The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1373, 6 November 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1884.

The usual monthly meeting of the South Rakaia School Committee was held on Monday. Present—Messrs Hardy (chairman), Broadbent, Howell, Robinson, Fletcher and Oxley. The master’s report was considered satisfactory, showing a considerable increase in the attendance. Some parent? were mentioned as not having sent their children to'school during the past six months, ! and certain repairs were asked for and granted. The Chairman stated that Mrs Chambers had been good enough to give a number of racket bats for the me of the children, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed for the gift. It was decided to grant the children a fortnight’s holiday from the 3rd. With regard to the petition for a aide sc 00l at Newtown the following letter was received from the Secretary of the Central Board : —“ I have the honor, by direction of the Board, to acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 7th applying for a side school at JN'ewtown, and in reply to say that the Board cannot pledge itself to any expenditure on new buildings till it is informed what sums will be allotted to it out of the money to be rote! by the General Assembly during the current session. Of course much must depend on the amount of the grant. Four application remains ®on record and will come forward for consideration when *he Board proceeds to appropriate such sum as may be placed at its disposal.” It was decided that the Secretary send a copy of the letter to the petitioners, 'and the meeting adjourned.

On Tuesday evening a most successtul concert was held in the Town Hall at South llakaia in aid of the Library funds. Mr 0. .0. Hardy, the President, took the chair. The first portion of the programme consisted of voobl and instrumental music. The talent was local, and all the performers deserve groat praise for the manner in which they carried out iheir various parts. The second part of the entertainment was given by the Rakaia Mohawk Minstrels. Most of the songs were good, and the jokes, especially where local hits came in, created much amusement. Owing to the state of the weather the attendance was not so good as usual. After the concert was over the room was cleared and dancing kept up for some hours, Miss Sharpe kindly presiding at the piano. The Library funds will be increased by about L 6 or L 7. A banquet by pressmen and others was given at Auckland on Tuesday evening to Mr Thomas Bracken, the wellknown poet and journalist. Fifty were present, it being a representative gathering. Mr William Berry presided, and apologies were received and read from Sir F. Whitaker, Mr Mi chelson, M. H. R., Dr Campbell, Messrs Wm. Swanson, and J. M. Shera. Amongst those present were the Mayor of Auckland, Consul Griffin, Mr sicken, the Chairman of the Harbor Board, and Councillor Oonolly. The toast of the evening was received with great enthusiasm. Mr Bracken gave two recitations. Mr Mitchelson, in his note of apology, expressed regret that Mr Bracken was not u Parliament, and hoped to see him there again, although they belonged to different parties. At the Hawera Police Court yesterday morning, George Uellier, a.market gardener, was charged on the information of the Deputy Official Assignee, trustee in the estate of Fred Wallis, with stealing L4OO, the property of the said Wallis. The money was lost some weeks ago, including a LIOO note, and was paid into a bank at New Plymouth by accused, and so the charge was traced to him. He was remanded for a week.

Ata meeting held yesterday it was resolved to present Mr Fraser with a piece of plate,* tojrfotnmemorate his successful floating and repair of the Triumph.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Tobacco Growing and Manufacturing Company, resolutions were carried for voluntaiily winding up the Company’s affairs, with a view to its amalgamation with the Auckland Tobacco Company. At a meeting of the unemployed, convened by the Mayor of Auckland, to test the statement, as .to the number of unem ployed—twenty-nine married and thirtythree single signed the list. The Mayor and Council would do anything reasonable for the unemployed, but would only let work by contract. The Nelson Supreme Court was occupied all yesterday in a case of much interest. A suit was instituted by Flora Williams, niece of the late Dr Williams, against Mr LL D. Yiiliams, brother of the testator, with a view of obtaining a decision that he died intestate. The deceased made a will in 1805, under which his brother, the defendant, was chiefly benefited. For the plaintiff it was alleged that the deceased made a second will in 1877, revoking the former one, but this has never been found, and both sides admitted its destruction. Mr Atkinson, solicitor, gave evidence that ha drew and witnessed this second will, the other witnesses being in England. Now the question was whether the validity of the second will was proved, and his Honor directed that if it was the first will could not be given new life by the destruction of the other. The jury fuund that the first will was revoked, and that the second will was destroyed, and that th» deceased died intestate.

