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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1135, 8 December 1879, Page 2

I Heavy rains wotttd appear to haw been f felt in the north. and the result haa twen a I «onsideT»M«r tfow of water in various places. ' At Otaio. afiottt fifteen milrs this side of ' Tirnaru. a tleod nct-nrrrd. and. 33 usual, ! Hwtne t»> the want of culverts. the railway I line suffered! pretty considerably. Two chain? formation ww washed away, awl had it ; not t«wn for the prompt cteaattna taken by j Mr. itannay. general manager, a atopjmge iof comnwuicatton tor a time would have i ixsec? cattscfi- ot the was re- ' « l; ive«l here' at 5 oVtock yesterday. awl at a ! rttiattor tf> 7 a spwtal tram was despatched ! ti> the with a jransf of men. who were I kept harii at work "ail"''night repairing the i damage. tl»« mtttt f)«ing_ti<at the !ine was I ready for traffic this morning. ! MiviCit for Sydney. {wr Taranta, close nt j Auckland at 1 -™- to-morrow. : A largu [ " n fat «att!.r is springing up ' between this-district and t?te_ districts immediately north <>f this district. Tritely as many a* 20 or 30 trucks of fat cattle have been forwarded by rat! to the Dnncdin market, and the trade is increasing so fast that the next weekly batch will consist r»f no less than *ls tnxeks. \\ c hear that this amount is likely to be maintained for some time- to WRW. The sources from which the anpptwsr are derived are KUleralie, Windsor, VYaimate, St. Andrew's, and the Duntroou bnocii* A meeting of the Oatnartt-Naseby Ralw#y Committee wa3 held this afternoon, but we are compelled to hold over ©nrfull report until to-morrow. The following resolutions were passed :—" That the Secretary and Chairman be rei|ttcst(ii to telegraph to the members for the district and to the member for Mount Ida (Mr. de Lautour), stating that a full meeting of the Railway Committed was held to-day, and urge* a stKcb! effort for the placing of the sum eFLW Oil the supplementary estimates for the pornose if causing a complete survey to tie truii<i« with a view to ascertammk' thc beat rwtCa for a continuation of the *» imworf.ivmwtonr litvt* from Livingstone to a fnn<*ti'm with •he main interior tStraJi-tair-ct) railway .cn the Kycourn .Hat. "That a !*"tti>-<'«i«BmitU:e he tormed twnsisttng of Messrs. (convener), Steward." Kcid. lirowu, Moore, and Sumyter. three to form a Riorum, lor the object in view, with |w>uer to i.'omnmnseate with the Covernnunt by telegraph or letter on the »r.bject. and to take siwh other immediate »tetm as they may d'etre r.ei.vssarv for that iwjw t to endeavor to arrange- with the County C mneil. Town ♦ '..mwtCatu! Koad Hoards to obtain some small pecuniary assistance : and to endeavor to obtain a further sum by private suWrintion." '"That it be recommeuded to the "Committee that the memlwrs for the district and Mr. L*c L«»t tGU ~ be resjiectfullj to that the question as to v;'nether thtf levels at Livincitoae of the pret t line fcora Vt'tiulsor to Livi;i.?:.,tic Will Jv - C v« for a wnfeiCTtiun #f the line to JTjwvby F,.- .•ntiuirKeMpt''- " tl,t 'bat if ihc !:c.r aa at prewmt ii not run oat st Livingstone at a Bttit»h!g|b*iJ, then g|*l instructions be given to'eiffifrijgch altera tionato be made as may bo nftlwsary to throngh line to be constructed—rut., from Ltviogatonc to Kycbttm."

Tlic usual monthly meeting of the Wait.iki ! R W I Board will i>e held in the office, Tyne1' it re;;:, to-iiiorrov.- forenoon. Ptsj.it'; the inclement weather on Satur.•••v. i.nil'. the North llortieultural .t\'- Sh'.w to von," attended, the .-r ifail i"inL' tolorahly we'll filled vl~-r#•:>. !n • «.:::i>-!!'.:i.w?th the show j wo .lesire to rectity an oeii.-sion in our [ report of Saturday. In mentioning the ' names of the principal exhibitors of roses ! we omitted that of Mr. -i. Simpson, who 1 si.ri-ve.i four do/en iiljoma. containing 30 | vari-ttiii. Mr. ."rinipson was also a suc- | ccs-:;:l exhibitor, and this fact renders a ' • jr. t:on the its••r*■ iii:ee.-?aiy. th- K' -i M:>.-istrate's<'ourt to-day, ,I. • v.*. !';>.r!;i:r. K 11-M-, [- ' ! :n • -'.a", was iii-.' d •">.< i'nr having lieen drunk I I 'ii.-or-!erly. Ivlward Anderson, for j :-t'Mtir.K a hat from the shop of Mr. liobert I T. : 'f!.-.-iy. "V. Sr.turday night, and of the i v,-u::u •>:' li.i. wad sentenced to 30 days 7 | impri-oninent. j J'rote.»sor Wallenhiirgh, of the firm of i !>rs. »;mnt and W.-ille'nbnrqh, will pay a ||.f<.i.;>.-ij»iial vi.-it- to (Janiarii to-moiTOW. We f.-ar that !>e and his coadjutor have made a -['-■■■ialtv of tiif> diseases of the eyes, ears and tiiroat. i'rok-.-soi V.'.dlcnhsirglrs stay in • lamaru will necessarily l)e liii.ited totliat a:i:ir,;meed in the advertisement, viz., from the I'tii to the l!)th inst. At present we .r.iii.i'»t do I letter than refer those interested to the advertisement in another column of this issue. \\V take the following from the Dunedin Star The Government intend to modify their projiosals re the property tax. It is thought that the tax will be reduced to Id. The Opposition will endeavor to exempt personal property and also improvements u|>on real property. A proposal made last night and carried, atthe instance it is thought of .Judge Ward, to add anew clause in effect giving'ltidgcs power to make orders of bankruptcy retrospective, if a case of fraudulent preference is made out strongly. It was opposed by Mr. Stewart and others, who jiointed out that the effect might be, while attempting to properly punish a bankrupt, to seriously involve third parties, who were in no way eounivers with his wrong. The adoption of"the clause may seriously endanger the Bill on the third reading.