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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 885, 15 February 1879, Page 2

Tin;? Hon., .toEra i«allanee. accompanied i>y Mr». RaltatMH?. #m«il i» town last night, anit wt.re met by Messrs. Hislop ami Shrttiwiki. M.it.iU. 't he felo.tiat Treasurer w;tl rettwtn itt Oacnatn ttnti! Monday. To(t»y tfve Hritt. Mr. ISaltanee paid n visit to t!i« ftrstufcwater. and himself bightj pteaaetl with the work. Art interesting cricket watch is likely to take ['E.t«e shortly. shwiW the challenge*! party f.'<s able to get together a representative teatu. A iatfc&r has been forwarded on behalf p£ tfic Press to Mr. t»eorge Sumpter, offering t» play a match against an eleven connected with the merchants' and agents* offices. A reply has pot yet been received, but we have tittle tEottbe that the challenge will be readily accepted. and t&at an in to resiling match will be the reattlt. Several inenifters oi the Press hive hceu jcactiaing vigorously lately in view of the coining struggle, and eager for the battle, tiu&y now ci> ta their prospective Opponents tO COtiiiJ tl!i. We have received a complaint front iiiligrove. to the effect that tiie settlers are surLrmg inconvenience in eonse'jnence o' a acaruity of fcnfcks. Our correspondent infotms us that, reijmrijjg ij.urcr live tracks, he applied to tlic aUtionmaatcr at H:llgr.;\c, and thonght that he luul done everything that was necessary to secure them. To his great diagast and inconvenience, however, «&hotsgh yesterday's goods train brought a large f|usu,U' r ' of empties to he was tokl that his not be supplied from them, and they were taken further.

We observe that Mr. Robert Thompson has been appointed a member of the New Plymouth Harbor Board. The following appointments are also gazetted : —The Hon. Henry John Miller, M.L.C., Hon. R. Campbell, M.L.C.; John Reid, and Samuel Edward Shrimaki, M.H.R.., to be members of the Oamaru Harbor Board; Joseph Reid Bremner, Neil Cajnpbell, David Campbell Donbar, .Andrew M'Kerrow, William Murcott, and Andreif'RiddelV/to be members'of the Moeraki Harbor Board. The stretching of the telegraph wires to Duntroon, and the erection of the necessary station buildings having been completed, telegraphic communication with that township is now an jail accompli. The Duntroon telegraph and post office will be under the charge of Mr. Smiley, lately of Palmerston, the residents of which place presented him with a substantial mark of their respect, in the shape of a gold chain and locket, prior to his leaving for his new post of duty. We understand that the address given in the New Tees street Hall, last Sunday evening, l>y"Mr. C. O. Moore, on "Gospel Temperance/' has borne fruit, and that some I»ersoiis have since signed the pledge. Mr. Moore will deliver a second address tomorrow evening, on the same subject, and we would suggest that lie should invite persons to pledge themselves on the spot.

In con.-equence of the alterations to Waitaki House, the Rev. E. Barley will not preach in Waitaki Hall, as announced last .Sunday, but in the Mechanics' Institute, a., will In, seen by advertisement in another column.

A l.idy writ'.:; to us her experiences of railway travelling between O.miaru and Dunciin thus graphically :—"The motion of the train is perplexing—a mixture of roll and jolt: a combination of the emotions occasioned by the "briney" and those »fan undefined dread of something not explainable—n sort <>;" sailor's headache, often the result or what is called "pile-driving" at sea : the " pitching " of a vessel fore and ait. Tile enigma, however, is solved by the illness of a lady and a little girl, who exhibit all the symptoms of sea sickness. A wild rush to the windows when the train is going round the dill's, and the shuddering horror expressed by the ladies at their situation, arc the cause of the indisposition. One of the number said, give lrje tilt. aitaki ti.r comfort ami safety ; there is no danger of running oil the track. Hearty and genial Captain Kdio is on the bridge lri'-kii:g out for us ; our cabin is as comfortab'e as it can be. We can recline within clean sheets with our heads on nice soft feather pillows, besides there are good medical comforts, or anything else one re■jiiii't =• Y"« go r : ;. t.W } in t;,c u»en.ing, aid u I'.cn you awake you are in Port Chalmers. <-'ivc me the sea—the open so a." What we appreciate most are the stoppages and the resumptions. They may be thought a little rough by those not accustomed to them : but when the guard's whistle is blown for a fresh start, let that be a signal :'or preparation. Place one foot in ;;d\ ;in< (, of t!.e other, olutcii tl.e first substantial thing you can lay hold on to maintain a vertical position, and set your teeth to keep them in your mouth. By taking these precautions we have succeeded in preserving otir.-elves intact.

The he.i'l-rj'.cnrtc-r Companies of No. 3 R-ift.ilion O U.V, wore inspected Inst- evc-n----iin'. i>: thy Volunteer hail, by Major Meward. Tf-'.* muster «»f Xo. 1 Co. .'»n<! the Citizen i',i.!i'!sv,as l;iit that oi the Artillery •ma!!, 'i'iic j>:u:;<le state was—Artillery : i.-.. .'{ sergts.. 11 gunners. Xo. 1 Co. : 1 iv.pt.. I lietit., 1 sub-lieut.. sergt.<., 17 iii.-n. it:;:en Cadets: I eapt.. 1 liuut., 1 snb-i'eut.. 3 sergts.. cadets. Tiie Oaniaru ifi -'li School Cadets were inspected during the ar"tenif"-n. there being on parade 1 ea2>t., ! limit.. I Mib-liei't.. 4 sergts.. and 4~> cadets.

I.ait night's lueeting of those iiiterented in tin- ruination of a band for tlic I'hiihnrmonic Society was largely attended, aiul arrangements uero made for holding a practice on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The ir>f:ct:n',- dcmon.tratcd tliat there is more in.- trumeutal talent in Oamaru tlian was suspected. 'J in; V"ci_y Tvcv Jacobs for Chvist>.iiii:vii) will jiroai.ii in Sr, Lukc : .-, t.'buroh tomorrow. Tiie Hov. T. 15. .Ilallowcs, of Tiniaru, will conduct tiie Congregational services in the Volunteer Hall, to-morrow morning and evening, at 11 a.m. and ji.m. Tite Assessment Court for the outlying districts of tiie County will be held on Monday next, at 10 a.m., in tiie Cave Valley soiioolhoii.se. The Court lor the I'oad District of Waiareka will be held at the same time and placo. A writer in the Canterbury Times tells the story : —Tiie father of the Victorian Education Act till all essentials similar to our own) was Mr. Angus Mackay. Jle also was, and *tiii is. I believe, one of the members for Sandhurst. U Don one occasion seven clergymen, representing seveii denominations, waited upon him to deplore the absence of religious instruction from the public schools of the Colony. Mr. Mackay skillfully extracted from the clergymen that they all had considerable leisure on their hands in the mornings, and then said, "Well, irentlenieii, you all live within a stone's throw of school, I shall give instruction.? that the school shall be opened overy day half an hour before secular instruction commences. M-icfi of you can take the children belonging to his denomination into a room—there are just seven rooms—and give jcliem what religious teaching you choose." These seven clergymen looked pither blank, but could not decently get out of the corner. Mr. M 'Kav kept his word; ninety per cent, of the children came, but at the end of a month everyone of these seven parsons found that "duties," which previously had i.l, txi-aieucc, would nut permit him to expend twenty minutes daily in pointing cut to these ' little ones what lie loudly professed to believe to be the only way Heavenwards. Is there not a moral here