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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 998, 1 July 1879, Page 2

I The heavy rains on Saturday caused a great fresh in the Mac-ruwheuua River, the water rising to the level of the girders of the foot-bridge, which, however, stood all the strain upon it without sustaining any injury. The men recently engaged in the erection of the railway bridge, and who were residing along the river bank, were forced to quit their quarters rather hastily on Sunday morning, owing to the water finding its way into their tents. ~V\ e have not heard of any scrion3 damage being*done, anil the river has now subsided. There was no communication by rail with Oamaru on Monday, owing to portions of the line being washed away at Gibson's Siding and Aitchisori's. These gaps are now repaired, and the train took up its usual running to-day.

Traffic between Oamaru and AA'aimate Junction will be resumed cither this afternoon or to-morrow morning, as the repairs on that portion of the line have been completed, and it is expected that trains will recommence to run to Timapi on Thursday.

About 40 members of No. 1 Company were measured for new uniforms at last night s parade.

The Municipal Council will meet on Thursday next, at 7-15 p.m. Wc are informed by residents in the vicinity of the water-race that it has not escaped from the damaging effects o£ the flood. But wc have not been able to glean sufficiently authoritative information to warrant us in stating the exact nature and extent of the damage.

In consequence of the derangement of railway traffic through the floods, the Oamarti portion of the outgoing Suez mail will be forwarded by the 'W aitaki this evening. A supplementary mail will be sent by train to-morrow morning.

A service of song, new to Oamarn, entitled " Tlie Exodus of Israel," will be given at Wesley C'harch to-morrow evening. There arc other ways of giving lessons in biblical history besides that of bible reading in schools, and perhaps these services of song and magic lantern exhibitions prove just as interesting to the young mind as scripture instruction imparted after the approved scholastic method interspersed with "pandies."

The lecture on "The Tabernacle," which was announced to be given on Friday next bv Mr. C. G. Moore has been postponed to Thursday, the Sth inst.

The concert which was announced to take plate in the Maheno Public Hall on Friday nest has been postponed tiil Thursday, the 10th inst.

Tiiere .-.re 109 men engaged on the Winder- Livingstone Railway. The works. ever, are not in full swiiig, and will not be

"1 tne arrival on the ground of the necessary implements, which are expected to come to hand in a few days.

Ottr rcadere will observe by the notice in our advertising columns that a concert and ball is to take place at the Duntroon Schoolroom, with the object of augmenting the funds of the,public library lately instituted in tnat township. Shonld the weather prove favorable we have no it v.'ill be a great success. and we sincerely hops such will be the ease.

from "A I.ady's Letter from I'-"."! Triiii'h appeared yesterday in the col"unn-> of our morning contemporary, the operagoing Parisians must have a lively tiuio of

it. In one portion of the letter we find it stated that " Mozart's Enchanted Flute is a y»j for ever at the the Opera Comique." We ask, Is that flute also " a thing of beauty " 1 We have heard *f Mozart's Magic Fiute, and never knew until now that he had Mt more tan one flute behind him. Mijdit we suggest the idea that the ilute the lady correspondent alludes to is of Irish

origin. The number of births registered in Oantani for the month of June was 43: deaths, 10 ; and marriages, 3.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before T. W. I'arker, Esq., 11.M., Walter Ulnier was charged with assaulting Constable Cameron in Thames-street, and was find ss. Accused pretended to be drunk, and said he had only assaulted the constable for a lark.

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute will be held in the Institution on Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock.

The usual monthly meeting of the Kakanui Eoad Board will be held to-morrow, at 2 p.m ____________