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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 17 November 1880, Page 2

Mails for the United Kingdom and th Australian Colonies, per llotorua, will close at the Bluff at 11.30 a.m., on Friday the 19 th inst. Telegrams will be accepted at the Oamaru Office accordingly. By the train from Timaru this morning, two trucks of Mr. Parker's sheep and two of Mr, Douglas' were received from Waimate. By the express from Dunedin, ten or twelve horses from Mr. Dodson's stud, and, by the express this afternoon, 50 sheep from Mr. Sutton, besides other stock. Messrs. Reid's, Menlove's, and Little's sheep and other stock will arrive by a speeial train from Ngapara at 6.50 a.m. to-morrow. Bad weather is approaching from any direction between north-east and north and west. The glass will further fall, and there are bad iiifHc^tiojis, The Oamaru portion of the inward San Francisco mail will be received by tho express train from the north to-morrow. The opening of the Post Office .on Saturday evenings for the purpose of receiving deposits in the Savings Bank has not met with the degree of encouragement that was expected, and the system will be discontinued from the 4th December, The only places whore the system has proved successful are Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland.

The North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Annual Show will be commenced on the Society's ground to-morrow morning, Although tlie entries in number fall below those of last year, the show will be a really excellent one, for the exhibits will be drawn from the best stock of the district, and will also include a number from bptli north and:south, The quality of the exhibits is the true test of the value of any exhibition, and in this respect we are assured that the show which opens to-morrow will be equal to any of its predecessors. Of course there will be a grand show on Friday of draught horses and Ayrshire cattle; these classes are always well represented at ofimaru0 fimaru shows. To-morrow, however, a new feature will be presented in the forrn of a grand show of Lincoln sheep. Taken altogether, with fine weather, of which there is every promise, the show of ISSO will, we are advised, compare favorably with those of previous years. Some fine thoroughbreds, consisting qf the entire horse Cassiv'elaunus, two threeryearolds, four two-year-olds, a yearling, and a mare with foal, all the property of Mr. T. H. Dodson, of Port Chalmers, arrived by express train from the South to-day, for exhibition tQ-JTlorrfiw's' showThe long-talked-Pf bazaar in aid of St. Luke's Church will be opened to-morrow afternoon at the Volunteer' Hall. For some months the Committee of ladies have been busily engaged preparing for the affair, and the public are confidently promised a collection of goods of a nature seldom seen at bazaars. The Committee are apparently determined to make the gathering thoroughly attractive apd entertaining, and~with a view to accomplishing this end a number of tableaux vlvants have been arranged and assiduously rehearsed by a number of ladies and gentlemen for some time. These will be presented at intervals during the evening, and will, we infer from the whisperings qf those who have been privileged to hftve a peep at shp private rehearsals'," prove highly entertaining. Then there will be a l ' Picture Gallery of Fine Arts," an easy and highly diverting means of swelling the exchequer that has become highly popular both at Home and in the Colonies. During the evening the Rifles Band will perform a number of selections of music, and those who attend may depend upon having a good evenings enjoyment, The Oomr,-,itte of the Oamaru Jockey Club met last evening in the Empire Hotel, there being present Messrsi Ronayne (in the ohair), Greenfield, Grant, Moss, Gibson, Leigh, and Hardy (Secretary). Messrs. Lyons and Hart wrote offering to work the totalisator at the spring and autumn meetings, and it was decided that the Secretary ir { q,ke firrangetjipntti fqy tj}@ spring meeting only. It was resolved that the privileges in connection with the forthcoming race meeting be submitted to auction by Mr. Greenfield on the 27th inst. Mr. Greenfield gave notice that he would move at a future meeting, ' 1 That a sub-committee be appointed to draw up a code qf rides, tq bg called the Oamaru 'Jockey 01ul> rules, the sub-committee to repqrt to a general comlqittee meeting at as early a period as possible, with a view to run under the said rules at the autumn meeting." This being all the business, the meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks

