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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 91, 15 October 1881, Page 2

{SPECIAL BANK HOLIDAY. TVfOTICE is hereby given that MONDAY, i^l the 17th day of OCTOBER, being the ANNIVERSARY of tha opening of the Bank, will beheld as a Special Bank Holiday at the various offices of this Bank in New Zealand. D. L. MURDOCH, General Manager. Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, 7th October, 1881.

A quantity of reading-matter of general interest will ba found on tho fourth page of to-day's issue of the Evening Post. We learn with much gratification that the Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, who on former occasions has dovotod the amount of his honorarium to benevolent objects, has again adopted the same course, and ha 3 just sent a cheque for as a contribution to tho funds of the Wellington Ladies' Christian Association, to bo applied to tho purposes of their Homo for Friendless Women. It! all the members of tho Legislative Conncil were equally generous in their appropriation of their honorarium, ifc assuredly would not be grudged to them by the public. Tho elections for tho Hutt County Council are at present fixed to take place on the 9th November, but we understand that in consequence of this day being a public holiday, steps will be taken to postpone tho polling j for a week. Messrs. W. Franco and H. Walton have already announced themselves as candidates. Their addresses will be found in another column. Messrs. W. R. E. Brown and E. Baker, J.F.s, occupied tho Bench at the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, when tho only case for hearing was ono in which Henry Trout, a well-known offender, was eh .rged with using threatening language to John Capel, labourer. Mr. Norwood appeared for tho defence. Ihe complainant's story was to tho effect that about 5 o'clock y. sterday afternoon prisoner, who was in an intoxicatod condition, viaited his house in Quinstreet, and demanded a table-knife, which he claimed aa his property. In the altercation which ensued, tho prisoner seized a knife, and, holding it in the air, threatened him with it. Iwo othor witnesses gave evidence, viz , Alfred Harris and Alexander Moore. Prisoner was ordered to enter into his own recognizance of .£lO, and find two sureties of £5 each, to keep the peace for one month. Parents will rejoice to hear that tenders are shortly to be invited by the Education Board for supplies of school books and other scholastic necessaries, with a view of enabling the pupils attending the various schools in the Wellington Provincial District to obtain such articles at the cheapest possible rates. The Wellington Education Board proposes to offer seven scholarships for competition this year, the same as previously. Tho annual value of the scholarships, which are tenable for two years, amount* to JJI7O Particulars will be duly advertised. The examinations at the various city schools are now concluded. Regarding the examination at tho Upper Willis-street school, Mr. Lee, the inspector, yesterday informed the head master, Mr. Wat3on, that the results woro the most satisfactory of any achieved in the city schools He spoke m exceedingly high terms of Mr. Watson'a abilities as a teacher.