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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4096, 28 December 1887, Page 2

Tha return vfolt o! the Lynch Family of Bellringers, to Oamarn, on the 3rd January, is announced. Th 8 clever family is so well known to the residents here that it is needless frus to detail their merits. Judg ng by the advertisement and the bills pasted r.bout the town, the entertainment on the 3 d pros will be of a very interesting nature. As the Keilrinaers ony appear here for one nia:ht, this will be the only opportunity offeed of hearing them for a long time. On account of there being no quorum, the mee'iog of the directors of the Ca'edonian Society oiled for last evening lapsed. The meeting will I>9 held thii evening at the game hour, as this vsi l be the last meeting previous to thai sport?, it is requested that every director will make a point of being present. . The weather was very favorable yesterday for the angliog tournament held at th-i Waitaki, bat in spite of this, and the fact that ea=h of the 30 fisherman were doing their best to win the prizes given by Messrs Wilkie and Co. and Mr H. Watson, not a fish was caught until the evening. Of all t' e competitors only giz were succesfnl, viz., Mr F Waterworth, 3 'to it, 11J b3; Mr H. Mackintosh, 1 trout, 6ilbs; Mr H. - itken, 1 fish 51bs; Mr J. t vereit 1 fieh, 4£lba and Mr T. I'unoan and Master Waterworth. 1 eaoh of 4 ba. The'. prize-takers were Mr W aterworth, first prize, a rod ; Mr ditken, second, • reel and line; tha swe pstaka goi- gto Mr Everett. Mr Macki tosh was disqualified, bis fish not having been oau<ht within the appointed time. As the river was in flood, this will account for the very few fish oinght. Mr A. Thomson, of Kakanui, added mate ially to the enjoyme >t of the gathering by providing an txcellent luncheon, which was partaken of on the river bank. At 9 p.m. the tishermen gathered at Mr Johnston's hotel, when the health of the Bucceaaful competitors was drank. Mr iranaan,wno yreaaea, pre-

I sented the rod to MrWaterworth, aid congratulated him on his success. A very enj yable evening was spent, Oamara ieing reached about midnight. ( » ■

The sailors' Christmas entertaiment cime off, as notified, in Kmmanaal Church last evening. 7he attendance was fair, and the programme was much enjoyed by those present. There was a; service of fruit, chiefly the gift of Mr Ferris, in the course of the evening, and at the c T ose, Mr Grant, of the Orari, on Lehalf of the sailors, thanked the fiieads who had entertained 'hem.

The officers of the. Railway Department, Oamaru, wish as a "Merry Christmas " and " A Trappy New Year." We most cordially return thecompliment. An inquest on the death of Johnston, who was fatally injured at Elderalio on Monday, was held ac the Hospital to-day. "vidence was given that the deceased, who was employed at Mderelie, had tone to the Tean-raki Hotel, at 7-30 in the morning, sni got some liquor, rf which he had partaken 130 freely ; but it was also alleged by another witness that the symptoms of intoxication were bo slight that Mrs M'Kenrie could not have no'iced them Be left the hotel, and pro :eeded homewirdß io the dray. On his wy he met % su faceman to whom he offered liquor, which was refused. Be then went on bis w»y, and, hear og a noise, the su'faceman proceeded to a turn in the road and then saw that the deceased had fallen and that ha was lying before one of th? wheels tf the d-ay. fcfe lifted the deceased into the d ay and took him to Klderslie. Dr G»r!aati was immedia'ely Bent for. aodon his airlv* at once pronounced that the cervical vertebrae had been broken, end that the man was paralysed. Deceased was then removed to the Hospital, where he died yes'erday. The jary returned a verdict of aooidentai de»th, and expressed the opinion that deceased w s so si gbtly int xicated that Mrs M'Keozie could not have notiaed that he was in liquor.