The Oamaru Mail FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1880.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1304, 11 June 1880, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1880.

The printing of the supplementary electoral roll will be completed to-morrow, and will be obtainable at the Courthouse on Monday. It will contain 618 names, and will thus bring the total number of qualified voters for the district up to 2398, showing an increase of over 600 as compared with the number on the roll last year. This does not, however, represent the total number of new names added to the roll, for if we take into account the fact that over 200 of the names appearing on the roll for last year have been struck off, it will be seen that the number of electors who have qualified themselves within the past few months reaches the very handsome total of over 800. It would be difficult to estimate how many of these have been enfranchised by the Act passed last session, but we may state that of the 618 names on the supplementary roll about 600 are those of men registered under the residential qualification, that is to say of men who are not the fortunate possessors of freehold property. The names on the supplementary roll are those of electors residing in all parts of the district, showing that the efforts made lately to secure the right to vote at the present election to those possessing the necessary qualification have not been confined to particular localities.

Mr. Jones is announced to addres3 the electors of Windsor this evening, at 6.30. Mr. Roberts will address the electors of Trotter's Creek at 7 o'clock this evening.

This evening, at 8 o'clock, Mr. Beid will address the electors of South Oamaru, in the

Schoolhouse,

Captain Edwin wires as follows :—Bad weather is approaching from any direction between north-west and west and south. The glass will rise within 12 haurs.

The Oamaru Harbor Board Ordinance Amendment Bill, the second reading of which was carried in the House of Reprei sentatives last night, i 3 a short measure of four clauses. It simply enacts that the Board's endowment shall be vested directly in the Board, and its management removed from the "Waste Lands Board, and specifies the manner in which the funds obtained from the endowment shall be applied. These are —firstly, satisfying the annual charges on the mortgages issued by the Board prior to the passing of the Oamaru Harbor Board Ordinance Amendment Act, 1878, secondly, towards satisfying the annual charges on mortgages or debentures thereafter issued by the Board; and the balance, if any, to the general purposes of the Board. In compliance with the request of his Worship the Mayor, nearly the whole of the storekeepers in town closed their business premises to-day, in order that the employes might have an opportunity of attending the Annual Steeplechase Meeting.

The Harbor Board has obtained a scoopdredge for the purpose of removing the accumulated sand alongside the wharves. This has been so constructed as to allow of its being worked by the cranes, and its operations, although of great value by removing the sand and giving a greater depth of water at the wharves, will therefore be of small cost. It can also, we believe, be worked from boat 3 used as barges for the purpose.

A poll was taken yesterday for the election of a member of the Waitaki Road Board for the Papakaio subdivision, and resnlted in the return of Mr. Donald Borrie, the numbers being—Borrie, 39; Wilson, 35. Mr. A. R. ELelsey, who has officiated for some time past as organist in St. Paul's Cathedral Church, Dunedin, purposes giving an organ recital in St. Luke's Church about the 21st inst. A treat is therefore in store for those who attend, as the music at these recitals is generally high class.

A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred on the Thames-street railway crossing last evening. As the Dunedin late train was coming in, a man in a state of intoxication was noticed standing on the line. The crossing-keeper called to the fellow to clear off the line, but of this he took no notice, and as the crossing-keeper is a cripple he was unable to remove the drunken imbecile out of his dangerous position. With praiseworthy pluck Mr. Walter Rice came to the rescue and dragged the mail off the line, only_ just in time to prevent his being run over.

I We observe from an advertisement in another column that Mr. Rock is about to start a class for mechanical drawing and other subjects connected with engineering. Mr. Bock has long been known as a first-rate draughtsman, and we would recommend our embryo engineers to take advantage of this opportunity, for it is evident that this branch of engineering is of the highest importance, and it is quite useless for any youthful genius to have a brilliant idea without being able to commit the same to paper, and doubtless many inventions have been lost through want of knowiedgo of this important requirement.

The poll taken yesterday for the election two members of the Kakanai Road Board for the Lambourne subdivision resulted in the return of Messrs. D. Booth and J. M Thereon, bat the state of the poll has not come to hand.

The total amount of duty payable under the beer tax by the Oamaru brewers upon the beer in stock amounts to between Ll3O and Ll4O.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day John Eouden, James M'Lean, and Peter M'Hardy, were each fined 5s by J. W. Humphrey, Esq., J.P., for having been drunk and disorderly, the usual alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment being given to them.

The postponed opening match of the football season will be played to-morrow afternoon on the Old Cricket Ground, between sides chosen by the captain and deputycaptain from the following players:— Balmer, Bristed, Bramble, Blakesley, Crawford, Clayton, Coates, Church, Cook, -Caverhill, Evans, Ferens (deputy-captain), Forbes, Grenfell, A. O. Hardy (captain), A. E. Hardy, Jackaon, Johnson, Jones, Legge, H.-Moore, iC. Moore, D. Moore, M'Donald, Procter, Bobinson, Snow, and Williams, Play will .commence at 2.30 p.m.," and flayers are requested to appear in uniform.