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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 940, 22 April 1879, Page 2

The meeting of citizens; called by his 5 Woirahip the Mayor in"ordjsr to obtain the 1! co-operation.-©f the publicin ,the inaking- of 3 arrangements. for giving his* Excellency the - Governor a reception on the occasion of his f first visit to Oamahi, did iiofc result in anyl thing satisfactory being arrived at> Several ■3 members of the Joint Committee appointed .; by the various public bodies were present, I but there was not a sufficient number of the e I public present to warrant anything being j done. The only gentleman not included in j the Committee present was Mr. W. J. ! Smith, while Mr. Greenfield in** Snowed himself at the doot for a moment. The consequence was that the meeting lapsed. We '' fesl sure that- the laok of interest shown in ? the proceedings is not attributable to any " want of respect for the new Governor or to Y any desire not to accord him a hearty wely come,* but arises from a feeling that the ° Committee already.appointed are capable of if carrying out the affair successfully.

By Gazette notice the name of the Upper Forry (Waitaki) fpsfe Office. ha§ been changed to Kurow,

From Waimate comes a report of some very extraordinary proceedings on the part of some mechanics. It will be remembered that when the County Council of Waimate were informed that no more fever patients from that place could be received uito the pamaru anil Timaru Hospitals, that body, witli praiseworthy energy, set about making amends for its previous dilatoriness by determining to erect at once a temporary fever hospital for the accommodation of the large number of sufferers in the town-. Blans v.'pirc decided upon, a foreman and some ten hands engaged at 12s a day, and the work, commenced with grejit vigor, The work had not progressed to a great extent before eight of the men, feeling probably that they had the Council in their power, and possessing no sympathy for the poor sufferers for i whose relief they were engaged to work, ! struck for an additional shilling a. day. The consequence is that they have Vjeen paid off, and the work is almost, if not entirely, at a standstill. The Council is now advertising for a fresh supply of workmen, and until these have been obtained, and the work completed, the fever patients will have to remain in their present unsatisfactory positions, with every prospect of the fever being spread still further, owing to the inability of tho Council to have the cases isolated. How long the present state of affairs will continue we cannot say, but it is to be hoped that the Council will speedily obtain a supply of men to fill the places of those who have acted so thoughtlessly and disgracefully, in order to gain a few extra shillings,

Tliere was only a moderate attendance at the meeting of the St. Paul's Young Men's Association last evening. The President (the Rev. A. B. Todd) occupied the chair. It was determined to call a special meeting for Friday, 2nd May, to consider the advisability, or otherwise, of altering the evening of meeting from Monday to Friday evening. Mr. W. Todd was elected Hon. Secretary in the place of Mr. Wheeler resigned, and the meeting closed. of the Philharmonic Society are reminded that the last practice but one prior to the opening concert of the season will take place this evening, .-;« d that a full attendance is desirable. .Soloists are requested to attend at half-past 7 o'clock. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning before T. W. I'.irker, Esq., R.M., Alexander Clydesdale, who was remanded from yesterday on a pliarge of ill-using his wife, was sentenced to pay a fine of L 5 or undergo a month's imprisonment. The fine was paid. He was also charged with being drunk and disorderly in Wansbeck-street on Sunday morning last, and was discharged with a caution. John O'Sullivan, for being drunk and disorderly at Duntroon yesterday, was fined 10s. «.r -IS hours' imprisonment. A few civil casu3 constituted the rest of the business.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Schools Committee, held last evening, the following motion was carried by five to two: —" That the Dunedin Schools Committee cordially approve of the efforts of the Bible in Schools Association to have the Bible re-introduced into our public schools, find will gladly cooperate with them in their efforts to attain so desirable an object." The date of the meeting of the Otagq Hounds at Palmerston has been altered from Thursday next to the following day, at 11 o'clock.

The following intelligence is from Westgarth's Circular: —" Since our preceding issue of the 17th ult., the market in Colonial Government securities has continued to improve, assisted by a further fall in the Bank of England rate of discount from 4 to 3 per cent., which took place on the 30th ult. There has been a considerable amount of business transacted, and in particular, large amounts of the last issued New Zealand loan the L 3,000,000 101-40 5 per cents., have changed hands st advancing prices. That stock has now recovered to a price about 1 per cent, above par and accrued interest, and it seems now so steadily held, as to indicate that it has substantially passed into permanent, or at least comparatively strong holding."