DUNEDIN.
Monday. An important case came on in the Police Court to-day. Cameron (the originator of the Duncdin Cup consultation) was prosecuted under the Town and Country Police Ordinance prohibiting lotteries. The case was postponed till Saturday, to enable the magistrate to consider whether, participating in the sweeps, they would criminate themselves by giving evidence, the lawyer holding that if the lottery was illegal, those talc, ing part need not give evidence, which would implicate them as aiding and abet ting a wrong. Three witnesses refused to give evidence. Great dissatisfaction is daily displayed re the Education Act. A number of deputations from country school committees have waited on the Education Board, caking for funds for school accommodation. Hundreds of children have been refused admittance in already overcrowded schools. £10,C00 is available for Otago, and £50,C03 would hardly be sufficient for proper accommodation. The people generally express a desire that fees should be charged, and »s they do not want free education except for those unwilling to pay, they would be willing to pay as long as accommodation is provided, but there are no funds for this. It is admitted on all hands that the bill will have to be amended next session. .
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2819, 26 February 1878, Page 2
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203DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2819, 26 February 1878, Page 2
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