NEWS OF THE DAY.
It will be seen by our advices from Victoria that oats have reached the high price of 3s per bushel in the Melbourne market, or 2s 7d to 2s 8d in bond. Seeing that first-class oats are only realising Is to Is 4d in South Canterbury, a lew speculative shipments at present should be a certain fortune to exporters. The Waimate sly-grog seHing case,' adjourned from last Court day, was dismissed yesterday by Mr Beetham, who, however, took the opportunity of commenting severely on the disgraceful state of things disclosed by the evidence adduced, which he characterised as very demoralising to the community. He felt sure the persons who started the Club could not have contemplated the indiscrimiruinate sale of liquor such 'as the supply to Hinton showed, the man being found drunk a short time after leaving the Club premises. It was a blot on the character of the working men of Waimate, which he hoped they would.at once wipe off,. It would be his duty, to communicate with the Government on the matter.
The Newcastle Chronicle says :—“ Affairs in Ireland are hastening to a crisis., What is now contemplated is not merely the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the forcible surrender of all arms’, but the absolute abolition, for a season at least, of trial by jury. If trial by jury is suspended, judges will have the power, not only to send a man to an .ordinary prison, but they will have the power of sending him to penal servitude for periods of six, seven, ten, or twenty years It is difficult to believe that any English Goverment professing Liberal principles can submit to the Legislature such a hateful and horrible measure, if this statement is correct, it will be the duty of every man who cherishes Liberal principles .to pronounce in the most emphatic manner his condemnation of any Ministry that could initiate such a policy.” Mr James Fulton, M.H.R., a member of the Otago Education Board, has recently called attention to the fact that there are thousands of children under school age attending the public schools of the Colony, and that “ their names are placed on the roll.” In the face of the very large necessary expenditure on education this is not at all as it should be, although, no doubt, it is mighty convenient to mothers to get rid of the bother of looking after young children for five or six hours a-day. Why do not the Otago board set a good example by having the roll purged of children whose age does not entitle them to be entered ? The teachers can hardly be expected to do their duty to. those who have the right to be instructed if much of their, time is occupied by infant classes and keeping little toddiekins quiet.
The season for shooting game commenced at mid-night last night.' ; An inquest, was. held .at Ashburton yesterday ,before. Dr-Trevorj coroner, touching the 'death' Of 'Alfred- Exon, a shepherd, formerly .in'the'employ, of Mr F. B. Passof the Sherwood station, hear Rakaia It appears that deceased complained of feeling ill on Monday last, and in consequence retired to bed at the station on that day. As he was'no better on Tuesday a doctor was sent dofr but before he .arrived Deceased died. The jary returned a ver'death from natural causes. The deceased was sixty years of age.
. A draft of the.annual report of the In-spector-of Schools/which was submitted to to the Wellington Education Board, states {that‘the average attendance during last year was 4700,' showing an increase of . 748 over the year 1879. The balance in hand at the end of the year was £3613 Os 9d, being £971 5s 19d on ■ account of maintenance, and £2641 10s lid on account of buildings. The number of' teachers in the ■Board’s; service at the close of the year was 137, including.one teacher of sewing. During the year the Inspector visited and examined 42 schools. By the opening of new schools accomodation has been provided for 1500 children, and when the works how under contract arc completed, .. good permanent accommodation in the city of Wellington would be provided for 4000 children; • Considerable additional accomodation is required.
Mr T. Roberts, architect, invites tenders for re.-paintjng, &c. .
Special . Announcement. —New Winter Drapery—Wood and Smith beg to announce that they have opened .a splendid assortment pi Autumn and Winter Drapery, comprising an immense lot of Maids’, Ladies’, and Children’s Jackets, and Ulsters, at exceptionally low prices. New Millinery. —Shepherd’s Buildings, Main South Road, Timaru, — [Adtt.] . .
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2506, 1 April 1881, Page 2
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