The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 948, 1 May 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1879.

TiIKHF. seelii.s e. ery pr"b-.'.bllit \ iht dispute r..-t a n tlie IvM'fi'ii i I aii'i thn Schools C"m!i'itte>- .-Lssiiiiimg , .s .-. f■ t. if ti- i" ' l T j „p. • dily -K.-.b th- e 111 r-Miießt, itiid forward the a!iol., ..f ;ni j pli.-iLtloti- f-T the head ma.-ler.-dup - t «"e N-.rth Sch""l and the seend nia.it.-i>!iip | . f the South School for c"i.--«iderali"ii. j So tar, ueither . f the contending pariie-- , seem inctuieii to alter its deteriiuii.itlou. ;uiil a dca-ii*-ck tiic rt-HUit. :i* was br»Hight aspeci;U j llli{ ot' toe Schools Co mill it t e last evelilie,'. I when a very uuitjue epistle iroui tlie j Secretary to* the KUuciitiou H-aoi «as , reutt. After s-acui,' tuac the Board had i curetully clisi'leri'l tlie C uiinltt. e-S Il '"| • |uest, the writer pio.:eudi to say that , " The Committee seem to lie unaware .i.at . the practice adopted ill the jr. iit case ' has lie en the luvamblo • suite tliC| Board came into exist nee." r..ssii>U ( ,\ir. I'ry.le may be correct m thta state- | merit, but even supposing that the nio..ie . ot procedure sougric to be adopted til this instance has been followed in eierj preceding case, the P...arii 3 position in | tue niaiter under dispute is not i srretigtheiie.. to any appreciable extent. As we read it, and as tlie Committee apparently read it, the Act lays d>>w n J tlie rule that the Committee must, tirst he consulted hefore any appointment I of a teacher can be made. 1 ills, to oui I ir;niu:iL *uLu»i t i th:ir. tfu* t->r .luv . teathcrhinj* 110 un-L :-vlui'c iu* l-'iu- , wui* oili in; h.e tinjU' !CLU"ii ; ►Ul'i l UVUlCll't ifcUV u» i.itf . for appointment. The Board has Ii" !•- _'.n . n -iir. i.' u unii' Id aii\ portion of tlie | applications aim, m etiect, if not hi so main words, say to the Committee, " \ "ii must , take Olie of tue three candi..ates we lU;N e . teitctca tiir >•»«-" t'wr 'l"^ worvudC El *4' posaessea no power of uirect se.ecti- u "i j t«'acher» a' -• LI, f .h"'agh indireciU it is uia.ii: tiie supiei.ie a.itiio. ity m regard t" ap[ouir.Uielits. It has ti.e !l_'iit "I con- ' lii-uiino or vetoing :u>\ apponit:neiit, .•»• rather in uunation, tnat tue t ou.iu.uc make. 1 lie reason foi tins iuu>i ue obvious to any n..i reiuiered ; blind by the da/-/.uug brightness the ! glorious haio which surrounds a juember lof tiie Board ot Education. Tlie Act vvry ! wisely provides tor a certain ciiecK I beiug placed upon the appointment ot teactiers. Tlie School Lommittee, | being the body most mtimateU connected withthe parents of the scholars attending a ! achnol, and best aopiaiiited with tlie rei ipiirt'ineiits of thy educational esCablishI ment under its cwntroi mid supervision, is j afforded the opportunity ni selecting its teachers ; arid the lioartl is merely accordedthe nghtof contiriiungorveioingthc j appointments m or*ler that wiu-.i tiieConij imttee may make an unwise or impolitic I selection the evil eitects likely to llow 1 from cjia.' selection may be averted. K j V..4S neyer c'vlitemplau.i iiiat the Ho.ir.i i •uoukl first in -lie'. t i \ hmtnnl.ie , Committee's selection f. •ue .i u.i cani dulates, actually force up..u Ci ui | miluity a teacher of w hum it might di-s-I approve. -Vs we taKe i", "he tv*o tji.eii.rs act as a check upon t ...eh >•£ her, and cry 'properly so. for if th:- pr.aisioii in the ) Act is carried out m trie lii.eral spirit n. i winch it Id framed, serious mistakes may 'be averted. Very properly - and appropriately so, t*wj-- til.-- Board is acc« rde.l i the privilege which Lulled clijim of having f die laj.r, word : be.: in li'.e c.ie». 1 i'.lcr ! review, the old women are apparently I deteriuuied to have l».:h the n:-i woia j ami the last. 1 !»v reiiuniiing | ..rtions ... tlie Secretary to the hducati n Boards t letter noes not contain much more of a ! i.ehaCeabla nature, and save for the very ' .piestioliable taste di-plaied ill its references to the candidates who,e applications ; « ere put on one side by tiie S.-Utction t oui- ! nuttee of the Hoard, we should refrain | trom noticing it. " lwo ot those pel■sous," we are told. " .veve not eligible, ' as they had not been twelve months in 1 their present situations. This is scarcely ) the manner in n tucii we should have e.\l [K-Cted a Secretary to an Kii'.'cation Hoard to write of applicants for the head ' mastership of an important puoiic srl.'-d. '■ But Mr. I'ryde may not r.-poi,.,b:e 'tor the retei-emes to •" person., ' and

