There was a meagre attendance at the meeting of householders for the Tolago Bay school district held last evening. The report giving the operations of the school was extremely satisfactory, every thing having gone smoothly during the year. The following members of com mittee were elected : — Messrs G. Spence, J. A. Moore, W. E. Holder, W. Lock wood, J. B. Morris, H. Glover, and H. A. Temple. It was decided to leave the election of the Chairman until the first meeting of the Committee on May sth. The first question asked by the passengers per s.s. Waikare on arrival at Otago Heads was, " Has Mafeking been relieved ?" ; the second question, " Are we to be quarantined 1" Triumph of patriotism over self-interest. In reply to tho M^yor of Wellington's statement that there were no cases to war rant the Premier's statement re the insani tary Ptnte of Wellington City, the Premier gives the following as a single instance out of many commuuicated to him known to exist, aud which is verifird by witnesses : " Removed from the back yard of a Molesworth-street Bhop, now us- 1 as a post-office, and immediately opposite the Parliament Buildings, three cart loads of stinking oyster shells ; some had not been opened, aud had evidently been deposited by a fish dealer who had previously occu pied it ; also, two loads of fowl manure, stable manure, and decayed vegetable matter, etc., an accumulation of old tins, corrugated iron, &c." Visiting Kimberley (writes the Post's correspondent), I found that the dreaded and deadly enteric fever had laid low six New Z-alanders therr — Corporal Symes, of Christchurch ; Corporal Orbell, of the Otago Hussar? ; Troopers J. M'Conway, Marlboroush ; EL Burroughs, of Marl borough (since dead) ; G. Arnold, of Clutha ; and C Edwards, of Waverley ; while J. Hubbard, of Auckland, wassuffer ing from rheumatic fever. Some of the cases wero described as serious, but the medical officer in command informed me that the men were of splendid physiqu" — "as plucky aT they make 'em," he said — and he hoped they would be in the fight'nor line before long. 