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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 810, 16 November 1878, Page 2

The gale of yesterday seems to have been pretty general, and was felt with great severity on the Canterbury plains. The progress of the trains was impeded, and it was considered risky crossing over the several bridges en route, which were traversed with exceeding carefulness. It appears that our statement that the framework of Mr. Otterson's new house had suffered sadly through yesterday's high winds is incorrect, and as it is considered to be damaging to the architects and builders engaged in the work of planning and constructing Mr. Otterson's house, we hasten to correct the blunder. The Waitaki County Council invites applications for the position of ranger in the Papakaio Riding. Owing to a clerical error on the part of the Secretary of the North Otago Rifle Association the names of Sergeant-Major Creagli and Private R. Harding were omitted from the list of those chosen to practice for the rifle match against the Otago Association, as published in our last issue.

The following are the names of those chosen to represent the Otago Rifle Association in the match against the North Otago Association :—No. J. City Guards—Captain Wilson, Vols. Smii'i, Coventry, and Melville ; North Dunedin Rifles —Sergeant Richardson and Vols. T. Hutchison and G. Miller; East Taieri Rifles—Vol. D. L. Christie ; South Dunedin Rifles—Sub-Lieut. Miller and Sergeants Co.xhead and Kennedy; Dunedin Naval—P. O. Jack. A special meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society will be held at Mr. Earle's dining-rooms on Monday evening, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of making arrangements for the forthcoming show. A full attendance is requested.

We would remind our readers that the Royal Marionettes will appear at the Volunteer Hall this evening. The Horticultural Society's Show, to bo held on Thursday and Friday next, promises to be even more successful than its predecessors. In addition to the prizes offered by the Society, amounting to about L 36, a large number of special prizes are to be given to the value of LI 2, including the following :—Mr. Henry Connell, one guinea for the best rose in the room, and the like amount for the best collection of pansies ; Mr. Montagu, one guinea for the best collection of variegated foilage plants; Mr. Edwin Collis, a gold locket for best bouquet made by a lady ; Mr. M'Corkindale, a silver-plated inkstand for best collection of roses ; North Otago Times, one guinea for best collection of zonale geraniums, and half-a-guinea for best collection of heaths ; Evening Mail, one guinea for best bouquet made by a young lady under 15, and half-a-guinea for best bouquet made by a young lady under 12 ; the Society, a special prize of one guinea for best collection of cut flowers shown by an amateur, with half-a-guinea as second prize ; also, a guinea for best collection of vegetables shown by an amateur, with half-a-guinea for second prize. It is desired that intending competitors will give notice to the Secretary, at Mr. Falconer's store, as to the number and nature of their exhibits at least two days before the show, in order that space may be provided for them. The second annual meeting of the North Otago Benevolent Society, which will be the first statutory meeting under the new Act, will be held in the Volunteer Hall on Friday, the 29th inst., at S p.m. It will be proposed at this meeting to increase the number of the town me2nbei's to twelve. A special meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Benevolent Society, for the receipt of the annual report and balancesheet, will be held next Wednesday at the Secretary's office, at S o'clock.