THE DAILY OTAGO TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1891.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9117, 16 May 1891, Page 2

THE DAILY OTAGO TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1891.

When the University Council determined to approach the members for the city only on behalf of the School of Mines it made a mistake. Why the city members 1 it has been asked. Surely the country, and more especially the goldfields representatives have most to do with, are most directly interested in, the prosperity of the School of Mines. It would have been wiser to request all the South Island members, and especially those from the West Coast, to endeavour to aid this school, which draws its pupils from every part of the South Island. The inconvenience of such a course was no doubt greatly against its adoption, but we trust that before the House meets steps will be taken to bring the matter of a Government subsidy under the immediate notice of all the members of Parliament in this part of the colony. The real truth of the matter is that though for convenience sake the School of Mines, to be of the greatest use, must be located close to the University, the students are by no means, men of the city, but emphatically and distinctly of the mining community. During the last vacation we believe that every student disappeared out of the city, and undertook the practical work of a miner, getting his 8s or 9s a day like any other of the hands. There is certainly nothing of the pale ascetic bookworm, the man of books and theories, about the students in our school here. The practical work which they undertake in the laboratory means taking their soat3 off, dirtying their hands, and smbraces an amount of manual labour which would probably surprise those tvho have not visited the school, [mmediately the last session was over jne student proceeded to Denniston, jn the West Coast, another to the Dtago Central, another to Allandale, md another to the Thames, in order to mlarge their experience and see that

work in operation which they had previously learnt about at leoturo time. We have also reason to know ia several instances that these young men were found to be among the smartest hands employed in the various mines, and that the scientific knowledge they possessed enabled them to work intelligently and well in the various positions they occupied. Now, wo bavo not scrupled from time to time to find fault with soino of the work carried on in the University and point out remedies that might bo applied, but wo feol bound to speak in the warmest terms of commendation of tho excellent work done in the School of Mines. Everybody who has paid attention to the subject will admit that in Professor Ulrich we have got a teacher second to none in tho Australian colonies, and probably not more than equalled in Great Britain and Germany. It is too early to suy anything yet concerning the new metallurgical lecturer, Mr Wilkinson, but judging by his past career we have been fortunate in securing his services. It does seem too bad, that just when the school has been fairly well equipped for work, it should be threatened with a blow so serious as that apparently aimed at it by Mr Seddon. Mr James Allen put the matter very fairly when he said " during late years a great deal more life and more utility had been imported into the teaching by the appointment of other teachers, and by the students visiting and working at mines. In fact the instruction given here was infinitely better than in any school in the Australasian colonies, ao much work being done, he very much regretted to hear that Mr Seddon had said that he could not see his way to grant the usual subsidy of LSOO, without which he was sure they could not carry on the School." The very interesting account given by Dr Stuart of the past history o£ the School will not be without its effect on the public mind. It is nearly 20 years since the Provincial Executive urged on and substantially helped in the creation of a School of Mines here, and was fairly met by the University Council. The first step was the appointment of Professor Ulrich to be director of the school; while Professors Black, Gibbons, Shand, and Parker are all giving lectures in connection with its curriculum; and lecturers upon metallurgy, applied mechanics, general geology, and mine and land surveying are especially appointed and paid out of the University funds in order to complete the school in all its parts. It cannot be denied that the University has fully and honourably carried out its part of the agreement with the Government in 1876. It would be a distinct breach of good faith, to say nothing of the impolicy and unwisdom of such a step, if Government were now to refuse the grant, relying upon which the School of Mines has been steadily and persistently pushed forward. But as we have already said, we ground the claims of the School of Mines rather on its practical utility than on the implied promises of previous Ministries. Mr Seddon himself seems impressed with the utility of schools of this description in general, and just the other day suggested that Mr Wilkinson's services should be obtained at the School of Mines at the Thames during part of his vacation. We do not approve of the suggestion. It would be far better to appoint another metallurgist to the Thames School, both gentlemen being left free during their vacations to travel through the goldfields of the colony and study the practical conditions under which mining is being carried on. It is, we believe, as essential for the