LAST NIGHT MEETING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1281, 15 May 1880, Page 2

LAST NIGHT MEETING.

—TV ~ to tiie edit6e OF-the OAMARU MAIL. ' Sir, —The Liberal electors of Waitaki, outside Oamaru, should be enlightened as to the nature of the proceedings at last night's meeting. Briefly, the meeting was convened for the purpose of retiring Mr. Roberts and uniting the Liberal party. On Monday last, Messrs. Thomson and myself, two of Mr. Roberts' supporters, who had been actively engaged in sounding and canvassing the Liberal electorate of Oamaru and the country districts in his favor, waited upon Mr. Roberts, and represented to him that the tide of public opinion 011 the part of the Liberal party was most strongly for Mr. Jones, and that they thought it would be best, in the interests of the Liberal cause, for Mr. Roberts to retire. That gentleman, in answer, stated that he was perfectly willing to retire, and that he placed himself entirely in the hands of his friends. It was then agreed to retire Mr, Roberts formally, and to this end I was entrusted with the drawing up of a requisition in effect from the Liberal eleotors asking the candidate to retire, and it was asked that a meeting should be called for the purpose of presenting it and enabling him to retire with honor to himself and credit to the party he sought to represent. On Friday morning, however, Mr. Roberts communicated with Messrs. Thomson and myself and stated that he repudiated his previous action, and that-he was determined to stand in spite of any man ; saying further that the party must unite and put him in—-that is, that the majority must yield to the minority. Messrs. Thomson and myself, and others of his supporters hold that they are individually and morally free from any pledges of support given by them to Mr. Roberts from Monday last, and that, in his persisting to stand in defiance of his agreement to retire, he has disqualified himself as far as those electors holding liberal principles are concerned. I ask, in conclusion, why Mr. Roberts did not explain the reason of his repudiation at the meeting.—Yours, &0., W. F. Kinnear.

£1 Free Gifts ! The proprietors of Wolfe's Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, to induce the destruction and prevent the improper use of their wrappers and labels, and thus further protect the public against fraud and deception, have inclosed in the wrappers, or under the label on the quart bottles, since Ist October, IS7S, and continue to inclose in every day's packing throughout the year, Three £1 Orders, "which are drawn upon the undersigned, and which will be cashed by their agents. To secure these gifts, the public must be careful to ask for, and ac- ■ ept nothing but the Genuine Udolpho Wolfe's Schnapps, with our name upon the op label. M Moss and Co. j ,Wynyard-lane, Sdyney ; Dalgety and Co., agents, ITwaediii.

It is important that the farmers of this district should be; made aware of- the fact that there is 110 colonial coal so well-adapted to the purposes for which they require such fuel as that "of Shag Point. It is cleaner, cheaper, and more economical than any other coal, either foreign or colonial, for threshing machines and their kindred purposes. Of this fact those who have used it bear the most satisfactory of all testimonies—they will now burn no other, It is delivered in Oamaru by the truck load at 18s 6d per ton. Orders may be sent to any coal dealer in Oamaru or to the pit, whence it will be sent promptly and direct to any siding.—[Advt.]

Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Sudden changes of temperature surely try all persons . prone to • rheumatism, sciatica, tic doloreux, and many maladies scarcely less painful though of shorter duration, On the first attack of stiffness or suffering in 4ny musole, joint, or nerve, recourse should immediately be; had to fomenting the seat of disease with hot brine and rubbing in this remarkable Ointment, which will assuage the uneasiness of the, part, subdue inflammation, and reduce the swelling The Pills, simultaneously taken, will rectify constitutional disturbances and renew the strength. No remedy heretofore discovered has proved so effective as thie' Ointment and Pills for removing gouty, rheumatic, and scrofulous i attacks, which afflict all ages,-and are'commonly called hereditary.