BLACKSTONE HILL.
(From our bwii. correspondent.)
The. increased the water > supply-=a,.matter of s?me moment^;a?, rf> filledl quickly. ,cut~oiT, supply. woufd;. be' i&y thingjbut apceptapre. •'"',' •- ;n G^r^'c]i^ol.' v Gpmmitte'ejfor ."the current year 'has Been !eije"c.ted;at lastl : Iheimem? ; bers r ar^^^essrs^^7;illiam-: Johnstone, ;H. rLeade"r; ; Dunsmuir, :o. ; anH |l['Enight, h MtZ Wats on Earner, at the re-iquest,-.pf:-the i 5-:Gomniittee, undertakes the iauties-of--Seeretary;-:7The pareijts.in the idistribt'may Consider thfeiaselves fortunate j in having secured the'services of such a teacher as Mis_s Hunter; in. fact, they show-their appreciation by sending'their children with,'commendable The roll numbers some twentyifour. There is still a BTimber not' attending: school-at ■ all.. It is; a pity/their parentsdq not see u a way for: their attendance, • but in- sueh'ar scattered:district;as : this' some 1 , mil J have' : to travel iongjdistances/and f a Toiir or five: mile: wal&><night-and morning''iV'rathefi' much ipr children. ... : MF. ; 'Pi :i, fems'troirgV;,w.hen i month as B^.:%r :^the;iidu.nt £da'district, instituted The. Lodge. ;j ,has now'.Jtsixteen, .members, with four to_ ioihhexi;lhigh£rjf:_it'.onljhas'the effect of moderating ."the.tyranny? of. the absurd drjpking, custpms in voguei if will ..great good but the members ltfqjf for tp themselves socieiy in ' general, .The,.mon^spent even w6^'s^than f drink'must L be amount-, T whjc.h, • ; if utilised for" repro^Uc would ;sbon _.r,.,r . •; ..-.,- ■ TEe;proipe : .^will^^spme^ doomed For? gbfa'lms. leftthe f r|eja %ere one therej; r '.jThe- difficulty- is uto. • discbver the exact ithefcountry- sp abbundlng.atf'ftiultsj-;? \ V ;#-iiQli<s.i '^-- :; -. F -- - :: Mr ; iArmstrong<s' r lecture4n aid ; of the" school funds 'netted^3 ? ~fo:;c - mor and modest self-d&j>re'ciatibh -were very;amusing;]'! +•■'*■-■&*£ ;'-<x-- ::[1 '■'■ y."-- 2 '' .-''- _ On"'Sundayfiast kindly '■ came T over' frOnV?the^statio"n,/and. preached hereto a well^^lle^schoflTrobm'. f * The'• L cplleißti6n at '.the en^d-of amounted 'to 1(32 2s.,'.and r the.,School
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 321, 23 April 1875, Page 2
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