School Books.

Manawatu Herald, 19 May 1894, Page 2

School Books.

Just new the Wangahui Education Board is desirous of cutting down some of the teachers remuneration. They may be right or wrong. There is one point in which an energetic Board might save a lot of money to parents, ami the sooner they see about it the better for I heir own funds, as the tendency of the law, from some recent cases tried, appears to be towards exonerating children for not supplying themselves with necessary school books. Bow education is to be general and compulsory without aids to learning, such as school books, we fail to spp, and it the children of poor parents are not to be punished for attending school without, books, and correctly too, who is to find the book's for the children ? Our system is free and compulsory ! at least so says its admirers, though it is nothing of the sort. Whether parents have to find books or the State has to, is a matter that will come prominently to the .front within a short time, bub till it is settled the Boards might do a great service by providing school books, strongly bound, which they should sell to the scholars and buy back at a reduced price after the scholar has used them. In the large Church of England school, London, known as the King's College Schoo 1 , haying, many years ago, a 1 oil of 600 scho'afs, the books used to be obtained from the office, branded with the name of the pchool, for a sro^l! charge, and duly taken book, damages having to be paid for. We can. see no reason why a similar practice' could not be insii Luted for our State schools,

The Manawatit Herat,d will not be published pn Thursday next. AH our contemporaries are idling with satisfactory the action of the Mayor in convening a meeting re the bridges over the Manawatn River. Wp hope the Mayor will put his back into facts and figures, and put them into black and white previous to the conference. Nothing like having a good foundation to work upon. Mr J. Walsh went out the other day to Motoa and took three excellent photographs of Mr John Strang'a ' new house. The position is excellently chosen for a d wall, ing, and, the approach thereto is up a rise prettily planted. TWe congratulate Mr Hillary on the aecoinplishment of his,long-wished-for metalling of the footpath in front of his premises on the Motoa road. He. entered the Borough; Council some -.time: ago in the hope of : securing this. work, and failed, he wrote a letter, a oouple of months ago, having resigpedhiahigh ojfice, und secured the'promise.' To day hie nas'se'-'-n'- it completed,; There is. nothing, like persistency .- ."Mr Hillary's neighbour Mr (x. Coluy was not, to- be outdone, and has succeeded in. getting the Borough to exten,d th-;, gravjel-. : ling in front. 61' his 1 section. MV Anii-asolv the intermediate, owner, a'.«a joiped jn. Thu : s one'm&nlhas done much for 'others 'as well as himself. . . Sflme oft our. contemporaries say " Sir Patrick Buckley is to l>3 examined by the Pox Commission on his return to Wnlliugton." Is he? All parties havr to be willing as to the operation first. It "fiae |>eea: decided t.that the metal.on the main road between the Levin railway station and the cross roads, Levin, be laid fckylSft-jwia* instead of 13ft fiin, at. the rate of ribout 30' cubic yards to the chain. : Pleasant ! Mr Fish, the Mayor of Dunedin, last Saturday seenrod three Bheepei' : plucks front two butchers' shops, '. and sent them to Professor Black who renjor^ that the liver and lungs of all three" »ve : lbadiy. affected with hydatid^. • The Professor says he cannot condemn io language; too strong the system by which it is not only possible, but probably pretty common,, to distribute this fertile source of disease.' "•••-■• We are glad to learn from Messrs McMillan,, Rhodes * Co. that Mr James Laired' the 'well-known nurseryman of Wanganui intends entrusting them with a consignment for sale by auction in a few week's time. Mr Carson, of the Wanganui Education Board, has given notice to move at the next.meeting of the Board— "That after (date iciJ>e fixed), the system of paying bonuses 'on teachers' certiScates be abolished, and that salaries be paid according to the grade of the school.

