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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1061, 13 September 1879, Page 2

It was mentioned by Ml'cauie at last night's meeting of the School Committee that the late Miss Thomas' cla?.s. numbering '.Hi pupils. passed, with the execpuon of four, in every .subject at the late yearly examination l>y the Inspector o: Schools. It id seldom that teachers advance their .■•jiiolars as Mi :s Tiioucv* appears to have done. The death of a child under ]-:i : n-';l circi::n.itarovd has been reponed from Waimatc. ii;: e .-ir.ce the wi'c of a mart named 1 >:i! ii w-.s io the Lunatic .A.-yliun, •v. i th.r inii'ctrn.'ite h>is!;.".;id was left with a faniilv Mirnil eh'Mren tf> :uterul to. '1 he yitt!!!-e.-t ••! these, a child months old. ha : icen ir.u-Iy .niiTc.liig !■:om whooping ftjiigh. and a few nig'ist.s :;'nee it was s'.eep- • Hii in the ,<a>.!ii: bed a.s M'\ I'il.'on. Til the ixir.niiitg Mr. Dillon i': : >eove;ed viiat the •:h;id had died dp ill;.' ihe Medical iM vcalled in. and death was pronounced to have been caused by convulsions. It has not been decided whether an inquest will be held or no?. We are reminded that Mr. J. K. Brown will lecture on Monday evening next 011 "Life Insurance" at the New Tees-street Hall. Ilia Worship the .Mayor will preside,

and several well-known clergymen an<l others are expected to take part in the meeting. Mr. Drown, we presume, will endeavor to show the superiority of the Government scheme of insurance over the others, and as the meeting is a public one, it will be quite within the bounds of propriety, and, indeed, would be very praiseworthy, if some of those interested in rival schemes would take up the cudgels on their own behalf. Mr. Brown, the Government a-ent and lecturer, we should think, would have no objections to this, and the public would be afforded a fair opportunity of jutl'_'ini_ r as to the merits of the various insuranee institutions. Wo hope that there i will l<e a large attendance. Services will be conducted in W e.sley Church to-morrow, morning and evening, by the Itev. 11. Dews bury. In the evening the subject will be :, Thc Prophet's mission." The Western Australian line is interrupted west of Port Liueoln. The townships of Hampden and W aiinate have been declared boroughs under the Municipal Corporations Act. In a very short time the residents of those places will he called up"n to elect Mayors and Town Councils. We congratulate our neighbors upon having at length attrined to the dignity of boroughs. It is announced that in future the services in connection with the Congregational ('imrcii. meeting in the Old Tees-street Hall, will be conducted by the Ilev. J. Staples. The headquarters companies of the N.O. \ . turned out in strong force last night, and were inspected at the Volunteer Hall bv Major Steward. The following was the parade state : Staff: Major Steward, Sergt.-Major MTherson. Artillery : Capt. Morton, 4 Sergeants, 34 gunners—total oi). Band, 19. No. 1 0.11.V. : Capt. Sumpter, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Sergeants, -!'2 men—total O.C.C. : Lieutenant Procter, 1 SubLieutenant, -i .Sergeants, IS Cadets—total •_>;{. Grand total, 119. After inspection the various companies, headed by the Artillery liand, which lias made very great progress of late, had a march out as far as the Town Boundary and back to the drillshed, when they were dismissed. The people were to-day favored with a view of a magnificent Clydesdale stallion, just imported from Scotland by Mr. Trestiail, aud purchased from him privately by Mr. Menlove, of Windsor J/arli. He is beautiful, thick-set, and short-breasted, a little less than 10 hands 3 inches in height, ami was bred by John Henderson, Ksq., of Parkmains. His name is Prince \ ictor, and was got by the celebrated Prince of Wales. We hear that Mr. Trestrail refused an offer of 900 guineas in Melbourne for this line auimal. The first annual scirae of the Waitaki Sunday School Union took place last evenr ing iu the Now Teeststreefc Hall, the Ilev. A. B. Todd occupying the chair. About 54 teachers partook of tea, which was provided in a capital style by Mr. J. M.'lvenzte. After the tables had been cleared away a hymn was sum:, aud the Chairman then briefly addressed the meeting on Sunday Sciiool v, o.k in general. Tile Bev. Mr. Parley read a paper on "Sabbath School Work,'' which was verv interesting, and which caused some very tisuelv remarks from a number of the teachers present. Mr. Daniel Booth also ! ;• p..pcr on " Sunday School U'.nous,' ! which was well received. Ihe election Oj j <>rriec-bcars then took place, and resulted as I follows llev. Mr. Barley, president .: Mi 1 . | t 'uiinii'.L'i::',T!!. vice-president: M;. ('ottrcll. j treasurer; Mr. Milligan, secretary : tl'.e {Committee to consist of two teachers from j each school. After the Benediction, the j meeting, which was a most successful and eniov.'lble one. dispersed. It is hoped by the | p'omotu'S that all the Sabbath Schools in | the- Coi'.nlv will avail themselves of the ! orivileu'es of the Union. which, we believe, I will be of great service to all Sabbath School ' teachers. | A meeting of the (>ama";i Schools Conii ;>,::tee was held last evening, at the Secrei la-'v's oiiice. There were present--Messrs. 1 X. Fleming (Chai'-man), Hc.-dman, Montagu, i Smith, aud Hardy (Secretary.) .dr. Peaitie. j Rector of the H-h School, was also present. ! After tl'.e minutes had been confirmed, a j letter f'-om the I lector of the High School j was read, announcing the sudden death of | Miss .lane F.lison Thomas, one oi the assistant mistresses, and it was re- >!v-id, ''That i a letter of condolence and sympathy with the vottng lady's family be i'"i 1 warded, and that on the minutes of the committee there .-houhl he recorded the deep regret felt a the death of Miss Thomas, and the high appreciation of that lady s conduct in tin: capacity she filled in the school." The Secretary was directed to write to the Kducation Board, asking that the necessary .steps should be taken to fill the vacancy oeaasioned by the death of Miss Thomas. A letter from Mr. Lindsay, head master of the North School, was read, asking for permission to hold a musical entertainment in aid of the school library and gymnasium. Permission was readily granted. Mr. .1. 1. Kvans having resigned his seat on the Committee, Dr. Garland was, on the motion of Mr. Herdman, seconded by Mr. Smith, chosen to fill the vacancy. A few small accounts having been passed for payment, the Committee rose. According to the Post, on the day of the Wellington City election a number of persons were " run in" for throwing small bags of flour among the crowd which had collected in front of the polling-place on Lambton Quay. Several of them had gone to work in a systematic manner, and made extensive preparations for the "sport." In the pocket of one of them no fewer than seventeen little hairs of Hour were found. The pocket of another gentleman contained eight neatlyfolded packages of soot. A third person had several turnips and potatoes on his person, and a fourth had a large tin match-box containing a number of living cockroaches, but he could not be got to explain what ho intended doing with them.