The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1067, 20 September 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1879.

Mr. Middle ton. of Benmore Station, has » ported to the police that two men have Cl rn found drowrted in the Ohau River. \ n istaWcs Wetsh and Loose left this morn--1£ * for the locality. "e committed an irrur in our paragraph t-sat ding the concert to take place at Jami den on the _i".th instant. The charge k ir a't mission is tixid at '2s (id. not .'ls Od. [lre v. ri.'cr of the previi ti.- paragraph was ividtnt 1y thinking of what the price should iave b< en when h.r . onimittcd Site error. The concert in aid of the funds of the ymnas turn and library of the North School iQ take place to-night at the Volunteer til. The programme, which appears in }thcr column, is a most excellent one, and a uh~"t v -'e heard at last night s rehearsal, eater:-. v.-Ifl ? c one of tU bo,t gircn in this town. j mcctbeof the Committee of the Maorc- j ua Miners' soclr.tion was held on! y eveninr. v-'"." -df. Barron laid a ? of his "work on Kun !>-• before the ifctec, an.l expUfued the opinion he had of the portion* necessary to be 3 for -mining purposes. The Cornwere pleased to hc.ir that his views I thoroughly with .thcec held by the ion. "Tlie 'difficulty anticipated as " the mining interest and selectors ' «efosc, happily bo considered at

in rr. V Mr. Roberts v.-.- »ttitt*riiwd to wa:t >ti tk- f. wataHv- for the .V.-itn.::, to [ ; H.Ucit th-.'ir si !r ; ort l " il "''^" na! tO . b ° I o 011 the early in the session. | (> •• \ ; .iv:" -in b. ; • 1. . '' . h .!! I ' r . ti m.-.'Tt tr . Ic-f. . a At til.-- K«-: i' to-day, H, nrv Hummer v....-; charged with being <; drunk ami -ti in Tii tmes-strcet yes- ;l t r.lnv. n:.d wa.~ ti::-d •"-> -*S hours' im- \ prisonment. M"< orkindr.le. cliar-cd i j LtTinti'; A [J-us-'iiii. j 1 We I, aril f.-.-iu Gazette _ that -I a.-r.! i-i'-l. -1 |> -relies i" the Awa- 1 m»ko district. Otago. have been temporarily ■_ ri-'t-rv.-i. f A in*.' tin-.* of those interested ill the iin- , pr /vcinciit »: draught stock in the 'Jimaru ( district, was called for to-day at I imam, to , consider the desirableness of ottering bonuses • to owners of first-class draught entires, who will offer the same for use in the district during the approaching season. Oil the subject of protection the Auckland Star says:—"The importation of cheap American buggies ha? proved so detrimental to the business of the local manufacturers that they have been obliged to discharge from their employ many skilled artisans who are thus denied tire means of subsistence. The matter is now being agitated in the community, r.nd we understand there is a probability of a mass meeting being held shortly for the purpose of adopting a petition to the Government, urging them to so amend the tariff as to put the local manufacturers on equal terms with their American competitors." The Taranaki Herald in an article 011 railway construction says : —" The railway in this district is a very striking instance of a line being formed that, at the time it was constructed, even the most sanguine never cxpcctcd to do more than pay working expenses ; yet the result has proved most satisfactory, for 't '»as been the means of opening up a valuable country, which would otherwise have been occupied, 110 doubt, to the present day. The Waitara, New Plymouth, r.nd Inelewood line leaves a profit of over 10 per cent.—the percentage of expenditure to the receipts being on the last yeai s earning. If, then, this lino pays as it does, with merely the local traffic, may reasonably expect to find when it reaches Hawera that by tapping a wealthy and populous district such as Patca, it will prove to be one of the best paying lines in the Colony. It should be the policy of a Public Works Committee, if be wishes to make profitable railways, to make them through unsettled districts, for by doing so he would be making the Crown lands more valuable, and at the same time opening up aud populating the country. The result of the railway returns amply justifies Parliament in raising additional loans for the purine of completing the works already begun, and it is only to be regretted that, whilst moncv is so plentiful in the amount was not double that which was asked for.