The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 304, 14 October 1880, Page 2

The Temuka Leader THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1880. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Complaints are coining in from all quarters of the hayoc tnat hares are making amongst tfye young trees in orchards and plantations, It is tirqo a petition Was got up praying the Accliuiitization Society to allow settlers to kill hares on their own lands, If something in this way in not done hares will become as great a loss to many of the settlers as they were in the old country Why should it be so ? We do not grudge the few sportsmen amongst us a fair indulgence in their favorite pasttime, but the young plants that are inteudeo to ornament, as Well as benefit the country, shou d not be sacrificed to favor a few.

We are glad to learn that Mr 0. G. Tripp has generously promised ii2o as a prize for the best one-horse gorse cutter produced at the furthcoming Agricultural Show to be held in Christchurch. Wo were more than surprised to learn that tli; Tituaru Committee refused Mr Tripp’s kind offer because of the hopelessness of the case. Tnis was a mista.ee, as there is no difficulty whatever in producing a machine that will out gorse that has been properly attended to when young, and if the time had not been so shun, more than one competitor would ha e presented themselves. Fins we know for certain.As it is, oue exhibit at leas: will be on the ground.

A meeting of shareholders of the Temuka and Geraldine Permanent Building Society was held on Tit sd y evening last in the Mechanic’s Institute, under the pre sidency of Mr J. Meudelsoa. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been tead and confirmed, and the bye laws of the society read and considered, the elec tion of Directors was proceeded with— Messrs Mendelson, Hayhuist, J. Brown Ked and Quinn being declare.i duly elected. We understand that 330 shares are already taken up, ami the society por mjses to be a great success.

An inquest was bein' yesterday on the body of a child belorgidg to Mr «V. Storey The medical evidence went to show that the child was in delicate healtii from ils birth, aud had been accidentally suffocated by turning ou its face in the bed. The jury returned a unanimous verdict accord iog’-y.

The reprehensible practice of “ tin-kat-tling ” v.as ireely indulged in at Sod town on Tuesday night. It appears a wedding was being kept up in the usual way, when a number of men and boys indulged in the practice above mentioned, besi les throwing stones, &c., which so irritated the persons inside that a sortie was decided on and immediately carried out, resulting in the wounding of one man by a severe cut under the eye, The cut is supposed to have been inflicted with a stone. We believe a police case is likely to be the result of this discreditable affair.

Tasmania is rapidly becoming of the first importance as a gold-boaring country. Large parcels taken from various parts of the Royal Tasman reef, near Mount Cameron, give from 24 to 106 ounces to the teu, the metal being thoroughly diffused. The reef is nine feet thick, and the richest yet discovered in the Island.

In disclaiming his being the person who was charged at the Police Court yesterday with “kicking the bucket,” our printer (says 0. D. Times) writes : —“I have'often seen it stated that in cases where a person has a double the likeness has proved a convenience, but 1 have never seen pointed out the advantage derived from having a n..masake with a, propensity for making periodical appearances at the Police Court, Here is a fleld for essayists ”

A question which apparently somevvha| puzzled the Justices (Messrs an# Mollison) before vvhqm it came was raise c| yes'erday al the Police (lourt. M girl named Martha O'Brien charged epfar.her, ilichard Lambert, with rteal.ng a jacket belonging bo her. lie had take ll the jacket from his house and pawned it, and as lie figured in the dock charged with drunkenness the presumption was that he had sp' nt the money in drink. He pleaded however, that he had a light to t ike the Jacket, and, indeed, that his wife had told him to do so. The Bench appeared to bo of opinion that lie fud taken the jacket without tile knowledge of the girl, but they were doubtful whetner they conic convict a man of stealing the property of his stepdaughter, a minor.—Exchange.

Still another source of employment for those who lack it has been brought under our notice (says the New Zealand Times.) ; Hound the beech by Terewhiti, Makara, and Porirua, some 30 persons are said to be at present engaged in collecting pawa shells. The occupation would appear to be a very profitable one, as about 5s a hundred is stated to be given for these shell*, and some of the gatherers have beeii known to get as far as 1000, and in one vase even 1800 in one day. The industry js perhaps not likely to be a per maueiit on", but our informant states that it would afibrd occupation to a considerable number more than are engaged in it at present for some time to come- The shells are used iu the manufacture of buttons at Home.

The Sydney Bulletin says;—The Young 1 .New Zealand Prospecting Party (Forest and Co.) h >ve taken up an area two miles below Maloney’s, Tcmora. The party ip question represent (he first contingent of Now Zealand minors who have arrived on the goldfield.”

