THE EVENING MAIL. FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 315, 27 April 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1877.

" Word* are thinirx. and a rlrcp of ink fmtlin? tipnn a ttinux'hs nuty produce that-which make* thotk&nds tivufc.™

Owing the length of ottr report of to-day's meeting of thu Harhour Board, we are com pt'Uett to ttoM over a quantity of matter pre. pared! fur thw tasvtc The report of the proeeedtng-* of th'j Hoard will he found highly interesting, containing as it doe-? a full statement of thw transactions of the Board during the past year.

A cample of small civil cn-iss constituted the business at the JRestdcnt Magistrate' 3 Court to-dsv.

Mr. Thomas Ilraeken will deliver his Ten tart*. entitled "Ah Evening with Samuel Lover," this evening, at the Masonic Hall. As we said on a previous occasion, the lecturer has achieved the greatest success l»y the delivery of thts lecture in Dnncciin ami other places. Not only dees he .treat the subject in a happy and taking manner, hut he renders it doubly pleasing hy the admirI aide style in which he reads some of the moat te'ding parages from Lover's work?. The well-known talent of the lecturer should in itself he sufficient to hring together 'a ; largo audience, hut an additional inducement is offered by the fact that the lecture : is* given in aid of the cause of literature—a cause in aid of whhdi no one in the Colony, \ perhaps, has worked harder ttiau has Mr. Bracken.

We regret to state that a large shed \ belonging to Mr. Keid. of KtdersJie, was entirely destroyed hy fire yesterday, between 11 and 12 o'clock. It appears that as the Waiareka train was going up the line a targe spark was blown from the funnel of the engine on to the building, which at once took fire, One of Mr. Reid's men saw the eueurrenee, and at once ran to the homestead for assistance, which was at once procured. Nothing, however, could be done to save the building, which was by this time enveloped tn flames. The building, which was one 170ct. long by 24ft. wide, contained a targe quantity of grain and other property. Mr. Keid estimates the loss at £2OO. We are informed that sparks from the engine have on several previous occasions set fire to Mr. Herd's plantations, but fortunately assistance was at hand, and but little damage was then done. We believe that it is just possible that the affair will form the subject of judicial inquiry, Mr. Ileid intending to call the Government to pay for the damage done.

This Is h»>w the Brisbane Courlrr records ! "another weekV raid on the marsupials" : \ " On tvve days out of six the shooting was in j>!acea already shot over once, and the scores are all comparatively small ; bat on the sixth day, on new ground, 14 guns killed 514 head

of game. The highest scores made by individuals to date are:—773, 604, 594, 581, 564, and 553. The score for the week was : —On the 17th (half-day), 12 guns killed 154; 20th, 13 guns killed 233 ; 21st, - 13 guns killed 208 ; 22nd, 13 guns killed 254; 23rd, 14 guns killed 514 ; 24th, 14 guns killed 241 : total' 1604 in five and a-half days. On the 23rd the highest individual score Avas 61, and the greatest number killed in one ' stand' was 227. For the previous seven and a-half days' shooting the' number killed was 2736, which, added to the above 1604, make 3 a grand total of 4540 killed in 13 days."