Daily Circulation, 1680. The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1897.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 6871, 22 April 1897, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1680. The Oamaru Mail. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1897.

His Worship the Mayor by advertisement appearing in another column invites the citizens to meet him at the Borough Council Chambers at eight o'clock to-morrow evening, to take measures to raise funds for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous ilood in Hawke's Bay. !t is not necessary that ws should add anything to what we have already said in order to commend the matter to the consideration of a public never slow in responding to a call for he!p. We hope to see a large attendance at the meeting. The long-looked-for concert in aid of the Hampden Roman Catholic Church is announced to take place on Friday, 14th May, and judging from the talented amateurs engaged to take part in it, it will be the concert of the season.

Carl Hertz, the distinguished entertainer, who is at present attracting crowded houses at the Dunedin Princess Theatre, will make his appearance in Oamaru for one night only, on Wednesday evening next, and should easily attract a bumper audience. Mr Edwin Geach has concluded all arrangements for the appearance of the conjuror. At a meeting of the Land Board yesterday W. J. D. Milne applied for the position of caretaker of the plantation reserve, section 122, Ardgowan Estate.—Appointed accordingly. The question of the destruction of trees by settlers on the reserve in question was referred to the Chief Commissioner to take such action as he may think fit. Jolin Braidford applied for a licen-e to occupy sections 1 and 2, block 8, town of Moerakl. —Declined. Ranger Hughan to report as to dealing with the land. Miss J. Mitchell requested permission to take down the stone building at present upon allotment 42, Maerewhenua Estate, with a view of using the material in the building of a dwellinghouse.—Referred to the ranger for a report. " Tomtom" has the following in his bandsman's column in this week's Canterbury l imes :—English musical papers give our Oamaru Garrison Band exceedingly flattering notices. The Hon. George Jones (late honorary conductor) comes in for special commendation ; so does Mr W. S. King, the present conductor. The following is from a Liverpool journal .*— " We are glad to fin;! that tha contest was a great success, and that New Zealand bands fully vindicated all we have said of their superiority, for we note that Mr Bulch sums up his notes on the Oamaru Garrison Band thus ;—' From the first movement to the last the performance was almost faultless. Without doubt the finest performance it has been my lot to listen to in the colonies—o7 points out. of a possible 100.' Bravo, Oamaru ! Bravo, i\ T ew Zealand ! Mr Bulch knows what he is talking aboub, and praise from such a musician as he is worth having, worth working for." A political meeting is to be held at Temuka to-morrow night, when a presentation is to be made to Mr E. G. Rhode--, the rejected of Geraldine. The big guns announced for the occasion are Messrs Seobie M'Kenzie, J. Allen, C. lewis, -T. ("!. W;ison, R. Moore, and the Hon. W. Rolleston, M H.R.'s.

Recent advices from Dr Stuart, the late Bishop of Waiapu, state (says the Hawke'a Bay Herald) that he had ten youths who professed Christianity and whom he hoped to train as missionaries to work among their own people. But an excited mob, led by Persian mollahs, or priests, surrounded the house in which the youths lived and demended that they should be given up. "i r. Stuart succeeded in getting seven to his own house, which he did not think the priesis would dare to attack. The other i hrce were captured and thrown into prison. They were brought before the mollahs, but refused to abjure their faith, and were sent back to prison, Every (ffort was being made when the mail left to get possession of the other seven, and l.ir Stuart feared that, despite the protection of the British Consul and the ruling Prince, the mollahs would be too powerful for him. Golfers will notice that the annual meeting of the North Otago Golf Club is called for to-night, at S o'clock. The following is a list of assets and liabilities in the estate of J. D. Collins, hotelkeeper, Wharekuri, bankrupt. Liabilities :—Omarama—D. Sutherland L 29 13s 6d. Kurow—B. De'argy, LlO 15s; J. Orr and Co, L2l 10s; Jas. Menzies, L 7 ; H. M'Gregor Lo ; A. Robertson, L2 10s ; A. Mackie, L2; W. Fraser, Ll4 ;W. Waddell, LI ss; G. Simons, L 4; G. Raven, L2, Hakataramea Barclay Bros., L 2 2; T. Wilson, L 8 10s ; G. Roberts, L 3 ISs. Otiake—M'Keller and Middleton, L 3 14s 9d. Glenavy—Geo. Park, LI lis 6d.—Christchurch Fletcher and Humphries, J2. Dunedin—Thomson and Co, Ll4 10s; D. LC., L 5 8s 2d ; Begg and Co., L 4 ; Dr Barnett, L 3 13s ; Dr 3-Javis, LI. Oamaru—J. Mac, donald, L 4 : A. J. S. Headland, L 3 10s ; Jas. Munro, Ll2 ; J. H. Milligan, L 6 ; Clayton and Gardiner, 1.3 14s 4Jd ; Chase and Co.. L 6 ; John Bulleid, L 9 ; Oamaru Mail, L 6 6s; N,O. Times, L 3 12s. Total, L 237 Is 3Jd. Assets, L 53 10s. Deficiency, Ll9l 0s 10J. On Saturday afternoon an albatross, fairly beaten by the wind, was caught near the centre of. the township of Petone. On the morning of the 15th ult. the harbormaster at Port Robinson found on the beach at Gore Bay a splendid specimen of the whale thresher. Its body measured 12ft long by 3ft diameter. At its head were eight tentacles 4ft long, and each tentacle had three rows of suckers; its head was armed something like a swordfish. The Rev. H. Williams has made an offer to the Bible Society to print a small edition of the New Testament in Maori. An Auckland biker i 3 manufacturing a wedding cake for the marriage of the King of Tonga. The King, when a prince at the Auckland College and Grammar School, formed a friendship with the baker, Mr Buchanan, and has now given him the order for his wedding cake, which is to stand sft high, and weigh nearly a quarter of a ton. The visit of certain railway engineers to Oamaru to-day to inspect the protective works against the encroachments of the sea, near the engine-shed, gave rise to speculative surmises and rapidly-spreading rumor. Amongst other conclusions come to was that a new railway station was to be built on the i Esplanade without any greater deby than was necessary to put the material ou the ground. That was, according to the gossips, a settled thing, and even the precise location of the imposing new edifice was known unto the same eminent authorities, for we were assured that the premises occupied by Messrs Clayton, Gardiner, and Co. were to be taken for the purpose under the Public Works Act, and that the Hon. S. E. Shrimski was to be well compensated for the loss of the property. But badly as the new station is needed, it is not going to built just yet. Another explanation that was vouchsafed to us in a confidential whisper was that it was contemplated to build an overway over the railway in Thames-street for the safety of pedestrians in anticipation of the traffic that will throng the street when work upon the Balruddery reefs is started in earnest shortly. The author of this report, who was still at large when went to press, assured us that the only point to be determined was the height of the bridge, which ■was to be settled at a conference between the Borough Council and the railway engineers to be held in secret forthwith.

Each member of the military contingent which the New Zealand Government has decided to send to England has been required to sign an engagement for six months. Ab the Burnside Stock sales yesterday Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold, on account of Messrs Macphcrson Bros. (Maheno), 60 prime crossbred ewes at from 9s 10J to 12s Id. Mr Paulin predicted at 9 o'clock last evening : —" S. \V. to S.E. and N. K. winds, with heavy rain showers; barometer unsteady ; indications very unsettled." Really good strawberries were gathered at Waimate this week. At the Conrthouse this morning before Major Keddell, S.M., a prisoner, charged with drunkenness, was remanded for medical examination. "