lecturer as it is for the student to divide his time between the scientific and practical side of mining. It is estimated by those best qualified to juc'ge that only one-half the gold is saved, the other moiety being lost through careless, wasteful, or ignorant manipulation. If some student from the School of Mines would only show us how to save the other half, the whole cost of the school since its initiation would be a mere bagatelle compared with the saving that could be effected in one year in Otago alone. We sincerely trust that the urgent economists of the present Administration will not be permitted to destroy the usefulness of an institution which it has taken 20 years to build up. It is satisfactory to learn that the city members are keenly alive to the situation. Me Solomon was unnecessarily oracular on Wednesday at the meeting of the Benevolent Trustees. Mr Haynes was undoubtedly entitled to the information he asked for, and Mr Solomon's action will cause the public to think there is something to conceal. Mr Haynes simply asked for a return of the number of persons, including children, receiving outdoor relief in April 1890, with the cost, and the nnmber receiving relief in April 1891. Mr Solomon will excuse us for saying that the assertion that the information could not be supplied without extra clerical assistance, is simply incredible. There is either an unwillingness to give it, or the system of recording the names and number of those who obtain relief must be in want cf reform. We assume the applications for outdoor relief are entered in the order in which they are made, ;and presumably every applicant states the number of dependents. To say that it is impossible without extraordinary exertions to furnish this information, is to cause wonder, and possibly suspicion. The sum disbursed for outdoor relief last month was greater than for any similar period since 1886, and Mr Haynes, and the public, have a perfect right to know whether this is due to increased destitution or to a greater expenditure per head. Mr Solomon furnished the information for the first four months of 1890 and 1891, and showed that the number of persons receiving relief was 48i, an increase of G2 adults and 59 children on the numbers for 1890, and that the cost per head was Is 9d per week, as against Is Gd. The figures point to an increase of destitution and an increase in the cost, and it is perhaps a little surprising that Mr Haynes should appear ignorant of this, more especially as he is treasurer of the institution and ought to have special opportunities of knowing. If he has some undisclosed reason for the request he has made, and he and Mr Solomon are only fencing, he should now make it openly known, and Mr Solomon would be wise to have the outdoor relief book so kept that anyone interested can ascertain in a few minutes how many persons are receiving aid in this form. ♦— .

The departare this week of Mr C. Y. ] O'Connor, 0.E., for Western Australia, to fill ' the appointment of engineer-in-cbief for that ' colony, is a distinct loss to New Zealand, and is one of the effects of the insecure ' tenure of Government positions in the * colony. Mr O'Connor has been more widely 1 known in Canterbury and the West Coast £ and northern part of the colony than in l Otago, and he has established for himself a £ reputation as an able, conscientious, and painstaking public servant. In Canterbury he did particularly good work for the Pro- , vincial and General Governments in the superintendence of road construction and railway surveys, and alike iv his capacity as i district engineer of Westland, of Canter- " bury, and of Westland and Nelson combined, and in his more recent and higher „ positions of inspecting engineer for the j Middle Island and marine engineer for the colony, his work has been Jcarried out in a way that entitled it to recognition as the " stepping stone to advancement. The ( Government of Western Australia have C

made a wise selection; but it is pitiable that onr best public servants are being driven away by sheer dread of their fato in a colony they would infinitely prefer to remain in. I£ the present reign of terror lasts much longer, New Zealand will assuredly suffer from tho effects o£ it in a much more marked degree than is anticipated ty most people. n» A ji'EW days sinco a, cablegram announced that Sir Henry James had introduced a bill into the House of Commons which, if passed, would enable members of that Houso to resign tlieir seats without going through the formality of applying for tho stewardship of the Chiltem Hundreds. This curious old custom is, no doubt, familiar by name to most of our readers, but probably few aro acquainted with its history. The Steward of the Cbiltern Hundreds used to be a Crown officer appointed to restrain the robbers who infested tho Ohiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, and when the necessity for the office ceased it was still retained for tho secoudary purposo which It has served for more than a century. As a matter o£ fact;, no member of the House of Commons can resign his seat; but, on the other hand, the seat of every member who accepts a post of emolument under the Crown is at once declared vacant. For instance, as is well known, Cabinet Ministers, on appointment, must seek re-election from their constituents; and (to take a rarer but readier case) Mr W. H. Smith recently applied for re-election on account of his acceptance of the wardenship of the Cinque Ports, vacant through the death of Earl Granville. Now, "the stewardship of Her Majesty's Ohiltern