The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 749, 4 September 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1878.

The Harbor Board to-day decided to ask His Kxcolioncy the Governor to formally open tho new wharf on Friday, and to name it N.innauby wharf. A mee ing was held this afternoon for the purpose.>f t'ormi 'K a Chamber of Commerce, at which iwt.-iiiy-fimr gentlemen were pre-i-e t, Mi. J T. Kvms in the- chair After -ome di.-cu—ion the foi'owiug resohuions were curied- —Propose' 1 y Mr. Galhraith, and sec>n> ! ed by Mr. A. Kerr—"That it is de.-irable to form a Chamber of Commerce in (Janiaru." Proposed by Mr. llunlop, and seconded by Mr. Herdnvm—" That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Messrs. J. T. Evans', Humphrey, Connell, all the bankers, and the movr, to obtainall the information possible on the subject ; Mr. Evans to be convener.

The Dunedin Railway Employes Band arrived by this afternoon's train from Dunedin. They left the train, and, parading Tvne-street, aroused those whose heads were heavy with office work from their lethargy. All who were withiu hearing Were treated to some really excellent music. After the short parade, for which, although far too tdiort, we were grateful, the band played a capital maich on the railway platform, just prior to taking their departure lor Christchurch. We reckon the Dunedin Kail way Kmpknes Band oae of the very few good onei in the Colony, and praise for this is due to Major Atkinson, the leader. The Philharmonic Society's Second Concert of the seas.m will be given in the Volunteer Hall to inonow, Thursday evening 'the programme comprises Mozart's l°.th Mass and a miscellaneous selection from other composers. The choir of the Society will be a sisted on th ; s occasion by two vidins, a viola, double bass, piano, ami harmonium ; and we congratulate the S citsty iu having taken this ft rat step towards giving a correct and full intorpreraiou ot the worko£ the great masters.* Mozart's Twelfth Mass wid, we think, please the music-loving poition ot the public, and the mi c-llaneou >e eotioin will of course, please ever bo >y. The second Concert of the S'-ciety should, judging from the ruhear.-a s, be as successful is th ise interested could de be. Tickets may bo obtained if M-s-s. Konayne and ■'O'terell. We are n queued to impress upon the pi-rformuig members of the Society the neocssi-v ol being present at 'he last i-ehoars.-l which will be hjld to-night, a the Volunteer Hall.

At the Magistrate's Court; Oilmorning, befoie T. A. "< 'low.-s. ' sq., J P. •Jeorge Taylor, for b, m> dru> k and d>--■II- le ly in Th m -s-street yesterday, was i fined 4i's. or *ix days' impriso ment. Those who intend not to be pre ent at the luncheiin to bo given bv the Municipal Council and Harbor Board to his Ew.llency and the mo.mbe'S of Parliament on Friday next, are at all events afforded an opportunity of feasting their eyes by looking through Mr. Mote's window upon some of the viands that are to tickle the appetites of those that will be present. The Mayor and City Councillor* of Dun [ odin and the members of the lhinedin Ha--iior Board, together with a number of oth ■:• gentlemen, including Messrs. G. H West and Towsey, will leave lhinedin by special train this evening at ha'f-past 5 o'clock en route for th- Chiistchurch banquet to tain? place to-morrow evening. The party will arrive at about half-past 10 o'clock, remain in Oamaru to-night, and start for Christohurch by the first morning tra-n. A gles party will add to the euj .ymeut of the trip. The banquet and ball given by the Waimate County Council on the occasion of the openinc of their new chambers at .Va'mate will bo held on Friday evening 10-xt iu the new Council Hall. It is to be regretted that two r-uuh events as the opening if through communication b tw-en 1 hi i>t church and Dunedin and the celebration nt the completion of the Waimate County Council Chambers shou'd have been ! appointed to take place at the Fame time. However, so it is ; and, although many persons who would like to have been present at both affairs will have to be content with being absent from either the one or the other, it cannot now be helped. At the monthly meeting of the N.O.P. Building Society, held la>t night, the receipts amounted to the handsome sum of L 728 14s lid. The Papakaio Ploughing Match has been postponed until the 20th inst., which we shon d think is a id'eralioti. The Artillery ■ncl No. 1 Company. 0.R.V.. meet for special parade this evonin;,' at 8 o'clock on the old Cricket Ground. Members are particularly requested to attend. Mr. Uichardson's throioughbred imported entire horse Hibernian arrived in Oamaru ye>tevday. Hibernian is a beautiful c* esimt colt, 5 years old, and was bred in N.S. W\ He was got by Mail Train, out of the imnorted dam Boiina. Hibernian was on'y shown once in hew South Wales when he took the first prize. A correspondent writes th.it " An wcountry station consisting of about 40 employees has subscribed the extraordinary amount of 1.4 during the year towards the support of the Waitaki Presbyterian Mission. On making a calculation this appears equal to about 2s. per year per person, or nearly , id. per week." j