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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 923, 1 April 1879, Page 2

| Mr. Brownies has made- his tinal bow tothe children of the (toverornent Schools, as ; teacher of vocal music in those institutions : land we .can understand, without any great ; effort* that th® adiewx which he bade to-day | were the occasion of no tittle sorrow to the 'pupils. We can imagine how the little ones | would feel that, so far a» their school was i concerned, thavr knowledge of vocal music | was completed to-day. tmlesst light should shine into the minds of members of the Otagoi Education Board, and justice and ; liberality into- their hearts, and restore to ; them their tutor and the pleasant times that < they have spent. Poor little' thingsis their ; repertoire to fee ewt short at the pieces they |sang to-day—which, in th» gloominess of the j occasion, seemed to thenx aore tike funeral | dirges than lightsome and merry school : songs T We hope not. Parents are anxious thai thuir children should improve their health and thefr natures by learning vocal music* and if thers is bo ethar way of consummating their it«&», we think that it

The usual monthly meeting of the members of the Kakanui Road Board vrill beheld iti the otfices, Tyne-street, to-morrow forenoon. at the usttial hour.

In our I'oltee Court report of yesterday it was stated that 3 Mr. "J. K." Smith was ehargetl with a breach of the Licensing Act, without explaining the exact nature of the offence. Tin's may mislead. We should have stated that Mr. A. A. Smith was charged with having an unlicensed billiard table in his possession. AnotEver crowded hottae greeted the panorama of the American War at the Volunteer Hat! last evening, when a number of valuable priz«;s were again distributed. This evening the diorama of the Itusao-Titrki.sh War, of which report spelts? very highly, will be pr* ented for the tirst time. There will be the nstiaf distribution of prizes.

An event will lie celebrated at Maheno tltis evening, of which the people of that township may very justly feel proud. The new I'liidte Hall will be opened with a concert arid ball, ami m the programme for the former includes items i>y many of the beat amatettrs available, th»ro Miotdd be n large attendance, leaving out of eon-iideratioii the additional attraction of the interesting nature of the event.

j That there should have been so small an j attendance at the lecture given in the Texsj street flail last evening, by the Hev. Dr. j FCo.'jefiy, on " China and the Chinese." was a J matter «or regret, ai the lecture proved

j highly interesting, and in many respects instructive. The eit.vir was occupied by .Mr. T. W. Kislo-p, M.ILK. It would be imposI sLlde for its to give any idea of the nature of | the lec'tire in a brief wttnr, and We shall not therefore attempt todoso. Tfie lecturer | had evidently \\[E studied his »ul»jeet, and proved himself a thorough master of it. He evidently sympathises to a very great extent with the Chine-?- 1 in the matter of th<- present outcry against their immigrati-ti to this eormtry. and declared that, on economic f grounds, he. with certain reservations, j t fip[;o*i.'it that ery against Chine.-e labour. .At i the same time r. r. f that on moral and ( other grounds it be wis;: tu plae<. wbw restrictions. At intervals the audience was amused, if not editied, by some specimens of Chinese music, vocal and instrumental. rendered hy a Chinese musician from Ttmaru. At the close of the discourse, a vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed bv ilr ,J. T. Evans, was carried f>y acclamation. A similar compliment was t>;>:d to the Chairman. on the motion of the l£ev. Dr. IJoseby. Mr. itislop. in replying, expressed hisgratiEication at the clear exposition of the subject 1 given by the teetitrer. and said tiiat tfie : views expressed were identical with tho.ie he j entertained in regard to the Chinese Qties- ; tion. (

Mr. and Mrs. Hart, who have been giving their drawingroom entertainments in the northern towns of the Colony with very great succcc.i. are announced to appear in O.iinaru on Friday next, They g.y.'e an entertainment at Wainiate tot evening to a crowded house, and the performance was highly appreciated.

At the High School this morning, Mr FlrwitEyi?. the singing-master, formally hade , "gooit f>ye " to the teachers ami pupils in the various* classes, anil the young folks signified their grwi wishes towards liitu in | {warty arid ckriionstrative ac tarnations, to ; which Mr Brownlee replied, Mr I'cattio, the Hector, assuring Mr Brou nlec that a heartier greeting would welcome him should he ever he re-appointed their singing-master. The pttpiL* sang some of their old favorite pieces, the senior clashes concluding their half-hour with Attld Inng syne," nnd "God save the Queenthe intermediate classes finishing with "Come, shoulder your rifles," and the National Anthein : and the junior classes with "Signs of Spring." and the evcrwekottte "Jingle the bell for Charlie."

We t^day inspected several pictures, the

works of the now well-known Duncdin artist, Mr. Power. Tfiey comprise—" Duncdin t!ay from the Maori Kaik," " Duncdin Bay front Musselburgh,'" " I'cliclict Bay,'' and *' Iltueskin Road near Water of Lcith." Wc

have already written in praise of the two fast-mentioned pictures; but of the four,

'• fUttestkin Koad from Water of Lcith " and f>itns!ilin Bay from Musselburgh'' are the

finest. Tfte subjects have nfiorded more scope for the artist's talenta. He is particu- , tarty clever in depicting scenes in which there is plenty of foliage and water, but more particularly the former. The views may be seen at the rooms of Mr. Greenfield, and are well worth inspection. The Auckland Herald says:—A rather amusing incident took place on the wharf on Tuesday, and. although somewhat laughable to the spectators, waa far from such to the- individual at whose expense the langh was raised. A lumper was engaged in sending woo! and other merchandise on board the May Queen, and while beating the sling tight around the goods, the word " up" wns given. The donkey-engine was started, and i the hook of the chain catching in the belt of ! the lumper, he was speedily drawn into midair. to the astonishment of himself and the amusement of the onlookers. The engineer fortunately was watching the goods ascend, and stopped hoisting at once, but tantalisingly kept the unfortunate victim suspended in the air until those around were convulsed with laughter. j

wiD be done by means of special school fees. As matters at present stand, the education of oar children is worthy of no other dealgt nation than " cheap and nasty." While we arc on this subject, we have much pleasure in stating that Sergeant-Major M'Pherson is now teaching drill for love. He prefers to do that to seeing the rising generation ' growing up with a slouching, ungainly gait, 1 And systems weakened thereby. We think i that School Committees should make representations to Parliament, through their representatives, aettting forth the imperfections that they have observed in the present (system of education. We are requested by the Mayor to acknowledge the receipt for the Kaitangata j Fund from the Livingstone Committee of the «im of L2-I -Is G'\. per Mr. Anderson. | During the month of March, GO births, 11 rrv.irri.igf3. and eight deaths were recorded in the Oamaru registrars oSicc. The Rev. A. R. Todd will this evening deliver his very interesting lecture on " The History of the Bible." in the Schoolroome Dttntroon. Dr. Bowie announces that he lias comroetKtd practice at Qtepojio, The tibial weekly rehearsal of the Philharmonic Society will be held on Thursday next, instead of to-morrow evening, in consequence of the occupation of the Hall on Wednesday evening by the Diorama. The annual general meeting of in embers of the Oamaru Pootb»ii Club, b advertised to 1 take place on Saturday evening, at S o'clock, its the Royal Hotel. ( At the R.M. Court, to-dav, Robert Keenan was fined 5a for allowing one horse to wander at large.