THE EVENING MAIL. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 351, 8 June 1877, Page 2

THE EVENING MAIL. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.

A meeting of the Oamaru-Naseby Eailway Committee :was held this 'afternoon at the Road Board Offices. There were presentMr. Maude (in the chair), the Hon. R. Campbell, Messrs. Moore, Sumpter, Borrie, Reid, Brown, Gibbs, Menlove, and Connell. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A telegram was read from the deputation sent by the Committee to Naseby, giving the result of their labours up to the present. The tenders for the surveying of the proposed line (seven in number) were opened, and that of Messrs. Grant and Co., who undertook to make a complete survey of the line for L 4 18s. per mile, was accepted on the condition that the mileage should only be charged on the line adopted ; in case of the tender not being taken up, that of Messrs. Thornton and Bull, for Ll5O, to be accepted. Several suggestions were thrown out for future action. A lengthy memorandum on the subject of the railway from Mr. M'Leod, Corporation Engineer, was read, pointing out several things necessary to be done. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. M'Leod, for his courtesy in forwarding the memorandum. On the suggestion of the Hon. Mr. Campbell, it was decided to ask the three County Councils, the two Municipal Councils, and the associated Road Boards to appoint one member each of a deputation to wait upon the General Government, and ascertain their views with regard to the railway. Some other business having been transacted, the meeting terminated. Owing to the sitting of the District Court to-day, the hearing the charge of stealing a large amount of money from John Brown preferred against Martha Craig, alias Coyne, and John Madden, has been remanded until Monday next. After we went to press last evening, Mr. G. L. Lonford, who had been find L2 for not being present as a juror at the District Court yesterday, appeared before the Court, and on his explaining the reason of his absence, his Honor reduced the fine to ss. Mr. Thomas Common, another of the jurors who had been fined L2 for non-attendance, also appeared and explained that he was the postmaster at Teaneraki. The fine in this case ■was remitted.

The nomination of candidates for the representation of the Papakaio Sub-division in the Waitaki Road Board took place yesterday at the School-house, Papakaio, Mr. Mee being the returning officer. The retiring member, Mr. D. Borrie, was proposed by - ; r. Dugald Shaw and seconded by Mr. Jas. Dunn ; and Mr. Peter Aitcheson was proposed by Mr. Robert Stewart and seconded by Mr. Thos. Hall. As there is only one vacancy a poll will be necessary, and this will be taken on Thursday, 14th inst. The nomination for two members of the Waiareka Road Board for the Teaneraki Subdivision took place yesterday at the Schoolhouse. Mr. R. Meek was the returning officer. Mr. J. C. Gilchrist and Mr. Robert Jackson (the retiring member) were both proposed by Mr. D. Ivl'Gregor and seconded by Mr. Alex. Isdale ; and were declared duly elected. At the nomination for a member of the same Road Board for the Enfield Sub-division, which took place on Wednesday, the only candidate proposed was Mr. C. Todd, who was declared duly elected by the Returning Officer, Major Evans. For the Tapamii Sub-division of the same Board, the nomination took place at Stotfold House, yestet day, Mr. E. Menlove being the Returning Officer. The only candidates nominated was Mr. Miller, of Stotfold, and Mr. - Reid, of Elderslie, both of whom were declared duly elected. There is still a vacancy for this Subdivision, the

powerful Dunedin team left last night ly the Samson. If "our boys 5 -' Subceed/.-ip beating a team.picked from the" large population of Dunedin we shall be agreeably surprised, although ,we feel perfectly certain that they will sustain, the reputation' of Oamaru. They" will play at the Caledonian Society's Ground on Saturday, and return on Sunday next. We would remind our readers that a special collection will be made on Sunday next at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, to be devoted to the funds of the H9spital. j We have already pointed out the necessity for augmenting the income of the institution by all possible means, and we trust that this appeal to the congregation will be liberally responded to. The extraordinary fish about which so much was said by some of the Northern papers has, it appears, found its way to Oamaru. It is said to belong to an unknown variety, and is on view for the small price of sixpence, at the premises next door to Mr. Edwards, Thames-stroet, Oamaru. The o.vant courier of the Rose Brothers, who have been eminently successful in their entertainment, embracing the Davenport cabinet stance, ventriloquism, &c., has made arrangements to appear for a short time in Oamaru at the close of Mr. J. L. Hall s season.

Mr. H. Power felt indisposed to identify himself with the Lydia Howards Troupe any longer, and he has gone to Australia. | Little by little our predictions are being fulfilled with reference to this company, and we are more than ever convinced that no combination of talent, let it be never so good, can possibly succeed under the management of Mr. Harry Shepperson. The popular and able caterer for public amusement —Air. J. L. Hall —will appear tonight at the Masonic Hall, in conjunction with his Gaiety Comedy and Burlesque Company. At Timaru and Waimate their success was unqualified, and had it not been for their engagement to appear here to-night, the season in each town might have been extended with benefit to Mr. Hall and to the satisfaction of the people. It is an honest entertainment, and is being given by one who has been identified with theatrical enterprise from the early days of the Colon}. His reputation, indeed, is now established far beyond the limits of New Zealand. The season in Oamaru will necessarily be short, but there will, nevertheless, be no lack of variety. The juveniles have not been forgotten, a special performance having been ■ arranged for their benefit. This will consist of a pantomime, which, we understand, will be the first that has ever occurred in this town. Schools and families will be admitted on specially advantageous terms. The entertainment to-night will consist of the comedy "My Turn Next" and the historical burlesque " The Field of the Cloth of Gold.

A most extraordinary case of the recovery of stolen property and detection of the thief has just occurred in W elliugton. In Febbruary last Mr. Harry Mace, formerly well known as a cricketer in Otago, had his watch (a valuable gold repeater) stolen from the dressing-room at the cricket ground, and no traces could ever be fouud of it. A few days ago a man named Jordan, who had been steward of the lost sMp Ocean iv'lail, walked into Broadbent the jeweller's shop and offered a watch for sale, which Mr. Broadbent at once recognised as the one stolen from Mr. Mace, which had been in his hands for cleaning, and of which, according to custom, he had registered the. number and description. Jordan stated that he had obtained the watch from Sturges, the second steward, who was waiting outside the shop, and Mr. Broadbent handed both men over to the police. The following on dit from an American paper savours strongly of the well-known liking for sensation for which" the Yankees are proverbial:—"M. Bourgoing, the French envoy, has had. a stand-up fight with Edhem Pasha Bourgoing, taking offence at the language of the Turk, is allegfd so far to have forgotten the dignity of his situation as to grapple with Ldhem Pasha, who thereupon drew his scimitar. The affair naturally created the greatest consternation among the diplomats, until Chaudordy rushed forward and pulled back his colleague by the coattails." The Nelson Mail has been shown a sample, received by the' San Francisco mail, of wool which recently sold in London at the anormous price of os. lid. per lb. It is scoured merino, and very nearly as fine as silk. There was but one bale of it, and the competition was keen, several of the buyers

having determined to secure it at any reasor able price. The gentleman who forwards the sample says that although such a price could not be expected for any large quantity, he believes that 500 bales might have been disposed of, even at the then unsatisfactory state of the market, at 3s. per lb. The wool, we believfe, was from the Ereil" doun station,' Victoria.