening through railway communication to Dunedin. From a telegram which habeen received bv the Mayor of Dunedin from Mr. Horace Bastings, M.H R , it seems that the party will consist of the Governor and sutte, the captain and officers of the Nymphe, the Ministry, fifty-five members of Parliament, and the Mayors of Chnstchurcb. Wellington. Timanj, and Oamaru. It will be seen from this that only about one half of the members of the Legislature x*V, be included in the party. Amongst those who will be absent, we regret to mention the Premier. Sir George Grey, it is well known, has been suffering severely from illhealth of late, and some doubts were expressed as to the probability of his being able to take part in the proceedings. His Worship the Mayor of Oamaru yesterday telegraphed to Sir George Grey, asking if he would accompany tho party, and has received the following reply :—" I am too unwell to "do present, even on to interesting an occasion." Much as we regret that the Premiershouldbcal>aent on the occasion of opening communication between the two first provincial capitals to be connected by railwav, we must still more regret the cause of his not being able to take part in so interesting a ceremony. The whole party will probably number about 100. All alteration has, we believe, been made in the date of the opening of the line, which will take place on Friday, the f>th September, instead of the 9th, as previously announced. The members of both Hon-;-.* <>f Parliament are to leave Wellington in the Hinemoa on the 3rd of September, and arrive at I.yttelton early the following morning. The party will make » stay of about 3(> hnnrs in Cm istchurch, during" which time the visiters are to be the gnests of the Mayor. Tli« through tram for Dnnedin will leave on Friday morning, ami arrive in Duntd n the same afternoon. Dnring the short stay at Oamaru the puty wiil be entertained at hn.ciieon, and will then be taken by special tram to the Breakwater. After inspecting the harbor, th'j remainder of the time will be devoted to looking over the town. linmediat ly upon it becoming known last right that the last rail had been laid hi the ra hv.iy ii e to Dunedin, his Wor.-hip the M vor telegraphed as follows to the Mayor or Dum-lrn : !i>7S T.-hi.- 'iVor-hip tie Mayor, Diniedi.'!. Oaniant cn'-at'dales Dnnedin mi the :J!i-:-ing up "' '■' « ■•'■'•■ i;t 1 ot l ''' '"" le » a! "* ' 10 ! J ~ that it will re to the inntu d a-iv.-ntagt ••• the two nbces. Wm. J. -tewaed. Mayor.' To that "nuss ge the following reply was received this morning, the delay having hem occasioned by tiie absence from town of the Mayor of Dunedin, who was present at the. performance of the ceremony : —"Docediu. the Mayor. Oamaru. Dunedin reciproeat:congratuiations < f Oamaru on completion of line from Chrtstchu c!i to Dunedin, celebrated yesterday with great rejoicing.—ll. M. I.eary. Mayer." We regret to hare to record a severe acei- i dent which happened to Mr. Sampson, at, Messrs. Lir.tott. and Otterson's brewery, _todav. It appears, from the information which has been given ns, that the unr'ortu- j nate gentleman wa-» attempting to regulate; the flow of the malt into a malt crushing j machine, when the coat-sleeve of his lefc j arm beoam- entangled in the cog-wheels ot j the machine, thereby dragging the left foe j arm betnen the cuss, completely all the tliah and muscles from the elbow to nearly the wrist on the under aide of the arm. Fortunately he was enabled to dr..g his arm ont before the bone was broken. Mr. Liatott, who was not far off at the time, sprang to his assistance, stopped the machinery? 3n ' l tJ:en t,ouml «p the arm tightly. Dra Garland and Do l.antonr, who were quickly in attendance, did all that eonld be done for Mr. Sampson s relief on the spot, and directed his removal to the .Hospital, where wc hear hu is going on as well as can be «xpeeted, the shock having Wen a very '. severe one, and the loss of blood considerI able. There seems a prospect of the dispute ; with reference to the election of memb. va of the Wattaki iload Board for the I'apafcato Srb-division being settled one way oi rhe other. Mr. iSahner. on behalf of th idfeated candidate. Mr. Smillie, having o>>. t'ttued a summons t'rom the Resident Magis- j tate's- Court, calling upon Messrs. Borrk-j and Nicol's to show cause why their election should not be devlared null .-.ml void. '1 he date upon which the summons is to bo retamable has not yet b»en fixed. Whatever the result of this latest phase in the uniurtunato dispute may be, we feel sure that all parties will be pleased to iiavo the matter filially settled one way or the other. At" the Resident Magistrate's Court this day (before T. W. Parker, Esq., R.M.) au action was brought by one Shalley ngainst a man named Dineeii, to recover a sii*!r watch, valued at T S, which plaintiff had given to defendant to take t« the watchmakers to .« repaired. «vf e ridant stated in his defence hat he had taken the watch to Mr. M'Corkmdale's and delivered it to the vswtant, who hnnn it up in a case. Mr. M'Cormn- • tale and his assistant on being called said trey did ' ot remember- defendant leaving a j watch. If stscri had teen th ■ it would . hive been tii kePed aud entsied in tho b-ok. is Worship adjourned the case till next Friday. Walter Sjwanson and Robert Keenan were fined 10s. and 4s. respectively for allowing cows to wander at large. !

