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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 2 December 1880, Page 2

The installation of the R.W.M". and other officers of Lodge Oamaru Kilwinning, No. 537, S.C., for the ensuing year, took place at the Masonic Hall last evening in the presence of a very large number of the Craft. The installation ceremony wag satisfactorily

performed ~ by* P. Ivi. Uro., H. Aitken anc 1 P.M. Faii'ley. Several Masonic ode§_ wen sung during' the evening. The following ii a, list,oi the Bretherninstalled,, respeefavie offices, viz. R.W.M.; 8r078.'-0. 'Siraihi B.M.;\Bro. 3, Walls, S.M.: Bra Wv Hv Gledhill,' S.IW;i Bvo. • 11. >"£crke, J.W.;;Bro. W.;l>. Esther. Treasurer ; Bro. ~>'A. > Secretary;: Bro. D. Ivijiierj. S.J). J.iSmithi 3.1). \ Bro. A. C. .Johnston, IJG:-, Brb. J. Stewart, T'ylen After -the . was closed the Brothers adjourned to the Northern Hotel to partake of the e,uarromary banquet, at which the usual loyal aaid other toasts peculiar to the Craft yr'ere d'dneSfSil' justice to by those present. "• . tr>° > The .Rifles' Band -will /meet for practice tomorrow evening,-when ammuiution for the class firing will be to those members desiring to compete???Bad -weather iir appsgjtcihing:. from an y direction between north and west_ and southwest. The glass will fall very soon. A special meeting of the Committee of the North Otago Horticultural Society will be held this evening at|Mr. Anstead's residence at 7.30, for the purpose of arranging matters in connection with the approaching show. As the business to .be considered is of importance; a 'full attendance is requested. • A meeting..of the Friendly Societies' Committee was held last evening in the Oddfellows' Hall, Coquet-street, Mr. A. Weir being in the chair.; After some ordinary business had been transacted, Mr. W. Kelly reported that he had received, as special prizes, a cricket bat from Messrs. Bonayiie and Cot.trell (for boys'vrace), an album from Mr. M. Taylor (for the winner of the walking handicap) ; he also stated that Mr. 3. Bulleid and •Mr. 8,. L. Rule- had each promised a special prize. A vote of thanks to these gentlemen (also to Mr.'T. Sellar), for their liberality, was minuted. It was considered advisable to advertise the programme, and, on being put to the vote, it was resolved that the programme be advertised in the Oamaku Mail. It was also'fesplved -that tenders for booths, cafds, &C, be: advertised in both local papers. It waS deciSed' thai: programmes of the music to be performed by the Rifles Band on the day of tports- be printed *and ■ circulated, as suggested by. the band secretary. It was decided that the next' meeting of the Committee be held on Wednesday, 15th instant. A vote of thanks tp ®e ; chair terminated the proceedings. .. It is notified in our advertising columns that the quarterly Communion will be dispensed on. Sabbath" next, sth inst, at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church; also, that a preparatory service will be held this evening at 7.30.. ■•. - ■ _ . The monthly meeting of the Kakanui Road Board was held yesterday afternoon in the office, Tyne-street. There were present Messrs. - Gilchrist . (chairman), Aikenhead, Elder, .Hedley, Macdonald, M artin, Stevenson, and Oliver (engineer). ' Communications were received from the Under-Secretary for Railways and Assistant General Manager re the proposed siding at Taipo Hill, informing the Board that as the cost of the land would be very great, the Minister did not feel justified in putting a . station there. The tender of Mr.. W. J. Williams, L 22, for block IX., Oamaru district, was accepted ; also, that of Mr. J. M'Auley, L9l lis, forformation of five portions of road at Incholme,. The engineer reported on the state of the road-line at Kakanui Flat, and it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Hedley, that the engineer, in conjunction .with Messrs. Macdonald and Stevenson, inspect this road-line, and report thereon, and alsc interview the. proprietor. ; It was, resolved that Messrs. Elder, Stevenson, and Hedley interview the Minister for. Public. Works when in Oamaru, with reference to the removal of- gates on''the road to Maheno station. Accounts amounting tp L7l 9s were passed' for payrriemt.

In 1564 the Victorian Legislature fixed the salary of the Governor of that Colony at LIO,OOO a year, tut subsequently complacent Ministers have the allowances until it now amounts to Lla s ooo. The Age, in demanding a material reduction, mentions tha,t a special train, costing L 66, was the other day provided in order that the Governor might shoot six snipe. Such waste must cease. The saucepan that cooks the Governor's cauliflower—even the cauliflower itself—is State property. If he breaks a tumbler the State replaces it; if his cook cracks a: kettle it is " "Gdvern3ss^^rf^at^ - lfo wer-beds, and "Kitchen garden have confessedly absorbed more than L2OOO a year, whicl; is rather a high sum to pay for watering his flower-pots and raising peas and passion-fruit fqr his table. Some of our Exhibition visitors ought, I think, to be surprised at the cheapness of our luxuries as well as of the necessaries of life. In a leading street I daily observe a card in a restaurant window annnouncing "four courses and a glass of ale for sixpence" —a truly, liberal programme. It is only the other day that I travelled by a wellliorsed coach some 60 miles over the Black Spur and through some of the grandest scenery in the world for 3s—received with as much grace and apparent gratitude as if it had. been L 3. On-certain days of the week it is now intimated that a cleanly and comfortable steamer (the Williams) will carry passengers to Queenscliff and the other bay ports for 3s 6d return ticket— some 70 miles of sea travel. (Mem. for travellers—the cook can make curry). In the Ceylon Observer is a description of life iij Melbourne at 30s per week. Says the writer : "On my present pay of 30s. a week I am living and saving money, but of course slowly. I can get three good meals a day at (3d. each, as you will- see by.tlie bill of fare of tlie hotel; and I get a glass (half; pint) of good porter or beer for 3d., so that for 2s. a day I can get three gpod substantial meals with two glasses of good, malt liquor (English) per day, or I can get a pint of qQloflial ale, very .good. The tea and coffee, the moat, the Ash, ti}e vegetables, the sfiup, , the pastry, the- bread and butter J get really all good. In Ceylon you could not get for a rupee anything like what we can get for 2s. here. You need not be afraid of mv giving up my present employment without good cause j I had too Jjiuqh tpoufele to get employment to quit it easily, I have lodging with a respectable widow from.Cumberland, for which I pay Os. a week. I have a bedroom to myself, the use of a, bath, with clean bed. linen, towels, blacking, shoebrushes, soap, and lights, for this small amount. The house is about a furlong from the Public Library, where I spend one or two hours every evening, in a beautiful room fully 300 ft. long, and containing upwards of 90,000 volumes, in all languages, beautifully fitted up and furnished, §nd open free tfj the public; and in a direct line, lam only about a furlong from the Exhibition Buildings, but by the" nearest streets about a quarter of a mile. From this yoji will see that although my pay is small I might be much worse off than I am." Now, of course, all this we know to be true, but I doubt if many of us have fairly' considered the possibility of living, saying money, an<J enjoying oneself on 30s, per week like this cheery colonist, who is evidently the right grit for a new country.—"yEglss."