i ■' situations whuh j11-> letter c .ntauis. | Very [ • bly it was ai.ti.:: to the dicta- ■ I ti..ii ot some of this.- member- of tliej ' I'.oard, v.Uu. " drv-.-sed in a little brict : authority," are pr-rie ;>• l'.-i m c.Jtrd 1 .1 view or their ev.l; J-..si:i"lH all'l ' t' 'O 1,.w an estimate of ih. v. 11 ■ ■ t ■ ■ t time: hi.iv !••• under tin in u.i>r i :i;' J»«11■ I,»■ l"o \c:. One of the ot icr c • «-•-* " :ll . v J.I- -V ;-i 11.illy cert It:."i'e. i. ai.d • : 11 t.-.n"11:;lC tn ' were i. :tr ti; m L'.-Uimiue-- ot tiic Ii an; c. u-id ■; > t u ii - i jci:r able for various re.- .. ih. ha: iho-e . reasons are is not -.ta'e.i, ami as the ■School Committee possesses the knou-] > ledue that some at any nice of the rejected (candidates are gentlemen well .pialitied | for the position of head master ot j the North Sciio. !. its iif-nibers very ■ i naturally lefuae to be satist.ed with the i bare assertion tliat •■various reasons j r.'iider them unsuitable for the post. and. 1 ' with a just appreciation ot" what is due to i them as members of a Committee clecteti 1 by the parents of the scholars, demand i the ri-,'ht aocorded to tlietii by law of in- . specting the - ' v hole of the credentials of the : candidates before recommending any of I tlfin for tho vacant positions. How the 1 dispute between the Education Hoard and the Committee will end it >-■» dithcult to 'foretell; but of one thing we are firmly convinced : the Committee is fully deter- ' mined to maintain the p- sitioii it has taken ' ui», and will throw the whole responsibility of the Sfhool hecumii'u' disorganised upon tii«! BoaiM, which has. according to the [ admission >ti several of its members, ovcr- , us po'-v.-tH. Mr. D. Flemui'.', the ' c. Hi*-bt. ii to continue ill the p' litii :i i't.r a short time, but as he is de aruis Hi tiic acojv of iil-hcaiiof being r-::eved t'r.-ui ilti."y al • 'here seems e\ ery prospect of the eilhvr Ix'iug cl is*-d t -r a turn' or reliiiered a clisj >lll ti-J U.dy witu 'ii'. a head. For this resuit, if it should c..uie to paes, «'C c-innot biamc tho Committee, foi- the dinpute is none "f it* leokitig. and its inenibcrs :.ri> mereivacby a praiseworthy d - dre t" mairitain tl'.eic '-iv/i dignity and nbtaiu 'ttj.ice for w!.-;ii ihi>y repre-

passenger platform by the Municipal Council, and immediately after this ceremony has been completed, the party will be conveyed by train to the harbor works, where a guard of honor will be formed by the Oamaru Riflc3, and an address from the Harbor Board will be presented to Sir Hercules* A( the accommodation at the Kail way St* | tion is very limited, it has b<*n decided by the Recepticn Committee that tickets of admission thereto shall be issued to members of the Legislature and of the three governing bodies taking J'art in the proceedings—the Municipal and County Councils and the Har'oor Board. The Chairman of the Reception Committee announces that the proceedings at the Railway Station will be very hri >:. n.n<l recommends the general public to na : t His K\c> llency at the harbor works. I: tlii ■ .inniiLii'mi lit is carried out the princip.d n . T.tf-n v. ill bo giv ell at the Breakw.>t. r>. ii,.»t tilting place, as it is the -<'-ih.tii'm greatest enterprise and r!|. ..i e• t of our {.reate-t boast. Fur tic | i i.mm nieii> •• Hi' tie- public, a .-pet i.d train | will 1.-c l'.'i- the Breakwater at 12.-">0 p.m. I Ait. r spending some little time in inspecting tiie works, the party will return to the Rail- ! way Station, where carriages w ill he in readiI in ss ti) convey the distinguished visitors tn | the Star ami (-alter 1 Intel, .-ml the whole of ' the iormal proceedings will In- brought to a I i-1n,.-. Aft.-r partaking of a private luncheon ! tlf. re-t lit the time at hi" disposal will be 1 dis|K'Se'l ni' in such a manner as His lwcel- ! l,.|icv iinv direct, but one of the chief items . oil the att.T 'cart <>f the programme will, we ' ii-li.-ve. 1... U., I'.\ , lien, v.- int«-r\ iew with j

the I ii.lllli" I of I olJlllleJ'i. e 111 I cfel cIK .' to the >%dii<-v Exhibition. His Worship the Mavor by .nlvertisement reijuests the citizens to observe the day as a half-holiday, and suggests that shopkeepers should close the doors of their premises, but not put up tin ir shutters. His Kxcellcncy will have for Timaru at p.m. Tlie vital statistics for Oaniaru. for the month of April, are : —Un til.-. 4:1 : marriages, i'> : deaths, 12.