Hundreds, the stewardship of the Manor of Poynings, of East Hendred and Northstead, or the Escheatorship of Munster," are nominal offices to which a very small emolument is attached. They are in the gift of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a member who wishes to rid himself of his seat can apply for one of them. The request is almost invariably granted, though of course it would be refused, if applied for, in a rare case like Captain Verney's. Then the paity whip applies for the issue of a writ for the election of a member for blank in place of Mr Blank, who has " accepted the stewardship of the Ohiltern Hundreds." The new official at once resigns his post, and thus the Chiltem Hundreds is generally vacant for the acceptance of the next member who wishes to be released from his parliamentary duties without recourse being had to the other offices, which anyhow would be available. It is a cumbrous, old world piece of machinery, though perhaps not without a certain charm of antiquarianism to old parliamentarians; and, so far as we know, there is not the slightest reason why the execution of Sir Henry James' sensible proposal should be delayed. Mr Carew discharged the unpleasant duty of settling the ownership of the Anderson fishing medal just as everybody thought he would who knew that the piscatorial authorities had already decided the matter; and surely the gentleman who retained so tenacious a grip of the precious token will rest satisfied with the magisterial definition of that paradoxical direction to "gravitate upwards." The lexicographer who supplied the meaning which enabled Mr Oarew to decide the case is really entitled to thanks for his ingenuity, for surely no one but a manufacturer of dictionaries would have interpreted " gravitate " to mean "to lean," or "have a tendency towards." Certainly, not even a maker of dictionaries would have attempted a definition of the term " gravitate upwards." Seriously.it is much to be regretted that it should have been necessary to take the matter into court at all; as it imparts a mercenary air to a sport popularly supposed to be most of all conducive to geniality and good fellowship. As a rule the authorities set up, and, it must be supposed, mutually agreed to, are competent to settle disputes, and the courts of law should only be resorted to when tho authorities find themselves unable to decide. However, we have no doubt the decision will remove any particle of dissatisfaction which may remain, and that all concerned will now shake hands and be friends. m i Sir William Harcourt's famous saying, "we are all Socialists nowadays," is undoubtedly so far true that, apart from the holding of decided economic theories, general Socialistic views are very widely spread in different classes of society. " Individualist" is assuredly no very popular appellation at present, and consequently a certain interest of novelty and wonder attaches to the perusal of a bold uncompromising defence of Individualism. Such a defence was one of the last productions of Mr Bradlaugh's pen, and appears in the New Review for February. It will be read with comfort by Individualists, if there are any left; while Socialists will at least have the pleasure of criticising. We do not propose either to eulogise or to condemn, but will mention one or two of the great Radical-Individualist's conclusions. " I hold that the Legislature ought not to limit the freedom of the adult individual except to prevent or punish crime, or to prevent, or to give remedy for, damages in the cases of matters which, not being regarded as crime, are admittedly injurious to the life, health,' comfort, or property of the community in general, or of its individual members." A maximum daily period of labour and a minimum daily wage, according to Mr Bradlaugh, are matters for settlement, not by Parliament, but in conciliatory conference between employers and employed ; they ought not even to be decided by a trades union. On the other hand, it is admitted that it may be the duty of Parliament to interfere in the cases of railway workers, &c, where danger is involved to the lives and limbs of others. Mr Bradlaugh objects to the prohibition of foreign pauper immigration, not because he disputes the right of a country to thus prohibit, but because he sees no ground for interposition; and it is interesting to notice that he specially defends the immigrant Jews, whose presence has "in no case been shown to be injurious" to the well-being of British work people. He sarcastically animadverts on the fact that " while the movement, so called Socialistic, is said to be international, there are very strong national antipathies manifested between workmen, who, in various European countries, are found repeatedly appealing to their Governments to prevent the entry of foreign workmen." We have only space for one more quotation, but it is too good to be omitted: " I am not concerned here to discuss Socialism in art, when a Millais is to be spurred by a grandmotherly executive into efforts of genius by award of the like subsistence that will be accorded to the chimney sweep; nor have Ito examine Socialism in literature, where a Buskle, or a Buskin, is to be gladdened by the sustenance paternally doled out iv equal measure to the navvy or the sewer cleaner. ... I think the dead level Socialistic Government roller of like reward for every one, great or small, brave or cowardly, would probably flatten out of sight the whole of the peculiarities of cleverness and genius which sometimes help to serve and illumine the world."

