Untitled

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 20 September 1880, Page 2

The most refreshing fall of rain that has occurred this spring took last night, and, as it was very general throughout the district, proved highly welcome to the farmers. ftjjr several ftpiirs the rain came down steadily, apd in addition tp benefiting the young wheat crops it will prepare the land for sowing with oats and harley. So far our farmer have bpen hi/jljly fayored in the matter of weathep, wjple their compeers in Canterbury have been crying out for move moisture. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day : —Bad weather is approaching in any direction between north-tast and north and west. The wind is backing, and the glass will fall within twenty-four hours. The nomination of candidates for the seat on the Waitalii Road Board for Papakaio sub-division rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Sjnillie, was fixed for Friday last, but lapsed through an unusual cause. There were a number of ratepayers present, but the Returning Officer was rendered conspicuous by his absence. Those present ! waited some time, but the meeting even- | tually broke up without anything being done. Wo we informed that Mr. Millington's abseficc wa* sj-trjlmtable to ap urgent call to Oamaru on important business, The Customs duties collected last week amounted to L 323 17s lOd. A special children's service was held yesterday morning in St. Paul's Church. The Rev. A. B. Todd preached a sermon to the young, in which he pointed out the ue- ' cessity of a refuge in times of distress, illus- : trating his subject by referring to the different protective worl*!? bviils by man, i and concluding by directing lii? hearers to : avail themselves of the true refuge offered t by Christ. s When the ease of Norman Lane v. John i Scott, a judgment summons, was called on : at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, . the defendant did not appear, but a telegram . was read from him stating that he could not - attend unless his expenses were paid. Mr. I Jljslop, who appeared for the plaintiff, urged that, thu hejng merely an adjournment of | the case an,d the defendant having appeared ! at the first hearing, tjie dpfpn,da?}t was not entitled to mileage; that he wifs mepelyjn the position of a witness, and was bound to attend pi tljo Court until discharged. His i Worship <?• incurred in thU view, &nd proceeded to deal with the case j but Mr, John : Lemon, the receiver in the partnership of , Meek and Scott, in liquidation, not being i present, the case was adjourned until Mon- . day next. I The celebration of Baikes' Centenary £onunenced last evening, when a general interchange of piflnit? was made by the ministers of the churches taking pavt in the commemoration, The Rev. Mr, Barley ' preached in St. Paul's Church, Rev. Mr. : Todd in the Congregetional Church, Rev. 1 Mr. Foster in Wesley Church, and Rev. > Mr. Crump in the Primitive Methodist ! Church. 'J lie discourse delivered-by each 1 gentleman liail reference to the training of i the young and Sunday school work in general. On Friday evening next:, tlie 24th inst., • an organ recital will be given in St. Luke's i Church. Mr. A. R. Kelsey, of Dunedin, 1 who visited Oamaru some short time ago, will preside at the organ, and it is quite un- , necessary for us to add that a very able performance w?U delight hi? auditory, The choir will render aqlos, du&tij, and choruses from thp works of , Handel, Haydn, and Mendelssohn, AH spats are tq be considered free for the occasion. To-morrow evening a children's fruit soiree will be held in the Volunteer Hall, in commemoration of the founding of Sunday schools in 1780 by Raikes, the Gloucester journalist. The children, on entering the fcall, will each receive a bag containing fruit, in the course of the evening, will be shown a lime-light panorama of Palestine, followed by a series of views of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness. The exhibition will be accompanied by descriptive readings and appropriate music. The centenary"hymns will b'a sung by the scholars. The doors will open at 0.30, the chair being taken at 7 o clock by the Rev. C. E. Barley. We hope to see a large gathering of our juveniles on this occasion. The adult soiree will he held on Wednesday evening, in the same place, at which a iiUftiber of addresses will be delivered by various iviiiiisters and hymns will be sung by all present. Yesterday afterno.Qn a united singing practice of the Sunday schpols was held in St. paifl's Church, the body of the building being nearly filled with children ancl teachers. Under the leadership of Mr, D. Booth, the Centenary hymns wore sung in capital style, showing that the children fully entered into the spirit of the forthcoming celebration. The following ministers were present: Revs. C. E. Barley (president of the Union), A. B. Todd, J. Crump, and J. Foster. The first-named gentlemen gave £he children a short address. A jjiT B spoudent at Maheno sends us the following : —"We are decidedly progressing in this district, and Oamaru must look put for her laurels. Our latest step in the march of advancement is the formation of a cricket club, including many knights of the willow who were formerly members of the defunct Rpidston Club. All the preliminaries have beon ,completed, and the following officebearers appojpfcedSecretary, Mr. H. Andrews; Treasurer, Mr. T. Lindsay; General Committee, Messrs.- J. J. Meldrum, W. Steele, H. Andrews, and H. Brockett. I hope soon to be able to anBonnce that arrangements have been made for a match with one of the Oamaru Clubs." Three spiall boys named JohnO'Loughlin, •Tames Lamont, and James Sullivan, aged respectively 12, 13, and 1-i years, were charged at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day with having on the 6th inst;' stolen from the Commercial Btables a cart-whip of the value of Ida, the property of Mr, Jas, Jordon. The evidence showed that the whip had been left in the cart at the Commercial Stables with other things; that the whip disappeared ; that the boys were seen about ! the cart, and that afterwards the whip was sold to a man named Gil" ert Coles by a boy named Casey, who stated that lie received it from Sullivan. His Worship reserved his decision. We beg to remind our readers that the annual meeting of the Oamaru Baths Company will be held in the. Odd-Fellow's Hall, Coquet-street, this evening at 8 o'clock. A full attendance of shareholders is urgently necessary. It is possible ]that the meeting will be formally adjourned, owing to thp absence of the chairman ,(Mr. Gibbs), whp js in Wellington.

gfCapfaia William Jackson Barry was favored with a, fajr audience on Saturday evening Qn the oecabioß of his second highly characteristic lecture, TJie chaip ijyas occupied by Mr. James Lees. It is scarcely necessary to remark that, if the wonderful captain did not instruct his hearers, he at least pmused them, and the amusement was decidedly heightened when Mr, Richards, an almost equally eccentric individual, attempted'to set the captain right regarding 3ome facts about. California. The treble ex-Mayor of ' Cromwell, tbo lionised of "lords and dooks and inarkisaes," was not the least abashed when Mr. Richards, hat in hand, denied the correctness of some statements made by the hero of heroes. He rose equal to the occasion and the audience were treated to something not in the progpampje. The redoubtable captain goes north to ropjance and exhibit the Queen's letter. Our northern frjepds'havo a decided trgat in stgre for th,enjj " ' ' " ' ''

At the Reaicl«nt Magistrate's Court to-day before T. W. Parker, Esq., R.M.,'"George Brecston was fined. 7s,V Peter Matheson las, JoiiQ Main ss, and Jcfhn Pearee 20s, .for having been diunk andL disorderly fn .the public streets. . v.- :