The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1083, 9 October 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1879.

When Mr. Young arrivcil at Duntroon on Tuesday last he fouml that the young trout fIOOO En number) were not so lively as they K«r»* when they left O.im.iru. But only one ot" the tot was really dead. As the Maercwhentix at anil in the vieinityof Duntroon. » tit a very tiunhiy condition, it was dficmril (inadvisable to let any portion of them loose in that stream, hot a'ltumber were liberated in tlte breeding pom! and the stream which emanate* from it- > • C»:I»oa took charge of the remainder. ami it is tmder.-Sood that it is Ei s intention to apportion them jn the various stream's in th>; Upper Wait-iki Country. Tht* bateh. added t.» thfi.-e that h «ve already been deposited in Mteh streams, will surety "tell a pie.w.nt tale for angkis before many yearn are »v,?r. a- 1 , so far, the cxf.ftirifi:tTi:s have met with the greatest possible suecesd. We are clad to find that Mr. Yotttijf ttaa been with tite care of thsse tisti. as we IwlWve that there 13 no one in tiie country so capable of undertaking what has been proved to be a ri-'jion.-ibie and diflicult ta.sk. Tin" monthly matins: r.f the Committee of the N.»>. A. and I'. As-aoeiatton wifi ii'.".! on TVirs-daV. H'th in.-t.

V.'c are triad to b« to record tlio return r-i Mr. William Sutiit-rl.ir.ii. County Councillor, front Great Hritain. where lie has been <>n .1 visit extending over some month.-. Mr. Sutherland cr.nn; out to Melbourne by the direct line steaut:<hip Chimborazo, rtinl then took steamer to Port Chalmers, from ivhenco he arrived f>y train this morning. Mr. Sutherland took his seat at the Council tabhr tiMtay. and nt'-'t with a hearty reception. fie looks remarkably welt after his long voyage, and fits trip appears to have reinvigorated hint, ami given fresh life to .111 always buoyant nature. John Kelly am! John M'Crcgor wonbrought before the Keaidrnt Magistrate this meriting charged with being drunk and disorderly. "I hev v..-re each pentem-d to pay a line "oi or undergo 24 hours' imprUounvrtt. It v.ii' fie seen on reference £0 an advertisement '*> another e.ihinm that the .next sitting ft ih r ' Warden's Court at Maerew henna v. ill U field on the ~>th Xoveniber next, and not Cu tlie "J-">th inst. as previously uotitied. At to-morrow evenings* School Committee meeting applications for the position of fourth teacher in the Oauiaru Grammar School will be considered. Wc Icam from the Ashbstrton Guardian that the Aahbttrtoii jJorongh Conncil and the Lower Ashburton iCoad Hoard are suffering from a "tightness of the chest." The banks, it appears, although they have had before now as much as L"0.OO9 of the ttoad Jioard's funds in hand nt one time, are not inclined to grant an overdraft, even on the security of rat« 3. To-nitrht we publish the fall programme of the performances of the Oamaru Dramatic Club intended to be .given on the llJtli and 17th in.-it. It is such an excellent one that 1 it needs no favorable comment to recommend fit to the public. The object, the circumI stance that Mr#. Walter Hill will appear, and that the Oantaru Dramatic Clul> i has commenced its career bv exercising | atteh admirable and substantial charitable- - neas, combined with the fact that two i mtvat excellent pieces will be pnt on the ! stage on each evening, should surely draw | two of the largest audiences* ever congregated I within the walls or' the Volunteer Hall. The Municipal Council w ill hold a special meeting at half-paat seven o'clock this evening for the purpose of considering the i works reports read at last meeting. The 1 (ottneil's position is a difficult one, but its i duty to the ratepayers is clear, and we hope ; that to-morrow wc shall be able to show | that they have not allowed tlienii selves to be untrammelled in their action by 1 unnecessary and injproper scrupulousness. To do so would be to !«-* untrue to themselves and the town. Even now something ; may be saved from the wreck. ••Jessica's First Prayer,'' the title of the Service of Song given in Wesley Church l.vvt evening, attracted a large audience, the building luctng well tilled, the service con- : ststs of reailings from the well-known ! story of the same name, interspersed with solost. dueta, »j«:artcttos. choruses, «tc. Jessica is the neglected child of a drunken moth-;-, wh>>. by'her i-in.plc earnestness to have her "first prayer" answered is the wi-anst »>f softening the h'.rd heart of a u•ffee-staH-f.eeivr. wiiy thought is to hwiird tip tfioiiev. 'liie -t'-rv «»! " Poor l.ittl-; Je-.-i.-a " was grcphfcniy Utd by the Rev. Mr. SVwshury. the and shadows of twi" life living drawn so etlV'-'tivcly that the audience were moved sometimes to Utisrfiter and at others almost to tears. The mnsi'.-al seL-etions were given by the V,*e?!cvaiJ choir, .1 detailed account of which w, r;l t'bc out of place, but although a few of the pieces wen; rather tmdecided in the Cfc'iideriniT. a whole they emUtaMv. Tire ?'>!"■< " I let us join , .;;r songs " assd " I'm br.t a Granger lierr,"however, dejervc to be nu:.t:oned. as t?»ev wore well sung. The choir were under the" aW c.vnd;:ctorship of the He v. Mr. Djwsbnry. lir. M. A. jcesnled at the or;an. and aj.:t»m|»ai;:ei the chotr in a careful and pteasing ib-wiht. Taken as a whelo ti:a service passed o>f very sticccss:'tr!!y. the andicnce retiring apparently well ja irSed with the evening's entertainment, and we arc glad to learn that M a number of persons have expressed a wijh that tlic jcrvkc he rcpcatc«l, it is probable that it will again be given at an early date.