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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1163, 8 January 1880, Page 2

it the meeting of the Committee of the lfo"th Otsgo Horticultural Society last tttmimg, Mr. Heywood, ol the Awamoa Nursery, exhibited a well-grown cucumber jaeaaomg 29 inches in length.

' A meeting of the Board of Governors of tho-Waitaki High School was held this afternoon, at Mr. Sumpter's office, There were preSent^—Mr. Shrimski, M.H.Rv(Chairman), the* Hon. H. J. Miller, Messrß.NGfl»b3 (Mayor), D. Sutherland (Chairman pf-'the County Council), and ; G.. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed,; a' , financial' statement was laid on the table, .ahoweng that the accmnnlated funds amounted to about LSOO. It was remarked, that, as several leases of the Bird's , endowments would shortly fall is,'the revenue would then be very materially increased, .consequent upon higher rentals being obtained. Some discussion took plaice, as to the steps that should be taked to fix npon a site for the school buildings and as to the propriety of taking any immediate action with reference to the establishment of the school. It was decided that it would be inadvisable to commence active operations until such time as the Board were in possession of sufficient funds to enable them to open the school upon a sure footing. It was resolved that an early meeting of the Board should be held to consider several matters, and the meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman. ..

The Kakanui Road Board held their usual monthly meeting yesterday, when there were Tpresent-—Messrs Gilchrist (Chairman), Elder; M'Auly, Manning, Walker, Hedley, Martin, Thomson, and Oliver (Engineer). The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the outward correspondence was read and approved. The report of the Committee appointed at the last meeting to report on the roads of South Oamaru was laid on the table, it being decided to make further inquiries into the matter before anything was done. The following tenders were accepted No. 63, James Frame, L4O ss; No. 04, I'. Corcoran, LG4 17s. No tenders for contract No. 02 were accepted. The Clerk was instructed to write to the Otepopo Read Board enquiring if it would join this Board in erecting a footbridge and repairing the ford at Davis* crossing. Several accounts were passed for payment, and the | meetingterminated. A meeting of :the Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society was held last evening in Mr. Hardy's there being present—Dr. De Lautour (Chairman), Messrs Glen, Montagu, Maloney, Heywood, Forsyth, and Spratt (Hon. Secretary). The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, -the accounts as rendered were passed for payment. It was resolved, " That the prize schedule as made out be pgwwd, and that the Treasurer be empowered to advertise the payment of all prize moneys." It was also resolved to take into consideration at the next meeting of the Committee the alteration of the reading of Rule lof the By-laws of the Society. The Secretary was desired to write a letter to the widow of the late Mr. A. Simpson, expressive of the sympathy of the Committee with her in her recent bereavement. After ; a vote of thanks to the chair the meeting terminated. . . ! The usual monthly meeting of the Athenamm Committee will be held tomorrow evening at half-past 7 o'clock. The fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Alfred Lodge, No. 6, 1.0.0. F., was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Coquet-street, last night. After the usual routine business had been transacted, D.D.G.M. Bro. lies introduced Bro. W. B. Beney, a visiting brother from Canada, who was courteously received. : Bro. Beney, by request, gave a very full and most interesting account of the working of I the Order in America, after which he pre- . sen ted to the Lodge a handsome 1.0.0. F. emblematical chart and Lord's Prayer, illuminated. The design is skilfully executed and tastefully framed, and will be fonnd a great acquisition to the Lodge. A most unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to Bro. Beney, who replied in suitable tenns. The installation of the following officers then took placeN.G., Bro. W. H. Kelly; V.G., Bro. T. J. Bunting; Treasurer, Bro. E. G. Lane; Sec., Bro. .K. J. Keys. The appointment of the several officers then took place with the following result ; —P.G., Bro. H. N. Harper; Conductor, Bro. Lane; R.S.S., Bro. Moodie; L.S.S., Bro. Messenger; R.S. to N.G., Bro. Leaney; L.S., Bro. Goold j R.S. to V.G., Bro. Dovey; L.S., Bro. T. Williamson; I.G , Bro. Nelson; Warden, Bro. R. Blair; Auditors, Bros. Rowland, Harper, and Moodie. Ihe balance sheet was then submitted, which showed the Lodge to be in a very satisfactory financial position, and after the transaction of some ordinary business the meeting terminated. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before T. T\. Parker, Esq., R.M., Wm. Blake, charged with drunkenness, was dismissed with a caution. Edward Anderson, charged with deserting from the ship Hermione, now lying at Port Chalmers, was remanded to Port Chalmers to answer the charge. John Kent, /or deserting his wife at Waimate without means of support, was ordered to pay 15s a week towards her supthe humorous contributor ot the Australasian, tells the following story: Darling—sav a couple of thousand miles by water above Eclitica - there is a lively young Irish doctor. Bertie Campbell, the squatter, drove him oat to the station to prescribe for bi3 sick overseer. Going through a mob of eattle, said the doctor, 'By George, that's an old fellow,' pointing to a bullock. 'What the mischief do you know about the ace of bullocks ?* retorted the owner. ' Sure, there's the brand on him,' said the doctor, 'B.C. 77-'" _ We understand (says the Otago Daily Times) that the enterprising firm of Watson Brothers, of Watson's Hotel, have secured a lease of that splendid business site known as Sidey's Corner, npon which the establishment of the City Butchery Company, the Empire Hotel, and other buildings now stand. Their lease inclndes all the space between their hotel in High-street and the premises occupied by Messrs. M'Farlane, grocers, in Princes-street. The intention of the firm is to let their present building for commercial purposes, and to erect at the corner of High and Princes-streets a stni(> tnre that will be worthy of the site, which is without doubt the. best in the city. The new hotel will be similar in character to the existing one, with many improvements which have suggested themselves to the Messrs. Watson Vince the Commercial Hotel was opened.