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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 909, 15 March 1879, Page 2

At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before T. W. Parker, Esq., R.M., Harry .Jackson was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Tyne street at 12 o'clock (noon) on the 14th inst., and was fined 20s, or three days* imprisonment. W. Broughton was charged with having deserted his ship. The accused pleaded guilty of being absent without leave, but not of deserting his ship. He had taken a little too much drink, and was preparing to return to the vessel when lie was arrested. In answer to his Worship, the accused stated his willingness to go on board at once, and as Captain Saunders, who (aid the information. «tiil not support it by his presence at the Court, the Bench ordered that he should lie sent on board. This concluded the business before the Court. Yesterday at mid-day Mr. .Sydney James. the Secretary of the Duncdiii Agricultural and Pastoral Association, left at our olhcc a fetter in reply to our article of the previous evening [on the Royal Agricultural Society. As our columns were already full to bursting, we were compelled to omit the letter in last evenine"a issue. Mr. James could Dot brook a delay of even a few hours. He, of course, not knowing any better, felt that whatever else was omitted, the importance of hit letter demanded that it should fie inserted. He told his talc to our contemporary* anu * tnc >"> sticklers for journalistic etiquette that they arc, could not, f >r would not. recognise the fact that perhaps wc miicht sometimes, through pressure upon our 9pa««. be as unable as they are to meet to the letter the demands of correspondents, inserted Mr. James' letter this morning. We viewed Mr. James' letter, as one of those things that could not by any possibility be rendered more uninteresting through effluxion Of time—as a thing that tvout'i be as provocative of a yawn a week or so hence, as now. If Mr. James was inflated with the notion that his letter was too strong for our columns he was mistaken. Such correspondence as his is what we thoronchly appreciate. It does neither us nor anybody else any harm, whilst the commentary necessary upon its insertion may teach the writer to use his pen with a little more discretion and make his communications more interesting in future. We arc desired by his Worship the Mayor to acknowledge the receipt on behalf of the Kaitanaata Relief Fund of a list of subscriptions collected by T. Middlcton, Esq., Benmore Station, together with a cheque for LI2. been? the amount of the same. At a meeting of the Committee of the Kaitancatn Relief Fund, held last night, Mr. \V. J.""Smith in the chair, the following «;tms were received .—His Worship the Mavor, LS2 ;"» Gd: Messrs. Smith and : Sutton (Jetty Ward). LOT fs fid : Rev. Mr. Todd (Thames Ward South), L 33 5s b'd ; Mr. Barron JSevern Ward), LlO Is: Messrs Houghton and Pocklington (Severn Ward South). LIS Ps: Messrs. Fleming and Ktd'ey. LI2 : Otefcaike Station. L3ii 4s Od ; proceeds Philharmonic Society's concert. L3O.W ; Young Men's Christian Associations s.rvice of eoW. Ll2 10s: iliirh School scholars. l"> ">s : Mr. <.'. ii. Moore's hat, LS fa ;' Otcntatata. Lo Us. Total. L 315 17s 3d.. The Mayor wrote apologising lor his ab=.«!KV, and "suggesting that the lists should be kept o'k;!! f«jr another wuck, whicli was adopted. and the meeting adjourned for a week. The Rev. A. t.ilFor.l iravc- notice to move at the next meeting—- " That, on remitting the contributions of Oamam and districts to the Dunedin Committee, it be strongly recommended that the iCetief Fund' (after satisfying claims already ineurred) be invested jo as to provide an allowance duriiiL' widowhood, payable weekly or monthly, to" alt widowed by the mine I catastrophe, arid similar allowances to ottn.-rs | involve.! in the distress, .-wording to th-' I -lis..'retioi. of the Central Committee : and [that the capital fund, when released tpmi I sued claims. {»> constituted a permanent relief fund for nidtns. sndV.rcrs by extraordinary I .widenU. Votes of thanks to tho-e who j had assisted the fund were pa.-.sed unanimously. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile AffettfV Company, at its laat meeting, lately held in London" declared a dividend of !."> per cent., and carried L 20.000 to the reserve FuntE. \Vc have received from Messrs. Ronayne and t*ottn?t! a very carefully-coinpili-d and neatly-printed railway timetable for March. drawn up in a manner specially suitable for residents in the Oamaru districts. The times «t arrival and departure of all trains connected with this part of the Colony arc ' tr.vett in a clear and concise manner, ami in the absence of any time-table published by the Department, the information contained in it cannot fail to prove of value to the traveltinsf public, and tor its publication Me*»rs. Knnayne and < 'uttrcti arc deserving ot the thanks'of alt interested in the arrival.and departures of trains. The time-table is issued srratis. and all who desire can obtain copies of it at the publishers' shop. A large number of persons gathered on the old cricket ground laat evening, to witness the tight-rope performances of Young i Morris, better known as tiic New Zealand Blouittn. A wire rope having been strcUhcd across the ground about 10 feet high, Morris essayed tlvi task of walking along it ; but - owing to the w ire not having been hauled ttsfhtfv enough and the darkness of the evening, he was unable to walk the whole way. 11 c ' atMcendnel. however, in walking forwards ; and backwards on it once, but on attempting the performance a second time, he missed his footing, and fell to the ground, without sustaining any »i»i«ry however. On the conclusion of the performance the hat was sent ! round, with what result report sajeth not. The announcement that the Rev. Mr. ITodd would conduct Divine service at I»un-troo-t on Tuesday next at 5.30 p.m. was erroneous. Tlie time should have been stated ! as 7.30. At the meeting of the Schools Committee last evening Mr. J. T. Kvans mentioned that iat the nr>ftt~moeting he would move that an | examination should be held and prizes given at the breaking up of tiio schools for the Christmas holidays. The total receipts at the Service of Song by the choir of the Oamaru Young Men's Christian Association, amounted to Ll4 lis, and the expenses to L2 Us, leaving a balance i in aid of the Kaitangata Relief Fund of LI2. | a che-jwo for which amount lias been for- | warded to his Worship the Mayor. The Paltnerston annual races take place on Mondav next, and, it being a semi-holiday (St. Patricks Bay J should attract a large number of spectators. The entries for the various events are highly satisfactory, and there should be sonic good racing. The railway department holds out the additional in Eutenvcnt of single fares for return tickets. The Waitangi Tribune says : —*' A crop of wheat belonging to Mr. "Middlcton, and grown on the Waimate Fiat, has proved of a splendid quality, and returned, although ■ much shaken by" the wind, 37 bushels to the acre. This crop has claimed the notice of Messrs. Cunningham and Co., who purpose forwarding a sample of it to the Sydney Exhibition. A crop of wheat grown in one of Mr. Studhotme * pAddocks, below the Waimate Junction, Ims averaged 45 bushels to the acre. This is the second crop of wheat tfvat has been taken from the same ground."