LITTLE AKALOA SCHOOL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 682, 26 January 1883, Page 2

LITTLE AKALOA SCHOOL.

Mr Cox writes us a long letter re Little Akaloa school, which would occupy nearly a column of our space. In a part of the letter ho says :—" I promise you, sir, that this shall be my hist word, and so it shall, for to keep up tiiis correspondence is a waste of time, paper, patience, and last, but not least, of your space." Now, we thoroughly endorse tins. Already Mr Hunter and Mr Cox have Loth had larger opportunities of expressing their views than, wa believo, any other journal would have afforded, and we must consider our readers, the very great majority of which do not really care very much whether the presentation to Mr Cox was intended as a tribute to his success in the school or to his success in promoting the general hilarity of Little Akaloa, and wo cannot see how it affects his character. As a matter of course, we insert that part of the letter which is a reply to the late communication from Mr Hunter and some other residents, but we must here stato that with this, correspondence on this particular sunjuct must close. The following is the part of the letter we refer to :—"Alfred Hunter hae not attended school for no«r nearly two years. Pie therefore isj so to speak, out of court. Ernest Hunter, whose attendance is highest in his standard, passed that standard, thereby proving th~e_, truth of what I said about regular attendance ; but then be it remembered that Ernest Hunter during the time he attended so vfell was -\* not living at home, but with hisurjcle, who did in all cases where it was possible, insist I on bis attending regularly. Herbert's at- 1 tendance for the past year is 154 half days, m and David's for the same time is (33 half 1 daye. In both these cases thd. ance is out of a possible 442 half days. iWe take this opportunity ofAublicly thanking Mr Cox for the mauy reiorts he has sent us, and hope that he Will meet with every possible success at the Hurunui School, whither ho will proceed shortly.— Ed. Mail.