A certainly not inconsiderable modicum of public enjoyment is derived from the bands which are attached to most volunteer corps. They add considerably to the pomp and circumstance of the mimic war in which our brave defenders periodically engage, they lend eclat to public demonstrations, and, last but not least, they diffuse among a large number of the people a musical and consequently an elevating education. They are, therefore, institutions worthy of encouragement. It will be remembered that delegates from numerous colonial bands met in Oamaru last March for the purpose of forming an association. This they succeeded in doing, and the executive has now issued its prospectus, a copy of which has been sent to us. The primary object o£ the association is the encouragement of band music by holding contests, emulation thus being made the motive power, and unusual interest attaches itself to the doings of the associa- ' tion from the fact that Dunedin has been ! fixed upon as the place where the first i contest is to be held during next i November. Visitors to the Exhibition will remember that the band /jontests were among the most attractive features presented in the concert hall, and conferred a pleasure ' which not even the seemingly inevitable after ' recriminations were able to dispel. We join, ' therefore, heartily in wishing the association i prosperity, as the bands, while they are ] already sufficiently ornamental, may from an j educational point of view become even of ( greater value than they are at present. In our supplement this morning will be found s local reports, letters to the editor, an importaut t oaiikruptey judgment by the Appe»l Court, our s Auckland letter, Passing Notes by " Civis," and ( Hher mutter. ( The R.M.S. Kaikoura, with the inward direct \ nails, reached HoWt early yesterday morning, i She will probably reach Wellington by Tuesday, i Messrs : Finkertou, Dawaon, and Earnshaw, t U.H.R's., held a conference with the Caversham r Council last evening with reference to the St. i Dlair wall, but the reault has nob transpired, I

Tho district engineer (Mr E. R. Usaher) intends to visit Catlin's on Monday, and ho hopes c to bo able to have all tho plans and sections of 1: the extra mile of tho Catliu's River railway ready, and to bo in a position to send the additional CO men whom the mayor may select down to the works, on or about the 27th inst., so that they may mako a start at the end of the month. The mayor (to whom the above is communicated in a letter from the district engineer), with the city mombera, will probably meet tho unemployed on the subject in the course of the next few days. The police-constable stationed at Palmerston has reported to Inspector Hickson that a man named Frederick Frodrioksen, who was employed as a miner at the Allandalo Coalpit, Shag Point, met with a nasty accident on Wednesday afternoon. It seems that some trucks among which he was working got loose, and running down an incline jambed Fredericksen against a post and inflioted on him injuries about tho chest and shoulders. He wag conveyed to Palmerston, where Dr Hislop attended to him. Fredericksen is a Swede, about 30 years of age, and unmarried. Messrs John and Thomas Quill, brothers of William Quill, who lost "his life about the middle of January in the attempt to reach the Cleddau Valley by the Lake Gertrude Pass from the Greenstone Valley, arrived in Dunedin on Thursday night, and they waited upon Inspector Hickson yesterday with portions of their brother's skull, identified by.the hair, which were found at the foot of tho precipice over which the unfortunate young fellow must have fallen. They desired to koow whether an inquest would have to bo held, but the coroner, to whom the matter was referred, decided that this was not necessary. The following selections were taken up at the Dunedin Lands Offlco during the past week:— Tuapeka West district, block 8: Section 27,12 a 2r 30p, oaßh price<3os per aore; section 28,5 a2r 24p, cash price 603; section 32,4 aOr 35p, oash price 40s— all taken up by John Hewitt, on perpetal lease. At the special meeting of the Southland Land Board yesterday Mr J. Spenoe, chief surveyor and commissioner, who has been ordered to Weetland, intimated that he had deoided to retire from the service. Speeches very compli-' mantary to Mr Spence were made by the members of the board, and the opinion was expressed that the action of the Government was illadvised. Not a few of out readers will be sorry to hear of the death of Mies Rosalie Macgeorge, the first female missionary sent by the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society to India. Soon after the Now Zealand Baptist Missionary Society started, b\x years ago, Miss Maogeorge, whose childhood and youth were spent in Dunedin, offered herself for miesion work in India, and was sent to Fureedpore, where, in conjunction with the agents of the Baptist missions belonging to the other Australian colonies, she laboured successfully. By the last mail (says the Southern Standard) news reached the officers of the New Zealand Society that she was returning to New Zealand by direction of her medical attendant, and his certificate was enclosed. It now transpires that Miss Macgeorge died while on her return journey, at Kandy, Ceylon, on