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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 July 1880, Page 2

And yet something further about those wretched carriages! In the House yesterday Mr. Shrimski gave notice that he would ask the Government if; they were aware whether the faulty railway waggons, alleged toihave been built at Duiiedin, were in reality built at Oamaru by Messrs. Brogden and Son, and if the Government intend to make further I inquiry into'the case.' Make further inj quiries, and elicit niore lies : is that what Mr. Shrimski wants ? . It- is not generally' known' that within a very short time the number of Coupoillors in Oamaru will be increased by one-half, Under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1576, which will probably be brought into force within a. short time, it is prodded that there shall be three Councillors for each ward, and the total number will therefore be increased from eight to twelve Councillors for the town. iAt a general meeting, .of the Oamaru Football Club held at the Royal Hotel last evening Mr. E. Booth was elected dcputy-captain in the room of Mr. W. H.- Ferens, who has resigned. Messrs. Forbes and M'Donald were elected members of the Coriimittee in place of Messrs. Finch atid Coates. Several hew members, were elected. It was decided that next Saturday's match be between sides chosen by the captain and deputy?captain, Lovers .of the. beautiful must have been pleased with a number of specimens of drawing that have for some days been exhibited in the window of Messrs. Farr Bros.' shop. These are ' from the pencil of Mr. 1.Matthew;, and those who are desirous of acquiringthe ability to imitate Mr, Matthews will be pleased to learn that that gentleman has decided to open a drawing class in Oamaru. Pupils will be enrolled up to the Ist August. The Rifles Band will give auother of their weekly promenade concerts at the Volunteer Hall to-morrow, evening, and, judging from the success which attended that of last week, we have littlte doubt that to-morrow evening there will be a large attendance. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before T. W. Parker, Esq., R,M., one man was fined ss, with the option of 24 hours' imprisonment, for being drunk and disorderly. Mary Maule, charged with having no lawful visible means of support, was sent to gaol for seven days. A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present—Councillors Headland (in the chair), Mainland, Otterson, Smith, Towns? end, and Humphrey. It was resolved that the following places be appointed polling booths for the forthcoming elections if necessary :—.Jetty Ward, Mr. Collis' store, Tynestreet; Thames Ward, Mr. Hardy's office, Wear-street; Severn Ward, Oddfellows' Hall, Coquet-street ; High Ward, Old Grammar School, Greta-street. It was resolved that nominations for Councillors and Auditors should take place on Tuesday, 27th July, at noon. As Councillors Pmith and Roberts were elected for Severn Ward at the same time, the .Coundl-proceeded to ballot one of-these gentlemen. ~out, the result being that Mr. Roberts will -retire, -

At the regular. meeting , of. the . Loyal Oamaru Lodge, Manchester, Unity,-held in the Oddfellows' Hall last evening, ; the balance-sheet for the past half-year was read and unanimously adopted. We cull' the following from the sheet:—The balance standing to the: credit-of the sick and funeral fund, LIJSB lls.lOd; the balance to the credit' of the fund is L7oo'ssJ lid, mading the total value of the lodge £IBSB 17s' 9d. • • During r tlie Half-year four members have left the lodge, and ten new members have joined. . -The officers" for the present term are—Brothers R. D. Kelly, G.M.; W. H. Gledbill, NiGV; A. Maxwell, .V.G,; A.. Slater, E.S.;, J. Munroe, W.; J, Coiill, G.j jl Reid, D,, Henderson, A. Phipps, J. Aimers, Supporters ; Dr. Garland, MecLjcal Officer; H. J-.- Edwards, Chemist; and G. Brownlee, Permanent Secretary. The • Qamacu Club's match for to-morrow will be between sides chosen by the captain and 'deputy-captain. Play to commence .at ; 2.30. • ,-The- following are the names of the players, who are requested to appear in-, uniform : , Balmer, Brested, Blakeley, Booth (deputy-captain), Clayton, Hw lCrawfordi Coates; A. Churebi, R. Crawford, C. W. Cooke, D. Church, W.i W. Cook, Forbes, Finch, Grcnfell, G. Gi'enfell, Ham, A. 0. Hardy (captain), A. E. Hardy, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Legge, M'Donald,. M'Leod, Moore (3), Procter, Robinson,"' Snow, and Williams. An interesting incident (says a Home paper) recently occurred at Windsor Castle, when Mr. James Russell Lowell, alias Deacon Biglow, presented his credentials, was received in the usual form by the Queen,' and dined with Her Majesty, when, for the 'first time in the history of the Victorian era, a Royal reception included the recognition of guests whose best claim to honor is their connection with literature. Her Majesty had at dinner, to meet the representatives of American literature, besides the most (dis- ' j tinguished intellects of England—Tennyson, Carlyle, Ruskin, George Eliott, Ouida, |Mr. Tom Taylor, and George Simms. j Concluding an article on the Civil Service Commissioners' report, the New Zealand Times'says:—"There is nothing to .be gained by being mealy-mouthed In a

matter of large public importance like this, j and vpe. may r .as well/.say At 'Suppogition-is.' that from faciei ithe/politicSi-:;jnffpence the principal/officials |6f J his:' department possess!' If that supposition correct, then Mr. Oliver is- very' unfortunately'situate'd, and\i6 is f a great'-' ever consented to the appointment of the Commission at all. If it is not correct JheiLius-jCOurse is-plain- .need, not, have the, least -hesitation in-ioj£owing it boldly. He shr>uld institute without aiiiy inv^ig^iOns'^whichWajfappear fo bs necessary to test the value of the evidence _oii_.wlnch.-the -Commissioners-based-tlieir report, and the Government should then state to the House how far they intend to act upon the report. One thing is quite certain, the question of the reorganisation of the Railway Department cannot be left; any longer in tho'exiremely unsatisfactory rposifaoia ff'whi'cli-ifc-now stands', ; and'it is'incumbent upon'the'Government to place iti in a proper position at the earliest possible date." The memorial provided by a national sixpenny subscription'in-memoiy of those who perished' in"' the wreck of the Princess Alice in September, IS7S; has just been erected in Woolwich Cemetery, at the summit, j .of r" the; v hillook«-where; the bodies of .j>l\e»unclaimed } lie m buried. ; The memorial consists of a handsome !cro r ss of whitfe' riatble, !: alibut'' r l6ft high, and the rped§Bßal'is incribed SsfolloWs' saloon steamer Princess Alice, returning- from a ' pleasure was wfecKld off" Tripcock 'Point" by J with • the Steam Bywell ; ©aitle'j 0h :; the-night'of September; 3rd,,1878, fr „ It was computed that 700 men, women, .and children .were' on board ; 'of 120 i were buried near this place. To the, memory of, those who perished this cross was Erected by a nationsl 6d subscription, to which more than- 23,000(persons'contributed. 'ln the midst of; .-life: -,wjs ,:are ti in. death,' 'Jeau Mercy.'"At all the graves been plaoed small heiidistoiVes, bearing the names of such of the dead : as : Were identified. overseers of the poor of the parish of Woolwich,' who undertook Jthe responsibility of burying the dead, and thereby incurred an expense. of about Ll2oo] ; have ; not ' yet succeeded in obtaining repayment, but are still waiting the process Jof law s in an action against the county. ■ ■