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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 737, 20 August 1878, Page 2

Australian telegrams have crowded out other matter, for which we will endeavor to tiad a place to-morrow. AVe are informed that Messrs. Allan anil Stumbles are the successful tenderers tor the construction of the five timber bridges on the Duntroon-Hakatcramea railway, the amount of the contract being about LSOOO,

At the Resident Magistrates Court thisl morning, two inebriates, named George M 'Mellon and William Brading, were charged with being drunk and disorderly in Thames-street yesterday. The former was fined 103., and the latter was dismissed with a caution, it being his first ofl'enee. The resignation of Sub-Lieutenant Kennedy, of the Oamaru Artillery, has been accepted. The Oamaru Ohristys had a capital-re-hearsal at the Masonic Hall last" evening, when the programme to be presented at the performance on Friday evening was gone through in a manner which leads us to believe that the forthcoming entertainment [ v. ill be the most successful the Company has i yet given.

We are informed that Poole's coach capsized yesterday between AA aikouaiti and Pahnerston. A Chinaman was slightly hurt, but the others escaped with a shaking. The coach was a good deal damaged, and the passengers were conveyed to Palmerston I>V Smith's coach.

We have been requested to state that the word "ultimo" in the advertisement announcing the rise in the price of beer was inserted by mistake The advertisement as handed in merely announced that " on and after the 7 th" the brewers would raise the price of beer, and in filling in the blank oui clerk inserted the word " ultimo" instead oi instant.

A meeting of the committee of the Oamaru Football Club was held last evening at the Royal riotel. The necessary arrangements for" the match to be played on Thursday next a"ainst th~ Ciiristchnrch College Cluo were nude, and the following team chosen tii represent the Club : —Baxter, Caverhill, C'astelli, Chancellor, Cook, Church, Kvans, Finch, Fercns, Grenfcll, Hickey, Hardy, Honour, T. Kerr, Thompson ; emergency — W. Kerr, Bannerman, Robinson ; umpire— A. OttTSMi.

There -was only a moderate attendance evening at the weekly meeting of the St. I ,uke"s° Young Men's Association, and Mr. M "I'herson occupied the chair. After disposing of some preliminary matters, the chief item before the meeting was proceeded with. This was the reading by Mr. Gould of a p-'.per entitled "A Holiday lrip, detailing the experiences of the writer and a fiK-ii'l during a vi-it to the Isle of Vi ight. The paper was both instructive and amusing. the essayist providing an hour's excellen- en|»yment tor the members present, who in return accorded him a hearty vote of thanks. A mesting of the Conversazione Committee was afterwards held, when tiual arrange".tnts were made for the annual enter tammeut, to be given in the Vol'o.rr Hall on the I*2th September.

A full attendance of the Maerewlieiiua F'lini'jhiiia Match Committee took place at Harris's Terminus Hotel 011 Saturday, E. Smith in the chair. The business was got through in a most satisfactory manner, and the various prizes were apportioned. The amounts will be quite up to the anticipations of those intce-ted. The prizes are of every de.-ci iption. from a Mlit of clothes to a half-che--t of tea. Among the contributors are several Dunedin lin.s. A private match f I/2- a side was arranged between two ploughmen, who are to compete .11 the day of the match, and in whose case the judges v. iil he the same as those who are to act- as iuitces for the usual match.

1 >ur count--.' frnmis are becoming quite enthusiastic :n the matter of ploughing. We are pleaded to see sec it, as the inure en-thusia-111 and competition the better v. :11 the ploughing I.e. Th- prize-list for the annual match will be found in anotli r column. The first batch oi piles for the Upper Waitaki Lridifc- is now being transported from the biv:ik\;':it : :!' to M.ierewhetiua. Thev are iron-bark piles from Newcastle. N.S.W.. anil .seem to be more than oritinariiy sub.st-iiitir.l. This bridge and others in connection witn the Jrlaitatoramea lailw a\ v/ili absurb nearly a million feet of_ timber, most of wlii.,-:: tviil lm drawn from New Zealand forests.

/... a! > o-viilfiiiic of the value ot' Watmate tow!i propurtv. v.*o may mention th.it the < [iiavt'-T-atirc section at. the corner of Hig.i :l ;. ( l Sherman streets, known as tlic 1. olice was purchased lately for aoout i -2«: . Mid 5..1.1 shortly afterwards, cut up ii-t-i i'i' i'-T L7.")0. Mr. Southan lias ;[,,> v -,',rm-r : 6,-tji.ii, u-jo;: v/hit.-h he intends to U'il.'l a ---v. "

Owint: to some cause lectures do not appear to" he very popular in Oamaru, for though at times they are well attended, tli .- audiences are seldom so large as they juiffni leasonablv he expected to be. The lecture delivered iasf, evening by the Rev. Mr. Tin-! :y was no exception to the general rule. ! i sto be regretted that such v/as the case. tii ; lecture was one of the best that has •••.-. r been delivered ill Oamaru, while the sill.; ■. ■' Scotland and her Sous," should . . r „vt d i:uoitstii:g to a much larger ni'--. p.."--.'ns r!;an attended the \olun-:;,-il! Lt-r cvi-itii*. Wo have not space r. :.,r.,v i!k- !<• ve'rcml lecturer through wli■ »i• ■" ins discourse. and to atr.-_! ;iut t-.i 'jive, a resume of it would hot oi'H- ii« bu'- a meagre idea of the lecture. ' it won:d he tloi:ig an in justice to the lectu: ji*. Suitiee it, therefore, to gay that the" I'ev. Mr. Tinsley handleil his subject in a ma.~reiiv manner, both the matter and the manner showing how closely he had studied Seoctish history and tradition. Throughout

the lanmiage used was of the purest description. and anil at times the lecturer became !•](..ritcnt beyond an ordinary degree, carryin " t'le fancy of his audience back to the stirrin" of Scotia, hundreds of years illl-'■. ii: pain'od rise characteristics ot nsaiiV u T Scotland's lieroes in rich colors, and drew tiniiid picture.- of many of the trials Scots "had )_'■ iiie through. Altogether the I.dure was thoroughly entertaining, and the lecturer well-merited ihe hearty vote afterwards which was accorded to lmn at the close of his discourse. We understand that an eii'ort, in which all classes combine, is beiii" made to induce Mr. Tinsley to repeat his lecture, either when !ioing to or returninu from Duiiedm, "where lie is to deliver a lecture as soon as the line is open between Christchnrch and Dunedin. The se>v Zealander of the 16th contains the following :—Mi. Slirimski last night carried two Bills through the House and was rewarded with a general round of applause on an achievement which rarely falls to the lot of a private member at this stage of the session. The Bills were the Waitaki High Schools Act, and the Oamaru Waterworks Loan Act, both measures of great value to the important district which Mr. Shrimski represents.