A meeting of the Hospital Committee was held in the Secretary's office last evening, the following gentlemen being present: Messrs. T. H. Brown (President), Headland, Kerr, Mainland, Allen, IJagsell, M'lntQsh, aud MavHhfOT- The visiting committee reported that nine patients (six male and three female) were at present in the Hospital, and that during the month one had died. A number of accounts amounting to L3l 3s 4d had been passed for payment. There was no leak in the water tank. The water supply had given out ten d*iys ago, rd 4 Water wrs now pgiflg- eartgd frpin towi}. The cjpminitteg had waited upon the Bgrougli Council re Hogpitai water supply, and that body had given instructions tljat the mains should be laid" to the nearest point in Warren' street. Tenders for laying on the water had been invited, Mr. M'intosh preparing the specifications. Mesdames Clowes, Cagney, Fprd Ijqd geut gifts of papers and books, wllioh were acknowledged with thanks. Mr. Kerr proposed and Mr. Mainland seconded, that the question of water supply for the Hospital be remitted to the visiting committee, with instructions to them to request the original tenderers if) submit estimates fop certain alterations as suggested by the general committee, including the siibstitntipi} of lead for galYa,niged iron piping. After gomg general business, the meeting closed in the usual way. Mr. H. Z. Taylour, 8.A., 8.L,, until recently jt rnernber of the literary staff of the North Otago Times, announces that he will shortly deliver a course of lectures in Oamaru. The announcement does not indicate what the subject will be, but we have reason to suspect that he W'U of things local, eqibfldying thoughts up'on our political, journalistic, social, moral, and religious life. Mr. Taylo.ur's abilities and experience are such that we are warranted in anticipating that his lectures will he intelligent, interesting, aqd h&Reficia], as well as arousing,

' At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, before George Sumpter, Esq., J.P., Michael Henley, charged with, being drunk and disorderly, did not put in an appearance, and his -bail was- therefore estreated. Michael Meehan was- charged on the information of Annie Walker with damaging property to the value of LI. Sergeant-Major Thompson prosecuted, and evidence having been given sustaining the charge, Michael was ordered to pay the amount of the damage done and costs amounting to LI Is, or suffer one week's incarceration in gaol. A Service of .Song entitled " The Gospel Triumphant" was given last evening in the Primitive Methodist Lecture Ball, in aid of the Primitive Methodist Mission Fund. There were about 100 persons'present, all of whom appeared well pleased with the entertainment. The service consists of a series 'of Biblical quotations, illustrative of the rise, progress, and ultimate triumph of the Gospel, interspersed with 17 appropriate musical pieces. Mr. Lindsay gave the connective readings, and a choir of 25 voices, under the conductorship of Mr. C. G. Moore, rendered the musical selections. Miss Bicknell accompanied the singers at the organ. The musical portion of the service was a decided success, all the pieces going smoothly,- and some of them showing no small amount of taste with regard to the lights and shades of the music. This was especially noticeable in the hymn "Strike the Harp of Zion," in which the echo passage in the chorus was rendered in a very effective manner.. We' may also mention the anthems "How beautiful upon,the:mountains " and: " Praise the Lord," and the hymns " Great was the day," and "Shout aloud, all ye lands," great care being displayed in their rendition. The singing of well-known missionary hymn, '' From Greenland's icy mountains," by the audience, and the pronouncing of the Benediction, closed the proceedings. The Rev. Mr. Barley stated during the evening that the children of the Sunday School had collected L 4 16s towards the Mission Fund.

The scheme for flooding the Sahara and making an inland sea in Northern Africa must be abandoned, if the statements of Herr Yon Wurtegg are correct. He has recently returned from that region, and will read a paper at the forthcoming meeting of the British Association. He disputes the assertion that the Sahara was at one time connected with the Miditerranean, and says that the so-called submarine basin is nowhere nearer than ninety miles from the sea. To cut a canal of that length would involve an enormous outlay without any commensurate advantages; whilst some of the most flourishing oases in the Sahara would be destroyed by the water, and the vegetation be killed by the change in atmospheric condition. The TransSahara railway is therefore the only available of opening up the northern parts of Africa.