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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1318, 28 June 1880, Page 2

Captain Edwin telegraphs that there are indications of bad weather approaching from any direction between east and south and south-west, that a further fall of the glass will take place, but will rise again within two hours, and that there will be a heavy

4 correspondent, writing on Saturday, says .-—The lecture given tlje Awanioko schoolroom last evening by Mr. William Sutherland on " Reminiscences of a Trip to Britain and Back" was only moderately attended. This is to be regretted, as the lecture was highly entertaining, and the object in aid of which it was given—the school funds—is really a deserving one. Mk Sutherland engaged the attention of the audignc.e for nearly two hours, and at tlie close of his lecture was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The total amount of Customs duties collected for the port of Oamaru last week was L 299 7s lid.

A scratch match was played by the Oamaru Football Club on Saturday afternoon, the sides being captained by Messrs. Snow and Procter. Some very good play was shown on both sides, but the team under Mr. Procter secured a win by three goals and three tries to pne gpal and pne try.

Messrs. Connell & Clowes wish to inform intending visitors to lylatapuna to-morrow that a conveyance will leave their ofij.ce immediately, after the arrival of the express train from Dunedin.

A concert is announced to be given in the Otepopo Athenseum to-morrow evening, in aid of the funds of the institution. A capital programme has been prepared, the assistance pf the choir and a number of local and other amateurs baling been obtained, and we have little doubt that the entertainment, which will conclude with a dance, will prove highly satisfactory, alike as a means of affording amusement and providing funds for the most deserving of the local institutions.

Our Palmerston correspondent writes : The cljarge of trespass against one of the Shg,g 3?oi#fc fnjnprs, a pitman named Lester, ■iy.as"con.clu4cii at tlie Resident Magistrate's Court on Saturday, b§fafp I. N. Watt, Esq., R.M., and M. Oliver, Esq,, j.E. Tjje case was brought under the Town and Country Police Ordinance, 1862, and the information set out that the defendant trespassed on ground belonging to the Shag Point Coal Company, and had refused to leave when requested to do so by the Company's manager. Mr. Chapman and Mr. Catamore; appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Eraser for the defence. Inspector Thompson watched' the case on behalf of the police. The evidence went to show that the defendant had obtained permission from the managed of the colliery to erect and occupy a mud-Eut so long as he remained in the employ of the Company. Lester purchased from the Company. timber with which to complete the whare, and afterwards lived in it with his family. On the 24th the manager, on behalf of the Company, directed defendant to leave the Company's ground within an hour. At the end of which time the manager returned to the hut, and found tl>at defendant had not complied with the order, andjjeven stated his intention to remain in possession of the hut. The Bench inflicted a fine of ,ss, refusing to comply with Mr. Fra.ser's request to raise the fine to L 5 in order that the defendant; might appeal, but agreeing to state a case for the Supreme Court,