Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1898. Wanganui Education Board.

Manawatu Herald, 11 February 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1898. Wanganui Education Board.

We produce a sub-leader from the "Wanganui < hronick of Thursday which shows how the wind do»h blow. The other day at the Board meoting it was asserted that tin feeling of restlessness had only been shown by teachers lately nppoinfcpd. the contrary being now admitted in the Chairman's newspaper ! Thf article now assorts that teacher? should not attempt to be represented and then compares them to corpora tion labourers The status of thrprofession is fust falling in the one special district whose Board has made it its particular care to uphold. This ia exceedingly sad Thus sayeth the Chairman : — lt will be inter* esting to parents of school qhildren in this educational district to know that there is a movement on foot aino»g certain teachers to have a member elected to the Education Board to represent their interests. To this end a circular has been -forwarded to school teachers in thp dietrict. The proposal is one which has nothing to commend it, and says little for the wisdom of its promoter*. It would be anything but helpful to the interests of the teachers if it succeeded, while it will bring prominently into view the foolishness of the promoters of the movement if it fails. We are satisfied that the great body of the teachers will have nothing to do with it, and therefore there is aofc much that need be said - save this, that it raises a point not hitherto contemplated by the Legislature. The Education Act compels parents to send their children to school to be educated, and places in their hands the power to see that the. money provided by Parliament for that purpose is properly applied. To this end the parents elect the Committees, w wo! <o in their turn elect the Board. The claim of the teachers to be repi'e,. sented on these Boards meant that they are to have a say in anportioniner their own duties and in fixing their own pay If the claim be granted, then the corporation workmen will be tntit.led to a renresenta tive on the Borough (Council to watch over their own interests, and the Civil S^rvic of the colony to a member of their own choosing in the Executive Council. If the meaning of the new move is that the teachers merely desire, to see on the Board someone who has experience in teaching, then we should say that in that particular they are amp'y represented at present. To nttemnt to g t greater power on the Board will be to raise the question as to. whether the education *v<*tem is maintained by the people of the colon y in order that, their children may be instructed or that the teachers may be found in permanent appointments.

MrC. P. Oberg, watchmaker and jeweller, no'ifieP in another column that he has snr'ed business in Fo ton. We are pleased to lea-n that Mi W S'ansell, assistant at the Fox^on School \vm received the appointment of mastor to th«? Pemb-r'on School. This deservfd promoti.-.n «-ii] gi,e his fri nds rmcli pi a^ure. Mr Stanse.il will not be abe t.> tak- i"> his new duties nntil the expiration of a month. Subscribers to the Doctor's Cuarrn;.> Fur, -i are requested to pay their subsirip lions to the Secretary. Many probable candidates have ieen nominated for the Otnki electorate, bu' thmost extraordinary if? the latest. It has been gravely announced that Mr Mi lar. the proprietor of the 0 aki Times intends to try his luck, and that the Government are going to support him. We shall believe it when the time comes. A friend of Mr J. G. Wilsoa informs ns that he has at last decided to contest the Otaki electorate against all comers. Ouresteem°d contemporary the erstwhile Manawatn Daily Times has adopted a new heading reminding one of the " to be con turned in our next " sort. For length it is hard to beat, being nothing less than "Manawatu Daily Evening Times 1" xt present the 6taff has not bf-en able to ne. gotiate such a wealth of words beyond th first page, as over the other three pages th" old "Manawatu Daily Times" appears, and as a hint of the innate conservatism of the editor, the old fashioned heading "Manawatu Times" still remains, above the leader, though above it on tha* beautifully designed block there an pears upon the open page the words " The Manawatu Daily Time 3 " once more. We shall be glad to know which title of the many now appeariug our contemporary intends to adhere to We very much regret to report that Mr W. S. Stewart is stiffening from a throa 1 affection whioh prevents his being able to use his voice. His friends will remember he was similarly attacked a shor time ago and made a hard fight against laying up. Dr Dermer now insists up «n his taking a rest, and Mr Stewart applied to the Board for a fortnight's sick havand requested a master to be sent to relieve him The Chairman received one of in* Board's curt telegrams that they had no teacher a available. .*re all the teachers sick or is there only one relieving teacher ? Such are the fact? which shows but a sorry grasp of possible contingencies and of the mode to meet them. Teachers and com mitt^es are, however, supposed to ' wink the other eye ' to similar instances of in capacity. Our worthy Resident Magistrate was not here on his usual Court day last Thursday and apparently this was why. The/* ost of Thursday says : - Messrs H. W, Robin son. R. Beetham, and H. Brabant, Resident Magistrates, and Mr C. J A Haselden, Under Secretary for Justice are conferring together at the Magistrate's Court Building for the purpose of revising the new Magistrates Bill and the rules connected with it, to be introduced by the Government next session. The new Bill is principally a consolidation of the old Acts relating to Magisterial jurisdiction. In connection with the Panama Cana^ frauds we find that the Appeal Court ha<= sentenced Ferdinand and Charles de Les-epe to five years' imprisonrm-nt and a fine of 5,000 francs ; Fontaine and Cottu 'o two years' imprisonment and fines o H.OOO francs, for swindling and bivach of trust. M. Eitffl has ben sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 francs, for breach of trust. If we are to believe the European papers one Carl Theodor Geissler, a German gardenei 1 , has solved the problem of balloon navigation. He claims— and his claims arc endorsed by several experts— to have invented a balloon which can be accurately steered. Geissler's balloon is torpedo-shaped, it is not covered with a net, but is so sawn into its casing that should a hole be knocked into any part, such pnrt only will be effected, ami the escape of gas will be quite gradual. The car is clung hy two ropes which are attached to loops in the lower folds of the case. The car is the same length as the baloon, and carries a winged screw forward and a rudder aft. This screw is driven by petrol* urn motor of aluminium, of light weight, and capable of making 1.000 revolution^ per minute, and of moving the baloon forward. Rise or fall can be. regulated hy a sliding weight and by a ring which < nciicles the case, and on the sur fac<". of svhich the air ex»rts greater or less pressure, according to the position, ob'iqae or horizontal, of the baloon. A G issler baloou costs £600, and no family should be without on*.— Catholic Times.