The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 899, 4 March 1879, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1879.

Thu tutugnmi* from Kom» puMiimwd Uv this- iumtti contain two announu»m»nt» of interest Co ugfwiitturiHts—«n» of a peasant natnro,. and th« othuv 06 thu *«?y t»vers« kind. Thtttf, whilw w« aro informsd that tHw priuui* for wont ate w««k with a tamttmsy todetdiuo.. wo also r«c»iv» the plowing inttjlli* g»m;« that * doubfo ritro htw tak«n pt»«* in w hunt *. * ttttographiu massage dated '-Bth Ifubrunry stating that wheat ha» attvancett by 1» to t* 6tt» whilu a ttdsgran* of th« 2nd March announuwt that wheat ia Is* highs*. ©us totagramtr from ffome contain many other itumi* of interest* but to tft* farmsr uono will bs so wstcoma a* that with roferono« to the whwat market. through th« instrumentality of Mr . P. A. \t'Luod, £»» 2f» have bum collected amongst fch« employes on the waterworks for the Kaitangata Widows*'amt Orphan* Fund, and handed: over to hie Worship- the Mayo* this morning. It is espuutsd that upwards of LI'.O will bo collected from this source. Tho usual monthly meeting of the Kafcanui Road Board wilt be held in tho Tynu-streot to-morrow forenoon. Cfc is feared that North ©tag» will not be represented at the. approaching volunteer review at ftivercargill. Only seven members of No. I t?ompiuiy responded to> the invitation by being present at tout night's parade: ami, m thtt number requiredi front this district in 125\ it is believed! that tt ht imposaibt* tu makeitup. It i» thought that thwHamptlen Company and possibly a gun detainment of fth» Artillery wilt b» present,, bat even this is not» wrtainty.

Bi» Worship the Mayor withee to acknowledge through oar columns the receipt of LtO 10» from W. Penwiek. Esq., in aid of the Kaitaagata Widow* awl Orphan* Fttact i ataov par P. WOhlams,. Esq., for himjsetf and the men working at Mr. A. Aitchisea'a thrashing toxSX. tit* wan of L 9 3». This aenusg the people in the Tieoaiy of iTyw-eftreet were s«rpri»e«i by a m« w Itoaat and empAati* that it could not have been mow so> had it rrwnatect from a raaa struggling for tils and! imploring deliverance from th* hands of art assassin. Bat it only resembled in volume a mart in the last extremity; the sentiments were widely diffaf«nt!. Of course, everybody knows that the poor fellow has tost his reason, and that I under ordinary circumstances he is quite inoffensive and harmless. But when eseited fey alcoholic drinks he is marl. On such occasions hi» behaviour and language arc most objectionable, and unfit for anybody, more especially for ladies and children, to : hear and see; indeed, under some conditions, | they might he productive of serious in|nry. !Where does he obtain drink? This is a Ingestion for the police to Botve. and when they have done so we should hear of the in' (fiction of fine*. Such an exhibition as that of this morning- leads one to the eonelnsion that "• Mad Kelly" is not always so harmless as could be desired.

Ott Thursday next, at 5 p.m., at the Royat Ifotet, Jilt. Kerr will present three " willows " to three gentlemen of the banks who hate from time to time won laurels for themselves ia the field. Mr. Da Prtf (for batting). Mr. Low (for bow ting), and Mr. Fenwiuk (for wiokst keeping); wilt be the recipients.

