OPUNAKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 111, 8 May 1903, Page 4

OPUNAKE.

H> (Oar Own Correepocdfn''.) ton subject of & successor to Mr he&dmaßter of our State IjjfctMil linn caused a good deal of excitefjunthere. The Education Board at meeting on Wednesday, 22nd * April, sent the names of five cindijitw and the committee held a special ■Meting on Saturday evening. 25th } April, at which it was decided to rei commend the appointmect of Mi At the meetirg of householders on Monday evening some ol ► those present took exception to the - action cf tha committee, some contend ing that the committee had net ma jc a wise selection, having recommendec .the last name on the list sent by th« v Board, and others contending that thi /.committee should have kft the eelec tion to the new committee. Feelinf .r ran very high at the meeting, accuw - ,tionsof " picked meeting " and "shari - practice " bnng freely made, and on thi / whole the meeting was the livelier - ever held in Opunske, which is siyinj - a good deal. After a long diecussion during which a good many personali V ties were indulged in, the vote wai < v taken and the adoption of the commit " tee's report was carried by 26 to 17, i 5' considerable number declining to voti - either way. The election of the nev - committee was then proceeded witl and, though two of the retiring com >' mittea headed tho poll, the lato chair , man and three other members of thi <dd committee wera defea'cl The ne? ennmittee met but, bayond electioi Messrs Lo'>ney and the Rev. J. G. W ■ Mis, hoth members of the old commit rt- tee, chairman and N secretary respec r tively, and fixing their night of meet % Jug, nothing was done. The loca J ■ jpaper has written very strongly ii L condemnation of the whole c;mmittei contending that their whole procsed logs were illegal and there are all sorti ' ef rumours regarding what is bainj done. The public are in the mean time expe'ing some interestinj ■ in the near future. A local poet hts handed me the fol lowing lines which will doubtles. Interest your readers. THE NEW DOSNYBROOK. *Fwas a famous day in Donnybrook, Of, rather, it was night, Whin we raided the Schule Committee And had a jolly fi >ht. ~ for they dared to tell the people, And to make a choice for who Should give the children larniD, Like they do at Kill-a-100. Bo we rushed from out the "publics,'' Every mothers eon and Tool, And, accompanied by Goosey, Made a bea-line for the schula. - The bell was goin a banging, Like the calling to a fair; And every boy was running, Blythe and eager to be there. Both the "Teddy boys" were with u?, And Eure it wasn't wrong, for aren't we with them often? r, For their liquors nate and strong 1 But Michael couldn't jine us, For He daren't show his face, But there, serene and smiling, Was his henchman in his place. When the meeting was in order, With their big man in ths chair, Then up popped Blaring Billy Like a lion from his lair, Ani he shook his long black whiskers And a gleam was in his eye, And he pounced on that Committee Like a spider on a fly. : ' Than that giant, Mighty Geergie,— Who was spoiling for a fightGat his gentle little squeak in On thj Committee's right: _ M Oould the teacher they'd selected Teach the boys their A.8.0., Was he alio good at fingers Such as Al, 82, 03 Then another axed a question, The football clubses clerk: - "Was he any good for umpire ?" Oh, 'twas such a j ally lark. 'Xbere were others had a hand in That ble&ed jolly row, - All the O's and Macs and such like, Yelped out and barked bow-wow. Bat the little doughty chairman— His pluck shone in his face, — Sat down upan them finely, And put Georgie in his place. . Then some fellow raised the question Of an elector's right, And we made every boy a householdei For that famous fighting night. Our shanties grew to palaces, To the childless sure there came families in large proportiors,' Twas a funny kind of game. Then up jumped Father Elli l , He's a divil for a fight, Wid his foine big black shilhley He hit out to life and right, And the way he squilched them fellow/ Was a glorious sight to see; As the fray waxed warm and furious The Committee smiled wid glee. When it came to a division, Every man in business there Bushed away into the lobby In an awful kind of scare; For a rale good Oirish boycott Is the thing for business men, And they weren't for having any In the future —or for then ; And the poor dear little printer, (A harmless kind of coon), • Couldn't count the votes correctly That were left «i hin the rocm. - The boys were whall ipped badly, J|§; (And si everybody thinks), Then back they went to Teddy'a And swallowed lo's of diicks. gggjj