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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 891, 22 February 1879, Page 2

Tlic totil revenue collected at the port of E Oainaru for the week ending to-day amounts [ to L 232 ."5a 2d. | The following communication has been received by Captain Snmpter from Major f Maerorie. of Invcrcargill :—Major Maerorie, ; eornntamtiug the Southland Volunteer Dis- ', trict, has much pleasure in inviting the ; Captain commanding the Oamani Rifles, his 1 Officers and Company, to take part in a Volunteer Demonstration to I>c held at Invcrcargill on Saturday and Monday, the I2th and l-tth April. 1579. and would be glad to learn by the Ist March, if possible, Chrr probable number of his Company that will attend. The Demonstration is being !\>:M with a .few to fnrtlicrinc the Volunteer movement in the Colony, and in the hnjic of ■e.citing, a friendly emulation between the : r.rvrra! corp - -*. Major Marroric has placed ; htmaelf ii» ••ommnnicatioii with the <<o%'crnmcnt In the hope of obtaining free passes on the railway lines, your assistance towards which will W acceptable, and you shall lie E advised of the result—'• C. It. Evan's, senr., M. A. A?«iiem>k'S. Quarter-Master Sergt.. K Battery N.Z.K.A., Joint Secretaries, , Invereargill. ISth Fchrnary, IS7O. Since ! writing the above, free |>assage by railway has been granted. The ffnarterly sitting of the Licensing I Cottrt tot Hampden has been adjourned until the- 12th March, ami that for Maerewhenua nntil the Mth March. Iltack damp at the St. Andrew's coal mine ha.-t |>ttt a stop to all present workings. On the IWh Mr. Smith put a dog into the pit. best finding that the animal was instantly fend'ired insensible, he with some difficulty j got hint oi«t ag%;*n. On the 21st, Mr. Smith went in himself, but was forced t<> come out at once after having' been knoched flnwjt t>y the "" bjaek damp," he states tiiat lie did not recover fully from its effects for ttv - or six hottrs, and that had he taken a ttucUc in witlt iitin it would have caused an instant explosion, which would have wrecked the mine and sacrificed his life. It wotttd appear from this that there is great dansfdr to be apprehended in our coal pits from the ns« of naked lights, ami that choke damp prevails to a greater or less c\tcut in all nut coat deposits. We refer t!io-e interested to an advertisement in another column annottneim; that Mr. ■lert'reys will conduct services to-morrow. A bawjttet will he given at Livingstone on Monday evening nest to Mr. Win. Sutherland, tuember ot the County Council for the disCviet. wiio is about to pay a vi-rt to Scotland. The proceedings will commence at half-past S p.m.