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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 975, 4 June 1879, Page 2

The telegraphic news per 6an Francisco mail which appears in another column consists of two messages making a total of 1500 worda. One of these messages w«rha?d«4 into the Auckland office at 9 a.m., sad the other at 9.15 a.m. That which was first in the hands of the Telegraph Department reached ti* at 3.16 p.m. and the other at 12.3.1. Iterc is another instance of the wondcrfnl perfection to srjjjch telegraphy has been bronglit in this Colour, What tcltgnpUrt* in otner places can do in one hour our telegraphist* can do in six ! - 'A monthly meeting of the Oaoun Mechanics'lnstitute will be held on Hw*day next at 7*30 p.nr.

At the conclusion of last night's parade, the members of the I Battery of Artillery met and resolved, in view of the time it would take to obtain full-dress uniforms from Home, to pay half the cost of undress uniforms for all recruits who have joined since the 22nd April, and to provide the Artillery band with uniform#. At the election, yesterday, for the Inchholme Sub-division of the Kakanui Road District, Mr. James, E. Elder was returned I unopposed.

The Oamarn Municipal Council will meet at the Town Clerk's office oo Thursday ne*t at 7.15 p.m. business—general. Mr. M. W. Green, of Bright-Green fame, will lecture to-night at the Volunteer Hall muter the auspices of the Oamaru Young Christian Association. The subject will he " Luther, the Monk that shook the World."

The Philharmonic Society's practice is unavoidably postponed till Friday evening, the Gth inst., in the Volunteer Hall, at the

usual hour.

Tiie W.-limnto Tribune says "We learn that the Waimatc Steeplechases, through the sportsmanlike spirit of Mr. M. Studholmc, will be held this year in the Point Hush I'addocks, where a suitable course has been fixed upon, a good water jump arranged, and several good double jumps included. Mr. Studholme is having all the wires and other objectionable substances cleared out of the fences along the proposed course, in \iew of the event.

We take the following from the Wellington Evening Post"A short time ago our morning contemporary, the New Zealander, stated that Mr. Henry Green was to be removed to one of the southern branches of the National Bank, and that Mr, Heath, who has been acting-inspector, would take charge of the Wellington branch. This change will not take place, but the many friends of Mr. Alexander Kerr, who so successfully established the National Bank in Wellington, will be pleased to hear that he is to be again re-called to Wellington. It [ is i|iiite possible that Mr. Green may accept I the change, but in any case he is quite independent of the Bank, having made a eonsidcrable amount of money during the good times in Newtown sections." On making enquiries of Mr. Kerr, that gentleman informs us that he has not heard anything of these proposed changes. A meeting of the Kakanui Road Board was he'd to-day, when there were present— Messrs. Elder (chairman), Manning, Morton, Thomson. Allan, Gommell, and Oliver (titiriiieer). The minutes of last meeting were reai 1. The Clerk to the Waitaki County Council wrote, informing the Board that the Council had confirmed the decision of the ratepayers closing the road-line in South Oamaru. It was resolved that a notice be issued, intimating that the road had now ceased to be a public highway. It was resolved that the hour of meeting in future be 2 o'clock. The Engineer was instructed to prepare plans for necessary works on Beach-road from Gee's Point to the Awainoa Creek ; also, on road-line from White Rocks to the beach. It was resolved that the Board's solicitors have authority under seal to sue for all arrears of rates. Accounts amounting-to L 219 9s 9d having been passed''for payment, and a vote of thanks to the chair, the meeting terminated. " '

Mr. and Mrs. Buvgiu, two of the cleverest vocalists that have ever visited Ihincdin, left tiiat city for Melbourne to-day. Musical circles will deplore the departure of these two genuine artistes.

liis Honor Judge Weston, during the examination of George C'lark, a bankrupt, at WV-tport, said: —" I am not a Catholic, but must say Father Henneberry has done an immense amount of good on the \\ est Coast. If he would only come once a year, there niijiht be some hope that tiie huieli would tret weeded out. 1 have seen so much that I cannot refrain from giving expression to my views, such as they arc."