the 12th of April. It is probable that she did not die altogether among strangers. The Rev. Charles Carter, late of Caversham, Dunedin, and his wife are living in Ceylon, and it is to be hoped that it was at their residence Miss Macgeorge expired. She was the pioneer missionary from New Zealand to India: and, like many other brave men and women, she has lost her life in the work. Much sympathy will be felt with her mother and other relations, who reside in Dunedin. Miss Bacon (a daughter of Mr Bacon, the well-known livery stable keeper, of Dunedin) is another agent of tho New Zealand Missionary Society in India. Previous to leaving Dunedin, Miss Bacon spent a year or two in the Dunedin hospital, in order to fit herself for her self-denying work. Mr G. S. Brodrick, local agent of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, and Mr Pasco, of the Bank of Australasia, yesterday handed to Inspector Hickson cheques for £2 23 from each of these institutions for presentation to Constable Rutledge in recognition ot the vigilance displayed by that officer in detecting an incipient fire in the Bank of Australasia building early on the morning of the 30th ult., and the prompt measures taken by him to extinguish it. The Inspector of Police stated that while the constable had merely performed his doty in the matter he would have pleasure in handing the cheques to him, for there w&9 no doubt that an acknowledgment of that kind was a powerful incentive to vigilance in members of the force. An assault case, involving the right to retain a seat in a railway csriage, and in which there were some unusual and amusing features, was heard before Csptain Preece; R.M. at Waipawa on the 6th inst. The complainant was Dr Mirbach, and the defendant was William Buckley, and the assault arose out of the action of the former iv taking a seat in a railway carriage, which the defendant had temporarily vacated. From the evidence it transpired that on the 18th ult. at Ormondville Dr Mirbach went into the smoking carriage of the express train, containing six seat?, of which five were occupied. He sat down in the remaining seat, in which, he said, there were some newspapers lying, but no other tokens of possession. The defendant subsequently cime in and asked the the doctor to leave the seat, which he refused to do. Mr Buckley then paid Dr Mirbach (according to the latter's evidence) some " compliments," saying he had bad manners, and the doctor admitted ,'a lapsus lingote in replying to this remark, confounding the terms " manners " and morals." Having appealed in vain to Dr Mirbach's " manners," Mr Buckley seema to have resorted to more forcible measures, in which he had the assistance of friends who were travelling in the same carriage. The complainant stated that Mr Buckley started to lay hands upon him, whereupon—with, it would appear, a keen perception of his legal position—be warned him not to do this or |he would sue him. Mr Buckley then got hold of his coat and arm and pulled him, but the doctor resisted, "throwing his weight against him. The defendant was encouraged by the others to "chuck" the doctor out, and they succeeded in unseating him, "leaving him sitting in Mr Buckley's lap, so to say." The defendant's second state was probably more uncomfortable than his first, especially as it seems that the complainant is somewhat obese, and he threatened to run a pin into Dr Mirbach, if the latter did not leave. This, the doctor refused to do, but, " feeling rather enfeebled," he got off Mr Buckley's knee, saying that the other would hear more of tho matter—a promise which was certainly redeemed. The doctor professed to have been, on account of his treatment, rendered unable to perform some surgical operation "through want of steadiness." Under crossexamination, the doctor stated that ho required a good deal of room to sit down in. He admitted tlat Mr Buckley did not take hold of him roughly, and added, that being fat he required careful handling. The bench, in inflicting a nominal fine, which, however carried costs, remonstrated with Dr Mirbach for having brought the case into court. There was no byelaw or rule, though there was a custom, Captain Pearce said, as regarded seats. The plaintiff acted injudiciously in taking the seat after having been warned, bat the defendant was also wrong in not consulting the guard, instead of taking the law into his own hands. One of the other passengers, who had assisted in ejecting the doctori was aUo fined, it being sworn in this case that the defendant had provoked the complainant by calling him a " beast" or a " brute," and by applying to him the equivocal expression, " you're a gentleman, a true Liberal.," The daughters of Mrs A. C. Campbell, Owake, were instrumental last week (according to the correspondent of the Clutha Leader) in saving the lives of two men named M'lntyre and Whitelaw. The men, who are in the employ of Mr T. Brown, were returning from the Big Mill property, and started to cross the river in a light ekiff, which was leaking so badly that in the middle of the river it filled and turned turtle. Both men clung to the boat, and their cries for help were heard by Mrs Campbell, who sent off her second and third daughters—Jeauie mid Mary—in a flatty. M'lntyre, who could swim, carefully caught hold of the stern of the Butty, and partly swimming, got the boat towards Whitelaw, who also caught hold, and with some difficulty got into the boat. In a few minutes Whitelaw was able to take the oars and row ashore, his mate hanging on at the stern, and joth were landed safely, after being about 20 ninutea in the water. The men thanked the jirlß profusely, M'lntyre remarking that under Providence they had saved their lives, '

