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Dunstan Times, Issue 979, 21 January 1881, Page 2

. Tflnjor Jackson Keddell has bcern aj pointed R.M. andr'-Warden for ithe 'Oohlififtkla, rice, W. L. Simpson, Esq, transferred.

| Tho following Melbourne Exhibition , awards are announced tor Now Z island Second prizes—Wm. Porstet, Christchurch, for a life-saving vest j Lyttelton Harbour Board, for a mo lei of Lyttelton Harbour (showing works and improvements); Thos. I Thomson, of the Blulf, for model ships’ compasses, and anchors, Ac.; Piers Eliot V arburton, of Palmerston North, for a can Oas boat. Third prints—John Blackett, Wellington, for a lighthouse chart ; Thomas George, of Dunedin, for plana and soundings of 0 ago Harbour ; Thos. Hargraves, of Nelson, for a model wave-power engine j Captain Halliday, of Wellington, for a plan of Wellington Harbour; G. H. Luxfor l, of Wellington, for a model of a Maori canoe ; William M'Lennan of Dunedin, fora.working model of a boat with a propeller ; John Waymoutb, of Auckland, 1 for models of yachts. Amongst tho successful can li latas iu tho Junior scholarship examination are Frank Wilson an I George S.evens of Clyde school. At the sitting of the Lund Board held on Wednesday the 12th instant, the application of Thomas T.iylor to lease the deferred payment land.'situate and being section 3, block 11, Poolburn district, was gran’ed.— At the earn sitting, a letter from the Chairman of Vincent County, to the effect that • ten acres bn reserved for obtaining gravel on sections 20 and 23. block 111, Lauder 1 distrht was considered, and the Govern- > meat were recommended to make the rei serve iu question. J The statutory annual meeting for the election of School Committees throughout the Provincial district of Otago will take | place on Monday next, the 24th inst., in the school houses of each respective district. ) The usual two monthly meeting of the Vincent County Council will be held on Wednesday next, the 26th inst. One of the questions to be discussed is the raising b a loan. The annual meeting of subscribers to the Dunstan District Hospital will take place f on Saturday, the 29ch inst., in the Library 1 Hall, Clyde, The annual balance-sheet of the Clyde Building Society appears in another column. The year’s transactions have not been so extensive, nor has the result been so satisfactory as in past years. This arises from the fact of there being t-nt few f borrowers during tho bettor part of the . year. However, as the entire capital is , now oat, the next year’s business should look «p. I The auctioneer requests us to draw • special attention to the kale by auction 5 of dairy and fat cattle, at German Hill, oH ’ Wednesday next, the 26th inst. As they ha-re to be sold without reserve, and the t cattle all being of first-class quality, the sale is Wurth attending. We have received from the publisher, Mr .1 Braithwaite, Dunedin, the correct .edition of “The Gods,” by ilobt. B. 1 Ir.gersoll. Tho Australian Eleven commenced a 1 match against twenty-two of Inveacargill, • on Monday last. Bonner and Bannerman • were absent. The result of tbs game was as fellows Invercargill first innings 43 } and in their second made 73. The eleven made 200 in their first innings, this winning the match. We are requested to direct the attention of our readers—and the juvenile ones in particular—to the announcement in another column that Mr T W. Comyna will form a Shorthand Class in the Athenaeum Committee Room, on Monday evening next, the 24th inst., commencing at a quarter to S o'clock. We have already pointed out ! the multiplicity of advantages to be derived from an acquisition of the “winded art,” as Pitman’s System has not been inaptly designated, and therefore hope to ' hear of a large gathering of intending students being present at the opening night. The terras aie extremely moderate, and the teacher states that the system can be acquired in three quarters, with, of course, a thorough application on the part of the pupil. Mr Comyns also announces 1 that he is prepared to instruct persons living at a distance from town hy letter, and no- doubt many "ill avail themselves of this rare opportunity to learn one of tho most useful arts—one that is now so extensively . adopted for private as well as ' public convenience throughout the civilised world.