The tirst poition of the pipes for the n.uii.-iru waterworks arrived to-day by the >t. Kilda. liav ing been transliippi-d from the -.hip \\ estlaud, at l'ort Ciialmers. They are l-~» and b s -inch pipes, and are being stacked for (ho present at the (.'asworks.

The Hon. Secretary to tlie local Com

initt-e .Mr. W. -1. Sniitli) to-day received a letter from Mr. S. Allen, Hon. I reasurcr

to the Benevolent Society, acknowledging the receipt of a che.pte for Iji'-'S ISs 3d, being tiie amount collected in this district in aid of Kaitangata Keliet Fund. Ihe writer for not having made an earlier acknow ledgcii ent of the receipt of the uionev. We also learn that Mr. Armstrong ha- forwardnl an acknou ledgement to the railwav department for Lll lis "2d, collected in the locomotive department.

Once more is the Port I>arwin telegraph line interrupted, This time the breakage is North of Charlotte atcrs. It ir gratifying to know that these toofreijiient interruptions are not conriiied to any particular locality. The knowledge of this fact tends to break the monotony of these disappointing interruptions in the telegraphic communication with the Old \\ orld.

1 His Worship the Mayor has, after some amount of correspondence with the liovernj ment. induced them, by < lriicr-iii-(/ou;ic;l, to I chajigc tiie purpose of the Slaughter-house 15ej.ervc, situated al tlie north end of the tow n, and consisting of over an at. re of land, to-m its original purpose to one ior Muin- . -,oal purposes.

The lir-it case heard in this district for n liie.icii of the compulsory clati-.es of the K.i.ieati..n Act, came up at the !!esi-d.-nt .Magistrate's Court to-duy, when

l'avid Fari['.iharson was charged with committing a breach of the law by not sending his son to the Livingstone .school. Mr. Hislop appeared for tiie prosecution, and V,\ I •'Meagher for the defence. Charles Kobuitj, ..Urfc of the Livingstone school,

gal e evidence to ti.w clluel that the (. oiunuttee of the school at their Mist meeting passed a resolution adopting the .'lau-e-. of the I'Mucation Act, and, if necessary, to put

them in liirc ;. The Secretary was authorised to write to those parents whose children were imt attending the school statins.' M:at tlie t omiuittec would put the compulsory cUuses. in force, ami they hoped parents would see the advisability p' .-,.-n.liin; their cliihlreii to school in order to avoid the nilpi. asantness of enforcing.' the clauses. The defendant's house is a mile ami a quarter from the school, and the boy had not he-en then- siii'-e the 4th of .\|>i il. A copy ot the third ii-.he.lnle of the Kdiieation Act wa.forwarded to defendant hy the Committee, but he never replied to it. •■'. Anderson, teacher of the Livingstone school, stated that the boy appeared to be in robust health, and that the road between defend mt s house and the school was mgoi.d condition. At tliis st. n i'i: of tiic proc-i■uiiii.'s \lr. <• Me.-.o'-iev

•ipplu d for an adjournment ot the case for

the purpo-e ot pro -iu ing .-nine neecs.~ar> •'i ■ 11' r 1e e, W]ll ej i was to eo;ne 01 .ijain lor iieann.'oii I'v.day wi .-k.

Tiiere was no mi-taki:i_' the tact that tinseason for coursing ha: -.-s commenced to-day. [hiring the morning scores ot sportsmen, either mounted on horseback or seated in buggies and tra[w of all kinds, followed byeven a larger number of dogs, might have been seen wending their ways to favored localities. Aitoj.-ctl.er we should say that the hares in the more immediate neighborhood of Oamaru must nave had a lively time of it.

