The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.

Evening Star, Issue 4952, 16 January 1879, Page 2

The Evening Star THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.

Wednesday is to be retained as the sitting day of the Land Board. The Linden School Committee have nominated Messrs M. Fraer and K. Ramsay for the vacant seats on the Education Board. The Government yesterday telegraphed to the Harbor Board that their intention had all along been to Crown-grant to the Board the land to be reclaimed at Ravensbourne, Burke’s, and twe bays between those points, and that effect would be given to it as soon as the reclamation was completed. In New Zealand there are 114 newspapers, or one to every 3,635 of the population. In Victoria there are 151 newspapers, or one to every 5,628 of the population. In New South Wales there are 118 newspapers, or ime for every 5,337 of the population. In t ve Australasian colonies there are 472 newspapers, or one for every 4,932 of the population. Al watchmaker carrying on business in Rat tray street was properly victimised last even mg by a man who had stolen a nugget of br. vis, and who succeeded in disposing of it to IVIr Bailey, the gentleman referred to, for L 3. ' The prosecutor said that although the nu; V?et turned out to be pure brass when tet ted, it was such a beautiful deception thaJ. very few judges would have thought of testing it—an opinion that was shared in by all who saw the specimen. It is notified in the ‘Gazette’ that the following .appointments have been made : Moses M‘l.ay, to be a land tax valuer for part of tho Clutha County; George Ross, for the boro ugh of West Harbor; Andrew Rankin, for the borough of South Dunedin; Mr 0. M‘K., Gordon, to be sheriff for Otago ; and the following are added to. the commission of the peace, by reason of their election as mayors of boroughs—Messrs H. J, Walter, N. Y. A. Wales, and J. P. Jones. A Roxburgh telegram in the ‘Tuapeka Times ’ says :—“ The sale of the 12,000 acres withdrawn from Cargill and Anderson’s run, block 8 and part of block 7, and opened •on deferred payment, was held at noon on 'Tuesday by the Government auctioneer. ■Section 4, block 8, was purchased by Peter Sheila at L 3 3s 9d per aero; Alexander Grogan secured section 50 in the same I lock at L 3 17s Od. The following sections went •at the upset price :—Section 2, block 7, G. »Courtier; section 6, block 8, A. Collie; and a action 8, block 8, T. Rae.”

At the City Police Court, Port Chalmers, tt is morning, before Mr I. N. Watt, R.M., \V illiam Knight, a boy about fourteen years of *iago, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing L.*i, the property of Captain Stuart, on board th B slnp Oamaru, on the 14th inst. Sergeant H ml on having informed the Bench that nearly the whole of the money had been recovered, mid Captain Stuart not v jibing to pri as the charge on account of the respectal )ility of accused's parents, who reside at the Pl'nrt, his Worship sentenced the accused to be imprisoned twenty-four hours, and to receive twelve stripea with a birch rod.

The value of the rateable property in the Maori Hill Borough this year is L 10,500.

Princess’s was well attended last night, when the Kelly and Leon troupe again went through their performance. The season terminates on Monday.

At the Nelson prize-firing meeting next month the City Guards will be represented by Capt. Wilson and Vol. E. R. Smith. The North Dunedin Rifles will probably be represented by Corp. Richardson. Sergt, Paxton will attend on behalf of the Otago staff. 0

We were among thosg ..who were unable to gam admittance to the Rev. Mr Inglis’s lecture last night. The,'subject of it was “Scott.” The last lecture to be delivered by Mr Inglis during his stay here will be given on Saturday evening, the works of Robert Burns being appropriately chosen for treatment.

The City of Sydney made the run from San Francisco to Honolulu in 7 days 21 hours, which is the fastest ever done. Up to the time of the accident to her machinery, when about a day and a-balf from Auckland, her engines had worked splendidly, the ship having averaged 301 miles a-day for seventeen consecutive days from San Francisco—an almost unparalleled run. :

At the annual meeting last night of the Dunedin Builders’ Association in the Athenaeum, tho annual report was read and adopted,, and Mr "WV. Mercer was elected president, Mr ,G. Bateman treasurer, and Mr E. W. U’Ren secretary. It was resolved to adopt fop general use the contract agreement drawn up at the conference of architects and- builders, and based on the one adopted by. the Boyal Institute of British Architects-’ and ; the London Builders’ Association, altered simply to suit the local trade.

The following tenders have.been accepted by the Works Committee of lihe Citv Council Filling up ditch at the Southern Recreation Ground, Matheson Bros., L 13 5; forming portion of MaitlaPd street, Barnes and M'Kewen, L 152 12a 6d-; lease of the Southern Market Shed for one year, John Thomas, L 34 10s; grazing-right, Cattle Market Reserve, John Campbell, L 9 per acre ; sewer under Mo&y place and Filleul street, Matheson Bros., L 790; sewer under High and Hope streets, Matheson Bros., L 1,026. Several of the tenders were rejected as informal—in some cases the deposits were not marked, and in others the deposits were deficient in amount. In consequence of this it will he necessary to call for fresh tenders for the leases of the Stuart; street weighbridge and for the north-east portion of the Cattle Market Reserve. A meeting of tho parishioners of All Saints’ Church will be held in the schoolliouse tomorrow evening, at 8 o’clock. Mr G. R. West, and not Mr Wand, was elected on Tuesday conductor ©f the Choral Society, in the room of Mr-Towsey. Mr Charles Bright proposes lecturing next Sunday evening on “ Elisha’s Mess;. or The Synod and the Sons of tho Prophets.” The Rev, Mr Inglis will give his popular lecture, “Songs and Musio of Scotland,” at Mosgiel on Tuesday, the 21st inst,; and his pen and ink sketches of the past in the Foresters’ Hall, Port Chalmers, on Wednesday, the 22nd inst. The prizes won at the late meeting of the Otago .Rifle Association will be presented at narade to-night by Lieut. Colonel Stavely. The time of filing tho retard match between the City Guards and North Dunedin Rifles will probably be settled at the same time.