The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1888.

Evening Star, Issue 7412, 6 January 1888, Page 2

The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1888.

Mr H. Clark has Iw*tt reappointed a moraber t>f the Otago Lahd Board. It is probabla that Sir John Hall will represent the Colony at the New South Wales Centenary celebration. By the burning down of the Tangatorua Hotel, at Northern Wairoa, the Union Office lose L 317, the Norwich Union L2OO, and a German office L 133, The vessels of the fleofc Bailed from Auckland yesterday for Wellington, en route for Sydney. The Raven has gone to the New Hebrides to relieve the Swinger, which joins the fleet at Sydney. The Order-in-Council raising the school age of children and declining to retain ■children at school after passing the Sixth Standard has been revoked.

The annual examination of teachers, and also those for the Civil Service examinations, commences on Monday. Orne thousand and fifty candidate have announced their intention of competing.

The medical examiners have awarded to Mr B. C. Barclay the University's prize of L 3 3s for the best examination in clinical medicine. Mr E. A. Alexander has obtained a prize of the same value on the surgical sido. The Southern gold escort arrived in Dunedin by the 7.15 p.m. train yesterday in charge of Sergeant-major Bevin and bank officers M'Adam and Faulkner, and brought down eight boxes and one bag of gold, valued at L 28.000.

• The Tomboy,' the last nights of which are announced, was witnessed last night by a large audience, who frequently testified their approval of Miss Swain and the company supporting her. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is to be revived next week.

Ministers have not yet had an opportunity of eonsidering any comprehensive scheme of retrenchment, but it is known that many considerable reductions are sure to be made, and, with the view to facilitating the changes which will be proposed for consideration, a large number of officers in Various departments have already received formal notice of the termination of their engagements. The Hon. T. Fergus, Minister of Defence, has during yesterday and to-day made tin inspection of the forte and defence Works in the neighborhood of Port Chalmers and Dunedin. He was accompanied by Mr Watson (the local Defence Engineer), Major Goring, Captain Hume, and Colonel Wales. Yesterday was spent in visiting, in the s.S, Plucky, the works at the Heads, while today a visit was mado to the batteries an:l works at St. Clair, the Ocean Beach, and Lawyer Head.

It appears (says the Wellington 'Press') that a coMrctefhfo is likely to arise in connection with the burial of the late Air George Nathaniel John Adams, member of the ' Hansard' reporting staff, who recently met an untimely death at the age of thirtyfive by an accident at the rear of the Wellington Club. The deceased was buried, it seems, on Thursday last, by direction of the executrix, Mrs Osborne, in the Wesleyan Cemetery, but on the next day, also by direction of Mrs Osborne, the body was removed to the Church of England Cemetery by special permit of the Acting Colonial Secretary, and avowedly in accordance with the wishes expressed by Mr Adams on his death-bed. Mr James /Idams, deceased's brother, has, however, since arrived here, and is strongly opposed to the latter place of burial, asserting that it is not in accord with the desires of either his late brother or himself. Consequently, ho expresses his intention of applying for permission to once more exhume the body and re-bury it in the Wesleyan " God's Acre." There the matter rests at present.

Caledonian Society psy prizewinners at Wain's Hotel this evening. We thank Mr Huir.ffray, of George street, for an exceedingly neat card almanac.

Sir Robert Sfrut will lecture in the Lyceum Hall on Sunday 011 "Signs of the Times. The boroughs of! Maori Hill and South Duncdin have fixed the dog reg'utration fee for the year at 10s, The Railway Department have arranged to run a cheap excursion to Queenstown on Wednesday next. Particulars are advertised.

Visitors invited to visit Braithwaite's book arcade. Princes street. The finest s : ght in New Zealand. No one asked ti buy.- [Advt.]