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Evening Star, Issue 4166, 4 July 1876, Page 2

At a meeting of tho Education Board, held this afternoon, four applications for the appointment of Master in the Girls' High school in the room of Mr Pope were considered. The Board made choice of Mr Robert Peattie, M.A., at present master of the Maheno School in this Province.

The following report was submitted to a meeting of the committee of management of the Sa'Tors' Home, held yesterday evening, by the sub-committee :—" Tho Sub-Com-mittee appointed to look after a suitable site for a new building renort that they have inspected the cottages offered by the Superintendent, and find that they are wholly nnsuita le, both as regards locality and drainage ; that they have been in communication with the Secretary of the Harbor Biard, and also with the Town Clerk, without arriving at any solution of the difficulty; that they have examined other sites in the neighborhood in private hands, and find that the prices asked, either on lease or for the freehold, are wholly beyond the present

means of the FCommitfcee, and they 'recommend that the matter be allowed to stand over until the Corporation take action with to the unleaded portion of the Trincf;.} street Ue*ervos." It was resolved that the master of the institution be directed to write to the Corporation in reference to the present site.

At the High School pupils' tennis competition for the Ladies' Cup last week, \v dham. Crawshaw won the prize for the third time in succession, and it now becomes hi* properly. <V. Sievwright and li. Murray won the prizss for juniors under fifteen years of age, and C. Rattray and R. Austin those for juniors under thirteen. The R3v. Lorenzo Moore delivered a highly entertaining lecture last evening, under thy auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association; Mr T. Dick occupying the chair. The lecturer remarked that he first set foot in India fifty years ago as a comet in a native cavalry regiment. At the conclusion of the lecture, which was much appreciated, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Moore.

On a prisoner being acquitted before Judge Johnston at Timaru the other day, his Honor roughly said to the jury, "You are dischared." A correspondent of the 'South Canterbuiy writes a very severe letter on the conduct of the Judge, and suggests that the jurymen in question should send a petition up to Wellington, addressed to the Hon. the Minister of Justice. He adds that he is Bure he would give his Honor a severe reprimand for his conduct, if he did not also give him a hint to retire on half-pay and give room to a younger barrister-at-law, who would conduct the rules of the court with more patience, and be less dictatorial.

The Nelson 'Mail' of the 15th ult. has the following: "In our Court report yesterday we stated that a boy named George Christian had been fined in consequence of it having been clearly proved that he had broken a window. The father, of the boy, who was present, still believed his son's denial. The boy swore most positively that he was not guilty, but his asseveration was not credited, and he was fined. Later in the day the father returned to the Magistrate's office, accompanied by two boys of the same height, the same colored hair, and in every respect as like one another as it was possible ta be. There was a smile of triumph on his face as he informed his Worship that Martin, the twin brother of George, had, since the hearing of the case in the morning, confessed to being the culprit. Of course he had to pay the fine for one son as "well as the other, but his boy George was cleared from the imputation of having sworn to a lie, and he was happy." A general meeting of teachers at the Sunday Schools of St. Paul's, All Saints', and "t. Matthew's parishes was held in St. Paul's Schoolhouse last evening, the Ven. Archdeacon Edwards in the chair. The Chairman said the object of the meeting was to ascertain whether they couldsuccessfully establish a Sunday School Institute. The following motion, proposed by the Rev. E. G. Penny and seconded by Mr R. T." Wheeler, was carried unanimously :—" That it is desiiable that the Sunday Schools of Dunedin, and eventually of the Diocese, should be united together by some common bond, with the view of obtaining mutual encouragement and help in carrying on the work of Sunday School teaching." The name of the society is to be the Church of v Englaud Sunday School Teachers'lnstitute] and the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to draw up regulations:—The Ven. Archdeacon Edwards, Revs. R. L. Stanford, and E. G. Penny, Mrs Davidson, Misses Robertson, Wellham, Colliuson, and Stamper, Messrs Wheeler, Ashcroft, and Stratham.

The «nd will muter for battalion parade at the Dr 11 shed to morrow (Wednesday) evening, at 7.20.

The Pioneer Encampment, 1.0.0. F., will c nfer degreos at the hall, Albany street, tomorrow evening, at 7.30.

The monthly meeting of Loyal Orancre Lodge. No. I', will be held in the Friendly "Societies Hall on Wednesday, st 7 30 p m. We have been requested to draw attention to an advertisement in this evening s issue, by the Otago Licensed Vi'tuallera' Association.

We flptice Messrs A. and T. Inglis have announced iheir annual gift distribut:on. Their advertisement will be found on our fou th pa.;e.

We are requested to Btate that tenders for the Central Prison, New Plymouth, Taranaki. will be received till the 26th inst, instead of the 12th, as previously announced. We have received from Mr J. B. Bradshaw a copy of aeirculir which, for usefulness to inve-tors may f>irly be named ' Brads'aw's Gui le." t contains •< list oi' cornpa- ies, with -dl nece sary information a* to capital, dividends, re-erve funds &c, so tiat persons eoking employment of cai> tal need not enter blindly into-speculations. he number of families relieved by the Otago Benevolent Institution for the .month ended 30th June was 116, comprising 40 male i, 106 females, and 317 children, at a weekly co.i't of L3O, exclusive of firing, blankets, ic. The lumber on the books at the close of the month was 25 miles. 86 f* males, and 26G children. In the Institution at Caversham the num'er of inmates at the close of the month was 81. consiting of 33 i..ale adults, 8 femal«atults, 21 boys, an 119 girls,