DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The laches' minstrel entertainment, in aid of the Christian Brothers' School, is m active rehearsal, and a good night's amusement may be confidently expected. Thei usual minstrel business fwill be given, together with dances, tableaux, farces, and sketches. The object is a most worthy one, vi/., to help to defrayi the heavy expenses incurred in repairing and renovating the Christian Brothers' Sohool. The grounds have been asphalted and the fencing has also been attended to. No appeals of any consequence have been made on behalf of these schools for many years, and consequently it is hoped the. public will respond with m,ore than ordinary generosity on this occasion, and that there will be a crowded house at His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday, August 21. Tickets can be obtained from the schoolboys and leading parishioners.

The Catholic school at Port Chalmers, conducted by the Sister.-, of St. Joseph, was examined by the Otago Fducation Board Inspectors on August 11, with excellent results. The following is a summary of the report !: Number of pupils on roll, 60 ; present at examination, 57 ; organisation, satisfactory ; certificates of proficiency granted (Standard 6), G ; compulsory subjects—reading, satisfactory ; composition, good ; writing, good ; spelling, good , recitation, good • arithmetic, good ; drawing good ; -singing, good ;' physical instruction, good ; geography, good ; history good ■ moral instruction and health, batisfactory ; addition-

al subjects— nature study and elementary science, good ; handwork, good ; needlework, excellent ; pupils in standard 7 did well in the work of standard 6 ; except in arithmetic the work of the infant department was verywell done ; order, discipline, and tone of the school, \ery good ; efficiency of the school, \eiy good.