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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 6 July 1880, Page 2

months ago as coachman to a lady, by whom he was nominated. He was engaged at 30s a week with a house to live in, but left the situation some time since because he was required to cart coals and do other work, which he did not think a coachman should be called upon to perform. "Dear me," said the Premier, "I carted coals and other things when I came to the Colony, and I.was never the worse for it. When you come to a new country you should not be particular about drawing coals. I should have been no better off than you if I had been particular about such matters." The Oriental Exhibition now open in the New Tees-street Hall is, as it deserved to be, being very well patronised, for as an exhibition representing the industry in some directions, and the beauties and wonders of the East, it is not only a pleasant means of passing time, but affords opportunities of acquiring information upon many interesting matters. The exhibition will be open again this evening, and we would strongly recommend our readers to pay it a visit. The Philharmonic Society will hold their next practice to-morrow evening in the Volunteer Hall. It has been decided to give the performance of " Maritana " within a short perioc}, aacl a full attendance at the practice is desired. An adjourned meeting of the Waiareka Road Board will be held to-morrow at 11 a.m., and the usual monthly meeting of the Kakanui Road Board will be held at 2 p.m. The Maoris are essentially a practical race, as will be seen from the following paragraph which appears in the Wanganui Herald : "The natives of Whenuakura held a meeting the other day and agreed that a fine of ten shillings should be imposed upon any native belonging to the tribe residing there who patronised the local publican. The reason being that the said publican had raised the price of begr out of proportion to the tax," How long would it take beerdrinkers of Oamaru to arrive at so forcible a mode of showing their disapproval of an advance in the price of beer ?