The Oamaru Mail WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1880.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1222, 17 March 1880, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1880.

An inqnest was held at the Teaneraki Hotel yesterday, before T. W. Parker, Esq., District Coroner, touching the death of Robert May, whose sudden death on Sunday last was recorded in onr Monday's issue. Evidence of the surrounding circumstances , was given, and Dr. de Lantonr, who had made a mnrttm examination, stated that = he had found indications of confirmed disease of the heart and lung 3, and that the body bore no marks of violence. A verdict was returned that the deceased had died from natural causes. From documents found on the deceased it would appear that he had formerly been a seaman, and that he was a native of Portsmouth or Southampton. At : the' Resident Magistrate's Court today, before S. E- Shrimski, Esq., J.P., James Black and Patrick Smith were charged with.being drunk and disorderly, and were cautioned and discharged. Daniel Rourke, for the same offence, was fined ss, with the alternative of 12 hours' imprisonment with hard labor. It is announced in another column that Calcutta sweeps will be drawn at the North Otago Hotel this evening, at 5.30. Mr.'Harris* "consultation" on the Redcastle Handicap was drawn last evening, and passed off in a high'y satisfactory manner. A number of subscribers were present, and a Committee was elected from these to supervise the drawing. Not a single hitch of any kind occurred. Some person has been making rather free with Sir Modred, the Hon. R. Campbell's horse. He was entered to run at the present Oamaru race meeting in the Redcastle Handicap without the knowledge of the owner, who was, of course, aware that his two yearold would not be allowed to take the stakes even if he won the race. We hear that Sir Modred is reserved for the Champagne Stakes at the Autumn Meeting at Chnstchurch. _ Mails for Australian Colonies and Tasmania close on Friday, 19th insfc,, At 1.30 a-m., at Bluff. Messrs. J. and A. Dalgleish, being die. satisfied with the prices offered in Oamaru for their wheat this year, have made an arrangement with a Dunedin firm to take 1600 "bags at 33 HW per bushel, cash on delivery at Gibson's Siding, They are to be conveyed to Dunedin direct by rail. We learn that 11,000 applications have already been received in Dunedin for Greymouth and. Wallsend Colliery Company shares. We again remind our readers that the share list will close on the 20th inst.

A special meeting of t})fi Committee of the North Otago Horticultural /society was held last evening at the offie of Mr. Hardy, when there were present: Messrs. Heywood (chairman), Molonev, Earle, Hartley, Forsyth, and Spratt (hon. sec.) After arrangements had been made for the autumn show, which is to be held on Saturday jjeiffc, the following resolutions were passed : Mr. Hartley prepare the hall* for the show and have the charge of staging the exhibits ; that Mr. Earle supply the' music; and that members of -committee act as stewards. The proceedings were brought to a close by the usual vote of tbnnfcs to the chair. A telegraph station is now open at Rolleston, in the County of Selwyn; Canterbury. Colonel "Whitmore {says the. Fast) distributed the prizes to the Ha wkes Bay Volunteer the other day.. In (acknowledging three cheers given for his " better half," tjie gallant gentleman said, that Mrs. was not entirely ignorant of military life. She was in Hawkes Bay when bloodthirsty and infuriated savages were close to the doors of the settlers, acd she had to share with other ladies in the district the anxiety felt when husbands and brothers were away repelling the enemy. He had seen tha men of Hawkes Bay under fire at a time of gr&at danger, and he could say, Itaving had some experience in these matters, thdt their bravery could not be surpassed by any European troops. As a matter of fact, had it not been for the bold front shown by them, and the action taken at the time by the Hawkes Bay Volunteers, he was sure that great disasters svoald have ensued in this part of the colony. The ladies at that time gave great assistance, and much credit was due to them for the manner ia which they bore their anxieties.