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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 742, 26 August 1878, Page 2

A meeting of the joint Committee appointed by the Municipal Council and thHarbor Board for the purpose of .ii-rangi: g for the reception of his l'.xeeilency tiie Uo vernor and members < f Parliament ou tin; occasion of the opening of railway communication with Dunedin was he!d this morning at Mr. Sumpfer's office. There were pre sent —lli3 Worship the Mayor (in the chair). Messrs. Sumptof, Meek, Procter, and Roxby. Some diseussion took place upon several matters, aud a programme was arranged, the general opinion being that a= the time allowed for the party to remain in Oarasra was so short, tiic whole of the ceremonies should be of the briefest description. It was arranged that the party should be entertained at luncheon in the Railway Goods Shed, the luncheon bt-ing open to the general public, tho price of tickets fixed at 10s. 6\l. It was decided to call for tenders for the supply of the luncheon, and the meeting adjourned until Thursday next, at II a.m. For the convenience of tho.-e who wish to remain at Duntroon, on the occasion of the ploughing match, longer than # the time allowed for ordinary trains, the Railway de- | parturient have arranged for a special train to leave Maerewhenua for Oamaru, at 7 p.m. ' on the 30th inst. At St. Luke's Church yesterday morning, the Rev. A. Gifford announced that, in consequence of reeeut n ws from Europe showing the unsettled state of affairs on the Continent, the thanksgiving services for th.establishment of peace would not be held at present. A meeting of the Committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held on Thursday next, at 11 a.m. We are requested to draw attention to an alteration in the advertisement calling the annual meeting of the North Otago Coursing Club. The meeting will be held on Thursday, the sth September, at 11 a.m., in the County Council Chambers. The fortnightly meeting of the Commercial Building Sock-ty takes place atthe usual time this evening, at Mr. W. Aitkin's office. The butchers would appear to be experiencing one of the drawbacks of sl very dry season. We aiu informed that fat cattle are exceedingly scarce, and that there is so much difficulty in obtainiDg oxen fit for slaughtering that Mr. Fry has been compelled to draw a supply of 35 head from Christchurch.

In another column may be found the programme of the Whare Kuri race-meeting, which ia to take place on the 6th September next. It bids fair to be far superior to any of its predecessors. About LI 50 will be Tun for. The free supper and ball with which previous meetings were concluded will be dispensed with on this occasion. " The meetim: callt-d for Friday evening at M'Kenzie's Hotel, Papakaio, for the purpose of getting up a ploughing match for the district was exceedingly well attended, ; and very great enthusiasm prevailed. The chair was occupied by Mr. Walker. It was decided to hold a ploughing match at an early date, and a strong working committee was appointed to carry out the necessary arrangem nts. Those who are willing to join the Volunteer Band are requested to attend a meeting which will be held at the Volunteer Hall this evening, at 8 o'clock. An advertisement which appears in another column gives the altered conditions under which the Duntroon Plate is to be run for at tho Waitaki Jockey Club race meeting. A meeting of the School committee will be held at Mr. Hardy's office, Wearstreet, to-morrow, at half-pa-it seven o'clock in the eveniug, to consider a letter from the Education Board in reference to tho proposed additions to the school buildings. - We are informed by several residents in various parts of the town that a sharp shock of an earthquake occurred about a-quarter to three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. We did not feel the shock, and consequently did not mention the f.ict in our last issue. T"e earthquake seems to have been experienced in all parts of t )tas.'o. Councdlor H. Si Fish objects to the Dttnedin < ity Council expending any of its funds in entertaining the visitors to that city on the occasion of the opening of through railway communication to Imuedin, and has obtained a legal opinion upon the subjt.ee from Messrs Chapman and Strode. Those gentlemen state plainly that the expenditure of any portion of the Borough funds for such a purpose would be illegal. They say : "We think the Council by involving the Corporation-in a liabdity in respect of, or expending a portion of the Borough fund upo ■, the proposed entertainment of members of the General Assembly, will altogether exceed their imwGrs, aud that each member assenting t > this vote will render himself personally liable for the amount of any contract entered into." After quoting authorities in support of their opinion, Messrs. Chapman and Strode conclude ny recommending that formal notice be at once g:ven to the Mayor and every other councillor, calliug attention tn tho consequences of their ar.ts, and that a similar notice be given to the Town demand the City Treasurer.