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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 893, 25 February 1879, Page 2

The hearing of the appeals against the Corporation vataer s assessment w-ilt apparuntly hvst even tongtrr -than the Cini« stated ii* our paragraph tast i-veuitvg. Tlu.-c lioiits wwvt? taken ftp this morning witit the hearing of three appeal.*, i.p- two ot whii-'li the dci-isious were deferred, white ut tiethird Mr. Parker decided against the Corporatiou. The ratepayers are evidently deterttiitiud to- meet the Corporation with tlieir own weapons* and are now eatru...' witnesses ;w to-tha value of their property.

Mr. Galbraitli soUt to-day to : «l•-■. Markam and Famittou section t",. 1.t0.-k tV.„ Thames-street, Oamaru. imdrdittg tie' right-of-way used by the tinu of G'albraith and Co., and on- which are situated the premises occupied by Messrs. Murray. Kerens, and FamiUon. b>\; the sum of L-W)i>.

The usual .monthly meeting of the Wafare ka Roiut Roartt will be bet-1 in the olfues, Tyue street., tomorrow, at tl a.m.

Services in connection with the rhureh of England will be hehl in the country townships during the month of March as follows : —_n«l. Maheno-w at It a.m,.; Otepopc. at -."O 1 p.m.: ftampden. at t'».?t> p.m. t>th. thinttoon, at It a.m.; Otekaike at 7 p.m.. ftith, .Maheno. at It a.m. : ♦«epop«. at 2.30 p.m.; Hampden, at t>.3*> p.m. '.'Hrd. iHuv- ; troon. at It p.m..; Dtekatke, at 7 p.m. UlHh, Stations. The rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society ' wrlli be held this evening at the- Oddfellows* ffalt. Cornet-street. The band, which reIwarscd tast night at the Tees-street Hall. will be present for the first time. It ta to I be htJpeJd that there wit! be a fall master of i vocatists, j We team that Mr. W. Sutherland tins ohtamed nine months* leave of absence from the Waitaki County Cbanctt. and that he pro- ' ceeds at once to Melbourne, thence to Kraut Britain, via Sam. The Ph«iiis Boating Club is so unpretending an iivstitntion that probably few are [ aware of its existence. Eat it is flourishing. arul now* boasts of ten members and a yacht. schooner rigged, of abowt fiv tf tore* burthen, sailed th« *' Emily." The Clnb had an opening trip in this vessel on Tuesday hat, anii were pleased wjth the maoncr in which the boat behaved. In conscience of numerous applications from eligible persona to join the Clnb, the members have resolved upon adding to their "fleet" another and targer bo-t.

Mr. Lucas (lately tuner for Messrs. Begg 1 an.l Co.. but now of the firm of Messrs s Lucas. Cook, and Co.. Pianoforte and Organ E Manufacturer*, Dnnetiiu). will commence a tuning tour next week, and will Iw: in Oamani on Wednesday, ~tth March. .^ The Asacaartnent Court ftr *b.e< towni, of 1 Oamaru sat again to-day, before T. W. Parker, Eiq., Judge of the Couri. A few more ease* were got through, though' the j process was very slow, to the amount of evidence taken on the different cases, t Mr. Balmcr again watched the cases on be- t half of the appellants (the Corporation), ' and Mr. Hislop appeared for several ratepayers. Previous to considering any of the appeals*. Ht» Worship gave his decision upon , thv |«int ratsi«!»l yes»tcaday by Mr. Hislop Chat the noti.va oi np|>eal given to ratcpajvrg on bvlialf of tho Corporation were \ not En with the Act, in that it - itM not a copy «f the notice given to the j Assessment Court. His Worship held that although the notice jpven w-"* 3 twt -ttrictlv .• om:. t. it was sufficient for th-- i>nrj)*>se, ami hp therefore ovcr-mkd the objection. The J first t-aac heard was that of the a«sessmcnt j rtpoti Messrs. -1. and T. Mcek's mill pro|K.rty. I T?ie t oriwrationV valiftr (Mr. Clark) had assessct this property at L!SO. and Messrs. ; Meek appealed asainsttliisonthcground that it was too hisrh. while the Corjioration alsi» . : ipp»'at««t asatftst it. averrtna that it wn.« too , Irjw-. ftstw.' it at Ll'-V). A great atr.oemt of evi- i . ,1. -,\i:v \v.v.t*kvn, and tivt•« v. n, >jiih coii.udvr- ! ' ;*l'.!»' dtfTrr»m-Tr tft tit" '.mlo-m as .■■taf.'-d by the : witnesses. Mr. Meek stated that the annual 'value- of thu projwrty «w 1-12". while p Messrs. Hardy and Church, acting as expert* I »u behalf of the Corporation, placed a valuation upon it of I.'Jl'.">. In this matter his I: Worship reserved his •ieci.-«ion. Several j t>ther small appeals were disposed of, the ; whole of them being cases in which the ♦ Vrporatton were the appellants.