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Evening Star, Issue 5607, 26 February 1881, Page 2

There was a clean sheet at the City Police Court this morning. Mr Mayo died at I'4o this morning, Mr Lloyd la recovering slowly; and the ethers are doing well. The Queen Theatre season closes to-night, when a good bill will be presented, viz, “The Lady of Lyons ” and “Don Caesar de Bsean."

The Invercargill and Caledonian Clubs played a game of bowli yesterday, and the local team won by thirty-six points, the respective scores being—Caledonian 61; Invercargill, 36. The Waitepeka School Committee have voted for Messrs Begg, Shand, and Elder >s members of the Education Board. The Tuapeka Flat and Mount Stuart Committees have voted for Messrs Elder, Shand, and Begg. The Walkoualtl County Council, by tho casting vote of their chairman (Mr Green), refuted to co-operate with the Wairoa County Council in petitioning Parliament to have Land Boards elective,

Miss Jennie Nyo’s company appeared at the Princess Theatre last evening in “Swiss Swains ” and the burlesque of “ The Bride of Abydoa,’’ concluding with a pantomime. To-night Mias Nye takes a benefit, when, in addition to other attractions, Mias Adelaide Bowring will recite “ Beautiful Snow,”

Several residents of Oamaru (remarks the * North Otago Times ’) have been more than usually fortunate in regard to the amount of money they receive as prizes out cf the various sweeps on the Dunedin Cup race. A gentleman connected with the shipping takes the first prize of LBOO in Cameron’s sweep, and a Thames street tradesman the third prize of L2OO in tie sane sweep. [There is some mistake about this.] la Harris’s sweep the gentleman who waa unfortunate enough to draw Natator in North’s sweep is consoled with the first prize, and the second prize falls to a well-known Boniface. Another, who is remarkable for the number of horses he draws—horsas which are invariably scratched shortly before tho race—drew Kamlwiok in Cameron’s sweep. His hopes were not fully realised, but the LIOO prize for a nonstarter is calculated to act somewhat aa a solace. It ought to be added that tho first prlas on the D, J.C, in Abraham’s sweep also went to Oamaru.

A summoned meeting of Leith Lodge, 1.0.0.P., takes p’ace on Monday rvenlng.

The residents and bondholders cf St. Leonards school dintriot meet on Monday evening.

The latorprovlnoial boat-race tskas place on Monday. A special train leaves Dunedin at 10.10 a m.

Special Inducements are advertised by the Railway Department for tho convenience of visitors to the Invercargill races

Mr W. G. Simon, spiritualistic leo'urcr and phrenoh gist, will lecture In the Princess fheatre on Sunday Fight. Tho Auckland paper* speak well of hi# powers.

The winning numbers In Mr Abraham’* Novelty Consultation »r© distributed as follows: —City Stakes-Frit, OAmaru; second. Awamoko ; third, Duurdln. J.O. Handicap—First, Waitahuaa; second, Dunedin j third, Dunedin.