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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 774, 4 October 1878, Page 2

The following is the classification of the Oamavu portion of the InvercargiU's immigrants, forwarded per Waitaki this morning: —1 family, comprisingSchiidren(n..mmated); 1 family, comprising 4 children (general laborer); 1 family, comprising 4 children (plou-hnian); 1 family, comprising 3 children (shepherd); I married couple (ploughman) ; Si single men (all agricultuia! laborers), and 10 domestic servants. We nre glad to welcome hick to Oamaru Mr. i)uncan Sutherland, who returned from a visit to the land of his bi'th yesterday. Mr. .lohn Dur.gan, so well and favorably known in Oamarn as having bt-en for some time the editor of this p .per. is now proprietor of the Mana-watu Times. \\ e are sure that .Mr. Duncan's numerous tnencs will feel pleased to hoar this. The Bible Class on Wednesday evening last, belonging to the Y.M.C.A., was conducted by Mr. Mirams The subject chosen was " The hie of Jacob " which was handled in a very instructive manner, but the attendance was smaller than usual. __ Non-members are cordially invited to attend. There was no meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute last night, a quorum not having been present. The North Otago Coursing Club met with the same fate from the same cause. The young folks will bo- pleased to learn that the Cora-Vose Company will give a mid-day performance to-morrow. The Rev. Josiah Ward, who has beea laboring in Dunedin in the interests of the Primitive Methodist Church for about three years, is now on a visit to Oamaru for the purpose of inducting the Wev Mr. Barley, who has just arrived from England to take charge of the Primitive Methodist Church here. Mr. Barley will preach in Dunedin .on next Sunday, and will arrive in Oamaru j in the earlv part of next week. Mr. Ward j ttHl preach in the Waitaki Hall on Sunday j -ct, morning and evening. j Ve are requested to remind those perons who have been summoned as jurors W on fifv' tftal .of cases at the District \urt he* a tha-i-iht-ir attendance will be reuired on next at 1 I o'clock The owse of Crooge v. Lees and Moore, ecided to-day %t Waimate, is one of. some Merest to wnh. elders The plamtiff was a oadman working <&* the Wawaate County WiU and h£a £?. W npon *. defendI. i i u.. „, vnaser to bnrn on the nt s land by tneir m , =>. . ~n~ , , , usaocks, and y burned t. temS anl ertain property in it; fe . ' a oP tne ty sa o L So^d elS Kw - J « necessary and custom line of the year to bum wind ?hat when this fire was h. \ where the cas blowing away trom the p chansert ,la,ntiff «. camped, but «* o an opposite direction, a tanding alfthe efforts made it ire down upou the camp. l> ']■ * , .roved that the plaintiff had not isual precaution of burning the hj«% ; b \- • ° mind his tent. For the defence tie flowing points wore raised. 1. In «; aao lefendants had been guilty of no neg Gtnd that owing bo the sudden change o yore not responsible. 2. That the pit untafl lad by his contributory negligence in; not turning round his teut, barred any clan m ns night have had, even if there had neen on the part of the defendants. Jrhat the plaintiffs tent being pitched iiot upon his own land, or any land he had a r&ht to occupy, he was bound to exercise even more than ordinary caution, which he had not done Judgment was given for the defendants. The ca e was tried before Mr. K Beetham. Mr. White, of Timaru, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Newton,, of , Oamaru, for the defendants.