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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1075, 30 September 1879, Page 2

I \\Y r-iv to hear tliat the Rev. Mr. j i »nrne. curate for tin' laiish of f ill the snapc j ■•: a v.tv under the ; ..I We the rev. : •_'t-t.tt>-:«a« every .:;!oeess in hj:- i:cv tplieie. | The t.i' i.tions of ;t Mayor and i>::io L'oiin'.•tlii>!> tor '.! iv newiy-cieated Horouah of Wainiate are some stir 1:1 the north-™ town. The nominations took place vt.-ttril.iv. and. as wil! be seen, there is a sttperaJjundaiu'e of candidates lor Municipal honors. For the otiiee of Mayor the candidates nominated are Messrs. Alpheus If ayes I <wli'» is looked upon as the favorite), George t J;. Freeman, L. Price. and .Tohn Manchester. X» l- .-s than seventeen gentlemen liavc been nnn;:itati'fl for the nine Couneillorships, viz.. Mts.-rs. F. Gascoyne, -I. H. Taylor, E. Cameron, T. 11. G. Smith, J. Sinclair, E. Hunt. T. Jivas.'S, If. Middleton, S. W. Coldamuier, P. If. Buckingham, G. R. Freeman. A. Hayes, J. Henry, F. Gaitt, W . J. l'lack, M. .Sherwin, and L. Prjce. The poll for the election of Mayor will be taken

on the 6th October, and that to decide the contests for the Councillorships on the Sth. For the positions of Auditors the candidates are Messrs. W. Fisher, F. Major, A. Fisher, and A. A. Adams. The poll to decide the elect on of .V-'jtors wiM he rnt-po on tV" % l'.'th October.

It is rumored that if the Ministry gets defeated on the uo-confidenee motion, it will be afforded an opportunity to reconstruct. But we think that if the Opposition proves stronger than the Ministerial party, they will be satisfied with nothing less than an t:ni:oinpro:ni=ed surrender. Parties are still pretty evenly balanced, although a lew members who were claimed by the Oppo.-ition favor the Ministry. Messrs. Masters. Whyte. and Murray, have announced themselves as independents, and will not pledge themselves to support either side at present, whilst Mr. M'Caughan is on the horns of a dilemma, having, during his candidature, announced himself asa"true Liberal." to distinguish himself from his

opponents, "a Macamlrew man to tne oacivbone." and * l a supporter of the Orey Go\ eminent." Mr. J'yke, since his arrival in Wellington, has developed from his chrysalis state into a full-Hedged Government supporter. and Mr. Masters, of whom the Opposition had home hopes, has announced himself <>n the same side. All the native members too, with the exception of iI en are J omoana, it is said, will go with the Government. We were taken to task for having credited the Government with supporters which belonged to the Opposition; but, so far, the list we published during the elections, giving our ideas of what would he the sides taken by members v.as singularly correct. It is quite impossible to tell how the Government will fare, even at this stage. In fact, as the struggle approaches, the plot thickens, and the upshot is as difficult as ever to discern. The kaleidoscopic changes of the present must, however, shortly give place to fixed results. In another column, Mr. Lindsay, head master of the North .School, returns thanks to those ladies and gentlemen who assisted at the late entertainment for the benefit of the library and gymnasium fund of that school, and to the Committee of Xo. 1 ('ompany for their liberality 011 that occasion. A correspondent writes calling attention to the folly of having so many race-meetings up the Waitaki, and adds: —"What a stupid thing it is that they do not merge all these little petty up-country race-meet-in_'s into one really lirst-elass meeting Just lani'V. three race-n'.ectiv.us up t'" ; aitaki :n a fortnight—Whare-kiu i, Omarama, and Otematata ; and now one at Duntroon. 'Jo me it seems absurd. An adjourned meeting of the aiareka Ro:td l'oard will be Held tu-morvow at 11 a.m., and the usual monthly meeting of the Kakanui Road Hoard is to be held to- ' I morrow at 2 p.m.

