NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 66, 28 August 1880, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

School Committee Meeting.— The usual monthly meeting of the Palrr.erston School Committee was held on Thursday, My. Snelson m the chair. He reported several alterations which would hare to be effected on account, of the Retrenchment Policy, a number of accounts were passed, and a eordiitl rote of thanks to the chairman, for his exertions 88 a member of the Board on behalf of the distinct. A Want Redressed. — "We are pleased to soo that the Q-overunient have disgorged sufll -ipnt to do away with whnt has so Ion? been a standing eye-sore. We allude to the footpath m front of ho post olfiee. which has received a coafc of gravel, beside a commodious horse post being erected. We trust that equestrians will nnke use of the lattor, and not ride over the pathway, as has hitherto been the case. Th.c Australian Cricketers.— To the Scai-boi-Qugh Eighteen falls the honor of scoring the first victory over the Australians: We do not think matches I against country eight-sens are a true test of the mettle of the Colonials. Their defeat of the Yorkshire and Gloucestershire County Elevens is ample proof that they are equal to the best County Eleven m Eng--1 land. We cannot compliment the spirit of English cricket (supposed to be the essence | of fair- play) on the reception accorded to the Colonials, simply, we believe, hecauso a Sydney rough insulted Lou Harris. If I Trickett when m England had betsn similarly insulted, no one m these colonies, we are sure would dream of associating that treatment with nny sculler who might travel [ from the old country to measure blades with our champions.