The Evening Star FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.

Evening Star, Issue 4241, 29 September 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1876.

The Caledonian Society's evening classes for the winter session wore formally concluded last evening, when the Secretary to the Education Board delivered a lecture to about 150 lads on "John Watt and the steam-engine." The Provincial Executive met to-day and accepted tenders for new school buildings and additions to old ones in various parts of the Province amounting to upwards of LIO.OOO. This sum includes the contract for the new Middle District School building. The Dunstan Spring raees come off to-day. A telegram was received in town this morning, stating that the stable at Clyde, in which Mr Goodman's Glengarry was placed, caught fire last night. The horse was got out safely, the only damage it sustained being an injury to the stifle.

Mr Joseph Tunbridge, master of the cutter Jane, was yesterday presented by Mr Hackworth, Commissioner of Customs, with a binocular glass, from the Government, "in recognition of the services rendered by him in rescuing the crew of the schooner Dagmar when that vessel capsized off Nugget Point on the 3rd ult."

A telegram in to-day's 'Herald' states that the Bruce County boundary will be the Taieri and Waipori rivers, the watershed between the Waitahuna and Tokomairiro riversto Mount Stuarttrigcnometical station, thence by the western boundary of run 54 to the Waitahuna river following which to Waitahuna Hundred line. It includes all Waitahuna Hundred.

This morning a deputation representing residents in the Clutha district, and comprising Messrs J. Dunne, J. McNeill, aud J. S. Fleming, waited on the Superintendent privately to assure him as to the state of political feeling in that part of the Province. They intimated to his Honor that a meeting would be held at Balclutha to-morrow evening, at which a resolution would be brought forward similar in tone to the second one carried at the Princess's Theatre meeting. Yesterday afternoon an accident occurred in the Deborah Bay tunnel to a man named William Price, who, with another man, was engaged in securing a very bad place preparatory to bricking it. A portion of the roof foil in, striking Price on the shoulder and right leg. severely bruising the former, and either breaking or badly dislocating his ankle. The sufferer was at once placed on a stretcher and carried to Deborah Bay and thence was brought to the Port by boat and taken to the Hospital by the afternoon train.

The Fire Brigades Demonstration Committee are using every means to make their affair on Boxing Day a complete success, and several names have been added to the already influential committee. His Honor the Superintendent has written to the committee stating that he has very much pleasure in acceding to their request that he should become a committeeman. Mr W. J. M. Larnach telegraphed this afternoon, in answer to an invitation that he would become a judge, as follows:—"Will do anything that will be of good use to the Brigade." The Turkish Bath Company held its annual meeting last night, when the chairman of the directors (Mr Asher) explained the reasons that operated against there being a better balance-sheet that was presented to the meeting. Complaint was particularly made of the excessive charge made by the Corporation for the water supplied to the baths. The erection of warm water baths was alluded to as a decided financial success. Messrs R. Wilson, W. Asher, and Muir were elected directors, and the board was empowered to let the baths by tender if they saw fit.

Messrs Ramsay and Griffen, J.P.'s., presided at the City Police Court this morning, and disposed of the few cases on the chargesheet. Bridget Kane, for drunkenness, was fined 40s, in default seven days' imprisonment. James Jennings and Michael Bodkin, who had created a disturbance in Walker street by entering the Caledonia Hotel and refusing to leave on Thursday evening, were each fined 20s, in default three days' imprisonment. An application by Mary Morrison to have her three children committed to the Industrial School was adjourned. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Port Chalmers, yesterday, before Mr T. A. Mansford, R.M., George Anderson, on remand, was charged with larceny. After the examination of a number of witnesses for the defence, his Worship committed the prisoner for trial, bail being allowed, himself in LSO, aud two sureties in L 25 each. Only one case was heard on the civil side of the Court—W. Fitzgerald v. J. Robins. It was a judgment summons for L 3 7d sd, and the defendant was ordered to pay the amount within a month, or, in default, fourteen days' imprisonment. A ridiculous case of assault was heard at the Port Chalmers Resident Magistrate's Court to-day. Charles Smith, a boy aged thirteen, summoned George Dean, aged nine, for beating him. From the plaintiffs ovidonc; it appeared that defendant met him on the road and struck him w ; thout provocation. Defendant, on his part, alleged 111 at Smith called him a thief and pushed him. Mr Mansford observed that had be known r the age of the defendant he would not have permitted the summons to have been issued —he knew the boys, and defendant was a very bad one. The parents should have settled the matter between them. He had no means of enforcing a penalty even if he inflicted it, consequently the case would be dismissed. The civil case, Gradwell V. Johnson, which has been before the Court on three occasions, was finally settled to-day, the Bench giving judgment for the plaintiff for L2O and costs.

The Excelsior Lodge of the Protestant Friendly Society of Australia held its third meeting Ist evening iu the Baptist Chapel, <.ireeri There was a good attendance, and gome new mejnbers were proposed,

rhe annual meeting of th<? Dunedin Cricket Club will be held at Jones's Hotel, tomorrow evening, at eight o'clock. The usual monthly meeting of the Permanent Building Society of Otago will be held this evening, at seven o'clock, at the office, street. J