The County Council has authorised the Councillors for the Tokomaru Biding to get the gully in Plimmei' Terrace, Shannon, above the present roadway, filled in, the cost not to exceed £12. Monday's Mercury says " Yesterday morning, for about an hour and a half, the Hon. John Bryce, Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., and two other prominent followers Of the Conservative Party, were in solemn donclave on the main street of Bulls. As a result of the deliberations we may confidently look for the overthrow of the present Government." We expect our contemporary is mistaken. No overthrow will be necessary, the Government will fall to pieces. The Horowhenua County Council have decided to sue for outstanding rates and have handed their clerk £10 towards the cose of the necessary summonses. We are sorry to learn from the Post that the Government have descended still further to American ways, and are now boycotting the leading Opposition papers by refusing to advertise in them. We thank Mr H. P. Eagar, the courteous Secretary of ,the Otaki Maori Eacing Club, for a complimentary ticket for the Queen's Birthday Meeting. v c trust the weather will prove propitious and a pleasant day's sport be had. Messrs Gorton and Son hold a stock sale at Feilding on Friday and at the same time will ofier twelve first class five acre sections in the town, On Tuesday Messrs Gorton and Son hold a clearing sale at Spring Hill farm, Bulls. ' Messrs. Boss and Sandford opened this morning for business in the shop lately temporarily occupied by Messrs Loveday Bros. The next English and European Mail via Bio de Janeiro, for specially addressed correspondence per " lonic," will close at the local office on Monday the 28th day of May at 8 p.m. due in London July 11th. News from the Islands reports the death of Mrs Watts, wife of one of the New Zealand missionaries in the New Hebrides. The cause of death was heart disease. The Westminster GdxeUt pays I—Considerable attention is being given in some of the Scotch papers to what is believed to be a valuable discovery in the treatment of typhoid fever made by Dr Anderson, the Medical Officer of Health for Dundee. Dr Anderson claims that by the aid of salol, in combination with chlorodyne and lac bismuth) the typhoid poison can in many cases be successfully fought in the intestinal glands. He lias put his treatment to the proof for a i^eriod of 18 months in the Dundee Fever Hospital, and with the best results. Of a total of 84 patients submitted to it six died, which is one in 14 as compared with one in every five, the usual death-rate of genuine typhoid. In a large proportion of the cases, after 48 hours' treatment the dangerous conditions subsided to within fairly safe limits, and thereafter day by day the improvement continued. Sir William Jenner once stated that ha never knew a case of typhoid lever cut short by any remedial agent, ft will be interesting to note what reception Dr Anderson's discovery meets with among the big wigs of the profession At a meeting at Christchurch the following resolution was passed : — " That the ladies and gentlemen present, recognising on grounds physical, menial, and moral the necessity o£ inculcating a higher ideal of women'? dress, form themselves into an association for the purpose of dealing with the question of rational dress for women ; that this Association be called the New Zealand Rational Dress Association ; that the aims of the Association be the bringing about of that change in woman's dress which her wider life and increased activity seem to demand ; and that the Association, whilst acceptiug the most radical ideal, also heartily encourages all stages of r»form. !l Extension of leave has been granted to Mr Stouehouse, teacher at Orona Bridge, on account of illnoss. The Victorian Minister of Lands had a lively time of it at the hands of a, deputation of women, who waited ou him to protest against the treatment of the Robertson village settl'-mcnt lately. The Minister told the depulation that Robertson had accused him of bsing intoxicated when lie visited the settlement. "So you were," coolly replied one lady, while another coaxingly added, "But it's not so very dreadful to get tipsy." The Minister denied that he was intoxicated on the occasion mentioned. He declined the request of the deputation, which left indignantly, thanking goodness that they would soon have another Minister of Lands. The Horowhonua Council agrees to pay interest at the u.-^ual rate for any monies obtained from the Bank of Australasia by way of overdraft up to £1,700 In forwarding the balance-sheet to the Horowhenua County Council the AuditorGeneral made the' following remark:— " The balance-sheet is referred back for correction. I notice at the same time that sums of £1 8s 9d and £1 10s have been paid to the members of the Council against the express provisions of the " Local Bodies Contractors Act, 1885,'' which must therefore b-». refunded." We may mention (sayrf the Manawatu Times) that the complaint in reference to the amounts paid to Councillors is only a trifling affair, and i there was no intention on the part of the \ Councillors to commit a breach of the Act. A contract was being carried out in | the district of one of the Councillors rejferred io, and fascines being required for the work, it was discovered. that the Councillor was the only resident in the district who could supply them, which he did by request, and received a small remuneration from the Council. In the case of the other CounciilOr one of the employes of the Council required nails in connection with his work, and as he Was working near the Councillor's store, he purchased the nails there instead of journeying to a store some distance away.

Our imports of new season's dresses, millinery and mantles are now fully com* pleted. The choice we are enabled to show, and the strictly moderate prices charged are much appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro House, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Ver. ney, from " Worth's," Paris, is the leading^ dressmaker in the colony. We guarantee^ perfect fit, and the latest styles and de. signs, as known only to French dress« makers. Our charges for making dresses are from 22s 6d at Te Aro House. Ladies can do their shopping by^ p_ost, and save the inconvenience of coming^ to, town. Our order department has been en* larged, and is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and dresses will be sent post free on application at Te Aro House.