Denominational Education

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 October 1890, Page 2

Denominational Education

Something will In- said at this election about (leiHMninatioualisin i;i oducatiou, though that must give p ace to matters of a more ui\ out I character. In s tying this i% edo not treat the question as in any way unimportant, and wo regret ihat olher questions liavo cropped up having the effect of overshadowing it. The same old cry. which has been used year aftor year to prevent any im provenient, and any lessening of tho c-st of our present State system of education, is again trotted out to thwart the good attempts made by those who deplore th'i general ignoring of all religious instruction to the young. ".f any interference is attempted, the benefits of State education will be lost" is the cry! Does it ever strike the utterers of these words that the system must, be veiy ricketty which will not stand handling. What is desired by certain religious deuom nations is the power to erect and maintain schools out of tin ir own funds, the IState on'y paying to them, as a refund, the amount per hoad at which it is reckoned the cost of the oducation of those children would have been to tho State Sonii; objectors assert that this would resu't in closing the country schools, but why should it? It has never been contemplated as possible to open denominational schools in even small country to vns, and in large centres it must to admittod tli re is room for ail. We have heard of the difficulty o pe>'ienced in finding monoy with which to bui d schools, yet wo object to others building sehoo's at theii 1 own expanse, venly it is a difficult m ttor to piease the general pub ic. Those who oppose assistance to denominational schools have the heavy resp >ir sibiliiy thrown upon them of devisiug some moa 1 s whereby tho major number of tho children may learn ' tho important truths of Christianity, and they must not seek to throw the responsibility upon the parents, when they oppose their earnest wish s on this very point. It is a fact beyond argument that year by year a very large number of the children of the colony are growing up without ihe faintort conception of any higher laws than are provided by Par ianKnt. and tho courso oi a few more yens wil] lraiisi'j;m them into parents. Hew our public m<m are going to assert that it will b« the

duty of those parents to insi.il into j their « fi pi ing icue ing of which 'h"y have been boreft, wef il to see, .• and thus tho responsibility -.nus r<>- , Urn o tho 'pg slators of these days. : Wo hive nod eutm'ed fully into ihe qii'-s ou for 'ho ro isons :,tatoi, but if h is no recommendation to a ean-<-H<l. o t> have s-.iou \y coin do el . his ;;s <eet of oar syrttpm ■ '• ire y ouj>ht no:. 1 1 be any ■ -bj <m hi No i • ■no who loudly saevtu that our sy - t «mv eauno bo touched, can have j givou the matter cam c msiclei >ti n. !

" It is an ill- wind that blown nobody any good" and the Secretary of th ; Racing Club can now say so. A week or two ago a heavy gale blew down Ihe totalizator shed on the racecourse, and on Thursday night, the wind blew it up again. Whatever advantages the German system of Education possesses, there ia one subject open to improvement, and that is geography. By the last mail we received a parcel addressed. Foxton, New Zea'and. Australia ! It is stated that M. Gounod will be paid £2000, with performing rights at £16 a night, for a new opera to be produced at the Chicago Exhibition. Lady Dunlo is the Venus of a burlesque of that name at Dublin, and at Christinas she plays the principal part in the Drnry-lnues pantomine. Mr McMillan, the Honorary Secretary of Mr J. Ci. Wilson's committee desires to state that there is no truth in the rumour that is going about, that, Mr Wilson is to retire in favour nf any other candidate. At the intermediate examination in the university of London, Miss Ann Fiance* Piercy, a student of the London school < f medicine for women, has gained triple firstclass honours, namely, in anatomy, in materia medica and pharmaceutical chemistry and in physiology and histology In anatomy Miss Piercy has the sec.o nd place with a gold medal, and in materia medica the first place with exhibition nnd gold medal. During the heaving of the Tarakuki murder case last, week, the following was heard in the court :— -Counsel : li You weiv the last man who saw deceased alive?" Witness: " Xo, I was not." Counsel: "Who was then?" Witness: "The man who muidered him, of course."' At this juncture a smile was discernal'le on the faces of a number of those present. Returhing to the topic of colonial theatres, Mr Toolo remarked that it was n little curious to him at first — though he had got used to it now— that the stalls should be the second part of the house, as in London they were the first part, and in all the West End theatres the charges to them were 10s. He was also struck by the ( fact that tho charges were much cheaper for the drama in Australia and New Zealand than they were at Home. Still the people in the colonies were indefatigable play-goers for the population, which was in no oase so large as in tho English cities, A man named Charles Neilson, a, wharf labourer who went out ou strike say the N. Z. Time.* has committed suicide at the Mount View Aslyum by hanging himself. About two weeks ago Neilson was arrested by the police, who thought by his manner he was not ijuite compos mentis, He was examined by two medical men, who oertified that he was not altogether a lit subject for the Asylum, anil he was discharged. Late on Saturday night the unfortunate man was again arrested on the Railway Wharf, and on being examined by Drs Kemp and Martin a certificate was given for Neilson's i admittance to the Asylum. On Wednesday morning one of the assistants at the Aslyum named A. Ilobinson found tho deceased dead in his room, he having committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet. One end of the 3heet he made fast to the iron ventilator, which he reached by standing upon the edge of his bed. After having slipped his neck into the snoose, it is thought he kicked away the bed, and so effected strangulation. The deceased leaves a wife and four children. An inquest will be held -,\i the Hospital this morning at 10 o'clock.

