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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1213, 6 March 1880, Page 2

The oafs and barley in the Waiareka district are turning out remarkably well. In several cases a yield of .80 b.qshels to the acre of oats is expected to be realised. Tfa e barley crops'are excellent in quality, and the yield about from 55 to 60 bushels to the acre; but the area in barley in this district this year is not so large as it was last year. The wheat yield per acre will also be very good, but not so large as it promised to be before the occurrence of the hot and severe nor'-west winds which ushered in the harvest. The average yield will probably be from 35 to 40 bushels. Mr. John Reid, ,of Elderslie, was ft passenger by. the express train, to-day for ttye North, being on his way to attend the Royal Commission ypon Railways, which commence jits labors jrifcbin a few days. ' At tlie Resident Magistrate's Court today, Julia Paul was brought up phargpd with being of unsound mind. She pr.eseijted herself at tfce gsol at an eapLy this morning in a state of almost nudity, and, as she could give no reasonable explanation of her conduct, she was locked qp.. Sfre was remanded until Monday for medical examination. The crops in the Maepewbenna district' are nearly all cut. Rust has committed 1 some ravages amongst a portion of then), and will reduce the yield below that which was originally expected. Still it is a matter for congratulation that whilst the yield has. turned out to be above the average, the quality of the grain is good. We are sorry to learn that the Rev. J. H. Jiewis, who recently took charge of the Congregating Church in Oamaru, has been £9ffip.eJJ,ed jto relinquish duty on account of Jn pase the bracing, climate' flf arjx jias n<jfc £ad tjw desired effect. Asthma is one «f the £e,y djkpaaep thai the atmosphere of tojvn 49es n<?,t galjiate, and his medical advisers were of opjnjon that it would be suicidal for him to remain any longer. Fortunately for tjie congregation, the Rev. S. G. Matthews, M.A., of London, who is travelling in the colonies for his health's sake, has consented to tyke the 'pastorate for a few months until pan be induced to leave the Old Country to ,re3iev/e him. The services ' on Sunday evenings only in future will be conducted in the •Ne\v as it is feared that tl;e old' room ' .wpula be too small, but jnorniug services will be h<?ldug heretoJpre.v. .

•Thss? frftfl JfSVfi repeived fards of inyita.tiop to attend .at jDistrict Court'on Monday, arid, ip iite capacity of j»rfive, assist in the administration of the law ? jyijl ]b.e pleased to learn that their attepdance wijl not be required, as there are no crijjiinp.l cases down for hearing.

It will be remembered that, some time since the men engaged on the WindsorLivingstone railway were discharged, and work stopped. We now learn that the ( copstfnction of the line is to be resumed jpijpj.eidiate.ly, the masons having already trncte for Qslvms, 4^.

We learn that the following will be sent from this district to the Canterijurjy Ram Pair, to be held in Christcharch on the 11th and 12th March :—Mr. John Reid will Romney Marsh and Lincoln rams ; the ifon. M. Holmes, Romney Marsh'and Lincoln rains; the N.Z. and A. Land Co., Leicesters and'Lincolns. It. is also rumored that the Hdn. Robert Campbell will send a number of his celebrated merino flock.

Over LBOOO has been remitted to the Lord Mayor of Dublin from South Australia. Nearly 25,000 whitefish have been deposed by the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society in Lake Coleridge. We have reason to believe that Mr. Arthur Sketchley, in making a tour in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, has in contemplation a work on those Colonies, including a sketch of Ijidia, *,to wMch country he proposes'making a/shbrt visit. ' The Waitaki Branch of the Educational institute held: its annual School this "afternoon, Mr;; MfLyJnont mjjhe .chair. .The businefia w:as tHe eleGiaon 'of office'-bekrers.' To th^'offi^e-of-, the meeting 'electeia N. <: |Mr. Peattie was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer, and Mr. Fidler again fills the post of Librarian. Votes of thanks were passed to the office-bearers for the past year. .. The meeting "syas not?a? large certain; debatable subjects -were deferred! to 'safest 5 meeting.

Mr.'' "Arthur Sketchley s lash evenings entertainment was >; listened toj,vby an; Jan? clience' not larger than* that of "'the previous *"' evening; • - - But •• the -evening; was pleasantly £p§st by .those,. 3 that present, judging by-the ' constant merriment which the humor of the- lecturer elicited. Mr. Sketcliley lpft for the north by to-day's mid-day train, ; At about half'Pagfe 19 o'clock this rooming two earthquake shocks occurred, each lasting two or three seconds. They were sufficiently severe to arouse sleepers, and, in some instances, caused a sensation similar to seasickness. While , the shocks, lasted, and for some time after it was over, "the sea seemed to b,e disturbs!?' * Three little children Ypung yfeve brought up at the Resident Magistrate's Court'ithis morning* .charged' with being neglected children. The particulars of their cases may be. given, as stated by Mr. Jphn Secretary to jilie in his evidence,'.as follows j™-in November, 1878, a- man'named, Alfred John Young, a painter, who Was' in the employ of Mr. Kennedy, left his wife and three children, all under the age of three years, in a State of destitution. The Benevolent Society * was applied to for assistance, and 12s £s'per sypjel? alJpwefl Society fop their njaintejjance. Nine jpqnths ago jfche mpilfgr' pi %e •' children left [the district, to obtain* service'in Puiiednvthe Society allfiwiqg ft Mrs.: guPfyaft 12s qd a week for the maintapaiipe pf the children during the mother's absence. On the 16th of February laßt the Society stopped all payments in aid of the children. Up to that time the Society had spent L4l 19s 5d for the support of .the. children. Mrs. Sullivan na's maintained them at her 'own cflgf sifice date, and tQ fceen tl)ejn"ftPy Ipijgpr. .Mis, left Oamarp ty warrant wag applied for 'for her apprehension, but was . not pressed, as the Society did not wish to prevent her getting' a situation. He had reason to believe that MtSi Yo»ng is now in Yi.ctorja, After consiiitatiqij, |ji§pppi.fif Theftiisfln,; his tV . Mpnt (fey, is order that inquiries' Riigljt be made as to whether PV TOeJr ; 60n14 be provided for in the industrial' school: Mrs, Sullivan to take charge of them in the meantime.