Daily Circulation, 1680. The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1896.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 6696, 23 September 1896, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1680. The Oamaru Mail. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1896.

The Dunedin Star's Wellington correspondent states that strenuous efforts are being made to induce the Hon. T. W. Hislop to stand for Wellington Suburbs. Mr Paulin predicted at 8.40 last night : " .Light to Btrong N.E. to N. winds and fine for about 16 hours; barometer fall, and some mist ou the E. and N.E. coast." We draw the attention of the public to an advertisement appearing in another column re the meeting to be held in Wear street Hall on Friday evening next, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of acquiring more land contiguous to Oamaru under ihe Land for Settlements Act". As the matter ia an extremely important one, a large attendance is desired. On Sunday next the anniversary of the Baptist Church wil 1 be celebrated when special sermons will be preached by the Rev. Allan Poole of Dunedin This gentleman has recently undertaken the pastorate of the South Dunedin Baptist Church, having been selected for this position by the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon. Mr Poole is proving himself an able and efficient minister and the local Church may be congratulated in having secured him for their anniversary celebrations. The annual tea and public meeting willgbe held on Thursday, October Ist, particulars of which will be gathered from the advertisement appearing elsewhere. At a meeting of the Otago Acclimatisation Society on Monday the Secretary of the Waitaki and Waimate Acclimatisation Society wrote asking the opinion of the Otago f- ociety on the question of reducing the fishing license to 10s. It was decided to reply that the society saw no necessity for changing the amount of the license fee. The concert and dance in aid of the Incholme School, to be held to-morrow, will be attended by a number of Oamaru visitors and a successful evening is confidently anticipated. The Waitaki Gaelic Society will hold its second annual gathering in the-Hakateramea Hall on Friday next The Society's previous gathering still lingers in the memory as a most enjoyable function, and no effort has been spared to make the forthcoming reunion even more complete and successful than its predecessor. Hoth the concert and dance, which is the form the evening's entertainment will take, will be made as attractive as it is possible to make them. Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the following cablegram from their head office, dated London, 18th September: "Froz-n meat market very dull and tending downwards. Frozen mutton in general since la3b telegram (September 11th) price unchanged. New Zealand crossbred frozen lamb 4d." The tea and concert in connection with the Wesley Church Sund iy School Anniversary will be held on Thursday night (tomorrow) at 6 o'clock. Queen Victoria to-day adds another to her already long list of triumphs by entitling herself to the credit of having reigned longer than any other sovereign in ifnglish history —an honor until now monopolised by George 111. Like some of our contemporaries, we figured out the date for the 25th inst., as, according to Bright, George 111. came to the throne on October 25th, 1760, and died on January 29th, 1820, and therefore reigned 59 years 96 days, a period which her Majesty will not have completed until to-morrow, according to our reckoning. However, we bow to the superior knowledge of the Home authorities. Her Majesty succeeded her uncle William IV. on June 20th, 1837, and has therefore reigned 59 years 95 days, Two other English sovereigns have ruled for a half-century or more—Henry 111. (12161272) and Edward 111. (1327-1377), while Elizabeth was queen for 45 years (15581603) Queen Victoria's is not by any means the longest reign on record, as Louis XIV, of France held sway for the stormy years between 1643 and 1715, succeeding his father a few years before the execution of Charles I and not releasing the sceptre until George I. had occupied the throne for a year. The Grand Monarque and liis great-grandson Louis XV. held the reins of power for nearly a century and a third, Louis Quinze, ruling from 1715 until the advent of his ill-starred grandson (Louis XVI) in 1774. It would be superfluous to enumerate the comings and goings of the various czars, emperors, sultans, etc , and the constitutional changes which have eventuated while Queen Victoria has occupied the throne of England—all that is modern history—it only remains for us to wish her Majesty health and strength for many more years to come, and to catch up and-echo with whole-heartedness that sentiment which has been the watchword of all Britisher for nearly 60 years—" Good Save the Queen."