Tenders for supplying a cold collation on the occasion of the opening <**s™S™£r imunication, must be sent in to Mr. Procter pfefore noon to-morrow. #&n emergency meeting of Lodge.Oamara No. 537, S.C., wtUfeheM at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening. \:£'S ';>;; : : The adjourned annual meatmg of %iareka Road Board will he|d at 11 aim. to-morrow. »'R meet : n 2 of Permanent Building and Investment Society at the Mechanics! Tnstitute at ei»ht o'clock to-morrow evening.-- .; •;•- the total receipts in connection with tin- late performance by the Oamaru Chris'y-, in aid -f the.r own funds, amounted to about I 40. Afe-r paying expense and liquidating several general outstanding accounts in connection With the entertainment in aid of the Hospital, a very handsome balarce will remiin for the pur chise <>f new iiiumo, &c. A meeting -s to be heldonSaturda eveningtop-ceivothebaiance sliest and take into consider ition a proposal to aiva mi ■ nt rtainnwut shortly m aid ot the" Benevolent fiistitution, the numerous j calls upon wtvch h ive rendered additional funds an urgent necessity.

A ranger Is wanted for Otepopo. tou'lers for the UL-rformarsce of the <iu'es appertaining to'tho post being receivable up to the 30th instant. The Rector of the High School (Mr. Pe.-.ttio) seeni3 to have awakened a considerable amount "f enthusiasm for volunteering amongst the boys attending the schooC jwigiiig from the manner in which the lads go throu-h and apparently enj «y their drill. Fully 175 of the pupils underwent instruction at the usual drills yesterday. They were formed into Companies, and. under the direction of Staff SergeantMajor M'Pherson, went through a number of movements in a highly satisfactory manner. In another column appears the names of the provisional dire tors of the Waimate Bush Branch Kaiiway Company (Limited) and the announcement that prospectuses and f orms of applications for shares may be obtained at the Union Bank of Australia. We understand that the shares are being freely applied for. and that there will not be the least difficulty in disposing of. the 20 0 fdO-shares. The share list will close on the 30th September, and intending applicants should make early application. The first monthly meeting o# the newlyelected Council of the North Otago Rillc Association took place at the Royal Hotel 1-ist evening. There wpre present—Messr*. R. Peattie. Vice-President (in tho • •'- Otter.-on, Morris, A. Headland, ''if- y. King, Kale, ad Atkinson (Hon Sec. > A code of rules for the man-itfement of the Association, to b« brought before a gene al meeting of members, were framed. A long discussion took mac* in reference to a letter handed in by Major Steward, which he had received from Wellington in connection with the proposed formation of a New Zealand Rifle Bsociation It wa-: finally resolved that Major Steward be leqnested to forward the following resolution to Wellington:— "Tint all the members of this Association are vclunteers, and that they give the movement their hearty support." It was decided that the first monthly competition take pla-e next month. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the meeting.

