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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 518, 1 July 1881, Page 2

Special Atfrvrtiftcmcnt*. BUNINER COLLEGE, SUMNER C>n the Si-a Coast., 8 nuh'S from (Jhvistehurch, Piiixoii-AL, CLEMENT L.WIGGINS, Assisted by thoroughly efficient Masters. MR C. L. WIGGINS begs to announce that his new, spacious, and thoroughly commodious House and School have been handed over to him by the contractor, and hels now prepared to receive a larger number of Pupils thnn heretofore. The experience gained during the last twelve years in i.c .ching arid the management of boys has enabled him to understnnd thoroughly all the requirements of Biici. an institution, and as no expense has, been spared in any detail, he believes that lie can undoubtedly offer unusual advantnges The Class-rooms are large and of fine proportions, well Hghled and ventilated, Avhilc the Dormitories and Lavatory combine complete comfort and convenience. Tin l Play-ground consists of several acrt s surrounding the College, and a Gymnasium will be erected shortly. The College is within a few minutes walk of the bench, which affords safe and convenient bathing. The snlubri'y of Siimner is unrivalled, and its central situation renders it eminently suitable for a Boarding Establibhlnont. There is communication by coach with Chrietchuroh dai y, and when the tramway has been completed there will be still greater facilities. The dietary is liberal and abundant, and the domestic arrangements being under the constant personal supervision of Mrs Wiggins, all the comforts of home are -coniiduntly assured to the Boarders. Punctuality and order are strictly enforced in all scholastic arrangements, and ■every care is taken to promote gentle manly department both in the school and outer life. An exact system of fortnightly examinations and periodical reports has been arranged, which cannot fail to supply parents with accurate information as to the progress made by their sons in every branch of their studies This Mr Wiggins has long regarded as a desideratum. The scheme of studies puisia-d in the College comprises all the various branches of n thorough English, Classical, and Mercantile Education, sound, adequate knowledge of English being made to form the basis of the whole.

" Eogknie, Eugenic, will you still insist upon wearing tlie hair oi' another women upon your head ?" '■ Alphonso, Alphonso, do you still inaist upon wearing the shin of another calf upon your i'eut ?" A chukcu in South London had been erected, when a dinner was given, at the conclusion of which the health of the builder was proposed, when he rather enigmatically replied that he was 4i more fitted for the scaffold than for public speaking.' An intellectual compositor of the Bringhainton (N. V.) Republican, who was handed n paragraph which read,_" The limihermen in tiiie vicinity are skidding their logts, preparatory to the hauling to mills," But it up to lx'fid, "The humbler wen in this vicinity are skinning their doge, preparatory to hauling to their meals."