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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 769, 28 September 1878, Page 2

We learn from the country that the »oods have occasioned :■ largo auioiiM of <iamaee, T->ti « Motel fi:ts been partly swe-tu way, I'Ui". wo ii .Vi: not 'J'ml ti;.i i, ; il (■;■;- •'"cut of th-- rt.v»ingo. This 1 Uematata iiive' : iv:t. M-i ftr.j informed, ln'-'-n »o hi_;h for 'tin '!•; yor.Vfi. T.'o noil' bridg-i siicces.-?-uHy r< sUtol til- nn-co of th« torrent he water rushing down rbe river, bus both iu-Mg-'S have been l-.-l't lib;ii and river havinjt taken a new c 'it'-re, U >. • » impassable. awl th-> >* nn.i rr. • r-oss The upper rovry has he, a graitly ir.rf,im>vi, ain't it is ]ik>.-Iy to bo over a week re either pmsenger.s or goods r.r.n he tiken news':. Wis are informal that the Waitaki River is- now subsidim-;. Id re-pouse in ■> iviade iiy he C)i',ivin«:Hu •>( U»p Cbf.iuber of C>'>vn'»H'W. rue Pcstmast'.T kr.s «;f.rid«ni tr> extend the sime up io whieh Setters for intnedin, Pnri ' "nahm.-rs. raid Pa!>oe:-ston r.:-.r» be; rc.e^ived

'»r t?s:i&»n v-ion >;y the :.fteriior>u The afternoon mails for those; places i.il now- close at 2.5(1 p".m. instead or at :i. ;j>» i>.in. as heretofore.

A \-<tv snneessful entertnimneut in a small vay i».-.k place ac .South Oaiuara lags eveu- ,) The ehddren or' the Sunday school ■viiieh i,hy V.eing Mn's Christian Associaion lias h el in op ration some six or eighr ii-'Utlia pasc were enterrai>v-d with a aee'jrn. anil, if one ma - judge of the amount

<r enjoyment by the amount of applanus accorded, then the <>i *!-,o young >eopic »roi-t Ivive iee:i. \ -",ry great- indeed. Abo,it a>!'.v«jro prosent-, the schoolroom being ■ juite Lull. Tiie adjourned Coroner's inquest touching *ht: death of Duncan Young, late warc'uman at. the Breakwatfv, 'S'hoso bodywas fottsul fl <aiing in -he bay minw days' i'luo, \i-.ts Iji'l I to-day A v- rdiot »f Fo'in-i liiwv.u-d ' was r. turned ■ lie ■ '-[. .-Miatara rac:-s i'.ave- Ijceii pestponed -II Thur-dav, «tittobei- SO on ae ouit of tlu'l 'Oils Co-.itra-y to th" autiivp itionvof r.h-. Di-o^ -or- no ?- iii „.i oie o'i'e l :-; have oeen rreei vjd for ii>' : ear-1 : j oi i-io ('aruiiru l-iatiis, and i-, haul e >ust i. aence been ilf.udeil to ca 9v tlii-tn on hy means of u bathkecper, applieation tor wtiieh position are to b- sent in to th.o •iecrenary hy We.in-sdajr next The warm, dry. dustv wea'hsr having now fairly set in the Directors would do well to lose no tine in throwing the baths open to the public. Thr e sermons will be preached to-morrow in Wait-iki Hall, in connection with the Primi ive Methodist Connexion, by the Rev, -J. Sharpe, of Timaru, in the morning at eleven, in the afternoon at three, and in the evening at half-past six o'clock. The supplementary bazaar in aid of the payment of the purchase of the site for a new parsonage for St. Luke's Ch-irch will be opened on .Monday next, at 2 p.m., in Mr. Sampter's new store In addition to ■he ordinary attractions of bazaars there will be intervals of music, 'a the t'orm of a promenade concert, throughout the eveningiilvery preparation is being made to render the affair a success, and we have no doubt it will be liberally patronised by the public.

We learn that some stacks of oaten hay at Maheno belonging to Mr. Petsr Williams were destroy- d by Sre at an early hoar this n-.orniag. We bar; aot been able to asceroain the number of sacks destroyed, hut Mr. Williams estimates his loss at LIOO, and what is worse. we believe that the stacks were unm,ured. It is generally believed that the Ire was the work of an incendiary, j ill 6 r , ecent! >' announced that iVIr. Cample II erected new sale yards in connection with his hotel ac Nirapara, and men- 1 turned ;hat these were likely to prove a I great hon!j -o sealers in tile district desirous •, f ;. e!ll "S stock. I" order to render the li -Itii'-g or -'ale.-; at Xgipara successful however, It is.lesi.al.le that ihr rail way Oeoartraint snotild provide sr.,„ e convenience for | k rnci„)2 At prewnc there is no sueh I and nnUv* som lhe>g is tlouo. j t'reat UiJfaeitliy will be experienced in placing I I Ihe expense of j | b! •' -■ ssittabla tor the purpose would j j ," e , Vl "fy v "'iiie th * advantages to i |o« t.c-1\ en :ji -ri'ri-.iin would lie manifold, j i ■ x ' u ?>reseiir., g -eat. i.-ss and inconvenience is ! | occasioned *. those desirous of forwarding I 1 sjock tiy railway _to other places, and wH j ihcrejv . nope "hat steps will be taken j ; ~it/50iir- uoiay to provide the necasaary vard* ' | fn l th f. P'-« c ' r -.3 of stock in railway trucks. \ i -'• lii 00 observed by an auvertisement i in anoiiier column that wo are to receive a | 1 vjsic from -Madame Cora, the well known 1 niagicaenne, and Val Vcse, v."hoao ventri- | Ic-'iuiai powers are known to most oi our 1 readers, They arc to remain in Oamaru for | a lev? nights, the aerie< of entertainment-. | c-.mmencmg at iht Volunteer Hall on | i in-sday evening The Dunedin papers [ spe-.k very favorably of the entertainments vri.vidcu ay the Cora-Vose Company, and | fvoie v.-iiat we v.lready know of the ability of ? -d&(iamo o<.! - a and Val Vose, both o® whom i ar» said 10 have greatly imi.roved since they j pr?.Viotis)y ;ui?i -ared 111 the Colony, we. j anticipate obcai-m'ig a iieafc of 110 mean ,vder.