The Vo'ur.taer Baud has been fairly started, but whether or not it will have a ie-s chrqii-.tred existence thin its many pre-doce-so'-s remains to be pern. If the memliprs cornp.-;:m.f the hand adopt the same course as his b-ci hitherto been pursue!. we mav safely nredi.it that the Vohintce s will not lon';' possess a ban i ; but if tlie bandsmen can be induced to h -Id together and pr ctce more f •:■ the love of music, and les3 »ith th- view "f makiua moii-iy than lias hit'isrio i:ißi-i-:-d the c ireer of bands in Oamaru. wo w\ iook forward to shortly p .sse.-sin-.' a hand th-'t will be a credit to Oamaru. " Ws tii-ow out this hint with the hope tint it wiil lie Uika-.i to lieart by those tnr.-este'l. ; n i n -r. w-rli a view of r-i'i-oflini: oohi v.-at.-r i:poii ihi- latest eff.irt at buni formin-' for •h.- ;j:-..'i!.0t0.-s "f thu Voiunte.-r Bind des:e-\-..: »:ie aragm e 1 ; and success for thr> trnnb'e r-h..vhavo g 'lie to in die nvii>vr. ■:-. ii; -:ne_'Of t!i->-;o ".• 11 ."U *•' y' r t [

i Va! k !; .. ";.-■!. -;-ie-l bv I.: .•- •'. :: ■ •■ 1 '.: ■■■■ :i li : «-ho n ;i----i.re-ceit o • !.'■ '; :!■ o'' ttiu aj r Cmumand inrr, to receivo *£i;e in-rru . nts froi.j th ("'a'cdo'iiau o;;iety .After th- preliminary busiiiei-E ha-' been" gone thru-gh 14 gentle-in-n wer" sw !u ';: ."-; members of the band and Mr. Go Idard w a eimaea lende", with the rank of sfii-o-eint, and Mr. VV. .sioclair con;/-.-1' The m-erinu' termionted with the usi-.:i! vofc of thanks to t,e Chair nan. Th.' in-'rn.iK-nts ".-e:e aiwrwa'vtsgiven out, eaeh b.--> ■ nan .-•'ctiirig for the in trmneut re-ce-r '. Tiliy thai i:::d their fir-t drill', n: : r the cmimand of the .Staff lustructo . v.iiCh v,-r.s d.ne very smartly, and no doubt tli-ry will Boon become proficient. The e was a very good members ;i t the usutl weekly meeting oi the Sfc. Pan!'- Young M n's Ansociation last evening, v.hen the c'-air was filled by the President (tho llev. A. B. Todd). Aiter the rej.'i:!.ii" pr-limiuary business h;al been di--posed of. .-m fixc=i"din"lv- interesting paper on Captain Karca' Aretic l?xp diwon was read by Mr. Foster, who displayed considerable knowledge upon the subject, which he handled very'' well. At tho conclusion of the paper, the usual discussion upon the subject t-ok place, members favorably criticising the essay. A meeting of the Committee appointed t - " carry out the annu d conversazione was held, when it was reported that so far the arrangements were of the most satisfactory nature, and that there is every prospect o' a very enjoyable evening's entertainment being provided. The Committee bi-iug desiious of obtaining as larpe a collection as possible of curiosities, request those who may be in possession of articles suitable for exhibition to kindly grant the use of them for tin; conversazione. By so doing they wiil gr.-.tly assist the Committee in mskiriu- the aff-iir a success. Mcssr-. MT erson. M.dlison. and Parke.r will bo glad to receive atid take charge of any ; articles lent. | Dr. Schwartz-Bieb, an oculist, who was I commission ; by the Auckland Education i Hoard t ■ rep.-rt on the schools in that city, states that he examined 105.'} children of eight to si.i.teen years of age. and found over eoVi.-n per cent-, were short-sighted. The writer of the letter which appeared in cur issue w.th reference to the manner in which some ex-railway employe's have treated by the department, requests us to state that the signature to the letter i should have been " An ex-Emplpye\' ? Mr. Osborne's land, equate in the Tnapeka district, \ ielded la*t season, on an average, hi bushels of wheat and 66 bushels of oat?, ro the acre. The wheat wad the first and the oa'.s the third crop. One of th° Wellington brewers seems prepared to mee.6 the publicans liberally in rega-d to the tax on A Wellington ttezram in ihi Daily Times says-: —One of I t e 1-a ina brewers hero has offered the t -ide t.» pay the beer tax equa ly betweep them—he payinghalf, and they to pay half. A meeting of brewers and-publicans is called to consider this prnpoeal.