THE TIME OF DAY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1770, 31 July 1888, Page 2

THE TIME OF DAY.

Now New Zealand is grand for a few things, and what are they—The three card trick, horse racing, skating, tea parties, kicking about a football And what do we hear of anight going on— Eight about face, Form fours right, Form fours left, Quick march, and I believe if the Muscovites were to come with their bulldogs they would march right away altogether. The Kev. J. a. Crawford (an Anglican clergyman at present on a visit to Wellington) and Mr Pestlethwaite waited on the Minister ol Lands with the object of sounding Government as to what inducement they would hold out to the rev, gentleman to deliver a series ol lectures on New Zealand in the north of Ireland with the view of assisting emigration to the colony. Th< Minister, however, informed the visitors that the House had for tb< present put its foot down on State aided immigration. What do voi think of that, Mr Fdifcor? X see they want immigrants out here now whe have capital. They might do a litth good on the West Coast; they conic go gold digging or invest their monej in the coal fields, but if any came tc Canterbury there is only one good speck: that is, to invest their mono] in the cheese factories of Canter bury. I know one man in Geral dine who had four shares; h< paid £2O down, and he sold them oui for a bag of oats. I know anothei man who had two shares, he pai< down £lO, and he told me he offeree to sell out for a cheese, and they wen not on. This is the only indticemen for capitalists in Canterbury. Ne? Zealand is a beautiful country; th climate is good, the birds sing beauti ful, but man is a sinner. Here we an to-day with a population a little ovei half a million, and more than fort; million pounds in debt. If the Kakahi district was in Australia there wouh be thousands of men working there but there is no one here that has an; pluck. There is good pipe clay, slate marble, lime, maganese, coal, and i gold reef, and yet there is nothing done. Now, when my man come t Geraldine to explain what he has dom in the House, I shall ask him to tr; to get two bills in the House—the first is that no man shall have mor than 500 acres of land in Nqw Zea land ; the other is an income tax. I must be am, etc., George Stokes.

TO THE EDITOR. Sie,—Will you kindly give me space in your widely-circulated paper to make a few remarks on Education. Every newspaper I read, Home or local, I am sure to see Education crop up—how the children should be taught and what they should be taught —but in no single-instance have I seen, or is it mentioned, that the children should be taught to know the time by the face of the clock It is. frivolous, but nevertheless it is one great point in learning . which should not be neglected. ' Just think of a lad leaving school hot knowing the time by the clock to go to work! or a girl in service and not to know-the time to get up if the cloek is before her! Such is the case at the present day with hundreds.' The other day there were five came by me going to school, and, to my astonishment; -one asked me what time it was, and the church clock plain before him—and he was big enough to go to work! Now, Mr Editor, this essential, part of learning was taught in the old woman’s school to which I was sent to sixty years ago, and I guess I know what o’clock it is as well as those that have learned their technicals.—l am, etc., G. Edobleb, 8.G.C., A.