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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 715, 25 July 1878, Page 2

The nomination of candidates for election to the olHues of (Councillors and Auditors will come oft' to-morrow at uoon, at the Council Chambers. Keport is silent as to whether the Councillors whose term has expired will seek reelection, and whether, if they do, there will be any opposition. It w«s whispered that there were things much more improbable than that there would be an attempt to infuse a new element into the Council. But the whispers have apparently been wafted away by the excitement the late Municipal election. The Municipal Council held a special Meeting last evening, ifor the purpose of conferring -with the Members of the district with reference to the Corporation Bills to be presented to Parliament during the forthcoming session. Present : His Worship the Mayor; Councillors Gibbs, Mainland and Headland, Messrs. Hislop and Shriinski, M.H.IJ.'s, and the Municipal Eneineer. It was resolved, that, the liiljs should be given into the charge of Mr. Shrimski ; and that he should also represent the Council at the approaching jVJunjcipal Conference. A number of repommetuifitiong of » Committee, trending on thy various subjects which the Council desirijs -Mr. Shriinski to bring before the Conference, were then discussed, an>i handed t» 'hat gentleman. The question of :iie 1- an wa< t>"?n intpmu ;ed, ami Messrs. Hislop and Shiimski were; asked to support a measure empowering the Council to borrow an additional L-4U.H00, which amount it wa?

stated by iiis Wo>sliip, would enable the completion of the Waterworks, and leave a balance of 1 .ojiOO or I>]o.ooo. Air. Shriinski said, that he wpu}d like the Council to show him how they proposed to pay the interest on the additional L40,<)00, proposed to be borrojypd. in order that he might be prepared to urg » thfi mati'r. That would make, in all, a loaa •£ LIOQ GilO. which, at 7 per c- lit., would entail an ;uibu.il payment, t-r interest, oi 1.7*500, which, with other chan; *s, would nnke about I.BWSO. Iso one knew better than Mr. Steward how neeess-ry it was that a Member of Parliament should be prepar-.d to meet all objections, in order to "ain his point. The Members were then supplied with a rough estimate of the anticipate..! revenue #«. i expenditure of the Council, and, after £r ( tiiiidprgb ; p discussion, it was resolved that an estimate shou'd be carefuliy prepared, giving lull particulars of the reVonng derived by the Council from various sources, <ts v. oil as. f the expenditure, and that the <:tme >h«uld be handed to the Members of Pa-iianient for the district The thanks of the Council were tendered to \Jes>rs. Hislop. and Shriinski, for their att..r.:la;ice. and 'or the curtesy displayed by them in e.i,.npetion with the business submitted. A draft iviipt read from the Resident Kngineer re proposed railway Oil the Esplanade near Trent-street, and was ni'errwl to the Engineer. A draft letter to Messrs. jfj.issejt 2nd Sr: " re deficiency of coal in gas r ;iix,iui.ing was read and approved.

Acc-'-'Uug to tiic Victorian papist's, Mr. Cha l ' Bmnerman has been a*-d-:ed by Mr. \V. <: I; race to play for the South of England ..i Dublin.

A s'rmnoiipd meeting of the members of the i Alfred Lodge 1.0.0. I'"., was lield la-t evening in the Lodge Ro in. Waitaki Hail, t' l '- tiie purpose of taking into eon-.--i.iir.i.S.n tho advisability of holding the meet it -i; in iitopn i!uL:J>]a premises. After .1 sii<i'ic discussion. it w:t& thai after the |» quarter had fcxpired the i odge should t«e h' lil .it Die OddfeMows' Hall. I'ncjuet-streefc. Two new ni.-iiilers having l.i'cn proposed for init'atioii at next meeting, the 1.0 Ige adjourned.

The room of the Y< ung Men's Christian Association was ratlin - incovwiiently tilled last evening at the weekly llib'c class : and this fact evidently shows that the Board of the As-nciation did well in instituting the class during the winter, and that the interest litis not worn off with tie novelty. The subject s.-ns "The Resurrection." and it \\n- looked at virh regard to the " narrative," "proof," and *'import" of tjje doctrine, and was found to be as intoreciting a subject for further research as could well have been chosen. The monthly Board meeting was afterwards held, when Mr. 1"). Fleming was appointed Secre'ary and Treasurer of the Association vice Mr. Cottrell, resigned, and further steps with regard to obtaining public lectures on behalf of the Association were taken.

The annual meeting of the Oimaru Citizen Cadets was held last evening in the "Volunteer Hall. About ?5 members were present, and Captain M'C.'orkindale occupied the chair. The minutes of the last annual meetin"' having been read and confirmed, the election of o'iic'-rs was proceeded with Several geni!om-n were nominated for election to the positions of Lieutenant and SubLieutenant, but it was eventually decided to leave the matter in the hands of the Captain. The following non-commissioned officers were elected H. Spence, color-se-geant; T. Messenger, 2nd sergeant; A. Gibbs, 3rd sergeant; F. Tempero, C. Buist, and A. Pavne, corporals. Cadets Gibbs, Buist, and Pavne were elected members of Committee, and Cadet Jones was chosen as Secretary. The affairs of the corps were stated to be in a very flourishing condition, the funds in hand amounting to L 33 4s.

Those who wish to continue the excitement consequent upon the Streplechases of to-day, will have an opportunity to-night of witnessing the Champion Billiard-player and his companion display their ability at the Royal Hotel.

Mr. Whitaker has failed to impress the electors of Waikato that he would make a better representative in Parliament than the frontier settler M'Minn. He lost by 41 votes, notwithstanding that all the influence of the " big bugs " was exerted to secure his return. Well, we suppose that the settlers think that the father J3 enough of the kind for them. They would, we have little doubt, rather be bereft of the old gentleman than permit his counterpart to enter the portals of the House of Parliament as their delegate. The hounds of the Canterbury Hunt Club will meet near the Racecourse at half-past one to-morrow. Messrs. Williams and Bentley's break will leave the Royal Hotel for the meet of the Canterbury Hounds, at 12"30 to-morrow.