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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 873, 1 February 1879, Page 2

YesterttayV gate was felt with great severity at Patmerston. In addition to otber damagß done, the chimney in Jennison's awcttfjn room was blown down, a jiortint* of th« west window in the Episcopalian CEittcua wa.it shattered, and the stone cross in tht> Presbyterian Cfanreh w.-v* blown dnwji. t'oristatdt; f'outhorne and .Mrs. Coulbornc having r«:»i'gn«>t the positions of gaoler awl matron of the Oatnarn VJaol. Constable Walker and Mrs. Walker have l«en appointed ti> till their poats. TTif hf«i«t..'{ir»Wer* of Kakanui. we leani, elected the f»tt<»wins: gentlemen a* a School Committee for the earning year: —Meswrs. Mathew Morton. Alexander 'lltorcdxi. Captaift Mathesott, Itobert Morton, .lamc.i MitehetL Francia IJroinley, and Alexander trvahanv. in connei-tion with the Episcopal ♦ 'tut re Ft «itl be Field in the outlying districts a.* f*d!o.«*s rtnriivi.- the month of February : •Jud— ♦>tepopt>. II a.m.: Maheno. 3.30 p.m. •nt*- Hampden. U a.m.: Utejiopo. 3 p.m. Utttv iHtivtroott. IE a.m. : Otekaike. 7 p.m. -.Ttrit—**6epop.>. 11 a.tn.: Hampden. t».3op.in. At the K.M. Conrt to-day, Alexander ♦ 'tarfc waj ttned l~>4 for drunkenneaA. The monthly meeting of the North Otago Kortieutturat Soeiety will be held at Mr. F,.u-le'.4 roonn. Thames-street, on Monday evenin.it next. Staita tor the Australian Colonic.*, via P.titrf and tt»t>art Town, pvr s.». Tararwa. rtosf at the Qamara ottice on Wednesday. sth inst., at ft a.m.

TTu? annual meeting of the members of Sn. t ('prnpany Ritte Volunteers was held "a.*t evening, after the wsitat parade. The chair wa* r><-;cnpied Ey Captain Sumpter. and there was a fair attendance. Tin; minutes <>t the previous annual meeting having been read and t;«mfirm-ed. the-annual ijalan'.x-shect. as audited by Corporal Atkinson. was read and adopted. This showed the receipts tor the-year to- have amounted to L 125 l°s 3d. and the expenditure to L 99 fis I'd. leaving a credit balance- ot LIO 3s after allowing tor ail outstanding accounts. It was decided to pvno icvj cr'«m Unm? a supply of helmets and hlwk patent leather accoutrements for the Company. IJefore proceeding to the election oi office-bearers, the Chairman spoke in terms ff praise of the mitvinT in which the duties (if Secretary and Treasurer had been per-tV>i-nwd by Lieutenant Headland, ami sttgthat he should he re-ctected. SubLitrnt. Morris thought the offices should be divided, while others thought the Secretary should W paid a small salary. Lieut. Headland askrd t»> he relieved from otficc. It was decided t» divide the o"i« - es of Treasurer ami Secretary, and Lieut. Headland was then elected "Treasurer, arid Quarter-master Sergeant. King «•»» appointed Secretary. *"i>rp<?r»l Atkinson m»»ved tttat the Secretary should reserve an honorarium of t.*> per annum. This wad objected to by Quarter-master tVrgeant King, who said he would not accept the money. The motion was. however, agreed to. The following members were elected a Match Committee ■: Sergt. King and Privates K. Hardin:; and A. Hardy. A General Committee kh appointed as follows:—Coqd. Bust. Privates Adams. It. Harding. A. Hardy, and A. Andeison. On the motion of Corpl. Atkinson, it was decided to refund a portion of the cost of the second dummy target. erected by the Xorth Otago Kitlc Association. It was resolved to set aside LIO for competition In firing, to be divided as follows r —tat prize, L 3 life : 2nd. L2 10s ; 3rd. Lt if**: 4th. LI ; sth. 15s: 6th. 10s: 7th .V : the ranges to be 200, 4C3. and 500 yards. under the usual conditions: and the dates for the firing were fixed for the 12th, 14th, and tilth instant. Some matters of a routine nature having been disposed of. the meeting terrmr.ftted with a vote of thanks to the chats';.nail.

Tin- offertories of St. Luke's Clinrch tomorrow will be in aid of the Melanesian Fond.

| At a meeting of the Oamarw Schools : Cominittee, was held at the office of the Secretary*, yesterday evening. Present— Messrs. Iferdman, Hay, \V. J. Smith, Montagvi. and the Secretary. Mr. Neil Fleming was elected Chairman of Committee for the coming year; Mr. Herdman, Honorary Treasurer; and Messrs. W. J. Sndth and Montagu, Auditors. In consequence of the Education Board having declined to pay the salaries of Drill Instructor and Mti.»ic Teacher, it was resolved that the cache rs of those branches of instruction teceir,' a month's notice that their services b« dispensed with, and the Secretary was instructed to notify to the Rector and the nmters of the Jvorth and South Schools the wish of the Committee that they make such arrangements as they may deem desirable to carry on the drill and singing classes. It was alio resolved, on tlic suggestion of the Rector, tnat the infant classes should assemble at 10 a.m, instead of 9 o'clock, as heretofore*