The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 441, 26 September 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1877.

Mr. R. B. Martin, the Government auctioneer, he'd a pal'- of Cove nmenfc sections to-day afc the Court-house. There was a very good attendance of buyers, and ahvge numlier of the sections were quitted at highly satisfactory prices. The his- h>ts ottered were sections 17, 18, 19, an 1 20, block LI II , Uaniaiu town, the upset pi ice for each being LSO. Mr. Anthony IJodyers was the purchaser, the prices realised being LSO, 150, J-52. and Ll<;2 for the four sections respectively. Some sections in Deocirah town-hip followed, and were well competed for. Sectmns 2 and 3 were bought by V.r. John Wylie for LlO and Ll4 10s. Mr. Win. Morgan became the purchaser of sections 24. 25. and :!G at f.-oni LU to 1.14. Sections 27 to 30 were khoc 1 -' ed down to Mr. G. Mimptur at from LS to Ll6 rach ; whil* sections 31 to 46 were bought 1-y Mr. William Morgan for from 1.11 to LIS each. The ups t price on each of the above .-ections was 'l.B. Section 4S, containing 3 acre?, 1 mod, w'th improvements, was sold to ,Vr. Will am Morgan at the up-et price, HOO, subject to a valuation o improvements to the amount of L 350 The iemamiug sections in diti'erent townships were pas ed.

A plouihirg match took p'aee yesterday rn the Hcn.-ley Estate, I'apakaio. between J. Allan and Alex. Clydesdale, the stake being LSO a-side. 'J he malcli caused a good deal of excitement, and a large amount of bet-ing took p'ac- o:i the event. A start was ma<le ar 9.30 am., .Allan using one of lvoid and Gray's double-fmrow plough* and Clydesdale one of Jack, Steel, and Hendry's ; bur, it soon became evident that, something had gone wrong wish Clyde dale's piouuh. and after he had done his fifih round, the ploitghb g L'ladualy becoming worse, he retired from the content. It appears that C ydesdale had had his plough altered several times under his own direction, and therefore no blame is attr butable to the makers.

Mails for Australia per Arawata will close at the Blurt' at 11 a.m. on 1 hursday, 27th inst.

A crowded hm.e last ir'ght greeted the second pirformanee of "Our Kills" in (> mam. The conn-dy aga-'n pa-S' d off with the utmost success, Mr. Hall, as < 'attain G n-ah. k- cping the audience convubed witli laughter. "Our Giils" has been as deeid-d a hir- here as it was in I uncdin. where it was performed f r eleven nights t" large audiences. To-night another "f I'.yron's brilliant comedies, "t «r Dad," will he presented for the lirst time in Oam-uu. "CmDad'' is said liy the Luuedin Tress to he another of Byron's greatest efforls, ami should draw a crowdeo house.

