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New Zealand Mail, Issue 756, 27 August 1886, Page 20

The case Dowsetfc v. Bolton, arising out of the recent prosecutions by the Board of Health in connection with the well-known Tinakori-road nuisance, was decided in the Supreme Court last Friday against the plaintiff, who failed to prove his case.

A discovery of great antiquarian interest has been made in Ross’ Court, Aberdeen. Three feet under the surface some laborers came upon a large bronze urn filled, to the brim with silver money, and containing 15,000 coins. They are all English money of the reigns of Edward I. and 11., and are supposed to have been part of the booty secured during one of the raids into England during the thirteenth century.

Not often is it that so important a sale of landed properties in the Tborndon district of that the city of Wellington is announced as for the 10th of September, when Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., acting under instructions from the Trustees and Executors in the estate of the late Mr James Martin, will offer for absolute sale some properties of special importance to investors in that locality. The first lot i 3 the valuable corner site opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, with 61ft frontage to both.Moles.worth and Pipitea-streets. Close adjoining this property are two houses fronting Molesworthsfcreet and adjoining Mr D. Chisholm s store. Then follow two houses and an allotment in Sydney-street, which also are sure to have a number of admirers.

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Education Board, the following letter was received from Mi J. Mackay, vice-president of the Wellington Caledonian Society “ The Chairman Board of Education. Sir,—l have the honor to inform you that the Caledonian Society of Wellington intends to offer for competition in December next two scholarships—one for boys, tenable at Wellington College, and one for girls, tenable at the Girls’ High School and that the Presideut (Mr Duthie) intends to offer one for boys, tenable at the College. These scholarships will be open to the children of all who are members of the Society, and will be of the annual value of £l2 10s each. They will be tenable for two years, a period that may be extended in cases of marked ability. The limits of age and subjects of examination will be the same as for Education Board scholarships. This being so, the Society hopes that the Board may see its way to undertake the conduct of the examination, and has requested me .to ascertain whether such a course is practicable. I am sure the Board will appreciate the action of the Society and the generous liberality of its President, and will do what it can to give effect to the Society’s wishes in regard to the examinations.” It was decided to write thanking the Society, and accepting the offer conditionally on the examinations for the scholarships being made in conjunction with the Board’s ordinary examinations.