DUNEDIN.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6533, 24 December 1887, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

December 23.

I At the* Dook Trust meeting to day, Mr Elder, who weot Home to float the loan, gare in hia r»port. He stated that he had made arrangemtnts to float the loan •t par when the Harbor Board's circular opposing it get into circalatioa. AH arrangement* bad then to be broken o(T, and be had to start anew. He eventusllj succeeded in placing the loan with a gead firm, but the price is only SO.

The Meanest mm on rsoord is the one who gave hi* wife aa alarm elo«k for a Christmas present to enable her to get up etrlj la the morning •ad baild the kitchen 4»»

OAMARU HARBOR BOARD. ♦ A epeeial Masting of the Beard we* held yeaterday, when ther* w*r» proevat : Mvttrv Sumpttir (obarman), D-ilglelah, Flemiog, Gllchrilat, Allaa, Raid, Mjulot*, and Cbriatle. Tbe mlnu J ei or laat meeting war* read tod coof ra*d, and tbt oatward **rr**- , ponden** wee reed end approved.' A vote of tlieake vm paaaed to th* •r.Atrmau for th« trouble ht bad UkM in , connaetion with (k* lowa bflL Mr EL C*ocell, v agent for Ik* Rt- ( frigfrattag Company, wroto uktiß that , th* Board take utepe to here th* " ia,att« ; Urt " on the b*a*b removed, m they e«* eutooed a good deal of aaooyaa** to Ibt •oaapany throug k treapaaeing on the com* pany'a property, I Ou tht motion of Mr Gilohrtat, **ooadtd > by Mr Flaming, It wm reaolred that tbo , matter bo pat ta tbt hande of tbo Board* eoitettorc to teks immediate atop*. It waa itated by tha obalraaaa that after taking oil tha right-of-way at tha north of Mr CoaQail'a atoro than would 1 ba only flra fecit of Uod loft. Tba obalr> > maa aald th»r* had baoa as application 1 for tka plaoe of Uod. A letter waa reI oeired from Mr Haoaay in reply to • aomnaioiaatlon frban tba Board on tba •abjtot of handing tha land ortt to tka . Board. It waa daoldwd to raply to Mr flaoaif on the ■object, and to deal with tba mat tar al a fa tore meeting, ■ Tha following lattar waa reoeivad from 0 Mr A. 8. P«r*oo, who wrott on kckalf of Maaara Taaohoaiaktr aod Rltoqie witk Q rafaroaea to tba rakkit ptet on the O ••»• tata no : — I have dalayad replying to you lattar of * tba lfth inetaat to Maura reeohemeker aad g Httohle mtll Mr Brydoae had patd a rUit tt c tha ran, whloh ba had hi ooatemplatioo, _ aad haa now eqieomplhhed. It apjptera that , I errata h»d b«ea tamed oot oa Ottaaatata » manyyaara ago, and for aomo time they appa»rad to ka*ip tka rabbi ta la oheok, bat latterly tka r«nblta ebtaioed the •apreeaaoy, and this Uak winter the farreta appear to have taken «o aaMoi tha pot'ooad rabbita, , aa thay have lieeo fooad dead all orar too d ma ; to. la thi faoe of this, It wovld be a 18 w»ate of nooay to tarn oat ferreta there. With regtrd to atoata and waaaala, It would do little or no good to the preeeat teaaata having them iarned oat, aa tha loaaa kaa only throe ye»ira to ran ; bat tf tha Board la jr willing to aatiiit in keeping down the pott, I t. tbink it wonld bo bait dona by granting ft c bonnt to tha laaaoaa oa tha akina aollaoiad on 31 the ran 16 It waa derided to remit tb* matter to >c the aommltteo appointed to deal with tha ). Bubjaot. m A treaaary not* for £364 8i Si waa rost caivad. Corroapoodane* with rafarane* to tba Oamtrn Harltonr Board Loan aad Oon* , aolidetloo Bill waa r*ad. The oorraapon* d danoa waa bit ween tha Ohalraaan aad i» Maaara H'alop and Miller m to tb* t*rnM i« of the Bill, and to tb* altar atioaa that to bad k**n mad* In it by tb* Upper it H*ai*. _ Tb* qaoation of atriklof a rate to moat 8 tba lntarart on th* propoaad £40,000 loaji wae conafderod. Tha Chalrnntn aald thay woald raqair* '. th* whole £40,000, and th* qv**tloa wai id wbe her they ahoald atriketb* whol* rat* »q allowad by Uw or not. tf thoy lat*nd*d d to carry on a* a Board It would he eeoen* || tlal that they ahonld git tb* £40,000. If * the powar of O3oaolldatl*n