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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1249, 19 April 1880, Page 2

Mr. John Reid and Mr. E. G. Wright, members of the Railway Commission, arrived from the south to-day by train. The other members will join them to-morrow. The Commission will sit to hear evidence tomorrow, at 2 o'clock, at the Harbor Board Offices. They will then proceed to Elderslie, where they will be the guests of Mr. Reid till the following morning. On Wednesday they will inspect the route of the WindsorLivingstone line, and then proceed on that day to Otekaike, where they will remain as the guests of the Hon. R. Campbell till Thursday morning. On that day tliey will visit the Dnntroon-Hakateramea works, and proceed thence through the "VY aimate Gorge to AVaimate, at the same time inspecting the proposed Waimate extension. It would greatly assist the Commissioners in arriving at a conclusion regarding the Livingstone line and its proposed to Jvaseby if the Naseby Railway Committee would lay before them all the particulars to hand regarding these schemes, The Rev. S. G. Matthews will deliver his lecture on Tennyson this evening at the new Tees-street Hall. The reverend gentleman, it is said, is learned and eloquent, and those who have heard Jiirfi deliver evangelical discourses are anticipating up intellectual, able, and entertaining disquisition from Jiim on the poet of all modern poets and his works, A special meeting of the Fire Brigade, for tie purpose of electing a captain, will be held this evening, and every member is requested to attend. It is announced that in future the Star of Hope Lodge, 1.0. G.T., will hold its meetings in the Primitive Methodist Lecture liall, at the corner of Reed and Eden streets. Jn consequence of the north-east weather that ha 3 prevailed during the past few days, the pipes at the baths have been buried with sand, and as it is impossible to pump in fresh water, the baths will be closed for the season. Captain Edwin wires to-day as follows : "16 p.m.—lndications for strong winds between north-east, north, and west, and falling glass." Two 3taeks of wheat belonging to Mr. Foley, Papakaio, v/geo destroyed by fire on Saturday night, between 9 arid 10 p.ni. The fire was first discovered by the cook at the camp, but there was no chance of saving the stacks. They are believed to be insured, but to what amount we are unable to ascertain, Mr. Foley was in Oamaru at the time and cannot ia. g.nv way account for the fire. It is notified in another pojumn that the valuation list of the Borough of Haijapdeji will b.e .open for inspection at the Post Office from the 20tji to the s}fch instant, during which time objections must be lo.dge4, The Assessment CGurt for the purpose of hearing and determining objections to the valuations will be held at the Court-house, Hampden, on the 12th May.

The Oamara and Excelsior Cricket Clubs continued their match on Saturday afternoon, and were blessed with delightful weather. It will be remembered thai; op the first day of the match one innings had been played by each side the scores standing—Oamara, S2 ; Excelsior, 2S. The Oaiparu Club were the firet to go to tjie pickets on Saturday afternoon and again put together a score of 62, Borton (IS), Xiice (18), and G. Millipgton (12), being the highest scorers With J36 to the bad, the Excelsior team entered upon their second innings, but they made a very poor start, losing three wickets for 27 runs, bef rp fijae was called. The match will be continued on Saturday next.