A man named Henry Dickson, a labourer about 50 years of ag3, committed suicide in Bond street Dniu-din shortly after 8 on Thursday evening by placing a dynamite cartridge al the back of his head and exploding it. The whole of the back of his head and right hand were blown away, but his face was uninjured. He recently oame from Hindon, on the Otago Central line, where lie had been working, and he appears to have been short of money. He was suffering from an injury to his leg. He had informed a neighbour that ha had no money, and was cooked, and would never get on any more. Dickson was a single man, and so far as is known had no relatives in the Colony.

Mr Jellicoe when addressing the electors on Wednesday thus condemned the leaders of the strike. " The Colony was plunged into a disastrous strike at the mere bidding of an irresponsible otHcial of an irresponsible body in Australia. Mr Millar said " We have nothing to do with the Labour Unions of New Zealand; we take our instructions from Australia." Mr Jellicoo accused Mr Millar of plunging the New Zealand Unions into an utterly indefeasible strike — at the bidding of an autoorat in Australia, of alienating public opinion from the labour cause. They knew, many of them, that they had good cause to regret the confidence they had placed in MiMillar. He would therefore declare at all risks that Mr Millar wan " a blind and incapable leader." Mr JHlicoe proceeded to say that Mr Millar's egotism and ra-^h ambition had caused to Unionism the most serious disaster in all its hi-torv."

The late Cardinal Newman was a master of the English language, a renowned University preacher in his earlier lite, an ascetic in religion, a courageous leader, a scholar of vast learning, and a dialectician without an equal. He was able by his use, not of scripture, but of ecclesiastical scholarship, with its misty mazes, to persuade multitudes that the reformation, to which England dates the beginning of her greatness, was an historical mistake. He did more than any other man to arrest the great Evangelical Beviv.il of the second quarter of this century. By his craving and pleas for an external dogmatic authority he did much to reconcile English opinions to the Koman Church, and largely broke down a long standing distrust of its ritos and practices. Consciously or iinconviiii*)'.- (for no one knew), his influence biv.uu" ji.iwerful against liberty of thought und judgment, and to favor ji pro-trati'iu ai intellect and conscience at the f>>t of » hierarchy.

According to the Air ..iliin Christian World, there seems to Ik.> almost an infortnal alliance between the Salvation Army and the Australian Churches. l)r Beaven, of Melbouni", has lent thc-m his Church frequently, several other Congregational Churches have followed puit, and Presbyterians have also given the Army lionsH-rnom.

The s.s. \!oa, when coming up the river on Thursday, met wi;h a bigger mishap than \v.n 'nen:bn d, a^ the bio-v tha'. the propeller struck, did not merely strip tho blades, but broke the shaft clean off. Tlisteam r is therefore harbour bound un il some steamer takes her in tow. She may await the return of the Qiieeu of the South which will probably be on Tuesday, or the Uni.m Company may send one of their own steamers tor her They may, however, send a shaft up. At Chicago a lawyer who is a Salvatirnist wears the scarlet guernsey vihils: practising in the courts I\v an order of the Minister of the Interior, the b(-tting agencies wi ich literally swarmed in Paris have al 1 keen closed. The Minister has declared that lie would not, under any circumstances authorise the reopening of these places. ] A meeting of Mr John Steven's committee is called for Wednesday next. Education and crime in France's statistics published by M. Ad. Guillot, examining magistrate demonstrate the fact that • jcular education does not lead to the dimi ation of crime. During the past ten years every endeavour has been made to promote education, but yet theie has been a steady increase in the number of crimes and prisoners and suicides have been numerous. Sad to say, crime among children does not show any appreciable decrease, and most of the convicted fuveniles are of the educated clashes, much of this is attributed to the exclusion of religious teaching from the schools. ] The Mayor of Burnauville, Ontario, i Canada, is a Salvationist, and sells War I Crys in the streets. ' Oi'u arrangements for the present spring season in two of the most important departments in our warehouse are now complete in all their details, at Te Aro House, Wellington. t The departments alluded to are dresses and dressmaking. With regard to tho former, we may say that we are now in possession of a very full supply of the most fashionable fabrics for spring wear, and without going into particulars it will be sufficient to say that our Homo buyer has displayed excellent taste and judgment, both in fabrics, and colourings. We invite an early visit of inspection of our beautiful spring dm«s materinls at Te Aro House Wellington.

Miss Vau-ixttne, with a large staff of dressmakers, stills occupies the commodious site of rooms facing Pixon-street, and will be happy to see all her lady patrons as early during the season as possible. It would save disappointment if ladies would make their selection as soon as convenient, and place them in her hands at Te Aro House Wellington.

The dressmaking departments have always been the most successful in the city, and our arrangements for the present season are such as will keep up the prestige already attained in these rooms, at Te Aro House Wellington.