Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4656, 1 May 1890, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890.

In order to find room for a highly interesting account of the great flood at Jionrke, in Australia, we hold over until to-morrow oar monthly garden calendar and other matter. An additional column of reading matter is given on the fint page of this issne, where will be found the annual report of the North Otago iigiloaltaral and Pastoral Association and other reports of interest. The Oamarn portion of the San Fr»nolsco mail arrives this evening. There will be a counter delivery at the Post Office between 7 rad 8 p.m. A great deal of unnecessary fust is being raised over the question as to whether Sir Robert Stout consulted Mr His'op before or after consenting to address the meeting at Oamara. Mr Hialop implied that Sir Bobert first consented and then asked his permission. It appears to us that had Mr fiislop been defending a friend Instead of opposing an enemy he would have dwelt on the meanness of imputing to the accused any breach of good faith, and he would doubtless have made out a strong oaße. There will occur to most dispassionate persons at least two possibilities in connection with this matter—which are, that Sir Bobert consulted Mr fiislop on the earliest possible opportunity, and intended, in ease of Mr Hislop's disapproval, to withdraw a promise which be believed had not gone so far as to ba irrevocable ; or he felt that Mr Hislop's magnanimity and courage were such that he would oertainly recognise the right of either Sir Bobert or any other peraon to sptak at Oamaru, or anywhere else, on politics, and not care what anybody might say in reference to himself or his colleagues. Sir Robert's asking for permission to speak was, in point of fact, nothing more than a matter cf form, observed out of mere courtesy, whioh we think could have been well dispensed with, We regret to say that even Mr Hislop, who seemed to expect bo much ezactidude in others, himself fell into error. He stated that Sir Robert did not ask his permission to speak till 1 p.m. on Saturday, 36 houro after the advertisement announcing the meeting had appeared in the North Otago Times. This could not be, as the advertisement did not appear' in the North Otago Times till Saturday morning. It, however, was inserted in the Mail on Friday, but in the town edition only, as it was reaelv»d too late for the country edition, Now, even if we admit that Mr fiislop did not also make a mistake in alleging that Sir Robert did not ask his permission on Saturday, is it not possible that, like Mr fiislop, Sir Bobert was guilty of an unoonsolous error. One has only to consider his own frailty to discover how liable humanity is to err, and to find some excuse for the fallibility of others.

The following are the liabilities and assets in the estate of William M'Eay, of I Ngapara:—Liabilities—Windsor : R. Taylor, L3l. Oamaru: J. W. Humphrey, LIS 17s lOd; F. Grave. 14 19s; W. Menzies and Co., LI 13s; J. G. Finch, L 4; Fleming and Hedley, 14 3s ;W. Bee, L3los 6d ; F. H. Townsend, £2O 9s Id; North Otago Times, 13 8i 3d; M'Callum and Co, L 9 14s 9d; James Craig and Co., L 4 Is 6d; Oamaru Mall, L 4 5a Id; H. B. Crawford, L 3 3s; Reid and Gray, LSO 10s; D. Hay, L2 lis ;T. C. Dennison, L2 12s 61; Hodge and Jones, L 5; J. and T. Meek, 14 6s; Ngapara: T. Westlake, LS 7s fid; W. Dick, 131 16s 6d; A. Murdoch, L2 lis Id; J. J. Ardsgh, L2 10s 91; W. Dewar, L 9 13s; J. Henderson, £3O; W. Strachan (wages), 18; A. Sutherland, LlO ; Nimmo Brothers, L 5 2s 6d ; Shag Point Coal Company, L 6; S. Mewhinney, 15s. Total, 1289 14s lOd. Assets—Household furniture, L 1 0; 8 horseß L 8 0; 2 ploughs, eto, L 6; 1 .field and Gray reaper and binder, LlO ; reaper, L 3 ; set of harrows, LI 103; sledges, LI; hut, LI 10s; harness, Ll6; 2 cows, L 4; cash in hand, Lls. Total, Ll4B Deficiency, 1141 14s lOd.

At the moating of the Waste Bands Board yesterday, a letter was received from Mr B, B. Martin, on behalf of John Smith, opposing Mr W. D. Smith's application on behalf of John E. Wade for an extension of lease of ooal area on blook 4, Kurow, his client having created the boundary fence, and never been paid for the half of his work. To stand over for consideration nntil a report was received from Banger finghsn on Wade's application.—Consideration was resumed of an application by Mr W. £>. Simpson, on behalf of Colin B. Jamleson, asking that the portion of Bun 429b, containing 2600 acreß, lying between the Ahariri Biver and the survey Gorge Creek, be offered as a ran to enable him to rent the same from the Crown, it being at present held by and rented from Campbell and Sons It was decided to recommend the Governor-in-Council to offer portion of 429b as a separate ran as reqaested,_ as the portion running from the ran mentioned was necessary to the applicant. At a meeting of the Oamarn Pigeon Flying Club held on Tuesday it was decided to fly a number of birds from Studholme Janotion to Oamara. Later on several matches will be made between owners of birds, when the pigeons will be liberated at Timarn. Margaret Martin was oharged with riotous and disorderly conduct while drunk at the Railway Station yesterday. Aocused was further oharged with using indecent language on the same occasion, and when looked up, with damaging a bedstead at the lock-up. Constable Madden was called by Sergeant O'Grady, and gave evidence as to the state of the woman and the language made use of. His Worship convicted the accused on all three chartjeß. For the first offence, a fine of 20s, or 24 hours' imprisonment, was inflioted, and 2b for cab hire; for the second offenoe, three days' imprisonment with hard labor; and for damaging property a further fine of 2s 6d was imposed.

The barque Kaai arrived In harbor as we were going to press. She oomea from Newcastle with a cargo of coal, consigned, we believe, to Mr T. C. Denniiton, The Dally Times of yeaterday says :—We understand that Messrs William Waddell and Co, pnrohasad most of the exhibits shown by the Oamarn Woollen Mills Company. Mails for the Australian Colonies, Un'.ted Kingdom! and Europe per Botomahana, close at Bluff to-morrow at 9 30 p.m and are due in London on June 18th.

The following are the names of those elected »s a school committee for Waianakaraa for the ensuing year:—Kobert Stewart, James M'Kay, William Cague, James Flndlay, William Bandall, John Hewton, and Arehlcald Beaton.