A petition has been presented to Parliament from a number of farmers and others in the Upper A a hburton Road District, asking that the present Westerfield railway station he not moved. A similar petition from Mr Potts and others has been referred by the Public Petitions Committee to the Government for consideration.

The Government yesterday received an official cable notifying that Mr Herbert Inglis, of Christchurch, had been awarded the Gilchrist Scholarship.

The-operation of taking up cargo from the Lastingham in proceeding very satisfactorily. The vessel is broken in three pieces,

A man named Thomas Parks was committed for trial at Geraldine yesterday for assaulting a girl between thirteen and fourteen years of age. The Mayor of Dunedin having been interviewed by the unemployed, te egraphed to the Minister for Public Works, who has replied that work will be re-opened for them at Mosgiel. The Corporation has taken on about a dozen.

The Episcopalian Synod opened its sittings at Dunedin yesterday evening, when Bishop Nevill delivered a lengthy address. He referred to the need of a Cathedral, and advocated that a parish church might be devoted to the purpose on certain Sundays, if only monthly. He also referred to his reasons for waiving his intention of ceremonially degrading Mr Stanford, who resigned his license to practice law. The Bishop explained that he found a great conflict of opinion as to the wisdom of cirrying out the step, and therefore, at the cost of some violence to his conscience, determined to let the matter rest.

A meeting of the Longbeach District School Committee was held in the Main School on Monday. Present—Mr James Croy(inthechair),»nd Messrs Bell, Donaldson, and Houston. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence from the Board of Education was also read, informing the Committee that they would comply with the requisition of householders, and divide the Longbeach School District, such division to take effect on January Ist, 18 s 5. What is now known as the side school is to be called the Ashton school. The Masters' report was considered very satisfactory and with tne exception of one case the attendance was fairly good. Mr W, L. Edge paid his annual visit, and examined the children at each school on the 2 *th ult., and expressed himself well satisfied with the schools. The official report is not yet to hand. Other matters of a routine character ware attended to, and the meeting closed. Our Methven correspondent writes : On Tuesday night it commenced raining and continued to pour in (torrents until about eight o’clock yesterday morning, when it cleared up and there was a fine warm day. In the evening it started raining again, which has continued throughout the night, and as I am writing this (8 a. m ) there Is very little sappearance of its clearing. Thera was a fresh coat of snow on the hills yesterday morning.

The Committee of the Methven Racing Club met at Patton’s Hotel last evening and determined upon the following alterations in their published programme. The distance of the Handicap Hurdle Race was reduced to miles, with six flights of huriles; the Methven Cup to miles; the District Hurdle Race tol£ miles, with six flights of hurdles; and the nomination and acceptance for the Trotting Race were increased from 10s to 20s each. ’ The amended programme appears in this issue.

A public meeting was held at the Wakanui Schoolroom last evening to discuss the question of local government. Considering the very unpropitious weather there was a very fair attendance, and it was resolved unanimously to support Mr Magson’a candidature fora seat in the County Council. A full report of the proceedings appears in another column. The usual monthly meetings of the County Council and the Longbeach Road Board will be held to-morrow.

In addition to the private prizes already advertised by the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the Press Company offer LI Is for the beat dairy cow of any breed, and LI Is for the two best cheeses.

We learn by telegraph from Christchurch that the Rev James Bailer, Wesleyan minister, died at noon to-day, agad 72 y-oirs. He first arrived in this colony about 45 years ago. A meeting of members of the Early Closing Association was held at Saunders' Buildings last evening. The canvassers appointed to obtain signatures to a petition in support of the early closing movement reported that they had obtained the signatures of nearly GO3 residents of the town and suburbs. On the motion of Mr Allison, seconded by Mr Maopheraon, a vote of thanks was accorded to the public for the sympathy they had displayed with .the objects of the Association. A vote of thanks was also accorded to the Guardian for the support it had given the movement. On the motion of Mr Zander it was resolved —“That letters, accompanied by copies of the petition for signature, be sent to all the Friendly Societies, and to ministers of the various religious denominations, asking for their sympathy and support,” and after the transaction of further routine business the meeting adjourned.

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