MR WILSON AT FOXTON.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 271, 4 June 1889, Page 2

MR WILSON AT FOXTON.

At the ennoluaioa of Mr Wilnon'g »d---dresi last '-Thursday ,'njjght ah elestor asked what his opiooidn V&a oa tne corth trunk line. - " " l^ . Mr Wilson ' replied tU«t> : he 'had beeo over the route and- was much interested in what he aaw. A: Isriie tot;. 'Of* land: could be opened up, but they must recollect that a million .'ba(|, already been, borrowed, but he was *u re" it would not be sufficient to fiai«h, it. He thought it would be moire advnia'bl* /to ase tb'il money in opehhg dp Jtbe country by roads, and that to »' filiation *o be, settled there, a road »oa!4l^. of; more use than a railway. . .". In answer -to an Wiquji;y,,aß,to which act is inducing the mpit ..geiwlne . settle* ment, be stated that the present land act did not interfere with the previous one, and that at preienfc it Nat not fair to compare the two together. He further asgertedrtnatafeaejiUes were the worst people to hare • \d4q with in the colony.* ..' ! ? , . " In reply to Mr Cook, Mr Wilson stated that the tyr was very bad when be went to see it soni* tiirte -ago, and be had asked the Government for an experts opinion on it. He had hoped to. have obtained an opinion from Mr Blackett, but Mr J. T^ Stewart was sent, and he had reported^afc be'Coald make no representation? t^riismallout* lay, bo^ what was required would take a considerable sum- He had then asked that Mr 0. Y. O'Connor , might ses it This gentleman had been up last Mob: day, and.wpuldßopn.Rend in his report. H* was however gta4 to notice that the b«r had considerably improved since he last saw it. ' He was disappointed . that the Minister of could, I not see his way 4o graint an assistant to the pilot, as tor co#)d-*ee the necessity of it. He promi-ied to'make a representation to Uj^r^amier when be . bad little doubt roC jj«r*eing ' granted He eKpre»se<l hi« satisfactioor :; it : - the manner Mr Th/nas lud propped tha rtttofthuhftv

Tbe fol Win* k the text of the letter read from Mrs s*r*b B. Cooper. "Ife gives me geat pleasure to reply to your important "and interesting question in regard to Kindergartens. And first, go» on, and make an nn re mi 4 ting fight tor this new education. It will pay. It id ' •■ nature's raethodl of unfolding the fatal* ties of a little child. Up to date there- ' is nothing that can compare with it in substantial results. It concerns itself with the delopmeot of faculty,; not -with mere acquiring of knowledge. The kindergarten is advancing ail over this country,. It •• fights with gentle i£rde till tUDOjleods friends." It proves its own right to Jbe. The , pupils of our kindergartens frequently go over one or two grade! from their pevelppement of faculty. They distance their class mates. They have learned how to leain. ■ Two out of three of the prize pupils of one of our largest primary schools were nr Kindergarten children for three years in one of tbe most wicked and ob-r noxious portiom of oar city—the Bsr bary coast. . . I was deeply inletested in reading the reports of. the Eda- -■ cation Committee whioh jou tent, men of culture, thought and power. There ii no fear but that such men will discern the best when it is properly presented.