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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1080, 6 October 1879, Page 2

Those who attended the last service of swig given in Wesley Church, will be glad to see from our advertising columns that another entitled "Jessicas I*irsfc I'rayer is to be delivered on Wednesday evening next. We understand that the connective readings will bo declaimed by the Rev. Mr. I lewsbury. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before T. \\ . Parker, Estj., 1».M., Nicholas Fitzsimmons, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the gaol premises at o:i>- o'clock on Sunday morning, was discharged with a caution. Alfred James Twinning was charged with having obtained goods to the value of L2 ns from David Furrier by means of a valueless ehei[Ue, and was rrtnan.ded till Friday for the production of evidence. Bail was allowed—the accused in L2O and one surety in LlO. Sarah White, nlim Gorman, was charged with having 110 lawful means of support, and was discharged, the accused promising to leave the neighborhood. Charle3 Clifford, on a charge of vagraucv, was remanded until the J3th inst. The monthly sitting of the District Court will be held to-morrow. In addition to bankruptcy business, two civil cases are down for hearing, viz., Henry l'ry v. Joseph Gard. a claim for LIOO ; and George Strang v. Joseph Booth, damages, Ll2O. The Diocesan Synod will meet on the 2Sth instant in Dunedin, and will be attended by the following gentlemen from this district : Messrs. W. H. S. Roberts and 11. T. Ainger, for St. Luke's Church, Oamarti : J. Aitken, Otepopo ; and T. Hardy, Waitaki. We understand that Mr. I'J. Meulove has sold the Clydesdale entire horse I'rmcL Albert to Mr. W. Gillespie, of the Criterion Hotel. The price was 200 guineas, and Mr. Gillespie may be congratulated upon having secured a bargain. Prince Albert will travel in the j l\uii:vr.ston and Shag Valley districts.

i The eight o'clock meeting List night in the Xew Tees-street Hail, was addressed by the ! C. Barley and Mr. Mirams. The | attbiiiiatibu '.'.as large, ami during the prej liminary half-hour tvnj new sacred songs i v,< re -uri-' with good effect l;y p. strong choir. 'j'lie . f). Dewsbury preached night in Wesley Church or. Elijah's appeal to the Israelites on Mount C'armcl. After describing the scene in connection with the Baal worshippers, ho concluded with n powerful appeal to the congregation from the words, "How long halt ye between two opinions." In the hurry of writing our report of the horse show on last Friday, in order to catch country fcraius, we omitted to state that Mr. M'Kuan's horse Napoleon was amongst the animals exhibited. We now hasten to supi ply the omission. Napoleon is worthy ot better treatment than we accorded him. He is a substantial, line upstanding four-year-old, of some promise. The cause :.!1 i:i" v. . r.'krment arising from the pocket pi.it>'. ami tile pool of blood lai..!y discovered in Kunedin is a well-con-nected young ii-.nn, who. it appears, arrived troiii np-eoiintry and ;.;ave wav to drunkenness. His friend- are now looking for him. The pisto! was bought simply "lor fun" from a pawnbroker, but it is not explained how it is that two barrels had been discharged. It is rumored that Sir John C'oode has reported favorably on the Milford Harbor to headquarters at Wellington. It is not impossible, therefore, that Timaru will have a very close competitor for the sea-borne trade of a ve;y and productive grain-growing district. The Golden Age Lodge of (loud Teniwfrrs, at Weston, anuounce an entertainment for to-morrow at the Cave Valley sehoolhouse, j when a number of local and Oainaru friends | will entertain patrons. I There was a small !>ut very appreciative audience at the Volunteer Hall on Saturday •-•Veiling, when the Hewetf.; gave their last performance in Oamaru. The Waikato Times says that the New Zealand Times has passed into the hands of a resident of Punedin. The rumour is likely to be authentic, as Mr. \\ hit'iker, M.H.R., the proprietor of the paper that has circulated it, is now in Wellington. e wish the Duncdiu resident luck with a property that has never yet yielded a smile as the result of toil. A Hampden correspondent informs us as follows The crops in the Hampden district are looking ad well as could be desired. Kor is the area under cultivation by any means limited. So far from being less, it is more than it vraa last year, and if all continues to go a3 well as it does at present, thern will a very large return of wheat from this district. In the immediate vicinity* of Hampden there are 5000 or (jOOO acres in wheat and oats, but the former preponderates. i

Mr. Henderson, the late contractor for tlie Qamaru Waterworks, and well-known civil engineer, died on Saturday last at Wellington. He was ill for only a few days, but was unconscious for two days previous to his death. At the instigation of Mr. Culling an injunction has been, or is to be. served on the Hampden Municipal Council, to prevent them from carrying out tr.e ruuetions of a corporate body until it has been decided whether or not the Municipality has been properly constituted under the Municipal Corporations Act.