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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2054, 4 December 1869, Page 2

School Examinations. —The annual examinations at the Dunedin District Schools will be held as follows, viz. :—North Dunedin School, Monday and Tuesday, 6th and 7th; South Dunedin School, Wednesday and Thursday, Bth and 9th; Middle Dia-

trict School, Monday and Tuesday, 13th and 14th ; commencing each day at 10 a. m. North Dunedin. —At a meeting of persons at the North Dunedin drill shed last evening, it was resolved to form a cricket club at that end of the town, to be called the North Dunedin Cricket Club. A committee was appointed to wait upon the Albion Cricket Club, with a view to making arrangements for amalgamating IVltb that dill). Gaol Return. —The following is the state of Her Majesty s gaol, Dunedin, for the week ending Dec. 4:—Awaiting trial, 0 men, 0 women; under remand, 0 men, 0 women ; penal servitude, 99 men, 0 women ; hard labor, 51) men, 13 women ; imprisonment, 2 men, 0 women ; in default of bail, 0 men, 0 women ; debtors, 2 men, 0 women ; total. 153 men, 13 women. Received during the week,' 9 men, 7 woman; discharged, 12 men, 4 women. Acquatics. daily papers fell into an error, which has not yet been corrected, as to the result of the yacht race at the recent regatta. Instead of Royal Alfred winning, as was stated, Mr Hay’s Spray came in first, and won, Royal Alfred being second. All the yachts, which took part in the regatta, will race for a sweepstakes on Saturday next. The course will he from Peliehet Bay down to Macandrew’s bay, up to town, and back to the starting point.

Thames Shares Investment Association.—We take the following from the Thames Times “ Our readers will have noticed in our advertising columns a scheme for the disposal of a large number of valuable scrip by means of a lottery. The terms of the lottery will commend it to all those of a speculative turn of mind. It is not ofien the chance of such a good thing as a Long Drive so ip can be met for five shillings. "We are informed that the shares are being fast taken up, and the speculation is not confined to the Auckland province, as every steamer from the South brings applications for shares, and there seems little doubt but every chance in the lottery will be speedily taken up. There is one good, feature in the proposed scheme—a feature that does infinite credit to the promoters ; we refer to the clause setting aside ten per cent, of the gross proceeds for the benefit of the Thames Hospital. The prize list comprises three Long Drives and a number of other shares in some of our best dividend paying mines. Messrs lames Wrigley and William Lloyd have consented to audit the accounts on behalf of the Hospital. We have great liopes thattlie whole of the shares will he disposed of, and, besides the good fortune which will attend the prize winners a good round sum will accrue to the local institution known|as the digger’s hospital.” We understand that Mr Hannah is now fully prepared to issue tickets to applicants.

The Elocution and Musical Entertainment of the High Sch&oJ. Boys and the Dunedin Private Musical Society, is anmounced to take place at the New J?ost OjTicfJ Hall, on Friday evening next, and as the proceeds are to be handed over for distribution, in the form of Christmas presents, among the children connected with the Industrial School, it is confidently anticipated there will be a large attendance.