The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896.

Evening Star, Issue 9911, 24 January 1896, Page 2

The Evening Star FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1896.

The Round Hill, Akatore, and Waitati School Committees have nominated Messrs Mackenzie and Green for the Education Board vacancies; the Ettrick Committee, Messrs Gallaway and Mackenzie; and the Blue Spur and Miller Flat Committees, Messrs Green and Mackenzie. The Land Office at Dunedin reports the following transactions during the week : Allotment 4," Puketapu, 72a lr 26p, selected by James Cochrane under the lease-in-perpetuity system at an annual rental of 8s 9d per acre ; section 19, block 3, Akatore, 66a 26p, selected by Andrew Higgie under the Bame system at a capital value of 10s per acre.

Lecturing upon Prohibition at Nelson last week, the Rev. F. W. Isitt said that from North Canterbury to InvercargiU there was very great reason to believe that they would carry " no license " within a large part of that area. He had hopes that the Prohibitiomists would carry the poll at Kaiapoi, Aahburton, and Timaru. Dunedin would probably carry " no license," and right away to Invercargill. He ventured to prophesy that Clutha, where a spurious Prohibition had been tried, would reaffirm its vote for Prohibition by a strong majority.

Mi*J Lilian Edger's lecture on 'Theoaophy in its Teachings as a Guide to Life' was delivered to a fairly numerous audienoe, consisting mainly of ladies, at the Stuart street Oddfellows' Hall last evening. The lecturer treated her subject in an interesting manner, and her illustrations, were &pt and homely. The central tefafchftig of Theosophy, she said, wtfa that there was one Divine Sowce of everything, from which the whore universe proceeded, and every» thing in the universe was animated by a ray, as it were, from the one Divine Source. The Theosophical teaching wa3 that we should make ihe aara, or sort of atmosphere produced about us by our thoughts, so pure and full of good and holy thoughts that those who came iu contact with ua might be helped rather than hindered in their efforts to live a higher, nobler, and bettor life. On Mr Colclough's motion the thanks of the meeting were accorded to the lecturer for her address, and it was announced that Miss Edger would lecture on Sunday night on 1 Theosophy and Religion.'

Mr Jameß Campbell and Mr John Blair preach in Farley's Hall this evening at 7.30. The Union street, Normal, and Caversham Schools will reopen on Monday, January 27. Messrs Dalgety and Co. send us the Stirling Bonding Company's (Gaelic whisky) almanac. The High street School will reopen on Tuesday. 7he school excursion will be to Outram by rail on February 8. At St. Joseph's Cathedral to-morrow morning, at seven o'clock, there will be a requiem mass for the late Right Rev. Bishop Luck. The Dunedin Shakespeare Club re&ume their weekly meetings in the Chamber of Commerce to-morrow evening, when ' Henry VIII,' will be studied.

The bootmakers' picnic is to bo held at Blueskin to-morrow. v lhe party leave by special train at 9 a.m., and tickets may be obtained on the railway platform.

It was Mrs Charles Matheson who was concerned in the maintenance case of Matheson v. Matheson, heard in the Police Court yesterday, and decided in the wife's favor.

The Craydon and "Wood's Surprise Party give an entertainment in the City Hall tonight. An attractive programme has been presented, and the cleverly-trained dogs of Mr Wood will be shown.

Attention js 'directed to the extended timetable tor s.s. Pioneer for Saturday. To-morrow is the Twt day t f the holidays, and, as a sham fight to take place at La-vyer Head in the afternoon, the ferry will no doubt, receive special patronage. For the London Bellringors and Faust Family's season, commencing on Monday at the City Hall, the tariff of prices of admission has been fixed at a scale which should suit all theatre patrons to a nicety. Two sh'llines will be charged to the dress circle, one shilling to the stalls, and sixpence to the pit. We have to thank the Government Printer for a pamphlet descriptive of the Hanmer sanatorium, and giving directions how to get theie. These hot bprings are now quite easy of access, and if their merits were better known would be more frequently visited than they are. The Government are doing tho right thing in widely circulating literature on the subject. The Dunedin Regatta Committee notify in this issue a long Hat of shopkeepers and others from whom tickets for the illuminated aquauc display, to be held on the wharf next Tuesday evening, can be bought. The railway authorities are also delaying the ton o'clock train to Port Chalmers for fifteen minutes to enable the Port people to Bee the finish of the disp'ay, which is expected to be over by ten

At the Garrison Hall to-morrow night the Dunedin Burns Club celebrate the 136 th anniversary of the poet's birth with a splendid concert, at -which tho leading talent of the City will sing a number of the gems of Scottish song. The choir, under the direction of Mr J. 13. Fergusson, will assist, aud early in the evening tho Hon. T. Fergus will deliver an address. Train 3 will leave for Mosgiel and Tort Chalmers after the concert.