CHRISTCHURCH.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2599, 7 May 1877, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

Saturday.

At a meeting of discharged Provincial Government officers it was resolved " That this meeting, being dissatisfied with the present action of the .Colonial Government in withholding the compensation granted to discharged civil servants under the Abolition of Provinces Act, resolves by every legal and constitutional means to assert, and, if necessary, enforcs its claims." An association was then formed to carry out the resolution in the best manner possible. This day. The fureral of JDrury, the engine driver killed by the recent accident on the rai'waj, to^k pluoe yesterday. Over 2 roo p -is^ns f.M- wed. The railway employees on the south 1":->e were brought to Chrisiclnveh by a special train. All the heads of the ra:iT:y department were also present. : 'l * Ten. scholarships a_e offered by _the Board of F^T"?iion ' »'r! year. At a special con.viience of.' school - teacher, whiob. the Canterbury mem? be s of the assembly have invited to attend on Situvday next, the following re?olutioas are to be proposed:—•'' That education be free and

compulsory, but religion, r.nd unsectarian be supported by conscience clauses." " That no certificates be issued to teachers en e~anraa.tion tbxn second class, to be alta-'red hy success as a teacher and le^lh. of Ume on'/." " That inspectors be 'r.ppomted bytre central authority, and one shall be appointed as chief inspector as in England, so as to render the system unifoi-m throughout the 45 olony." "That it is desirable to take

steps to form a national uuioii of teachers." " Thafc... the standing of toachers be differently defined."