The Post, in describing the rough weather ixporienced on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday sat says:—" A stiff northerly wiud tset in shortly ifter dark on Saturday, whiob, with slight internitteut showers ef rain, continued till daylight :ho following morning. Sunday was Cue, but justs of wind continued to blow, and these increased as night fell, until about 10 o'clock ' a iving gale' sot in, which still increased as midnight approached, until a perfect hurricane anaued, accompanied with a drenching, blinding rain, which lasted throughout tho night and up to noon on Monday, when the wind moderated somewhat. According to the authorities at the Colonial Museum the velocity of tho wind for the 21 hours' reading on Sunday morning was 405 miles, whilst the force registered for the name period ending Monday morning was 610 miles. The highest register here for the wind in any 24 hours was 900 miles. This latter register has only been reached at Wellington on one occasion." Information has been received that a number of New Zealand students figure prominently in the prize list of tho School of Medicine, Edinburgh University, but the particulars concerning the students of the Otago University are not to hand. Messrs J. B. Thomson, W. Fitzgerald, G. K. Plante, John A. Laing, 8. Morris, W. H. Farkes, Robert Lamb, are all on the list, and also Messrs W. Croabie Hamilton, J. W. Williamß and W. S. Cantrell, old Christ's College boys; Hamilton has taken first-class honours and medal for his position, second in general pathology, besides first-class honours in practical anatomy, Williams, son of Arcdeacon Williams, of Te Aute, Hawke's Bay, is placed fourth, and thereby receives first-class honours in midwifery, and Cantrell has received second-cla3s honours in practical chemistry. A concert in aid of the Caversham Volunteer Fire Brigade was given last evening by the Mohican Minstrels ir. the Oddfellows' Hall, Cavereham. The building was crowded in all parts, and the entertainment, which was of a miscellaneous character, passed off with great suocees, The first part consisted of vocal items, rendered by members of the company, and the performance closed with a couple of sketches and a humorous farce. Messrs Sharp, Hill, Stevenson, and Soofleld fulfilled the duties of cornermen; Mr C. F, Grigg acted in the capacity of interlocutor, and Mr Gf. W. Grigg accompanied throughout the evening. The last of the series of concerts arranged by Signor Squarise and Herr Barmeyer will be given on Wednesday evening. Mr Lohr, agent for Madams Patey, has secured the Garrison Hall for the series of six concerts to be given here, commencing on the 24th of next month. + Messrs James Samson and Co. sell office furniture to-day, at their rooms; also, household furniture and effects. Mr J. T. Ford (in conjunction with Mr W. Bu»a) sella stud Lincoln aheep, draught horses, haoks and ponies, Sea., at Inglewood, Flaxton, one of Mr Threlkeld't farms, on May 23. Messrs Donald Hold and Co. hold a clearing sale at Mr Kerr's farm, Peninsula, on May 23, and one at Hiverslde farm on May 28. Mr John Grindley Bells 1800 ewe» and wethers, at Burnslde, on Wednesday. Mr VV. Quln holds a special sale of 2000 sheep from Brooksdnle, at Tapanui yards, on May 19. Mr Charles Clark sells building business Bites In Cashel Btreet, Cbristohurcb, on May 28. The annual licensing meetings for St. Kllda Park and Mußßelburgh will be held on June 8. Qirton College classes reaume for the second term on Monday. Mr Hugo lectures on "Hoses," on Monday evealng, at the Battray street Oddfellows' Hall. A special range gent's short fashionable overcoats, made from tailoring materials 39s 6deach. Clothing Factory, Ootsgon.—[Adtt] Edkn Gkohob Company (Limited), the le3diog Photographers of Dunedin, will isiue the greatest novelty ever offered to the Dunedin publlo on Saturday, June 6. Watch for particulars In this paper.—[Ad VT.j Money can bo obtained from R. Francis, Octagon (next Athenaeum). Bepaid weekly, monthly.—Advt.J Johs Hislop, Watohmaker and Jeweller, 74 Prlnoeo street, The oldest established home in town. Eepsiri of all kinds. Quod assortment Watohet, Olooka. and Jewellery. Speotaolet to suit ill sights.—[Advt.] See G, and T. Young's stock of watches, olooki, jewellery, sterling silver and electroplated goods, Vive first-class awards received K.Z. and U.S. Sxhibition 1889-90. Prices strictly moderate. Largest nod finest etook In N.Z. to select from.—[Aim-.1 Persoiiß contemplating making trips from Dunedin, whether on pleasure or business, are reminded that Messrs Thos. Cook and Son. whose office is in the Grand Hotel, are in a position to save them much trouble and expense, and to secure for them the best accommodation available, seeing that they act as agents for every important line of steamers or railway in the world.—[Advt.] .-