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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 888, 19 February 1879, Page 2

We teftm that the Railway Pepartment propose to'ehan-je the pnwnt railway station ,at Ngapara to a sit'* situated about thirty : yards to the northwards of tin- present one. To elfee-t this it wilt be rieeessary for the tiovernment to prtfi.-ha.->t! the suction* now held by Messrs. Leith. K. Pavis. Arda.'h. ;and the Terminus Hotel. It the propose,! 'change should tatve ptaee it wilt he a great ' improvement, a* the present station is anything but convenient.. ? An accident of a serious nature occurred at Otepopo yesterday. A man named Pavid : Wishart. who wn employed by Mr.. Thomas ' Anderson, farmer, at t'tepopn,, was drivin„' an empty dray down the Pon-hte Hilt when ,tl\e horse suddenly started, and threw the i driver off the dray, which passed over his teft leg ami fidl6 hand. On examination f»y ' Pr. Ci-arland. at the Hospital, where thesufferer was taken, it was ascertained that he had sustained a fracture of the thumb of his [right hand, and it is thought his leg is also | seriously injured. i A very pleasing ce-remony took- place last. night at Otepopo. in the shape of a preseut-v jtion to- the local postmaster f Mr. .Stanton.''. J who- is leaving the district for. we trust, a better situation. Hi* position at Otep«p» (has not been what one might term a heil ni iruses.. I : >ut this: has been a misfortunewhich ; Mr. Stanton, may never again- su-lfer. He 'has his friends, however, as wett as his e t \eImiesi. ami the former met fast night at tFn» ; Imperial Hotel, when Mr. T. Henderson, | presented liinv with a handsome eornbined Igotili pencil-case and penholder, in making the presentation, Mr. Henderson made a few appropriate remark.-*, tvhieh. were responded to< by Mr. Stanton: arid., after "The Departing *iuest " was drunk, the eompany sepafated-. Mails for the Australian: t"otoriies and Tasmania, per Ri-rtgarnorua, will close at the Bluff at ttfa.m. to-morrow.

I Four racehorses, proceeding t' l tho ap- [ prone.hing fhitu-ilirv race meeting. p**sud j through Oamam Jiy t-vpfcss" afternoon. Their names* are Ma.*on.'* t''amr>alh» and ■Kverstoy. and VVVr>Fi'.< Pv.nde.--and Adamant. They looked ia splendid eo.i4ie.iim. Stacking., teadinr in. and thrashing are the order or" the day ift the Weston. Waiareka, and Sgapara districts. Stack* oi !wheat in:sacks are IV-ginning to mafcr tfietr I appearance at the railway siding*, without iany shed covering or ether appliance* in 1 protect thum from the weather. A great ideal! was- said fast year with reference to the j necessity for pro.«i»£tojf conveniences for the jstuufciag of wheat at railway siding*, f'ttt it jseem» to haws hail l>ut tittle effect. We Iwoatif suggest to the <ffeTerm«nt the f»roiprtwty. if not too tate. "E erecttnsf ptalform* I for thu eet.i'ptiwn. of icrain- at th«* varinv :.«idinsp« hetwectv *.>aniaru and Nsrafara If.Fis* ■wmvUli at Iwant keep; th« otf the itfvunad),. *a«l of providuiglg«od tarraulin?.

Mr. O. Dodson intends to sell at an early date a quantity ofjyoung stock bred by him, amongst which there will be 12 three-year-olds, four two-year-olds, and eight yearlings. The latter arc the progeny of Cassivelaunus and thoroughbred mares, and the others are by the same sire and Mr. Dodscm's favorite trotting and buggy mares. Mr. Floyd, Superintendent of Railways and Telegraphs, is here for the purpose of arranging what is termed the block system between Waiareka Junction and Oamaru, whereby it will be rendered impossible for a railway accident to occur even on this awkward section.

It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that the service of song " Bunyan's Holy War," will be given in the Wesleyan Church this evening, commencing at halfpast seven o'clock.

The return cricket match between eleven of the Oarnani Club and fifteen of the Excelsior Club is fixed for Saturday, Ist March, and the following [.layers of the former club arc re<|tte»tcd to attend practice regularly, as the team will be selected early next week: Messrs. Anderson, Booth, Castelli, Creagh. De Lautonr. Du Pre, F. Fenwick, Lowe, Maedonnld, G. Millington, •*. Millington, Xicolts, Xewton, Uutlcy, Bice, Sumpter, and Walls.

Some people would appear to be exceedingly careless in drawing up tenders, judging from the many infnnn.il tenders that come under our not ire. A very striking case of this kind occurred at the meeting of the Hospital Committee last evening, when a tender was received without a signature attached to it. Of course the Committee could not entertain it, and the tenderer lost his chance of obtaining the contract. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before J. W. Humphrey, Ks»j., J. I'.. Anne Dunn was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Severn-street yesterday, and was lined .is., with the option of 2-f hours* imprisonment. Those who delight in really good music—.iiich as that which makes one oblivious oi all the trials and troubles which thickly stud our path through this world —would he delighted to hear Mdile. <'h.irbomiet. Unless the opinions of the Colonial Press are unreliable, Mdtte. is one of those pianistes we so often read about but seldom have the pleasure of hearing. We will take it for granted that Mdtle. Charbniinet*.-* performances are the enchantiiv_' ones which the Press says they are : what a delightful entertainment we shall have provided for t:s hi a tatt uted dra-..ing-r.•<.:;» c.-.uip-.ny. of v.-'n. ii Mr. llo4;iit-i. tite cuicd'nn the m.m who was tie- ne.ire.-t approximation to the late *»'•-. Charles- Matthew* tiiat «•• have iv.-r seen-- is the head. After the horrid trad; 'called "I'rv-t.- Tom's Cabin" and other kindred atsuts-jiuettts. the pleasant change which will be provided for us by the Charhonnet-Hoakins Company will ba weleotne.