Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894. School Committee Elation.

Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894. School Committee Elation.

I* is ordered that on Monday householders in certain of the school districts shall proceed to hold a meeting and elect a 6ommittee> always provided that a comniittee has not been previously nominated; The fullest particulars are set out in the advertisement of the Wanganui Education and are worth considering. It is provided by the Act that in case no committee is nominated prior to the rneeting> the candidates can then be proposed At the meeting, and in the e'ase'b'f' the Foxton School Committee this is what will have to-be done,. As the positionof member of a committee is anything but a happy {=one/ r possibly it " will take some trouble' to -get seven gentlemen to assume the office> bub though ft committee has little poWei', it Would not be satisfactory to see a failure in the election of one.- We have frequently objected to tho very meagre powers allotted to committees', but have always recommended the securing . of the best committee that is possible and to I make the best of a bad position. To make the public school successful the parents of the scholars must do their mite, a,nd mitigate the- evil influence of Wanganui centralism. We have noticed lately a more yielding disposition shown by Boards to Committees, a result only gained by the continued selection of Committeemen who will fight for the retention of the powers they possess under the law, Had it not been for this, committees would new have been. ; things of the past. Under these circumstances we hope to see a fair gathering of householders, at the school on Monday evening,, who will exercise the power vested in them, carefully, and thus keep the-.joommittee up to the mark that it has been kept for some years past. We very much doubt if the Chairman has very much to report, as the whoV business is one which is met ai every turn by a want of funds, additions to the allowance doled oat by the Board being exceedingly haxd to obtain and as proportionately needed.' The 'experience of nearly all committees is that the funds allotted by the Board are totally inadequate to carry out. the duties expected, and 'are less than they should be. Encouragement iv, :\ --t be '-.given to the scholars and parents should help their committee much more than they ever do.

Major Mair is to be re-appointed a Juflye of the Native Land Court. An advertiser v.-auts an old boat for fishing inside the bar. The horses sold at the pound to-day realised- £5 5s and £1 7s respectively. The value of a big surplus was shown up by the .Hon.. Mr .Rigg. who told the Premier that tire library at the Government Buildings was in a bad state, the lining being stained where the rain came through. But you see>we.haye . The shears" iti New South 'Wales, seem determined l^ lorce'a strike. The pastoralists are confident that the bulk of the men are satisfied with the conditions of the new agreement, Tand that they will refuse- to leave the sheds when oalled out. The French Minister of War. meditates the creation? of a force of special troops called " Troupes iSahariennes." They are to comprise both cavalry and -infantry, to be recruited from amongst the natives and officered by Frenchmen; They' will be utilised for Algerian frontier service, and it is thought will be weU'received by the native population, and. so, strengthen. French influence in-theSafrara. J ; The premier, after the successful carrying, of his AJcon^lic^ljiqao'rs Act, i 8 dead nuts on WAteiv A fountain : roust be placed in the Parliament House grounds aa a foil to Bellamy's;" : To secure this he gave directions for a_ new creation, old trees were to betrat dpwi, pretty hollows filled up, and nowi r "the -Pftrnier yhas behead his. han.dk w6i-F-andi9-nWweH pleai^d.* Hfcfcofd sdmrvisitors that '' he had expected to .find the grounds * further advariced, 'and greater expedition wtfuld have to be used if they were to be completed 'before Parliament meets. He had fully expected to find that the grass was sown in the grounds, and was rather disappointed to find the work so backward. He was obtaining the services of a 'iflan well skilled 1 in ornamental dening 'to lay off the grounds to the best advantage, and a fountain would be placed in the centre." The fountain is to resemble " Charity," and thus cover a multitude of sins. The Government have resolved to accept the offer of the New Zealand Electrical .Syndicate Company for lighting the Parliamentary Buildings and general Government offices in Wellington. The arrangement of the details has been left to the Minister of Public Works. The Maori Parliament i 3 now in session at Pakirikiri, and the pah is being visited by large numbers of Europeans, who, however, are denied admittance to ths room where the- deliberations of the Assembly take place. Thomas Webley Twist was charged on Wednesday- at Palmerston with forging and uttering at Palmerston on the 4th April last a cheque on the Bank of New South Wales for £7, with intent to defraud. Mr Innes appeared for accused. Sergeant I Slattery applied for a remand until Wed- . ner>day next in "order to allow time to collect evidence andg^t . wUn'estfes from Wellington. This was granted, and bail was allowed, accused in his own recognizance of £20 and one surety of £40.

