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Otago Witness, Issue 1416, 11 January 1879, Page 10

Meetings.

The meeting of Dunedin footballers, convened to consider the proposal of a visit to the Colony by an Eng'ish football team, and held oa Monday night in the Shamrock Hotel, was well attended. Mr J. P. Maitland was in the chair. The following telegram from Auckland, dated 3rd instant, was laid before the meeting for consideration :— " The Secretary of the Football Union, Sydney, writes concerning the visit of an English team next season, and asks whether it is probable the amount necessary can be raised. At a meeting here it was considered Auckland was good for L 250. Let me know before Tuesday what Ocago can do." An interesting discussion took place relative to the proposal. It was stated that upon the visit of the Canterbury football team to Otago last year, the idea of a combined team visiting Australia had been mooted, and Mr Rose and other members of the Carisbrook Cricket Club mentioned that during their New Year's trip to Timaru the matter had been further talked over with Mr Haminereley and others, and a determination come to to carry out the visit if possible. The general f esling expressed was that money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such a team could be raised easier than for the visit of an English team and besides it was considered that if such a team were sent to Australia it would in^ all likelihood meet the Englishmen there, besides playing with the leading Australian clubs. It was finally carried, upon the motion of Mr J. C. Thomson, seconded by Mr H. Rose, "That pending the proposed visit to Australia by a combined Canterbury and Otago team, this meeting is not in a good position to guarantee any sum towards the expenses of an English team ; but at the same time is prepared "to make arrangements to offer them the whole of the gate-money." The Secretary of the D. F. C. was instructed to wire to Auckland and Canterbury the foregoing resolution. Opinions were expressed strongly in favour of bringing to an issue the proposed visit of a Canterbury and Otago team to Australia.'and a committee, consisting, of Messrs Barber, Dixon, and Rose, was appointed to communicate with Canterbury footballers respecting the matter. A number of J. Tyson's friends met in the Empire Hotel on Monday night, and decided to present him with a gold watch, in recognition of j his having won the champion wrestling contest. At a meeting of the High Schools Board on Monday, Miss Douglas, who has recently arrived from Great Britain, was appointed to the position of second assistant of the Girls' High School. Miss Douglas was for sometime head mistress of the Jubilee Girls' School, JNew-castle-upon-Tyne. A special meeting of the Dunedin School Committee wan held on Monday afternoon, and was attended by Messrs Ramsay (in the chair), Fish, Nathan, Robin, and Profeasor M'Gregor. It was decided to recommend Mr W. H. Arnold, who is at present the first as<istant in the Forbury School, to the position of second master of the North Danedin School, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr William Murray, who resigned in order to fulfil an appointment at Napier. TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL. The usual monthly meeting oi this body took place at Outram on the 3rd. Present : The Chairman (Mr Roberta), and Crs Charters, Shand, Allan, Fiulay, Bunting, and Amlrews. OTAKIA. The Engineer was instructed to call for tenders for the piling and scrubbing of about 26 chains on the Otakia Rjad, adjoining the Taieri River. TENDERS. Two tenders were opeued f>r the erection of wing- walls to the Grey town Bridge across the Taieri. The lowest, that cf Daniel M'lntyre, for L 205 15s, waa referred to the Chairman and Engineer to consider if this sum was a reasonable one, it being above the Engineer's estimate, namely £150. engineer's expenses. The Engineer wrote for an allowance for travelling expenses, as wpII as for expenses incurred in reporting on vaiious works that had not been carried out. | It was agreed to grant the allowance aßked I for— £7s— tor past; services. CHANGE OF PLACE OF MEETING. Or Charters's motion, notice of which had been given at the previous meeting, that the meetings of the Council in future be held at Moegiel, was carried ; and a Committee, consisting of Crs Charters, Allan, Findlay, and Roberts, was appointed to invite the offer of any sites that might be deemed ! suitable, to be submitted at the next meeting ; also, to secure a sketch of a suitable building at an estimated cost, likewise to be submitted at next meeting. Pending the completion of arrangements for the removal of the County offices to Mosgiel, it is understood that in the meantime the meetings will be held at the Courthouse, Outram ; but it is not expected that more than an additional meeting will be held at Outram. SUBSIDY TO ROAD BOARDS. The Clerk was instructed to write to the various Road Boards in the County informing them that the subsidy of 108 in the £1 would be payable, on vouchers of expenditure being presented by the Chairmen of these Boards. FINANCIAL. Theusualaccountswerepassedforpayment. The only other item of particular interest in the schedule of the expenditure for the month was the Bum of £200, which was voted some months ago as a subsidy to the Waipori Road Board. SLAUGHTERING LICENSES. ! Nine renewals of slaughtering licenses were granted.

A communic^tioa was read from the Snpe intendent of Constabulary (Mr Weldon), in reply to a letter of the Council's, in reference to the granting of the fees payable by keepers of slaughter-houses. — It was resolved that the Inspectors of Slaughteringhouses, who are policemen, be instructed to collect these fees and pay them into the Council's banking account, and that the same be handed from time to time by the Council to the Superintendent of Constabulary for distribution among the Inspectors. TRESPASSING CATTLE. | A letter was received from the Conncil" 1 Solicitors, stating that they did not conside' [ they could legally impound cattle straying on nnfenced roads. The Council's enly remedy was to sue the owners- for damagedone to the road. The letter was simply received. THE SILVERSTUEAM.3 J It was arranged that the wishes of MrGibson, of the Silverstream, relative to getting a conveyance of the new road and the closing up of the old road, should be complied with, in so far aa it lay in the powsr of the Council to do this. The rest of the busioess was of a formal character.