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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 878, 7 February 1879, Page 2

AC the District Court to-day. More hts ft.HWV Judge Ward., the TO' "•« ft'>tg"V v. ttcmtrvsou was adjourned. Mr. ftistop applied fni- <* probate in the will of tflc late Str. William Rule. Hi* Honor granted the application. fw> tiave paid their rates will he allowed to. vote for the election of members of the Harbour Hoard tn Mn«(by next. Voter* will have a vote for each ward in which they have- property or» wtttvh th<«y have paid their rates: ami are reminded that they may erase all but erne name it they i:hoos«. but they must not leave unerased more than three names.. The town eleven which wilt engage in t«Mff owV erit-fcet mateh wilt he selected tfwn the fottowtrtjf :.—Messrs. Sumpter. Atherton. Booth., freaghv Cocke. IV Lawtnnr; Ftneh. Otjswnv iloworth.. Rice. Wait*. Church, and Volunteer* are to- tie- treated tf> a tittle excitement. It will be seen, on reference to an advertisement in another ptaec that members of the Sectk Otagw Kiffe Assoetation will compete for the: 'N*w Zealand Rife Association's hronxe medal on Monday nest, tt should he remembered that winners will have the privilege of entering the Colonial competition at Kelson free. The trial of reapers and binders held at Patrwrston yesterday resulted En the eentesting- imwUta** being adj;ndged te> stand as fotbws :—M'Cwaiefc. I: Weed. 2; Osborne. & Considerable interest was taken in the trial., The following fc> a delicious confounding of word.* said tt* have fceen the result of a very full appreciation of the fruit* ©f the vineyard by a gentleman who made an afterdinner speech:—"lf* in the wenderfra! insight into, •timan natare that Dickens gets the put! over Thackery : hut. on t'other hand, it * in the brilliant shafts o" satire, together with a keen sense o' bamonr, that Diefcery get* th« j>*o over Thackens. If* jttst th»: Thkkery l» the hnmoriat, and

Dacfcena is the satirist. But, after all, it's absurd to instoot any comparison between Dackery and Thickens." So none was " instooted.*' The managers of the Oamaru Cemetery will meet at the Mechanics' Institute this evening., at half-past 7 o'clock.