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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1009, 15 July 1879, Page 2

The Rer. Father Coleman. we arc glad to team,, is? steadily recovering. and was aide to' teave his bed for a short time to-da\. As we go to press a large bart|ite, supposed to bo thtf'Dttnfcflii. from Gfcuyow, is standing in. We regret to team that Mr. .1. O'Meagher is confined to his bed through art affection of one of his lungs. and at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning several civil cases had to be adjourned owing to hid inability to .attend. At ttie Resident Magistrate's Court today. before T. V> - Parker, Rsq.. K.M.. John Miteai, ««T«m Freeman, charged with havinif been drunk and disorderly at an earty hour this morning. was cautioned and discharged. The Illustrated New Zeatand Herald is : again to hand. It contains seven illustrations, att which are decidedly New Zealand Heratdtsh in type._ There is a representation of the pursuit and re-capture of _\\ciberg as a frontispiece. He is taking a Curttua teap down a chasm, the depths of which are not shown in the picture, with a placid smite upon his t'aee aa though sitting in an easy chair &iuokiug real Ilavannahs and ffttatfing a decoction of the best Mocha coffee. The nest picture is also one of very general interest, viz., the opening of the railway. Queenscliti is a town in Victoria. The picture is divided into three parts. In the first part the Governor (the Martinis of Normanby} is listening to an address front the .Municipal Council, we presume. The gentleman who is reading, ami whom w"e suppose to be the town clerk, has evidently been got ttp for the occasion, but lie has a decidedly drunken appearance. His Excellency is peering at hint with his teft eye. and "drinking in the intellectual treat. There are some soldiers around the clerk to see that the Governor does not j molest him. In the oecond picture we see the citizens seated at a spread. Some of them are misbehaving themselves shockingly, for they arc talking whi at the chairman is on hi* legs. We hear that that the representation# of the guests are life-like [tortraits. After a scrutiny of them, if we were told that they are so faithful that they could I>c identified by the shapes of their heads, if the artist had not represented some of their intellectual *eata by a few straight lines, we would believe it- This picture is an exceedingly lively one. One banqueter has just swallowed a mouthful of vinegarj claret, ; and it takes two or three waiters to keep him in his chair. The third picture is intended to represent the procession. The i artist not atrn at frtees in tins. The procession occurred after the banquet, and fie has evidently considered that to be too particular wotsEd tie to libel the citizens of are some objects which, after careful investigation, we believs are intended for men and women, and in the distance there appears a mass of something the meaning of which we have not yet been able to discern. The flags are good, the triumphal arch iinniense, and the sky about as summer as it is possible /or one to be. There are two ensravings representing Gippstand fishermen and a fishing station. We are glad to be able to inform our readers that these pictures are in the number, because they will prove of immense interest to the people of New Zealand. Our space would not admit of our noticing all the excellences of this month' 3 issue of the New Zealand Hcralu, the price of which is only sixpence. The nsnsl Philharmonic practice will be held in the Volunteer Hall to-morrow evening. The band is requested to attend.