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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1298, 4 June 1880, Page 2

! Mr. W. H. S. Roberts will address the electors at Cave Valley at 7 o'clock this evening, Mr. John Reid addresses the electors at Pukeuri Point this evening, at 7 o'clock. Mr. G. Jones will address the electors at Papakaio this evening, at G o'clock. Mr.' W, H. S, Roberts addressed a meeting of electors at' Teanevaki lust evening. Mr. Wm. Meek occupied the chair, and the candidate, after answering a number of questions, received an unanimous.-vote of thanks' and conlidence.

Messrs. H. Council and G, Sumpter havo been re-clected members of the Waitalii Road Board for the Land on Sub-division. The election of t'wo members of the Waiareka Road Board for the Tapui Subdivision has resulted in the re-election of Mr. John Rpi4 and the election of Mr. W. Gardiner,

THe s:s; : Wellington left Welligton. for Lyttelton with the southern portion of . the San Franciseo mail at eleven o'clock to-day; She should therefore rach Lyttelton in time to ontcl: the express train-' tomorrow, by wh;ch ■ t<:)amaru portionof tlw ' mail will i»o received. The' Post Office w>ll be kept open for the delivery of letters up to 8 p.m. We understand that the Mayor's application .to. his Excellency the Governor to gazette Friday, the. 11th instant—the day of the; annual . steepleehases—a bank holiday, will be granted. A good acceptance for the Handicap is certain, and the Maiden ;and .Selling Stakes.are sure to fill well. An tliat is .required to ensure a most successful meeting and a great gathering is fine weather, and even this seems to be very probable. - - Captain Edwin telegraphs that there are indications of strong winds between northeast and north-west. The glass will fall again within 24 hours, Mr. Vinpept Pyke is certainly a free lance, and hits out vigorously in Parliament. Indeed, the hon. member for Duns tan rather prides himself upon his power of driving home a political nail, and clenching it.: Mr. Pyke has been ridiculing the '' Roving Commissions let loose upon the Colony by the present Ministry, and this is the manner in which he spoke of the Commissioners :—" The only monuments of their existence," said he, "are to be found scattered over the Colony in the shape of piles of broken bottles," Rather rough this on the Commissioners. But is it true?

In reply to the question asked by a correspondent yesterday as to the reason for the' delay in ttie publication of the list of received in: aid of the Irish Famine- Relief Fund; we have ascertained that the delay is. not attributable to any fault on the part of the Committee. Several lists are still out, and a number of subscriptions have yet to be received. The Committee have made several appeals to holders of lists to send them in with, the amounts collected in order that the fund might be wound up, but these appeals have not been complied with. it is to be hoped that holders of lists will send them in to the Secretary or Treasurer without delay,. About 100 electors attended Mr. JJones meeting at Awamoko last evening. Mr. ■Smillie occupied the chair. The candidate -spoke at some, length, and was listened to attentively. At the close of his address, the candidate was questioned freely by Mr. Aitcheson and others, Mp. Jones apparentlyanswering the questiops to the satisfaction of the meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to the candidate, and with a similar compliment to the chairman, the meeting terminated.

Mr. Jones' Committee will meet this evening at their rooms, Eraslie's Buildings. Business important.

The settlers of Rangiora intend to hold a public meeting to protest against the property tax.

The adjourned meeting of the Oamaru Football Club was held at the Royal Hotel last evening, but the attendance of members was not large. . After some preliminary dis : cussion, the following officers were elected for the ensuing season : President, Mr. Otterson ; Vice-President, Mr. O'Meagher ; Captain, Mr. A. 0. Hardy ; Deputy-Captain, Mr. W. Ferens ; Committee : Messrs. Clayton, Coates, Pinch, Jones, and Grenfell; Hon. Sec., Mr.' H. Snow. Eleven new members were elected, and the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair? man.

Only a moderate audience attended the lecture on "Billy Bray, the Cornish miner and Christian worker 1 ," delivered last evening in Wesley Church by the Rev. J. Crump. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Rice, who briefly introduced the lecturer. The rev. gentieman then proceeded to deal with the subject of his discourse, speaking of the simplicity, earnestness, and quaint manners of Billy Bray. He showed how the man, who had formerly cursed and drank, became a devout religious worker, chiefly through reading Bunyan's visions of Heaven and Hell, and spoke of the good work done by the imperfectly educated Cornish Miner. The lecture was a very entertaining- one, and the lecturer, at its close, was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The choir rendered several selections of sacred music very creditably, and Mrs, and Miss Cruinp assisted with some very pleasing instrumental music.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute and was held last evening, when there were present— Messrs. Forrester (Chairman), Peattie, Rule, Hislop, Hassell, jun., Greenfield, M'Combe, Headland, Fidler, Garrow, and Williamson (Hon. Sec.) The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, the Sub-Com-mittee's recommendation that the salary of the Librarian should be increased to LIOO a year, with a percentage, was adopted. It was decided that the list of books proposed to be obtained through the Education Board should lie on the table in the library for one week for perusal by the subscribers before the final selection was made. The Librarian reported that a number of books issued in good order had been returned in very bad condition, and it was decided that'the rule providing for the inflction of fines iu such cases should be strictly enforced. The Oamaru Football Club will play the opening match of the season on the Old Cricket Ground to-morrow afternoon, between. sides chosen by the Captain and Deputy-Captain from the following players : Balmer, Bristed, Bramble, Clayton, Church, Crawford, Coates, Evans, Forbes, Ferens (Deputy-Captain), Finch, Grenfell, Ham, A. O, Hardy (Captain), A: Hardy, Jackson, Jones, Johnson, M'iDonald, H,' Moore, D. Moore, C. Moore, M'Leod, Procter, Robinson, Snow, and Williams. The" match will commence at 2.30 p.m., and members are requested to appear in uniform. The only case down for hearing on the criminal side of the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day was a charge of drunkenness against IJd>yard .John Humphrey, who was -fined ss, with the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment. . Mr. Wakefield's telegram to the Harbor Board.places Mr. Blackett's report in a very" different light to that in which it was first regarded, and we hasten ourselves to apologise for an opinion hazarded yesterday of the reasons which might have induced the Minister' for Public Works, to withhold the report from the public for a pgriod of four months It is all clear now. Mr.. Blackett has been. altogether too jealous —and too zealous men are led into frightful mistakes. His own profession blinded him. < He was a railway man. The railway was his god, and he shut his eyes, to aught but the railway. Unfortunately for his reputation, he closed them too closely, refusing to see anything .that could possibly throw doubt or discredit on the work he was called upon to do. That work has been completed, but unhappily for its creators, it is scouted by those whom he sought to please Ministers laugh at Mr. Blackett, and will have nothing to do with his report. The Timaru Breakwater is not to be blown up, and the present coast line, probably, will hot be entirely swept away !—Timaru Herald.