bad boon fir*a tham tfaay would probably bar* aav*d abont 4:1200 a y*ar. Tbia would bar* 9 don* away with tb* ncoeaal'y of th* 8 whol* rate; bat now that tbla faatar* •f th* Bill htid b**n atraak out th* only alternetlTe waa to atrike tha whol* rat*, eran (f thay did not lery it. Mr Riid anid if th* amaaat allowad ky law ware leyled* tb* anaa oollvoad woald be io exeeaa of tka amoaat raqaireaL Tk* SeoreUry aid that would depend on tb* rat* of latereat charged for tk* '* lean. Mr Raid add he had aa doabt that thay " ooald ralee tka money at 5 per eeat. II Mr Gllehriat aaid thay aonld hardly ' deal with the matter of the L I O,OOO nntU ' the ratapayara bad glT*n tk* power to ' rail* th* mon*y. 11 Th* Obalrman aald th* Board maal ' hare th* L 40.000 to o»rry *n with. * Io reply to Mr Obriatle, who witked tk* matter explained, tb* Chairman eatd that the lndebt*dn*a* of the Board wnald not b*fn*r*aa*d by tb* additional £10,00 a Debaotare* had mttared to that aaoaot, ■ ond it waa aimply a re-iwae of the** 1 t* pay the Board'a indebted neee. 1 Aeeennta nmonntiog to L 245 10s 94 r ware paaaed fur payment. * ]t waa propoa«d by Mr Reid, ee*ond*4 1 by Mr Fleming, that th* rat* be thr**« 1 aixteentba of a penny and threepence la | the pound, and that the currency ef tk* '. loan bo 25 year*. — Carried. ' Mr Cbriatlle moved, and Mr Gllehriei aaoonded, that all th* aaoeaury pralial* ' nary atepa be taken by the Board'a aolieitora and aeeretary ta to makiog th* rat*.— -Cirried. , THE MAHEXO SCHOOL « m ' This tohool broke up for tht Chrlatna* holHaya yaaterday afternoon. There we* i a display of the artiatio work of the papil*, i and the large aambtr of riiiton preaent wer* oatertained with aoiga, reetta*iona, and dialogne*. Much tar* waa exbibitea in the nnmeraa* drawiojr* with which th* walla of tb* eebonl bad b*eo eat off, a* ' well at by the floral decoration* of tha •ehoolroomg. All tbia drew ooaim*a> da*ory r*marl(g from tb* vieitor*, aod in noiioiof be drawinft, Mr Crawford, tbo Chairman of the School Committee, aald th«t not only wonld tk* work oemper* favorably witlb any toirn aahool, bat it reflected th* highlit orodlt on tb* t*a*h;er, Mr CiaagroTt. The pro#*odiugi bfgan in Mi» Webeler'a room, wber* thf younger children nnder their miatreaa*a Oireetion aaog' very nicely aome pretty roaodf, th* moat tlrikloß of whloh wai " The Birdie*" Ball. " After a few of the children had rcaited, tb* priate were die* tribnted by Mr Elder. He addraeead a word or two of encouragement to tk* children, eallwd for three ebeera for Mia Weberer and one for tbe holiday*, ant diimiated the children till Wedaeaday, tb* 4tb January. Tboa* who bad oot MeareiU^^ prize* reccirad gift! ; than all were treated with lolliaa ami want gleefully away. Tbt ▼iaitora now withdrew to th* headtneater'* room, where the elder children entertainad them for an hoar with eong and recitation. The *locutlontry effort* of tb* majority of he higher atimdard pupil* ab owed that they had been carefully trained, aad tbJa ataglng wae done io tune and time. Mr Crawford ipok* T*ry hlgaly ef tba way ta whioh th* work of ta* a*hoel had (m*« oirriad on daring tb* paat year. He wai certain the te»chara ware tboroagnJy nb to tbair work, for not ' oily k»d the •ohool paaaed an exe«llent Inapector'a ixamlaation, bat that day they had aeon tb* pupil* exhibiting great proficieoey ia work not taken into aoooont by the examinere at aIL Tbi* waa lodeod a plaaaiog pkaac In tk* work *f th* Maheno Ssheel, and aioti prore rery gratifying to tha parent*. I| mie^it be etated that a Bible know. ledge claaa bad been conducted bY bbc headmaaier for f*%a* aaoat(i« paat. Mr Gowgroy* kaa 1 carried oh. tbia extra wo^k half aif hoar before tbe regulation aehool h^opjr^ and the ihildren atteodlng hare made command kblo, progree* (q their tta-ly qt the B.ible, Che eawfng wa* jsJged *y Iftadaai** Stotfle aod PiUon, aad ihaaa ladl«* «« psaakd ihmmmltm highly ptaMed wUk