A pensioner writes to a contemporary m reference to the taxing of Imperial pensions with a receipt staipp of a penny on payment. T"c complainant is of opinion that the Government will soon hear from the Horse Guards, if they do nut refund the money.

The Taranaki Herald says that the constabulary actually engaged wonting on the roads are to receive an extra shilling per day. Tois is termed “road money” and is given, we presume, as an incentive to the men to work with more energy than is nsu illy observed iu the “Government stroke.” At any rate, it will compensate the men for the ten per cent, reduction.

Some of the most notable men in Ragland were born during the same mouth Thomas Carlyle, Dec. 4. 1735 ; Bmijunin Disraeli (H ad Beacoasfield), Dec. 19,18U5 ; Wdli »m hjwarfc Gladstone, Dec. 2J, 1809 ; Dean Stanley, Dec. 13, 1816 ; and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dec. 22, 1811. John Bright Ft a little older than the Archbishop, uayiog been bum on November 1G 1811 ; whilst Lord Selborne is younger than either, haying been born on Dec. 27, 1812.

Uuiicr date, London, Sept. IS, a special cubic message to the Mvflbonrnn Press runs as follows; —“Toe financial condition of New Zealand has excited grave alarm among bundoolders, and frequent attention lias been called in the Press to a excessive borrowing of the colony in comparison with its population. There have been persistent sales of New Zealand bo ads, which have fallen heavily ”

A sarcastic Melbourne correspondent of the Bulletin remarks that the sympathy with crime and lawlessness is so general and strong in Victoria that, were a plebiscite taken to-morrow on the subject, Ned Ke ly would be released and made chief commissioner of police, The following paragraph appeared in the London Times of August 6ih respecting Afghan general of cavalry who is supposed to have been the true leader of Ayoub Khan’s army ;—“ We may remark that Ayoub Khan is a young man about 22 years of age, by no means skilled in war, and of little force of icharacter. His general of cavalry, Juuab, ,is said to be the ruling spirit of the Herat! army, and i>s real commander. Whoever he is, whether an Afghan or a European adventurer, as some suppose, las dispositions on the 27th of July reflect great credit on his tactical ability,”

A police cousta ole’s life says the Hawera £ tar is not all beer ami skittles. Constable Pleasants is the only polic; officer at Nonnanby, and he would have had rather a rough time of on Monday night, had it not been for the wining assistance tendered by some of the residents in the township, one or two having jumped out of b-.d when they beard him “cooeying ’’for help. A nat've named Irna had been imbibing rather freely, and G mstablo Pleasants endeavoured to induce him to return home. This only had the effect of malting the Moan table, the result being that the constable took him in chatgc. On the way to the lock-up, the native bee me very violent, and if Constable Pleasants happen d to bo a loss powerful man, ho must have fared rather badly. As it was, the thumb on his right hand got nearly dislocated, and the Maori, who is stoutly-built and. judging by 1 1 is appearance, very resolute, made one or two efforts to lay hole of the nassal organ of his captor with his teeth, but without avail. Time were several rough-and-tumble encounters on the way to the lock-up.

/TEMUKA SCHOOL COMMITTEE.' The monthly meeting of the above Committee was held on Tuesday evening last. PRESENT. Messrs A. Wilson (chairman), iiussell, Harrop, Hooper, and Storey. MINUTES. The minutes of the meeting wore read and continued. CORRESPONDENCE. 1 From the South Canterbury Board of Education ail vising that the sum of £47 18-s had been paid into the Bank of New Zealand for teachers’ salaries for tire month ending Sept. 30 2 From same slating that the Inspector had visited tipi Schools on the 21st Sept., and he had found that on account of the continued increase in the attendance an addition to the school furniture was absolutely necessary, and suggesting that the class room built last year, and not hitherto furnished, should be provided with one set of (three) nine feet and one sal of (three) seven feet and a half desks and forms

3, From same acknowledging the receipt of three letters from the Committee, and stating that owing to their only having come to hand on tint afternoon of which the Board sat, (hey weie too late to be consider'd by the B nrd ; also pointing out that whenever it is desired to submit a case for the Board’s consideration it is absolutely necessary that the communication should reach the ollice on the day before the meeting of the Board, in order that the business may be placed on the order paper. 4. From same .stating that the new desks and forms had been ordered, an 1 hoping they would arrive in good condition.

