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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 119, 11 May 1876, Page 2

To the Editor of thb ' Evening MAir./ 7 Sir —Permit me ,to say a few words in reference to the new day echod recently opened in Toi-toi Valley. With all due deference to tbe gentlemen composing the Local Committee of l<duc*tion, I Ihutnbjy submit that a mistress should have beeu, appointed t6 t tbis school qualified to teach the girls sewing' and knitting, as well as the three lie. .Looking upon a knowledge; of;needlework as highly heceseary to an> girf. I consider th»t this most useful branch of industry should be regularly taught in all our girla' schools;-and> where the children take a lancy to the work, that they should be encouraged id it, : While upon this subject, permit ms to ask the reason why needlework is discontinued by the present mistress of Hampden-jtreet school. None of the girls who attend there are taught either sewing or knitting, and why this,is ao.I, am unable to. understand. , Hoping that the Committee will look into the matter, 1 I am, &c, . . A Mother,