fopairiS' to tho boundary road linos betwooi , tho road diatriot and tho outlying district 1 of tho county It was dooidod that traok t through aeotion 2 of 9, and 1 of 10, block S Oamaru district bo btopped with next list o roads to bo advortisod for this purpose Accounts to tho amount of £139 13s 4d wor i passed for payment, and tho board roso, Tho porformanoo of tho protty cantatn, "Littlo Red Riding Hood," in the Volun toor Hall last night, by tho ohildron n' tho South School, drow together a very larg i audience. Prom beginning to ond of tli.) programmo thcro wad not % hitch, s<> thoroughly had tho littlo folks beon taughl , and so intoiHgontly had thoy mastorod thei individual and ooltootivo parts reopootively Tho singing wai oharming throughout, am , tho aoting roaliatio in * high dogi'oo. A , anyrato, of tho ontortainmont as a whok , considering the youthfulnesa of tho poi formora and ( othor oiroumstancea, it may v. all moderation bo said that it ploAsod a) I presont and was entitled to all th ) praise thoy gavo and whioh wo give if Much of tho success of tho porformanc j waa no' doubt due ' to tho pains whic! had been taken by Mr. Rico and hi. otaff in training] tho pupils t) fulfil thoi - vaiious parta. To Misa Cook, Miss Crump and Mr Macdonald particular praiso is du i on this aooount. Last night the "wolf,"' notwithstanding the proverbial foroolty o' his disposition, mado himsolf particularly divorting. Tho " bluo bella " and " butter ' cupa " lookod »a protty as the flowers the> \yore supposed to porsonato, whilo thei' singing waa characterised by an expressive nous whioh qviito oarriud away tho audienoc Littlo Red Riding Hood horsolf had a very clovor and very oroditablo ropresontativo in, Mi«a Maggie Young, and the part of thu "mothor"' was ably performed > by MiH i Crump, whoso singing of •• Obey, prott" maidon" was particularly fino, Miss Cook, by presiding at tho piano aa sho did, oou • > tributed in ft manifoat degroo to tho suooos < of the whole porformauoo. Altogothor, at already implied, tho cantata was moat ploat. ing to those who hoard it and highly orodit • able to its performers. 