FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Evening Star, Issue 15480, 30 April 1914, Page 3

FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TO-DAY

! Mr R. -Stout delivered an address on I ' State Education' «at a meeting of the Schoolmasters' Association, under the presidency ot Mr J. S. Park. The- correctness of the principles laid down by the lecturer were opposed by Messrs Montgomery, Macklin, Hawthorne, Russell, and Stubbs. Mr Stout replied, and, owing to the lateness of the hour, the meeting wa~ adjourned for a week.—From the ' Evening Star,' April 30, 1870. ******* Commodore Stirling has been appointed to the Xew Zealand station, and will arrive in the Clio about August to relieve Commodore Lambert.—lbid. ****** 4* At the conclusion of Mr Rolleston'.s meeting at Timaru the following resolution was carried unanimously:—'"That this meeting beg to thank Mr Rolleston for his address, and pledge themselves to support him at the coming contest for the Supe.--intendency ; but at the same time desire to record their protest against the existing Provincial system, it being subversive to the general welfare of the colony, and especially prejudicial to''outlying districts." ******* The report of Mr W. X. Blair, C.E., on I the present condition of the City gasworks I estimated their value as a going concern J at only £ls,ooo.—lbid. , ******* I To-day's firing at North-east Valley de- ' cided the championship of the 40 riflemen who took part in the deciding event—running, at 200 yds. Only 10 (of whom Goldie, Tresseder, Smith, Buchanan, AVcarI ing, and Paton stood foremost) had what might b„e considered a good chance of winning the Belt. Before the firing commenced Goldie stood first by 4 points, Buchanan coming next, Smith third,, and Tresseder fourth. Goldie fired in the front squad, obtaining a total of 15 with eight shots ; Smith got 12 with nine shots; | Buchanan 15 with a like number of shots : Wearing 17 with eight shots ; and Paton 18 with, nine shots. Tresseder fired in the last batch, and required 25 points to win I and 24 to tie Goldie. He commenced J well, scoring four centres in succession: I then followed five outers, bringing his score up to 22. He had loaded and had almost 1 leached the firing-point to commence another round when the bugle sounded to cease firing. Thus it was that Lieutenant Goldie pulled off the Belt, Tresseder coming second. ******* In the Running Match Hazard captured first prize of £9 with a total of 26. Cameron, Renouf, and Kirby, having scored 25 each, had to shoot off, with the result that Cameron (Canterbury) took second prize of £8 and Renouf (Napier) third of £7. The first prize (£5) in the Consolation Stakes went to Liddle, Boardman gaining second of £4 10s and Wearing third of £3. The first prize in the Cadets' Match fell to Hestie (Canterbury), £6; Reed (Middle District School, Dunedin) taking second of £5, and Smith (Dunedir. High School) third of £4. Another Smith. hauing from Canterbury, was top scorer, but was disqualified for being over the age of 17. ******* The Belt carried with it a gold medal and cash prize of £4O. Goldie, in his five matches, totalled 180, Tresseder 177, Buchanan 175, Wearing 165. Of the finish the local chronicler wrote :—"We feel sure that the people of this province must feel gratified that for the fourth time the. Champion Belt has by an Otago marksman, and we feel equally sure that everyone must be glad that ifc has been borne ofi by Lieutenant Goldie, for it will fte remembered that he was the highest scorer last year, but the General Government did not include the Belt in the competition. . . . It is remarkable that the 10 highest scorers are all South Island men—the three foremost aro Otago representatives—while the, highest North Island man only obtained the same aggregate number of points as the lowest South Island man. Equally remarkable is. it that Volunteer Maddison (Auckland) should be the highest aggregate scorer, and yet not have won a single prize. It may not be generally known that Dunedin was chosen as the locale of this year's competion purely in compliment to her marks men, as having invariably attained the premier position."