The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY JANUARY 6, 1880.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1161, 6 January 1880, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. TUESDAY JANUARY 6, 1880.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of th<§ North Otago Benevolent Society was held last evening at the Secretary'! office. There were present—Mr. Montagu (iri the chair), toe Revs. A* B. Todd and Barley, Means. Mirams, Greenfield, Headland, Falconer, Mollison, Stevenson, Otterson, Allen, and Hardy (Secretary). The minutes of the i«if meeting having been read and confirmed. The following letter waa read from the Commissioner of Crown Lands:—"lt having been represented io me that a number of the immigrants' cottages, some of which were temporarily handed over for the use of your Society abont three years ago, are, .occupied by persons of questionable character, may I ask you to be good, enough to intimate on the schedule (under heading, " Remarks ") herewith sent you those still required, and noting those that bad better be sold by auction, as the most effectual means of removing the nuisances complained of." It was resolved, " That the Secretarybe instructed to acknowledge the .receipt of the letter, and to inform him that there is no truth in the report mentioned ; also reminding him that the Society holds a Crown grants for the property in question." The Barrackmaster's report for the month was rriul, dealing with several matters, and specially mentioning gifts of clothing from several gentlemen and half a cord of firewood from Mr. John Orr. A. report waa also read as to the necessity for having, the present washing boiler replaced, and the matter; was referred to the incoming Visiting Committee. It was'decided to summon several tenants of the cottages for arrears of rent. Accounts amounting to over LIOO were passed for payment, subject to the approval of the Visiting Committee. Messrs. J. Ogilvie and W. M'lntoah were elected members of the Committee in the places of Messrs. W. W. Dawson and J. Macfarlane, resigned. Ten applications were received for the post of Secretary, and Mr. J. Hardy was elected. The meeting then terminated. The annual statutory meeting of householders in each school district will be held In the schooihonse of each district on Monday, January 26, for the purpose of electing seven householders to act as a school committee. The Oamaru meeting will be held in the District High School. The usual monthly meetings of the Waiareka and Kakanui Road Boards will be held in the offices, Tyne-street, to-morrow, the former at 11 a.m. and the latter at 2 p.m. ' A meeting of the Directors of the Caledonian Society, waa held in the Criterion Hotel last evening, Mr. D. Sutherland being m the chair. After.the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, a number of accounts were submitted, and, after consideration, were referred to the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary, with power to Seal with them. Messrs. Murray and S. Smith (the winner of the cups for dancing and running respectively) intimated that they would rather receive the value of their prizes in money. After a little discussion, and the opinion of the judges having been heard, it was decided to disallow the whole of the protests in connectionsnrith the late games. Arrangements were then made for the forthcoming ball to be held on the 26th inst, the price of the tickets being fixed at LI Is, to admit one gentleman and two ladies. An influential Committee was appointed, and after the transaction of some minor business in connection with the ball, the meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chair. v Owing to a number of the members of the Oamaru Volunteer Fire Brigade having to to attend the Caledonian Society's meeting last night, it was decided to postone the annual meeting of the Brigade till next| Monday, when it is hoped there will be a j full attendance, and that members will go J in for work with a will so as to make tliemlelvcs proficient. The arrival and exhibition of Chiarini's (Jifcus and Managene on Thursday next is likely to cause no little excitement. The wbofe of the animals, plant, &c., will arrive by special train, and will require 28 trucks to convey the j lot to Oamaru. • The fi»lj exhibition will be held on Thursday afternoon, and there will "be performances the same evening, and on Friday and Saturday (afternoon and evening). Special train arrangements have been made by which trams Will leave for Hampden and intermediate stations and Ngapara and intermediate stations on Thursday, night at the conclusion of the performance; and for Duntroon and intermediate stations on Friday night. Country residents in all parts of the county will therefore be afforded opportunities of visiting the circus. Special arrangements have Nf" made in favor of school children, jAo will be admitted for one shilling, and the railway authbrities have consented to carry four children for one ordinary ticket. We look; forward to a "delightful crush " at the performance of the circus. At a meeting of the Canterbury Agrioul» tural and Pastoral Association, a letter was read from Mr. W. Boag, saying that his brood mare Gipsy, for which lie had received fifot prize in Class 4, at the recent, show, had not provedfto be in foaL He and others were certain at th» time that she was. He would hffre' given this information before, bat for being absent at the Taieri Show. It decided that a letter of thanks be forwarded to Mr. Boag for his action in inform* Info the Committee. The Committee also that Fleming and Hcdley.'s second pijize-talcir should be awarded the first prize in! the named; the 'second prize to go toj Mr; Bang's highly com Vended mare Mj*ggie. ' " /. There is' an ' agitation north of Auckland for a School-of Agricnlttirc, and it is suggested that for this purpose 370-aeres known as the College Lake, North Shore, originally granted to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland as a;school, which has long been closed, and another .adjoining farm, should be secured, and the Government asked to endow a chair of Chemittry. ; The idea- is an excellent one, and we know of uothipgthat is more necessary in the north in the interests of agriculture. / • The Otago Daily Times 1 says;—" The remains of the late Mr. John Maclean wens interred in the Anderson's Bay Cemetery on Saturday. The attendance.at the funeral was' very large, nearly all-thc principal business people of'the city Wing'present. The |ltarVr. Stuart ofifeMlttps moat impresrivo

