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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 991, 23 June 1879, Page 2

Native matters are now likely to be brought to something like a definite issue. As will be observed by our telegrams, the settlers are becoming excited, and have removed some of the ploughs and natives from one of the private properties that they had taken possession of. This appears to have been done without any serious rupture taking place, bnt as the natives threaten to return, we may at any time hear of an end being put to the annoyance, and some understanding arrived at. Still we do not anticipate any very serious trouble arising, for we are firmly convinced that the natives do not contemplate fighting. The adjourned' sitting of the Licensing Court was held to-day, when the following Commissioners were on the Bench—T. W. Parker, Esq. (Chairman), J. Udall, J. B. Borton, and J. Reid, Esfjs. The matter under adjourned consideration was the application of Mr. W. Johnson for a lieense for the Royal Hotel, Herbert. Mr. O'Meagher stated that an agreement had been made for the transfer of the lease of the hotel to Mr. Diehl, the owner of the house, and also to transfer the license to Mr. Diehl. The Bench agreed to grant the license on the distinct understanding that the license should be at once transferred to Mr. Diehl.

On Saturday evening some person with an imaginative brain and a flippant tongue formulated and circulated a report that the barque Gloria, which put to sea on Friday evening, had gone ashore on the Sandy Beach. Yesterday afternoon a large number of persons, anxious to satisfy themselves as to the truthfulness of the report, wended their way over the hill. It is needlcsß to say that the report was utterly without foundation.

Mails for the United Kingdom via San Francisco, per City of Sydney, close at Auckland at noon, and for Australia, per Tararua, at 2 p.m. to-morrow.

The service held at eight o'clock on Sunday evenings in the new Tees-street Hall was again well again well attended. The choir gave, previous to the sen-ice, for the first time " Meet Me at the Fountain." Only one address was given, and that was based on the words "It is the blood that makes atonement for the soul." The attention of the audience was well sustained throughout. The New Zealand Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting, the greatest event of the kind that has ever been held in the Colony, will be commenced on the Hon. M. Holme's Awamoa Estate to-morrow morning, and should attract a large nnmber of spectators. The doga engaged, although not as yet definitely known, are sure to be the pick of the Colony, and the meeting will possess the great attraction of being a friendly competition amongst dogs from all parts of the Colony where coursing is a recognised sport. Already a large number of visitors from other places have arrived in town, and others are sure to avail themselves of the liberal arrangements made by the railway department. Operations will commence at nine o'clock sharp, by which time the first pair of doga must be in the slips. We are also requested to state that any dog not present when called up will be thrown out, and owners should bear this is in mind, otherwise they may lose a chance of winning the valuable trophy. Entrance to the grounds will be by the front gate.