The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 858, 15 January 1879, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879.

A meeting was held in the Cave Valley School last! night, for the purpose of advocating temperance. The meeting was conducted by the Upward and Onward Lodge of Team-raki, Bvo. Jordan. W.f.T.. in theeha'f. .V number of the tiond Templars of Teaneraki put in sui appearance, but a few who were expected from Oaiuaru did not come, so fhat the onus of providing amusement for .those present felt upon the members of the. "I imcntki Lodge. Owing to the copious rain that had fallen previously, ttie roads uoi-o muddy, and the audience was not so 'larftu as it otherwise would have been ; but •those who did eonio were well pleased with tueeVKuiug's amusement, which consisted of swgs. readings, addresses, recitatious.. and musical sections. At the close of the meeting -thwe wishing to become (Jowl Templars ga.ve in their names, when twentyWuru names w»r» plowed upon the application for iv. charter. Consequently * lodge of thn C.O.H.T. will be instituted! in Weston in .v tfJivi't time.

Mr. Andrew Thompson h&t received the appointment of Collector of Agricultural Statistics for the district of Waitaki, and that portion of the Wajkooaiti district north of the Wartatt. Tho returns are to be ready soma time m February. ! The directors of the Oamara and Dancdin Steamship Company are apparently de- : C«rmin«d to use every effort to retain : the passenger trade. The far** to and 1 from Dunedifl hare r.a~ been fixed sia fotlowr i Saloon. I 0» ; return (available for seven (toys), !3<* : fore-cabin, single, 3s. Evert had previous rates been maintained, a sea trip is too pleasurable and health-pro* mating, and the Waitaki is too great a favorite with the travelling public, for its passenger trattw to suffer much through railway communication with Pnnedtn, bat now that a farther redaction has been made in passenger rates, we would not be surprised if the Waitaki were to do something more than retain the passenger traffic with which she has been favored in the past. Feopte get tired of the jolty road between here and Dunedin, which renders travelling even worse than it was in the uncivilised coaching days. En sonseqaience of the Volunteer If all being engaged for the 28th instant, the anneal meeting of subscribers t<* Oamara Hospital will be held in the Mechanics' Institute.

A meeting of Volunteer Officers was to have been held this morning to make arrange* ments for the district prue-ftring. hut owing to the short notice given and the consequent non-attew lance of the officers of country companies, the meeting was adjourned until Monday nest,, at 11 oVtoek. when it will be held in *'aptai« Sampler's office. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before S. E. Shrimski. Estj.. J.P.. Henry Lit sen, charged with drunkenness and fighting., and James Rain, for being drunk and disorderly, were each cautioned and discharged.

The January match of the North Otago Rifle Association wilt take- place on Saturday next, at the usual hour. Entries will be received at Mr. Rule's shop, until $ o'clock to-morrow evening.

Fatima, " the greatest illusion oS the age," has returned to Oamaru. and the proprietor intends to reveal the art by which she appears to be what she is not. Tins should hare the effect of inducing the curious to visit this novel exhibition.