th« quality mild nattnest of the work Oh«en biTing been gWe» for the h«dinaittr, Mr Crawford, save out the prlzsi, •nd the following fa tbe LIST :

SUcchru VII.— (Dux of echoel), Wna Ledinchißi. _ St»nd»td Vl.— AnniaM'Leod, 1 ; Wm

Newlandi, 2 ; Charles Bsrr, 3. Standard V.— Thomas Hay, Ij Alice Pinllnson, 2; John Nlcol and Mary Taylor (»qual), 3 ; Beasle Veitch, James Rankln, David Hay, J«mea Burgess, and James Wyll», bon. mention. Standard IV.— Alice Wool, 1 ; Emily Thompson, 2 j Margaret Finlinson, 3 ; Grace Thompson, David M'LBod. Jane Robertson, J&n» Elder, and Daniel Prydo, hon. mentien. Standard lll— Alexander M'Leod, 1; Ernest Still, 2 ; Ada Finlinson, 3 ; Wii liam Davis. Erie H*y, E!fz*beth Dunlop, •nd Mary Curran, hon mention. Standard ll— First division : Jane Rankln, 1 ; Robert Emerson, 2 ; Margaret Thompson, 3 ; Frederick Taylor, Nellis Taylor, Henry Halkett, Fr»uk R.wson, and Robert Mathar, hon mention. Second division : Agnes Thompson, 1 : laabel E.der,2; Mabel Nlool, 3 ; Ann Corcoran, John Marcks, and G»org« Newlands, hon mention. Standard I— Ernest Carrodna, 1; Robert Ledingham, 2 ; Fletcher Taylor, Abraham Wilson, and Charles Norman, 3. Bible Knowledge— Lottie WvlHe (Mr Coserova's prize), 1 ; Annie M'Leod and Dan/el Pryde (Mr Elder's priz?s) 2 ; WUIUm H ewlands (Mrs Coßßgrove's prize), 3. Drawing — William Ledingham, 1; Thorns! Hay, 2; AHoe Ftnlinaon, 3 ; Obsrlss Barr, 4. Standard IV— Alexander Ledioghcm, 1. Standard lll— Ada Finlinson, 1 ; Lottie Wyllie, 2. Bsot Hand Bouquet made up at sohool •—Ada Flnllnson, 1 (a work-basket presented by Miss J. Mitchell, Oamtru). Recitation — Catharine Cossgrove (Miss Webster's prize), 1. Sewing— Anne ML