The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1877.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 458, 17 October 1877, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1877.

Jt will be sa'isfa>-tnry to a very targe section of the community to know that within a fortnight sta-bathing will be placed at their command. .-*- meeting of the directors of the Public i'aths Company was held yesterday, when there were [resent : —Messrs. (iibhs (iii the chair), Familt >n. Aitken, Taylor, Glaw, M'lntosh, and Hardy (secretary) 'ihe draft reguhi'io-.is for the management of the batl>.> were adoptel. and it was decided "•o open the baths on the Ist November. A scale of charges agreed upon, and the hours of opening and closing the b sths fixed. It was resolved to invite application fur a married couple to attend to tiie baths for seven months each year, to be iu by Monday next. A supplementary mail for transmission via San Fiancisco will close at 2.45 p.m. tomorrow. A blank slice!-. was presented at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. A special meeting of tiie Mnn cip.-d Council took iJace yesterday afternoon. Present— E-h Wort-hip the Mayor, Councillors Spence, Uibbs, and Headland. The tender of -Mr. John -Sage for excavating the new gasholder tank and depositing tlin soil in Severn and Coquet-street was accepted, the amount being LlO2 Is 2d. Permission was given for the transfer of the lease of Res-rve C from ?Jessrs. Swansea and Warburton to. Mr. John M'Kay, provided all arrears of rent be first paid. . An application from Mess's. Ingis a ,d Co , for have to erect a verandah iu front of their premises in. Thames-street, was referred to the Engineer, with power to act. Some letters having been received with reference to the levels of Test and Tyne streets, and the works in the former street, it was decided to reply that- Test-street, as now being made, was in accordance with the permanent levels adopted by the Council, and that sieps be taken to bring so much of that part of i'yncstreft south of Test-street to the permanent level as would be necessary to give an access to their propert : es. It wa-s resolved that the Engineer should cad for tenders for the woiks in Exe-street suggested ia Mrs. Suart's letter.

With regard to Panic, the sire of Mr. Patersou's fior e Pertube, the Australasian of the 22ud ult.. in the racing statis ies o; the s-eason 1876-77, says :—'" Panic, the most useful of sires, once more plays a very im pnrtaut part, and it will be seen that hi* descendants have won n-arly 100 which is a woaderiul feat. His principal winners duri-g the season were Melbourne, who has before done Ids sire >ome service, Adelaide, Quick.-ilver, Filibuster, and Victor, and the important races tii.it fell to t leir lot were the V R:C. St. Leger, Hamilton Cup, Warruambool Cup, and Adelaide fct. Lsgd\"