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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 861, 18 January 1879, Page 2

As the pastor is al»scnt from the district, attending the I'resbytcnan Synod, there will in»t lit; anv service in the U'aiareka < 'hureh Th>> ratepayers i" the Kakanui. Waiareka, ami W'aitaki Road Districts are reminded that their rates are now overdue, and they are requested, !>y advertisement, to make early |uymeiit.s\ Ttie Waitaki Hotel was being removed 'a /«"."->• yesterday to a sj>ot further from the river. There •■v.m an entire absence of any excitement on the occasion. No one seemed to fear that the walls might collapse and em.-di everything within into thousands of fragments. Xo. Business was conducted as H»tt;J. As iti the last few moinents previous to tin- deluge, jieople wen; married and given in marriage, so were thirsty soul.s and a waiter that were within the moving mass drinking and serving drink, regardless of consequences. While the above-mentioned hazardous operation was being performed the f(ovulation of the locality did not turn •nit. nor were hauliers hunt.' out to celebrate \YV ?>ave received several complaints with ret. r ':-v to the nuisance created by the sea-. :i;:'i;b who clean up the streets every S;ii'.;..'l".v\ Instead or" the work being per-tor-'.i ■•'. early tii the morning, before people are walking about the streets, it is done at time"! when the largest number of pedestrians sr.v moving about, and frequently the sweeping is carried on without the slightest regard to those passing by, even if they be ladies. When .strong winds are blowing, the dust raided becomes exceedingly disagreeable, and the Corporation should therefore adopt some oieati* whereby the streets could be swept early in the morning. In other places such a tourse ii pursued, and we can see no season why o,imarjj should W an exception to the Tin* r.p t e-i:.tativ,s of the temperance cati.-e in Xgajwra have determined upon making an effort to bring its claims and advantage*- prominently before the public, and for this purpose have arranged to hold a public temperance meeting on Monday, the 27th injtt., at the Schoolhouse. The Rev. Mr. Ryley and several other gentlemen will apeak on the occasion, and the proceedings will \<e cnlircucd by vocal music,

A meeting •.•i''.:!:c«.. of No. 3 Bat'.*i:<'u .1 appointed for Monday morning at 11 o'clock, at Captain Sutnpter's office, to make arrangements for the district firing. We understand that a considerable number of persons are making arrangements for obtaining motors 'for- use.on the completion of the' Waterworks, and that one firnTalone received orders for four.

At the K.M.'Court to-day, before T. W. Parker, E5q.,.8.M., Matthew Mather was. brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly. His Worship, after administering a caution, discharged him. The annual meeting of the North Otago Turf Club, called for last evening, did not j eventuate, as there were not sufficient members present to form a quorum. The meeting was therefore adjourned until Friday evening next, at 8 o'clock, when members are particularly requested to attend. AVc direct the attention of all interested in agriculture to the advertisement above our leader, notifying that arrangements have been made to hold a trial of the M'Cormick reaper and binder at Mr. Henry Mitchell's farm, near Weston (Mr. Brown, of the Weston Hotel, will point out the locality of the farm to strangers), on Monday first, the 20th inst., at noon. Mr. Newell, from the American factory, will be present to put the machine together and explain its various j parts. All farmers in the district should endeavor to attend, as they will have an opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of the machine's cajjabilities and mechanism that will prove of the greatest service. A very pleasing little ceremony was performed at Hampden, at the Mechanics' Institute, last evening, when Mr. John Ryan was presented with a purse of sovereigns, in recognition of the careful and obliging manner in which he discharges the duties of postmaster, telegraphist, &c. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. R. Bremncr, who called upon Mr. W. Murcott to make thepreseutation. In doing so Mr. Murcott explained that the presentation was the result of a movement set on foot some few weeks back by a number of the settlers in the district, who were desirous of bestowing upon Mr. Ryan some substantial mark of their appreciation of the manner in which the recipient performed his official duties, and of his private worth. He (Mr. Murcott) said that lie had known Mr. Ryan four years, and he had great pleasure in presenting him, on behalf of the settlers of the district and the town of Hampden, with a purse containing L3O 7s. He also remarked that the fact of the presentation having been j subscribed to by all classes showed the very high estimation in which the recipient was held by the whole community, and lie hoped that the future career of Mr. Ryan and his family would be as bright as the sovereigns he would find in the purse. Mr. Ryan replied in a few well-chosen words, thanking the settlers for their presentation, and saying that lie had merely done his duty. He expressed a hope that he would long remain in the district to perform the duties of his oliice, as he had met with many friends and had had many acts of kindness extended to him during his residence in the district.

Mr. Liddle observed at the Council meeting the other night that the planting of a fine grove of trees in the garden reserve between Clielmer and Isis streets, would do more towards laying the dust (which in a great measure results from the northwest "spout winds," which come howlinjj down the gully) than all the waterworks which can be brought into Oamaru.