5. The head master reported as follows : No on Roll—Boys 187, girls 181 ; total 368. Avenge daily attendance—Boys 133, girls IGB ; total 233. Highest attendance, 7th September—Boys 138, girls 118; total 256. The following are the numbers for quarter ending Both September, 1830 : —Average roll numbers Boys 175 8, girls 167.3; total 343.1. Average daily attendance—Boys 125.2, girls 103.4 ; total 223 6 Highest attendance, 18th August, 1830—Boys 142, girls 118 ; total 230. The school is now entitled by the sca ! e of teaching staff no v in force, to the services of another pupil teacher. 6. Toe visitors’ report was then read as follows :

Temuka, 11th October, 1880. The Chairman and Members of School Committee. Gentlemen, —The Visiting Committee for the past month have the honor to report us follows: Your Committee visited the Schools on Monday, 11th October —the attendance not being quite up to the average ; as the master informs us that the average attendance during the past week was quite 230, and the attendance on our visit was 230. However, gentlemen, as the rolls show an increasing attendance, it is high time our teaching staff was correspondingly increased ; and your Committee would suggest that Miss Guy be recommended as pupil teacher.

Your Committee also found that Mrs Rowe and Miss Mathias were on the sick list, and unable to attend to their duties Mr Mclntosh informed the Committee that through Ilia family suffering from ill-health ho had been compelled to leave the school house, and as he reliuguishes all right to the house, your Committee would recommend that the said house be let. to a weekly tenant at a reasonable rent, thereby increasing our incidental funds to a verv material extent.

The new desks supplied by the Board are found to be much more convenient than the old ones, not having the large sl >pe, which renders the old fashioned ones so tiring to the arms. These desks are supplied with two shelves underneath for slates and books. Being short of a few ink wells we would recommend that these indispensable articles be obtained Your Commit lee would again urge the necessity of the proposed partition being erected ; the isolation of the two schools being found indispensible Tbo approaching November examinations suggest the proprietary of holding a second concert on behalf of the prize fund In concluding their report the Committee would testify the pleasure their visit afforded them ; the scholars being clean and tidy, and their smiling faces abundantly showing the good feeling that exists between teachers and pupils, and your Committee venture to hope that the coming examination will prove the excellence of our teaching staff We are, gentlemen, Yours, &c., Joseph Haebop, Feedeeicx A. Hoopee, Visiting Committee.

lie delay in letter reaching Board, Mr Hooper said some explanation ought to be forthcoming in the matter, as it was useless attending the meetings ot the Committee if the correspondence was not promptly replied to The Secretary explained that in this case lie had written promptly, as the date on the memo from the B >ard would testify, and stated that the lei tors couid have been considered by the Board.

Mr Hooper moved—“ That in future any communication to the Board be attended io as soon as possible.” Mr Brown seconded, and it was cairkdMr Hooper also complained of the teachers’ salaries not being paid promptly. He had heard of the lady teachers having to come time after time for their salaries, and he would move—“ That in future the teachers salaries be enclosed on the first of

every month to the head master, he taking a proper receipt from each teacher.” Mr Harrop seconded, and it was unanimously carried.

The visitor’s report was then considered, aud, on the motion of Mr Russell, seconded by Mr Gray, it was resolved that the report as read be adopted, and a vote of thanks lie recorded.

JBe partition .of the school, Mr IJarrop moved—“ That the Secre*ary be instructed to write to the Chairman of the Board of Education for permission to proceed with tbe work, being of tiie utmost necessity.” Seconded by Mr Gray and carried. Mi Harrop also moved—“ That Miss Guy be recommended to the Board for tbe posiiion of pupil teacher.” Seconded by Mr Brown and earned unanimously.

The ;eeomimndati(.n of the visiting committee as to the advisability of holding a second concert was then considered, and it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Hooper, seconded by Mr Russell—“ That a concert be held on behalf of the prizefund, and that Messrs Harrop, Hooper and Gray be a sub-committee for bringing the said concert to a successful issue.”

Mr Storey 7 also moved—“ That the money taken from the planting fund be refunded, and placed as a fixed deposit”; seconded by Mr Harrop, and carried. Mr Gray brought before toe notice of the committee the fact that the water from the cess pools was impregnating the water in use at the schools ; and being a question where health is concerned, he hope I some steps would be taken to remedy the matter. T. Dt vis interviewed the committee with reference to issuing summonses to parents fur non attendance of their children at school. Messrs Bussell aud Storey were appointed visitors for the ensuing month. ACCOUNTS. The follow’ng were passed for payment, viz., E Brown, coals, £3 10s ; J. Brown, sundries, 19s 10*1 ; Secretary, £3 3s lid. A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the meeting to a close.