WELLINGTON SPECIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 251, 31 October 1901, Page 2

WELLINGTON SPECIAL.

TAHOE A APPEAL. Special to Times.) Wellington, last night. The Court of Appeal w . deliver its judgment in the Tahora : nock ease tomorrow. TYItANNICAT .CARD. The Education Bor a has again adopted a policy of " taihoa " in regard to the proposed enquiry mto the reflections on its administration alleged to have been made by its Chief Inspector, whom it recently “ retrenched.” At a meeting this afternoon the Chairman reported his inability to induce anybody to accept the ociitiou of chairman of tile enquiry on the terms oilered, and said he understood a gentleman who would take the position if he were allowed to adjudicate in a proper wav was not acceptable to certain membets of ihe Board. Discussing the future eour-_ of action, the members who originated the idea of an enquiry now pro-

fessed that they did not care a continental whether there was an enquiry or not, which was just the attitude they were j expected to adopt, having already gained their object in the dismissal of Mr Lee. Eventually, as one member wanted to place before the Board a defence on behalf of the teachers whose qualifications had been called into question by the Inspector, it was decided to consider the whole matter at the next monthly meeting of the Board. DISFRANCHISED. For something over a year one of the country constituencies of the Education Board has practically been disfranchised 1 through the absence of the member elected | to represent it, Mr McCardle. who has | settled in the King Country. The matter was debated at the Board meeting to-day, j when the Chairman expressed the opinion that a wrong thing had been done in granting the member extended leave of absence, and there were complaints about it. Mr McCardle has been written to, but unless he resigns the seat cannot be tilled until the expiry of the leave of absence, which has still several mouths to run. VICTORIA SCHOOL. The fund for the erection in Auckland of the Victoria School for the training of Maori girls has now reached a total of over X'bOOU. Two ex-students of To Ante College, Rev. F. A. Burnett and Mr A. T. Ngata, are at present conducting an energetic campaign here, and hope as a result to add a thousand pounds to the fund. MAORI GAMBLERS. In a lecture last night, Mr Bennett told a little story of tiro East Coast as to the spirit of gambling which has entered into the Maori race. In a recent visit to the Coast, Mr Bennett said he had stopped in a hut for two or three days, lie arrived on Saturday. All that day a party of Natives played cards for money. They continucd the game all through that night, again all Sunday, also through the second night, and on Monday when the missionary left, the cards were still being shuttled. Evidently they want more missionary in those parts.