The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1013, 19 July 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1879.

The following ««stracted from a letter from the Otag<> Daily Time*" Brisbane own correspondent, published in to-day's issue of that paper, should he alike interesting and eneijuragins? to the people of this district and the Stone Company, whose ctiorts to make Oamaru widelv and favorably known appear to be bearing good fruit " A cargo of 100 tons ot : this beautiful stone has lately come to Brisbane, and the whole lot having been purchased bv the contractor for the new Uraauuar School, in course of time the proprietors of the quarries will have a good istanfiissr stoiveritit'nicnfc In this part or the world. The contractor is very well satisfied with hist but as the price rv:Uised was l not communicated to me, 1 cannot say if the satisfaction i-» irkoly to be mutual as between bnvcr and seller, ov wiii. eneouiT."vtr.ent the transaction affords ot weatiiiw me experiment. Thearchiteotand ,-otitraetor for the building in question are both experienced men in a large way or bti-i----nesa, and they assure me that tiie stone possesses high unalifieations for fine work, ajjd that there is nothing of the kind here to compete with it. If, therefore, it can be

Bp, and gradually extend to other staples. I see no reason why there should not be a market mliew Zealand for our cedar and hardwood timbers, as I well as for our sugars, as a return cargo.; I but if there be. I have no doubt that joir i business men will not be slow to disco\ er

Tlic flavor is decidedly in error in stating in liis letter to this morning s Tunes that the Mvit'- r«*i>ortcr was not present when he j, i.i.k- his .-t-itcment at Thursday evening s wctui-' with ii.ici.ncf: to < .rant s claim. Our reporter present during the tians3»>tinn of the whole of the business, having t ,th. : .-liamber wlifle the outward t-fnt ra being n-ad. Mr. Stew.ir i n.mpinins that his remarks were misprinted it, tiotli (a;.. !,. Tiiat both tlie Times and th: M All. reporters should have placed the smijjt- ..••.nstructiott upon the Mayor s remarks -'l'tw-" i;ov.- • iiiini'iit'v v.-. :: cr.lc'.ilaled to mi.— I„ad is hi- Worships i!»*'>*!*. of expressing . him.-elf. Th.- error no -t aros..- iroin a praiseworthv desire of the reporters to condense Mr. 'Steward's elaborate and very circumlocutory statement. Mr. Steward has trnfortiiiir.ti.lv" a very bad habit o! so coniT ,f p -,,ie enveloping i.is meaning in a mass of it is difficult to ? et at it He n stiporabumtanoe oi intricate scntUK/,*? to s.iv wind 7i"ght he expressed in a tew words. His letter in tjiis mornings paper is a [air sample of the cireumjecutjon 1111,1 mvstitieation he so freely indulges in. it i* encouraeine to notice that, notwithstaii'iiri-' the harness of the times, town land maintains its puce. Messrs. Council uu-l Clowes" to-day's sale Ql allotments, a renort of which appears in another column, i*'evidence of this. It must oe confessed ti-.at from LI OS to LI 10 per quarter-acre section for land in the situation ot tliiit referred to are eood prices, especially when it u considered that the terms were almost as liood as cash. _ , ~ The unloading of the barque Dunkekt, which has about~lsoo tons of cargo on hoard, consisting chiefly of pipes for the waterworks. was commenced this morning, ami is being proceeded with vigorously. It is hichlv probable that she will load here for Home, but as yet matters are not settled. At present a full cargo is not forthcoming, and those farmers who ipay be anxious to forward their grain to the Mother Coimtry siiotild lose no time in availing themselves of an opportunity for obtaining a means oi speedv transit. The sale of the V.'aihaorunga property, which was announced for - p.m. yesteri.aj at th«- Oddfellows" Hall, Waimaie, didjiot come'otY, owing to a lack of buyers. Xum hers of p rsons were but in nc instance did the auctioneer receive a bid, sc that Mr. Ford was obliged to pass tin v/rio-is lots in. T• m ring the time which was ' taken up by the attempt to sell, Mr. lon humorously remark.--.; ikr.t he supposed th. audience present rcpr.-jutpd the unei.,p f oye< of Wnimate. It is whispered that th< ravages of the " !sectle' r have caused such : collapse of tiie money market in Soutl Canterbury that no one was in a position t< purehrtae lit any price. We should, however sftatc, in order tliitt there mav be no mis apprehension about the matter, that til' [ audience freely expressed their disapprove of the terms. . .... J The total Customs revenue received at tlr / | JfA t hi' O.imarii for the financial year endinj „ 30th June hut was Llli,0!)u. The tota amount received f 1 ,*i' trc wnolc Colony v.a • L-2.:50i>,r»i4. . T1 f It is said that the Waimate (Jorge Brand r Railway is about to be commenced, ami tha the unemployed will soon cease to be s I plentiful in that County. f The foundations of the Waimate Comt , house are being laid, and, from the aic they occupy, there is promise that it will b j iivi'd-ome building. | \Vo would remind owners of greynouml * j that entries for the I'le.-eiuit i C'.io nius!'. b 8 aerit in before 7 o'clock this evening. I h i,- draw wiil take place at the lioyal Hoti „ imtu.'di itelv nft-rwanls. We are requeste i to state that tnc '• o'el"ck service in the New Tees-street Ha will 1 e held as usual to-morrow night, bu tiie sin-rill'/ between 7 and So clock will 1. j itisiiensed with, to enable any who ma ! des'iio it to attend Mr. Short's meeting i | the Volunteer Ilall, which will commence ; I ii o'clock.