The Evening Star SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1887.

Evening Star, Issue 7385, 3 December 1887, Page 2

The Evening Star SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1887.

Our to-day’s supplement contains correspondence, book notices, an article on the treatment of gold ores, and it quantity of interesting matter.

Cain’s body has been found in Taurangfl, Harbor.

Mr John Roberts has been re-elected chairman of the Tiieri County Council Samuel Clegg has been committed for trial on the charge of the manslaughter of Deweson, Prisoner asserts that he did not strike deceased.

Hoani Kahu died on Tuesday last at the Arawhenua pah, Temuka, at the reputed age of 110 years. For many years he has been perfectly helpless, but his intellect had suffered but slightly. He was a warrior and a statesman, and was present when the attack on Kaiapoi pah was made by Te Ruaparaba. The Taieri County Council are determined that if the roads under their jurisdiction are to be used by heavily laden wool waggons there shall be some return for the money expended on road maintenance, and to that end have derided to impose a toll of L 5 on every four-wheeled waggon passing over the Main S-.nh road.

The K location Department has notified the Boards that the Government do not intend to renew the vote for “ Training of teachers, L 8,000”; that consequently there will be no special grants on account of training of teachers after the end of the month of November; that after the current quarter the payments to Boards wiil bp calculated upon the “ strict average ” attendance, and not upon the “ working average.” A young woman, a domestic servant, was charged at the Timaru Police Court oti Thursday with attempting to commit suicide near Pleasant Point on the 20th nit. She had swallowed a quantity of bluestone, but expressed regret for her rash act after Dr Hayes #ad been called in to see her. She bears the highest character, and is a most respectable girl, with respectable friends. Inspector Broham asked the Bench to bind her over in her own recognisance, and the Bench bound her over in the sum of L2O for one year. The entertainment at the Lyceum Hall last night in aid of the prize fund of the Union street School was a pronounced success, the building being crowded. ’ The kinderspeil went off very well, and created plenty of merriment; there was a musical olio contributed to by Messrs J. B. Kirk and W. Morrison; Mr Fraser recited; and a farce—“ Twenty Minutes with a Tiger”— wound np the entertainment. Pieces of the last-mentioned kind ought to be chosen with c»ee, as ft very undesirable that childrens’ ears should bp by improper expressions. The prize fund will benefit to the extent of over Writing from London to a friend here, an old Dsnsajp resident says: “We have just had our jubilation over Stout’s defeat. You know I like the man in spite of his faults but this alliance with Yoga} hn,B tried my estimate of Sir Robert immensely, I never did believe in Sir Julius’s patriotism. He exploits office for himself too clearly for my approval. Economy he does not understand. His bottom prinriples—save the. roarjt—wo radically opposed to Stout's, and Stout has pafd t,he penalty for his impatience. No colonial living in England can be indifferent to the injury a speculative policy does to New Zealand. Retrenchment and economy must be the order of the. day. Now Stout is shunted Vogel must go, i and Sir John Hall with some now blood must take the reins. I see that Stewart stood for Dunedin West as a doubtful (he never wu anything else), and we are most anxious to.know whether he was successful or not.” i ,

We are obliged to hold over the High School sports and other matter. W. Rolleston’o house rt Panmure, burned on the 29tb ult., was insured in the Union Office for Ll5O. In response to a requisition, M r Leary has consented to be nominated as councillor for High Ward, for the vacancy caused by Mr Dawson’s election to the Mayoralty. , Consequent upon the determination of the Government to discontinue the vote for the training of teachers, the Auckland Board of Education have announced the termination of the engagement of the staff of the training college. There is good reason for thinking that the rumor current in Wellington yesterday about the safety of the lonic was a canard, circulated by some maliciously disposed person. The agents of the Company have been advised of tiie vessel’s arrival at Plymouth last week. The Otago Regatta Committee met yesterday evening ; Mr E. G. Allen in the chair. It was resolved to add to the programme a race for yachts of five tons and under. The secretary announced that satisfactory arrangements had been made with the Railway Department for cheap fares on the day of the regatta, and that subscriptions were coming in freely. Messrs Chick and Cooper announced their intention of giving a cup to he competed for in the dingy race ; and it was decided that the course for the yacht race he twice round the Timaru lightship and back. The allocating of prize money will ne considered at next meeting and duly advertised. The following officers were then appointed:—Commodore, Captain W.Thomson; vice commodores, Captain A. Cameron and Mr L. 0. Beal ; judges, Captains 11, Anderson and Boyd, Dr Belcher, and Messrs J. R. Monson and J. Mill; umpire, Captain M‘Cullum ; starter, Captain Watson. We have to acknowledge receipt from Mr J. B. Kirk, hairdresser, George street, of a pictorial almanac for 1888. Tho meetings at the Lyceum on Sunday evenings will commence at eight o’clock instead of 7.30 as before.