Mr. Cagftey purchased to-day the building allotment ia Thames-street lately occupied by Mr. CJoMammer. having 22 feet frontage and tQO feet depth, for the sum L 930. The quarterly sitting of the Licensing- : Court was held to-day at the Court-house at t'J o'clock, before T. W. Parker. fTan\, R.M., and .fames tTdair, John Boston, awl John Raid. Eeqrs.. JLrVs. William fttyth. of tt«org« Town., applied through his solicitor. Mr. Hisfopv for a bottle license for his store. which was granted. Michael Conway applied for the transfer of a tieense for a hotel at Maheao from Mrs. Balfour to himself. Mr. flislop supported the application, and the Bench granted it. Mr. Balmer supported an application from Mr. W. ft. l>iehl, Otepopo. to Mr. P. Johnston, whieh was also ; granted. The transfer of tisense from Mr. i George Harper to Mr. John Rodger*, of Pfgapara,. was granted. The transfer of a bottle tkense from Mr. Cfeorge Adams, of : Kafcanui. to Mr. John Henderson lapsed on account of the absence of anyone to support it. Mr. O'Meaglver applied on behalf of , Mr. Hugo Lippert for a bottle license. This application was strongly supported by witnesses' from the country, who proved that it would be of considerable convenience to them if the application were granted. The application was ordered to stand over till the nest quarterly day. An application for the transfer of the hcense far the Royal Hotel from Mr. R. Richardson to Mr. J. th ' Kett was granted, as were also those for the Northern Hotel from Mr. J. Johnston to Mr. O. Ames, for the Shamrock Hotel front Mr. ft. Amos to Mr. I*. Croft, and for the Star and Carter Kotet from Mr. C. L. Longford to Mr. ftiUespi't.

Tat* moathty meeting of the Committee of the North Otago iforticnttttrat Society w** heM last evening, at Mr. Earte's dining rooms. There were present :■— Mr. Conncll (president), is the chair. Messrs. Simpson. tfartfey. Kidd. f»te». Forsyth, an*l Spratt (hon. swc). The minute* of last meeting having been read and confirmed, it was. resolved that no pass-out cheques be issued at th« ensuing 9how.. Mr. Simpson was appointed to superintend alt arrangements in connection with t&« preparing of the- t»*tl for th« show. Messrs- Hartley am:! Fox were, chosen to* stage exhibits. and Messrs. Montagu and Ctten were empowered to arrange for the supplying of mask. It was (tedded that the Committee should act as stewards at the Show. It was announced that the (otto-wing special prizes weald !>e given :By the. Society—Ll Is for the lest collection of fruit shown by a dealer, and tf)» Bd for the second best collection. f»y Mr. Conn«tt—Ll for best roue in the room. % Mr. Montagu—Ll Is for best eolteetton of «an«sg»6«d (eliage-plants. liy art amateur—15s for best &oui-«et by a young bdy under 1M years'. tss for best bouquet by a hoy 'under 14 years : Ts frt for second best tiou* (|i»et by young tatty under M; Is «Vt for second best bouquet by a fcoy under M: '„> b'd for third best bouquet by a young tady,. and *2» 6d for third best bowpzet by a boy l the bouquet* to be made Up in the presence of the Committee, at the Mechanic*" : Institute, on the morning of the Show. By a tady—3s for best tabte bouquet, and -la for second best table bott'tnet open to all. there was only a small attendance at St. Pant's Church bst evening, when the Rev. JL T. Evans, agent for the British and i, Foreign Bible Society, gave an interesting 'address.. After the meeting had been 'opened with singing and prayer, the: Rev. Mr. Todd, who* occupied the chair, explained 'the object of the meeting, and introduced : the Rev.. Mr. Evans, this- gentleman then gavti: a long and somewhat circumstantial account of the work that had been performed by the Bible Society: how the tSibte had been introduced into- France. Kuswia. and other countries, and how the presentation of th« Scriptures had beer* the mean* of shedding tight and spreading the fiespel I truths where hitherto-darkness and ignorance \ had r»rgn«d. He wound np with an earnest appeal for assistance to> the Society in its worfc of spreading the Scriptures, amongst | all nation* of th« e:irth. The Rev. Mr. ! Patwson also* delivered an ait.tress npon the: same subject, and after votes of tt»nfcs had butsn passed to- the Rev. Mr. Evan* and the; chairman, the benediction waa pronounced, ; ivad the meeting closed. Tn« inspection parade of the hcadqtrartcr-t : companies wa» held last evening, when the Citizen Cadets turned ont in strong force, | bxtt there was only a. poor attendance of the (Artillery and No.. I Company. After the ! parade Major Steward commented strongly ; upon th« paucity of the attendance, which ihe characterised aa unfair to the officers, ; especially in view of the approaching annual inspection by Major Withers. He also in* timatsdthat fines would be stringently enforced for absence from the parade on Thursday evening next, and requested the officers commanding companies not to grant leave of, absence oscept in the case of illness.