Archdeacon Maunsell died at Auckland on Thursday, aged 84 years. Sir George Grey will attend tbe Lord Mayor's dinner on St. George's Day. The shearers in Adelaide have decided to resist any redaction in the rales. The latest development o! Vrl: genius in the line which h- '■ ~, . Pf^Vapliy. rt on -- ««m> fteeti woikiug for tlie past five reftrs-, is tlie kinetoscope; which, was prac ; iically completed Recently. In casting about for a. riniqtte 1 subject for the first iihotagi'aph by the new process Edison chose Sandow as the niost fitting and and striking character. The ni.ain principle of. the tinetoseop ! e consists in the taking of Si great number of impressions by tbe camera in a limited space of time, thus obtaining a continuous photograph of the entire motion of the object or person. Photographs follow each other in such rapid succession that no lapse df time can be .detected between the impressions refcorded; and a series of pictures becomes in effect but one picture. Forty-six pictures were taken in one second; and the exposure lasted twenty rilintttesi It was Saturday evening, and the man in charge of the office of a Glasgow paper was quietly reading when the door swung open, and there appeared a grimy hand on the outside of the counter, upon, which fluttered, a piece of. dirty paperi witn the result. pi a very jdnior football match, teaning over the barrier the clerk saw a little urchin with a dreadful black eye, standing on tip-toe in order to reach the counter. " Well yer be shuir tae pit it in on Monday ?" was. the query of the latter. " Yes, 1 ' was the answer, but the youngster still hung about as if loth to leave. To humour him the newspaper clerk asked if there was anything else he Wanted-, whereupon-, poiiiting to his damaged optic and several contusions on his face, he replied ; " Aye. Ye micht add to it l rough play.' " That dear old newspaper the Welliuglon Government organ lias been poolvpbohing the idea of auy unemployed, how could it be possible, " don't you know," when the Government have a large surplus, no people's Government would hoard up money for the idle purpose of making a show at the end of the year, Oh, dear no ! The unemployed have, troublesome fellows made themselves too conspicuous, so that even the Secretary of the Labour Bureau has had to imform the Government that . there are from 30 to 40 men out of work in Wellington for whom he is unable to find any employment ! ! ! The Benevolent Trustees however put the number at 600 not ?>Q to 40. This seems to be a case where the stereotyped commencement of the N.Z. Times leaders and leaderettes " The Government havn done well " cannot be conveniently worked in. At Riverton last week Mr Bawson, S.M., uttered this note of warning : — ' I wonder licensees are so foolish to have dice on their premises, for the mere fact of seeing, dice on the table is prima facie evidence that an unlawful game has been carried on — particularly when the Consequences are so serious, and where a conviction must be endorsed on a license. I hope licensees will abolish dice-boxes., in fact put them in the fire." The Post says :— One of the City Corporation officials was slightly " had " on Tuesday by a sturdy loafer, but as the sequel prove? the biter was in the end even more badly bitten in return. The loafer, without knowing the official referred to, accosted him, and begged for " the price of a meal, kind sir " The appeal was responded to, but tlie donor's suspicions being aroused, he followed the hungry one, who entered tlie first " hotel " he came to, and with the air of a millionaire " planked down" hi 3 recently-acquired "nimble shilling," and in a " 'aughty " tone de>manded a pint of ale. Before thi3 could succeed, however, his "friend in need stalked into the bar, removed the shilling from the counter, and placidly replaced it in his pocket, and bidding the fellow good morning, retired. The loafer was on the point of following his late benefactor, evidently with a view to trying conclusions with him, but a word of caution from the barman to the effect that his almoner was the best amateur athlete and boxer in thu city cooled his ardour and he returned up town, bat in an opposite direction. The following resolution was unanimously carried at the last meeting of the Wanganui Borough Conncil :— " That this Council is of opinion that the through train should come into Wanganui instead of stopping at Aramoho as at present, and that as it is now contemplated to run an additional through train the time, is opportune for making "the much wanted changp, the Mayor., be therefore requested to lay the matter before the. Railway Commissioners, and that he be also instructed to draw the Commissioners' attention to the desirability of connecting the present train that leaves Wellington at 1.30 with that leaving Palmerston at 5.30 for Wanganui. thus extending to the public the opportunity of leaving Wellington at mifi-day and arriving at Wanganui at 10 p.m. ; and that his Worship communicate with other local bodies with a view to co-operation." At the Cass races, says the Christchurch Press, considerable amusement was caused by the appearance of Fay's rider in the Oup when he presented himself to the clerk of the scales. Eleven stone was the weight required, and the lad scaled only seven. The remaining four were made up in a manner unique in the annals of racing. . A number of plough chains (rusty at that) were produced, and were coiled round the body of the unfortunate jockey, and it is needless to say that he did not score a win. An amusing law case arising out of a quarrel between two hairdressers is about to come before the Paris Courts. It seems that for years past the proprietors of a particular hairwash has carried on the business of a hairdresser in the Passage Choiseul, when suddenly a rival came and established himself next door to him with another preparation. Hairdresser No. 1 was much hurt. . He put up a large placard with the inscription— "No branches. Established in 1861. Superiority attested»by forty years' expedience." To this his rival replied with a still larger placard, running thus—" No branches. Fresh blood. Progress with the times. New fashions reqnhiC fresh artists." The proprietor of the vflrst hair-wash brooded over this j retort, and at length determined to strike at his opponent what may be called a blow below the belt. He had a board of enormous dimensions prepared, with the words '•My neighbour's wife deceives him" (or, as it would be read in French, " is unfaithful to him ") in hugo letters. Underneath were the words, barely legible, " if she tells him that his hair-wash is better that mine." The laughers were, of course, now on tiie side of hairdresser No. 1, but it remains to be seen whether he will not have | to pay the 20,000 francs for his little joke, as damages his rival claims for libel.

During the Great Sa'e Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4^d. 4 buttons Kid gloves all new fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream lacis at 9d per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at 3d °" "' sailor collars at 9;I " .. -««ui Jsoya' o (l " - eaoli, eolct everywhere — «tii ftt Ihe Great Sale Te Aro House, WeHifigten. It will pay country custijniers to take a rim down to the Great Bealisihg Sale They will saVe ail tlie eXpetises and be flioney in pocket by buying all they want while goods are so cheap. Orders from the country will be carefully selected a.iid sent carriage paid i rdm tlie Great Idealising Sale at Te Aro House. We are requested to direct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stock will commence at The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, on - Saturday, 13th January, and < continue for 2l days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon March 6 an early visit;