A very enjoyable concert -was given in t!se Otepopo Athenaeum last evening m aiil m the local school. The attendance v.'as very larcje, a;.d a handsome addition to the fund;it *tiie disposal of the School <'oin» iitee should he the result. Mr. i'ecknigsale occupied the i hair, and succeeded in keei ing very go. d order, though a few of those present appeared to have met more for the purpose of enjoying a little conversation than to listen to the sin-ing. The ente.-taiiimenl opened with a pianoforte solo by Mr. f-ampson. '! hen followed in la'id succession a 1 rge number of songs, duets, and gle-s. Mr. (Ire sang "The Wliite SouaH " and "'J he Irish Immigrant" very nicely. Mr. Leckingsale gave, "I Cannot Sing tnv O'cl Songs'"in a feeling manner, while Mr. Sinclair secured an encore for the " Moon-1-trht Walks," and responded wi:h another so; g of a comic nature,* which was not cjuite so success: ul. In the second part the same shrjer rendered the song "Norah, Darling, : very pleasingly. Miss I.re n>:irowly csc . ped an encore for the manner in wh ; ch she lendered "Ye Banks and Braes." Mr. Hull gave a couple of sonis very Wi 11, " The < >h\ .•-ex'oii" 1 emu; his best effort. The "Hark, the Lark," snug by two ladies and three gentlemen, was encored, as was also the g ! ee " Tell me, .- hepherds." Mrs. Mce and Miss T're were loudly" applauded for the duet "Juania," -while Miss-Ure and Mr Sinclair secured an encore for the due! "Come under my Plaidie " Mr. Anderson sung "If I had but a Thousand a Year •' very well 'i he Oamaru Calcined Corkonians were wed represented ly Messrs. E. Booth. Walls, ;:nd Mitchell, who contributed not a little to the success of the enicrtainimnt Mr. Booth, alihou-h suffering from a cold, olrained an encore f.-r "Trifles l.iglil as Air," an I was loudly appland.d for his rendering of Ealfe's "Didst Thou but Know." Mi\ Walls had f o submit to encore for " Let the Angels in," and responded with "Thy Voice is Near." He also gave "You'll ilememb.r Me" v> ry well. Mr. Mitchell san" "Ah! Kever, Deem, My Love can Change " and "Happy be I hy Dreams." ob tain liu an encore for the former, and acknowledging the compliment by singing '• I ittL. Footsteps." Mr. Milne gave a. violin so o " Auld' j'oliin Gray," and obtained atencore. The Kational Anthem having been sniiL' by the whole company, the concert wa brought to a close. The room v as then cleared for dancing, which was kept up with great spirit f. r some time. T--day the h'gli wind took off the hat. architi cturally described as a '-chimneypot."off a gentleman who was waikhu; up Thames-street. He chased it, keeping up a pleasant smile all the time, until it stopped by rol.ing against the leg< of one who had been "looking on the wine when it was red." 'lbis individual was at first apparently alarmed, but finally, seeing a beaming, ihougii bareheaded, person coming along rapiuly, grasped the situation and—the hat. In so doing his own blew off: then putting his newly-acquired prize- firmly on his he ftarted in pursuit of his delapidated cabbage-leaf. Tiie wind was play ful; he was not steady; result—" (hie !) give it up as a 1 id job.". By this time the original owner -iad arrived, and asked for his ckapeau. The inebriated one, with many hiccoughs, pointed out the fragment, now rapidly disappearing from sight, and tol I him to catch it. Then he of ihe uncovered locks got mad, and called the inebriated one names. '.I his made him mad also ; so much so, in fact, that, dashi- g the bone of contention on the ground, he danced on it demoniacally, ah the time ucter.ng frantic, though iuc >here»t til dlenges to mortal combat. : hese were declined, and the aggrieved one went home in a hansom, while his whilom antagonist.

picking up the wreck of a head covering, crowed triumphantly, " Come along boys (hie!), I'll shout ;" then confidentially, " Got, a new hat you see," and disappeared chuckling. The usual monthly meeting of the Wa-a-reka lb ad Eo.wd vas held at their offices to-day. There wre present —Messrs. Keid (in ilie cha : r), Gilchrist, Todd, Meek, liainforfch. Jackson, ;nd Ol.ver (Rngineer). The minutes of 1. st ordinary and two Committee meeting-* were lead and confirmed; the outward correspondence was read and approved of. A letter was r-a-l from the Waitaki Rood Board, in which they offered to contribute half the cost of formation of a road in the boundary between the two districts. 'J'he Kngineer repo ted that he had t:ken the levels an I w uld submit the plans to the Board at its next meeting. Messrs. Connell and Clowe--, on behalf of Messrs. Cameron and Iluirer, wrote, a-king th:it the Board wnu'd open up a r ad line between Sections 4 ) and 45 Block VIII.. Awamoko. ft was resolved, "That the Board cannot see its way to open up a road line at present " Mr. Jioxby, on beh df of the Corporation of Oama'n, wrote, asking the Board to form a road line to the quarry on Section 2s>, Block IV., (laniaru Survey* I'i.-triob. 'J'he letter was referred to the Engineer to report upon at the next meeting. The Inspector reported that the is at present overgrown with gorse from the adjoining hedges. The ( lei k was instructed to write to the proprietors of tin la'id adjoining the r«vA line, inshuetlng them to have the gra-s

•.oubked up, othc wise proceedings Will be taken aeainst them u>der the OSth section of the " Public Works Act." 'I he Clerk was abo in-tructed to take proce ■cling-' for i"cco- % ery of »rrears of driving ex-ietises due by the ponmbkeeper at Cave Valley ; and also 1-0 write to Mr. Lowe, ' ? ailw..y l-ngineer, drawing hi* »tt= n ion to the present state of the railway c-o-sings, more espeeiallv the one at tlfe Teaneraki township. Tenders for coni racts ■.'J and 5S were o"cned, •■ s follows :—Contract No. 57—James Fulton. !30 !• lJs.; K. Walla e, L2S2 4s. 'id. Contract So. 58— H Ba-clay, L 431 195.; lb and T. 1 indsav. L3SI fls . or L 4*6 95.; Jordan and Stratford, 1.338 ss. (Id.; Knight and BignaT, L 32" lis 9d. JtAva-j esolvcd that VVal'ace'- tender for contract 57, and (''niiiht and Eignad's for SS. be accepted Afti-r passing accounts to the amount of 161 10s. lid. for payment, the Board adjourned.