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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1292, 28 May 1880, Page 2

• We understand-that a telegram.ihas.-been j received in town stating that the wntfoc. the election of a member to represent this district itf-tbe place of Mr. Hislop/resigned, bas been issued; and will' be in .the hatfds of the Returning Officer in a few days. • .• Mr. W. H. S. Roberts will meet the electors of Livingstone at the Schoolhouse, at 7 o'clock this evening. Mr. George Jones will-address the electors of Duntroon, at 6,30 o'clock this evening. Mr. John Heid will" address the.-Enfield electors this evening, at 7 o'clock. : • , : Mr. Jones addressed a meeting consistingof 150 electors at Otepopo last night. Mr. Smythies was voted to the chair. The usual routine was observed, and the meet- - ihg broke up after passing a vote of confidence in Mr, Jones and a vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr. Roberts: addressed the electors in the Duntroon School-house last night, when, there were twenty-eight persons present, who gave him a-very attentive hearing.. After his address, he answered several questions apparently to the satisfaction of the questioners. At the plose of. the meeting, a. vote of thanks was proposed to tbe Chairman, which was afterwards amended by passing a vote of thanks to Mr. Roberts for his satisfactory address. Captain Edwin wires to-day as follows : " Bad weather approaching from any direction between south and east a ,! d north-east. Glass will fall again soop; wind backing. Expect rain within 24 hours, and increase of sea." . . u Mr. Jones' Committee meets this evening, at 8 o'clock, in Mr. Emslie's new buildings, next the Globe Hotel; The members of the Oamaru Football Club will hold a meeting at/the Royal Hotel, to-morrow evening, at $ o'clock. . The judgment given by the Resident Magistrate in the case of Rayner, for the larceny of bottles from one M'Carthy, ,was one hour's imprisonment, which he' was allowed to do in the Court. In spite of the unfavorable weather there was a fair attendance last evening at St. Paul's Young Men's Association. The chair was occupied by -Mr. M'Farlp.ne (vice-presi-dent). An essay on " Mohammed and the Koran " was read by Mr. Penfold. The meeting next week will be held on. Wednesday evening, the subject being " Ought Chinese Immigration to be prohibited ?" openeps, Messrs, Macdonald and Watson. The output of ooal frgiji the Shag Point mine for the month of April was 9702 tons, This is an improvement on last months output. The whole of this coal not only travelled over the branch line, but the line even as far as Dunedin—or, perhaps, further to the southard —and as far, as Timaru to the northward. The Shag Point branch is therefore proving itself a good feecjer of the main line, arid should be credited accordingly. What will those papers who argue as though the brapch lines were an incubus on our railway system say tg this ? The electors of Kakanui were addressed last night by Mr. Reid. Between 100 and IpP -ft-ere present, arid Mr. Manning occupied the chair. Mr, jfteid Was listened to attentively throughout, arid received an enthusiastic vote of confidence at the close. Lovers of reading who . patronise the Athenteum will be glad to learn that 56 new books of an intellectual character have been added to the already well-stocked library. . The usual fortnightly meeting" of the Harbor Board was hej.d to-day, when there were present—Mr. Sumpter "(Cliajrinan), Hon. R. Campbell, Messrs. -Hassell, Aitken, Gibbs, Menlove, and Duncan. Mr. M'Gregor (Engineer) was also in attendance). After the 'usual preliminary business had been disposed of, Mr. Qibbs, at some length, said that he thought it was desirable to iJiake a 'pQrtion of the harbor available as soon as possible, 'such as a basin, for large vessels, and any scheme that could be found to do this would meet with his support. The Hon. R. Campbell was of the opinion that it was a niatter of funds, and it behoved the Board to be yery careful. how they acted, as if they had to corjje io'tfiß market for another LICO,OOO loan it would have a very damaging effect upon the Board, It'was decided, at the request of the Committee appointed at last meeting to report on certain matters in connection with, the works, to hold over their report till the next "meeting of the Board. Consideration of Mr. Duncan's notice of , motion re for piles was also deferred till next meeting. The Board then rose.