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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1312, 21 June 1880, Page 2

After our leader was in type we received from our correspondent intimation that the report that the Government had cut short the investigations of the Civil Service Commission had been authoritatively denied. Mails for the United Kingdom via San Francisco, per Australia, and inails for Sydney, per Rotorua, close at Auckland at 2 p.m. to-morrow.

A meeting of Mr. Jones' election committee will be held this evening, at S o'clock.

A correspondent writes from Palmerston as follows : —Oa Friday evening an amateur entertainment in aid of the Palmerston Cricket Club took place, and was, I am happy to state, a great success. Much praise is djig to the ladies and gentlemen who took part in the proceedings, and it is to be hoped (this being their first attempt) that they will give the inhabitants of Palmerston another such treat during the winter months.

We need scarcely remind our readers that an organ recital will take place in St. Luke's Church this evening, commencing at eight o'clock, Mr. A. R. Kelsey .(from St. Paul's Cathedral, London,) wiU preside at the organ, at d will play a number of selections from the best piasters, and the choir will also give several selections from various oratorios. The choir will be assisted by Mr. F. Lewis (from St. Paul's Cathedral, edin), who-will also sing Stark's "Singers." We en a promise lovers of good music a great treat.

The Oamaru Rifles JS.apd, with a view of augmenting their funds and providing pleasant recreation for the public, have determined to inaugurate a regular series of Saturday evening promenade concerts in the Volunteer Hall. The programmes will consist of vocal and instrumental music,' and the nominal charge' of one .shilling will be made for admission. The first of the sepies will probably be given on the first Saturday in July, and members are requested to meet for the practise of the first programme tomorrow evening.

We have seen afc the Railway Station a testimonial, beautifully framed in oak and gilt, wfaiafa the heads of the department have determined to present t9 Mr. .James Burnett, C.E., on hiß leaving this district to fill an appointment as resident engineer to the Amberley-Waitaki district. The testiraonjfll is in German text, very beautifully finished, t}}# • capitals being highly illuminaterl, ani the wfaolg work being in Mr. I style. The worflingof the

Stress is as follows :—"To James Burnett, 1 JEsq., C.E. I've occasion of your departure for Chrjstphurcji affords the railway officers representing tlj\ .different departments stationed at' Oam aiu ap opportunity of offering their congratnltions upon your appointment as resident raiWay engineer, Amberley to Waitak : , and of expressing their unfeigned regret that y»iir well-deserved promotion will be the meins of removing from their mid,st one who, aoth in official and private life, has by his thoroughly sound, gentlemanly qualities gained their earnest esteem and good wishes. A very substantial ted-.imonial would readily heve been subscribes, by those with whom you have been connected since the first commencement of the railways { n this district, but it w#s felt by til- present n,j> i(j Uj>' ..i,i I . ?| e , v !>:•'.l e ! lie !:•■ at j :.iui •„ : CCI l; .j u y uU e.iKry n jtji you to your ue.r sphere of duties

the cordial well-wishes of every in your late district. With best wishes for the future prosperity of' Mrs. Burnett aftd yourself, "w beg to subscribe ourselves, Yours very sincerely W. M. HANNay, *' and eight other officers in charge of the departments at Oamatu. T.he sudden departure ; of Mr. Burnett prevented the testimoniol -being-, presented before he left. The coursing men of this district are certainly to be congratulated upon their success ii. the New Zealand Waterloo" Meetuig *just conclu-'ed neat-Christchurch. , : {Not only have .they- carried ,off- the ..Clip. and JPlate, besides providing the runners-upi in'both events, but nearly all the dog? from this district have been winners of greater or lesser amounts. In fact, they have carried everything before them, the only prizes of any note that have not come to Oamaru are the Purse and the prize for the runner-up in that event, the former being taken by a dog belonging to Christchurch, and the latter by a Waimato dog bred in Oamaru, Mr. Ayton, as the trainer of Messrs. M'Auly Brothers' Miranda, the winner of the Waterloo Cup, takes the gold medal presented by Mr. Charles Harris, Mr. T. Kett has also been a successful trainer, having provided the runner-up for the Cup and the winner aed runner-up for the p urse. The fpjpper runner-up for. the Plate were trained by Jlp, Bird. Of the success of the meetiDg there is litfclp; dpjibt, for everything appears to have passed off very satisfactorily.- We are, however,, somewhat disappointed at the meagreness not only of the telegrams forwarded to' the southern papers by the representative of the Press Association, bqt we ftpe pygn jijore surprised and disappointed at the miserable reports of the meeting given in the Christchurch papers.

A meeting of the Excelsior Cricket Club was he'd at the Royal Hotel on Saturday evenjng, Mr. Cr. Fenwick in the chair. The annual report was by the ar|{l adopted. The following resolution was carried:—"That the Secretary be instructed to call the attention of the Municipal Council to the recommendation of the Public Reserves Committee, December 1878, re formation of £}. pricket ground, and that if the Council cannot see its iyay 9/b prgsent tp lay out the ground, they be solicited tp give an estimate of the cost of forming the same." A vote of thanks to the chair brought the meeting to a close.