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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 916, 24 March 1879, Page 2

Fever h still ramp-int in Waimatc, and wii.it makes the matter worse, it is said to he typhoid. l>r. Deane, at a meeting held tEit; other night to discuss the question, said that he was attending "between 15 and 17 of gemtirie typhoid fever." As there are two other doctors in Waimatc, who, it is to W presumed, ar.r also attending fever ease*. Waimatc may lie said to l»c in an imfnrtnnatir condition. The pjtition asking the Government to proclaim the town a municipality is being numerously -signed, and it is confidently expected that its prayer will W granted. It is most nrgeiit that it should Iks.

Wc are directed l>y the Mayor, as Treasurer to the Kaitangata Relief Fund, to ;v knowledge further subscriptions from eivnovi'st oh the waterworks', amounting to IA 1.-•■.. roakin '■:. with previous amounts, the *':-t r>f U-J IH-.. from tins source. A full It»t »>t" f.U subscriptions to the fund will he I«tl>ltahutt when the accounts are finally made up.

The S o'clock service at the new Tcc3street Hall, last night, was largely attended, and the number of young men present was noticeable. Addresses were delivered by Messrs J. M trains and C. O. Moore. The choir sang several new hyiuna before the service. We t?ara from Mr. •'. W. Overton, of iV-boleton, near Chri.-tehnrch, that some of his wheat paddocks yielded this season the fine return of 45 bushels to tiie acre.

U'c are roiueated by t"c loeal Secretary t» the Kaitangata Relief Fund to acknowledge the receipt of L 9 2s. from K. Gibson, K<n„ Upper Wattaki, being the amount collected on that gentleman's station. A concert will l>e given in the New Teesstreet Hall this evening under the auspices of the Good Templars, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the Kaitangata Relief Fund. The entertainment bids fair to be an

interesting one, the programme comprising popular songs, readings, and recitations. His Worship the Mayor will preside. We have no doubt the hall will be well filled. The first general annual meeting of the Oamaru Stone Company will be held at the Secretary's office, Tyne-street, to-morrow evening, at S o'clock. Business : to receive the annual report and,balance-sheet, and to elect directors. s -"'' A telegram in another column informs us of a fact that gives evidence of an intense feeling of antipathy for the Banks in Wellington. They have been subjecting their customers to the squeezing process there, as well as elsewhere in the Colony. Someone, who is supposed to have been ill- i used by his banker, advises bank customers, by placards, which are posted through- ; out Wellington, to profit by the City of Glasgow Bank failure, and withdraw all their deposits in gold from the banks of that city. If the Wellington people have any deposits in the banks, the action of the ' Wellington discontent is an extreme one, and might be the means of doing [ more damage than he bargained for to othera as well as the banks. But if they arc situated as most people are throughout the Colony—having invested too largely in land—a small boy could carry all their bullion, whilst it would need a waggon to hold the overdrafts. Mr. T. W. Hislopand -Mr. S. E. Shrimski, M.H.U.s, will address the electors, as per advertisement in another column. We notice by an announcement in our advertising columns that -Mr. Reynolds, the well-known Australian art dealer, i.-t now displaying his pictures in the lecture room of the Mechanics' Institute. We have not yet had an opportunity of viewing Mr. Reynolds' pictures, but, from a perusal of the notices contained in respectable colonial journals, we liavc every reason to believe that they are, in their several branches, worthy the attention . of admirers of high-class productions. The exhibition will extend from this evening till Wednesday evening next. The return cricket match between eleven of the Oamaru Club and liftcen of the Excelsior Club was brought to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the defeat jof the juniors. When the stumps were drawn on .Saturday week, the Excelsior Club ; j had live wickets down for 31, and had 35 to ! get to win. This, it was thought, they would succeed in doing, but Lowe's bowling proved t<x> good for them, only 24 being added to ; the score, Snow contributing 12. Tims the I Oamaru Club obtained a victory by 10 runs. i On Saturday evening last two commercial ! travellers were discussing commerce in general, when one said that his linn did so large ! a business that they expended L2O a year in S ink. "That is nothing," said his companion, , •■ ours saves L2O a year in not crossing their t"-; and dotting their i's." There is now no room to complain that the land is locked up from the people. Mr. | llarron has completed the survey of 10,000 ! :<cre3 on the Hakatcramea run, near Xaseby, I and lithographed plans will be ready in ; about a fortnight. The Mount Ida Chro- ! niclc thinks that the block should be open I for application in about six or seven weeks, ■ and that it is likely that the whole will bo taken up at once. Mr. David M'Kellar, of Tapanui, proposes cutting up the whole of his estate, comprising 14,500 acres, shortly into farina of 200 acres for leasing purposes. There has. been considerable talk in town • luring tne last .'c. aa>a ■■;■•'-•:» wf National Insurance shares which have !>joi; made to a considerable extent by a firm of brokers in the city. Rumour has it that the linn held instructions to sell 7000 shares, and after having placed a large number of them, j a dtt'ricuUy was found in persuading the J holder to transfer. As the market is rising, i --is'ii-r t!w brokers or their principals may i probablv find the transaction au expensive I •>:•.■;. Dunediii Age. While on a voyage recently from San ; rYaueisco to Liverpool, the ship Kate j Kclluuh encountered a storm which so ! alarmed the captain, M. Kicker, that he [ retired to his cabin and passed his time there

' in prayer, leaving the watching to be done liy those who remained on deck. Captain [ Kicker returned on deck after the gale, I which had done serious damage to Ills ship. [ According to the European Mail, an inquiry | 'nto his conduct during the storm lias just j been held at Liverpool, the Board of Trade ! .-.censing him of negligence in giving up the i charge of his ship. In hehalf of the captain it «u urged that in all proability it was to his prayers th .t the escape of his ship was due. Mr. Itothc-ry. before whom the inquiry I was held, sai :i H"- <"''ii!i-<- considered Captain Kicker unfit lor l.j-j liutiu-j of a master ; but j as there was no proof that his negligence j contributed to the ship's injuries, they could j not deal with his certificate.