The annual meeting of mombcrs of the North. Otago Agricultural and I'as t oral Association will be held on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, in the Mechanic# Institute, when the usual election of otHec-bearers will take place. A meeting of the Committee will be hclil at 11 a.m. the same day, at the Secretary's otfiee, for the put pose of approving of the annual report to be submitted to members of the Association and the transaction of general business. A Gazette, just to hand, contains the new ' regulations made ujjdur the tliu Sheep Act, l.s7«v which c.mc into force to-day. The instructions to inspectors under these are vi-rv elaborate and complete, and the regulations arc such as should be carefully studied bv all interested in sheep. Mr. James Murison has been appointed Chief Inspector and Registrar of Brands for the Oamaru District. The members of tiie Xgapara Band will meet this evening, at 7 o'clock, at the RaiJ* way Station. The Gazette of April "21 contains a notification that a Post Office has been opened at (jsorgetown. The following appointments of pG.-tmidUii's are also notified:—Mr. AA m. Ittythe, (leut'geii/wn : Mr. P. Mason, Kourow; and Mr. S. B. F. Vi almesley, Otepopo. The regnlar meeting of Lodge JAajtaki, E.L'., will be held at half-past seven o'clock ■tljjs evening, and a full attendance of memtiers is The annual banquet will he held ia the immediately after tbe iust»U»tioo ceremony,

A meeting of the Committee of the Oamaru Football Club ia called for this evening, at 8 o'clock, at the Royal Hotel. The Hampden Volunteers were inspected last evening by Staff-Instructor M'Pherson. The muster, owing to many of the members being engaged in finishing operations in connection with the harvest, Was small. After the inspection, an hour's drill was gone through.,y*ry creditably. The weekly Bible lectures in connection with the Y.M.C.A, were commenced last evening in their room, Itehen-atreet. The President occupied the chair, and gave an address on " Not Slothful in Business," the whole of tin- members taking part in the discussion which followed. During the meeting a strancrer dropped in and tendered 50rno valuab e suggestions. The subject chosen for next meeting is "The Two Babylons.'' i.y Mr. Koek, to v« hich strangers are ill v it > d.

A <-oi,.'ert 'oi l 1 nl! in aid of the funds of tin- Miii"!"..' A;f-oiiiition will be held in tin si hooliooin, f.is'ii-tontomorrow e\eninc, at

We uudi ritand that the Hampden Hotel has changed hand-;, Mr. Waters, formerly Of the Kail way Hotel, Otepopo Kiver, being

the new pi-opri.-tor. It is announced that the fii.-t dividend in the Kvcmn_' Mall ('oji.pany tin liquidation) will be paid at Mr. Suinptcr's ollice ell Monday next.

The well-known .J. G. S. Grant has come to Oauiarti, and is \'ending his pamphlets from «!«>•.(- to iiooi*. Those who have known Mr. < • rant i.i former y.ars arc fully aware liow ingeniously he manages to extract the shilliiii.' from tiie unwilling purchaser ot " Nuptial Bowers," *' Honey from Hybla," '• l'ierian Springs." and other products of the busy brain of tiie " First Hector. 1 ' I his morning, however, he hailed .a clerical gentleman and handed him a copy " fresh out. The clerical gentleman thanked bitu, and walked awav with the interesting moreeau, probably thinking it was an advertisement of Wolfie's schnapps or Moulton's pain paintTin; " !'irst Hector. however, was not to be done, and so pursued the clerical gentleman, and inioi nied him that his bosom thoughts were a marki table commodity, a)| d that nothing short of a shilling eouUliinduce him to make them public property. This the cler-_'vmau thought was a horse of a totally different color, and so lie returned the

" Xuptiial bowers" to its author, who looked woefully sad, us indeed lie was, and something not complimentary tu the clergy Wild said. We do not know whether Mr. (I rant intends to remove his household gods to Oaniani, hut should lie contemplate such an act, we feel it our duty to inform him that We have a Craminar School, which has had several Rectors already, and therefore cannot possibly have another first Rector, and that the eight hours' system is in full force here. No, we shall never ask l>uncdinto part with its <irant. Even though 1 >uncd;ii pressed the uift upon us, we should refuse it with one accord.

The u.-ual monthly meeting of the aia-1-eka I load Board wa- held yesterday, when there were present "Messrs. J. Held (in the chair). Cilchrist, Isdale, Kvans, Jackson. T. Reid, and Oliver (engineer). The Clerk to the County Council wrote, forwarding a chorpie for T. 10, being proportion of ranger's salary for halt" year. A letter from the Town Clerk M nil reference to luad-liiie to Municipal ijuarry was ordered to stand over. The plans of the road-lines exchanged in the Whitstone Kslate were forwarded by tho Kntdlieer, and the matter was referred to County Council. the road being now a county road. Tin: inspector having drawn attention to a steep pinch in the Airedale read, which he stated cotdd be reduced for a small sum, the mutter was referred to the engineer, witll pov.er to act. Lite inspector was instructed to provide a plank tor a toot|,ndtre at Arrangements tor the annual electrons were then made', ami the following geiitli in -li were appointed retuinine officers :—'l i au' raki. .Ml*. Isdalc ; l'.nfiehh Mr. Tedd ; \Viin|«',r, Mr T. R/i't. Accounts amounting to LolJ bSs -td were passed fos pavnielit, and the Board rose,