SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 420, 1 September 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(FROM our own CORRESPONDENTS.) . * DUNEDIN. September 1. The memorial to his Excellency the Governor in reference to the High Schools says the memorialists l.elieve the action of the-Board to be ar'oitiary and unjust towards the Rector, and the arrangements it proposes respecting the future management of the Girls' establishment are such as to shake all confidence in its future success. The memorialist! therefore ask his Excellency to appoint an independent Commission to inquire into the circumstances connected with the proposed alterations, and in the meantime to take steps to prevent any further action on the part of the Board towards giving effect to such changes. Mrs. Burn writes to the Board covering her own and the resignations of all the teachers under her txeept one, adding, "The tone and spirit of articles published in the newspapers, and of the letters admitted into them since the new arrangement was made, show that, in addition to hard work and many ditliculties, I should have to combat with strong opposition, which would materially hinder the successful fulfilment of my duti s. I therefore positively decline to hold the position any longer than to the end of the present sission." The High School Committee have requested Mrs. Burn and the other teachers to hold their resignations in abeyance until an opportunity has been given for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, which the Committee will cordially support. The papers teem with severely personal letters on the subject. Mr. Gillies, replying to some ot them, says : " The coarseness of character indicated in the making of such remarks as those permitted in regard to young and unoffending ladies, marks out the persons as better deserving of the horsewhip than any other notice." Dr. Stuart says that if the writers would only give their names, King Lynch woin.l find enough subjects in tue city to call them to account. Altogether, there is a very pretty storm brewing. The Deborah Biv tunnel has been handed over to the Government. Gricrsou, charged with embezzlement, has been remanded. The pros cuting counsel stated that the prisoner's defalcations had been discovered to be over L4OO. The dinner given to the football team was a great success. Bishop Neville presided. " The High School affair 1 as been still further complicated by Mr. Pope refusing to accept the proffered appointment. The Standard Insurance Company shows L2(i,000 to the profit account. A dividend of !»1. i>-r »».■.»•- >.. is been oe-oi-.n-ori. It was also decided to divide LoOOO as a bonus amongst the sharehohbrs an I the insurers, and to eirry 1-3333 forward to the profit and loss account. ♦ WELLINGTON'. September 1. Mr. Curtis, in the course of his speech on the Education Bill, yesterday afternoon, intimated that he intended moving an amendment in the Bill which would give the Roman Catholics the power of managing their own schools and selecting t''eir own books, subject to the approval of the Inspector. This alteration in the Bill will give, to the Catholics a right to share in the. benefits likely to accrue from tie pissing of the Bill without in any way acting in opposition to their religious convictions. Several members have already expressed themselves favourable to the amendment, which will most probably be carried.