DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3463, 30 January 1880, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Yesterday. The Education Board, have resolved to erect a new school at Oamaru.

The result of Colonel Scratehley's inspection, of the harbor and coast is said fchafc of the six big guns now in store here lwowill.be placed at Itichardson Point near the Heads, two at Lawyers Head, and two at Look Out Point.

A fatal accident occurred yesterday

evening. A fisherman named J. Benton left the port in a whale-boat about 5 p.m., in company with another iishermau, named Thomas Manson, and sailed down the harbor as far as abreast of Maori Kaikato, and in attempting to put her about she missed stays. In order to right her Benton went forward to shift her round with an oar, and by some means over-balanced himself, fell into the sea, and being unable to swim he sank and was drowned in spite of Manson's efforts to save him.

Representations have been made to the Government of the want of accomodation for the proper transaction of the police business of this city, and today advantage was taken of this visit of the Minister for Justice and the Solicitor-General together with the Minister of Works, to induce them to inspect the City Court and Police Station. Both gentlemen expressed themselves greatly surprised at the cramped accomodation. *

The members of the Education Board waited on Mr Rolleston to-day, to bring before him the subject of the Board's funds. The sum of £176,000 had been voted by Parliament for school buildings, but of this Otago had received only £21,690, their estimates for the year showed £43,372 was required for buildings, and as the attendance at the schools entitled them to a large sum beyond what they had received, the deputation hoped to receive from the. minister, an assurance that such would be forthcoming.

Mr Eolleston replied that the returns from Otago and the other districts had not yet come in, and until they were received he could not say what Otago would receive, but the Government meant to do every place justice in the distribution of the vote. At present an impression prevails that the Boards in the South were in a better position than the Northern ones, but that would be looked into. The Chairman mentioned the subject system of retiring allowances for superannuated teachers, when Mr Rolleston promised that the Government would not lose sight of the matter. Irish Distress FundEight hundred pounds have already been collected in the city for the Irish Distress Fund, and the sum will be remitted home at once.

The Wesleyan Conference reassembled to-day and passed in review the Children's Funds, the Supernuma^y Ministers' Fund, and Foreign Mission Fund. The report and balance-sheet of the Wesley College, Auckland, was read and adopted. The report showed the college to be a prosperous condition, and an influential deputation representing the Temperance Conference, expressed its hearty sympathy with the principle of Temperance. The third reading of the Ministers' stations will take place to-morrow. This day. By a fire at Dalvy station, Tapanui, the Victoria loses £450. The owner estimates his total loss at £800.