All event which will attract a large number of visitors to Diiiitroon will take place to-inorrow. o allude to the sheep dog trial. There will be two contests—one for aged dogs and the other for young dogs. I'm- the former twenty-five entries have been made, while five competitors have entered tin: lists for the latter. The prizes offered arc exceedingly liberal, but we regret to learn that subscriptions have come iii \ei\ slowly. Should further subscriptions be received, it is ijuite possible that the very liWral pri/.t- list already published will be still further added to. and wo trust that those who have not already sent in their donations to the trial fund will do so without delay, so as to enable the Committee .to filially lix the amount of the prizes. Members of the o;imani I 'ramatie Club are requested to meet at the Volunteer Hall this evening for rehearsal. l>lack Sheep " will lie rehearsed at eight, and To I'aris and back lor L 5 at ten o clock.

Till: second eharirc against Walter llossack. for trespassing on the promises of the Misses Cook, resulted, late in the afternoon, in the accused being again tineil LlO. A charge again.it llossack or using insulting language towards Walter Booth was then gone into, an<l at its conclusion his Worship remarked that it appeared that the had language came from one side and the action from the other, and lie would therefore bind both parlies over in their own recognisances for L-0 to keep the peace for three months. A Government Gazette, daLed the 25th instant, notifies that in future a candidate who holds an Intermediate Co:. licate of the Tunic Sol-Fa College, bearing the letters O.N. (Old Notation), duly attested, will not be required to undergo further examination in vocal music. The Union Steam Ship Company's new steamer Kotoniahana is expected to arrive at I'ort Chalmers to-morrow, she having loft Sandridge at half-past 10 on Saturday mornintr last.

An instruction parade was held by No. 1 Company last evening, and there was a very fair turn out, under the command of Lieut-. Headland. After some company movements had been gone through, the corps was marched to the old Cricket Ground. Here they were exercised in skirmishing drill, and at the conclusion of the parade the oliieers and non-commissioned oflicers were put through a preliminary instruction drill. We understand that the new helmets and accoutrements for the company ordered from Home some timo sinco will arrive, by the Kotoniahana, and will reach Oamaru in a few days. The corps expect to be in receipt of the full-dress uniform, consisting of scarlet tunics and blue unmentionables, in a short time. These are also being obtained from Home. They are of the best quality, and according to the last pattern used by the regulars and Home volunnjeio. The total cost of the outfit will amount to between LoOO and L-JOO, and, when received, the corps will be the best dressed infantry company in the Colony. As the Hampden and Otepopo companies are receiving the same dress and accoutrements. North Otago will have the finest dressed battalion in the country. On Tue.sday and Friday the Waitaki Jockey Club will hold their annual race meeting at Duntroon, and as this meeting is looked forward to with great interest both north and south, there is certain to be a largo attendance. Our Duntroon correspondent, writii.g on the subject, says "The course is in splendid order for races, and the township is full of spider-legged diminutive little fellows, with loud neckties and large cheek. There are about 14 horses, Kay's Goodman's, and Hill's stables being well represented."

We have received the fourth number of the New Zealand Punch. Like its predecessors, it is a weak production. The titlepage is the beat feature about this periodical, and that is a mean imitation of the " London Charivari." Turning over the first leaf, we come upon the leaders, of which there are tlm-e. We did not read more than the first few lines of No. 1, in which occurs, in all its pristine innocence, the choice poem, "There was an old woman who lived in a

shoe." The other portion, we found, was not such light reading, and, as we had already surfeited onrsejvcs with solid matter by reading the remarks under the various illustrations, we . Icferrcd the pleasure of finishing the leaders till another occasion. Tho subject of the cartoon is " Victor and Vanquished," and we are told that there is in it represented a number of the vanquished Opposition members and the Premier. Like the little boy who inquired of the showman which was the Duke of Vv ellington and which Napoleon Bounaparte, we felt inclined to seek information regarding the intentions of the artist when he penned the various characters as the only guide to their identification. Mr. Vincent Fyke has been re-elected Chairman of Vincent County Council at a salary o: L 350 a year. The railway is doing its work of centralisation. Milton has felt this long since in the declination of its business, and now it has felt it in the deterioration of its Agricultural Shows. At the annual meeting of the Taieri Society held at Mosgiel on Friday last the following resolution was proposed by Mr. Shand, seconded by Mr. \oung, and carried unanimously :—I hat a committee of the Taieri and Otagu Agricultural Associations meet on as early a date as may be appointed to consider the basis of uniting both Societies in one, the show-ground to be at Mosgiel : the Taieri committee to be—the president, vice-president, Messrs. T. Young, CI rant (Oowric), and T). ltcid, to report at next general meeting, "which shall be advertised and due notice given to all members of tho Association."