' prayer .atthe grave, jnany present > being vinfcly affected by therev. gentleman's touching remarks -on the sad event which had broughfrthem together." The stringbinders have remarkable., ; success, so far as the trials are concerned. The Patea Mail much fears that the coni tinuance Ibf the present rainy weather will 1 do great damage to the harvest- prospocfcs v l Several crops have already severely'suffered, . and what wonld undoubtedly have been one of the best harvests seen in the district, may, if the weather does not soon clear up, be one of the worst. *i, v " A new ' Yankee' notion is about to b j , introduced in London, in the shape of a ' tea , >bns.' In this vehicle there will be every ■ ' five .o'clock teaij apff " tbelia of'the wheels sac'to lse {ndiarubberr' to prevent jolting. .. .enterprising specu.-.. lator lopes to be largfely patronised„ fay gossiping ladies." What! iio provision for , gossiping.gentlemen. ... - - A very-interesting trial ,of tillage imple- , ments, extenclingdver three days, and which ; terminated on September 19, was held upon . the site of the ancient ..lake of Haarlem, i which is now laid out 'in flourishing farms. ■ The three leading English makers —Howards, ; Bedford; Ran somes, Ipswich; and Hornsby, Grantham—sent over a variety of their , ploughs. The principal competitors were I American and Dutch makers. The English ; firms, however, carried off the lion's share ; , of the prizes. The first prizes for double- ! furrow, triple-furrow, and potato-raising ■ ' 'ploughs were won by Messrs. Howards; the : second prize for double ploughs fell to : . Messrs. Ransomea ; and the second prize for , , .triple ploughs to Messrs. Hornsby. While the trial of "Captain Moonlite" i and the survivors of his gang was proceeding i James P. Nesbitt, the father of i one of the desperadoes who was killed by I the police, was before the Melbourne City l Bench upon a charge of using threatening [ and abusiue language towards his wife. The [ prisoner, who is well known to the police as t a notoriously bad character, stated that he i had not known /what he had been about since his son's untimely death, but his preE, vious character was quite sufficient to ini validate any such excuse on his part.The r Bench ordered him to find one surety in > L 25 to keep the peace for six months. In • default of finding, sure.ties he was removed to i gaol. ' The left wing and centre, according to the ' original plan, of the Ashburton County itos- ; pital has just been .completed, leaving the > right wing to he erected at some future time. It is in the Elizabethan style, ahd is com- • posed of brick, tuck .pointed,,with L stone 'dressings.. It comprises a .complete • residence for a house surgeon, and has been r erected with a view to afford plenty of room ■ and the greatest possible amount bf ventilal tion and comfort for patients. It has accommodation for 24 patients, and cost L 5022. It appears that the architect (Mr. J. Stanley [ Bruce, of Aihburton) gave the contractor t (Mr. Walter Carlton, of the option of using Mount Somers instead .of Oamaru stone. But the cost of carriage of the former would have been so great that it was r prohibitory. \ In December, 1850, the Province of Can- . terbury was first settled; seven years after- , wards the ! population was 7000; in 1873 it . was 53,700 ; now is. has probably 100,000, and the revenue of all kinds L 1,900,000. 1 The Melbourne Telegraph; gives the sequel i to the famous De Lacy Evans man imperl sonation case : —" The affiliation case?, Julia ' Maxguahand v. J. B. Loridan, came on, for i hearing again at .the City Police Court. Julia Marquahand lived for many years with the man impersonator, Edward De Lacy > Evans, whose proper -name is Ellen Tremayne, and bore a female child, which is . now about two years old. The case occui pied some time, several witnesses being called, including the woman Tremayne. , The Bench, taking into consideration the . untrustworthy nature of the woman Mari quahand's previous statements, and the faet ; that she must have been a party to the ' fraud practised by Tremayne, dismissed the case." Another attempt was made on October .7- , to dispose of the palatial mansion built for . Mr. Albert Grant, and known as Kensington House. The building and grounds cost together L 300,000, but it was well known ; that no such sum as this would be realised. , The bidding, however, was very spirited, and from L 50,000 the price rapidly rose . until L 179,000 was reached, at which figure the auctioneer's hammer fell, with the announcement ;that the lot was withdrawn, the reserve price .being L 2.-0,000. It is,.' however, believed that an arrangement will be come to privately between the owner and the highest bidder. The Geelong Advertiser understands that Messrs. Bignell and Pearce have engaged , Ellen Tcemaye, better known as Mr. De ' .Lacy Evans, to appear in connection with their "Mirror of Australia." She arrived on Friday evening, and was to appear at the entertainment at Stawell, on Saturday night. Miss Tremaye says that her reason for accepting such an engagement is to obtain money to carry her to .America, where she has friends." " She takes a pardonable pride •'says the News) in showing her large hands, and referring to the various'kinds of work - she engaged in, but states that that is all ' over now, sis ahe -is unable to do any hard work, and has gone back to,the orthodox attire of her sex.