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My Note Book.

(By a Cbitical Chabacter.) "When the cat's away the mice will play " ; so the mice are now settling Mr Den ton after their own fashion, when he is gone, and while a very liberal Press allows them to air their crotchets. Mr Denton's caurse of lectures must have been very satisfactory to himself financially, whatever the result intellectually to the Thamesites. His first course especially must have been profitable to many who already from books were more; or less acquainted with the science. He may not be, and very probably is not a deep investigator himself, much of his time having been taken up in pursuit of the almighty dollar; nevertheless his lectures give in an epitomized form the results of many and different investigations, and place before an audience in popular form what would take an ordinary mind almost a lifetime to read up, especially when most people have a living to obtain for themselves and families. The High School Governors, are they not all honorable men ? A mild and forgiving public stand by and let these gentlemen, who are supposed to administer a trust, become speculators themselves. It has been said that certain of the Governors bought sections of this trust land upon a system of deferred payment, and then become sellers at an enhanced price, and that they have so resold. Now, if this is not so, an opportunity should he given to the Board of Governors to clear themselves ; and if so, in the public interest the transactions should be fully exposed. The management of this endowment, apart from the more glaring cases of personal gain, does not speak well for the character of the Board as public trustees, and the sooner the Government resumes control of these lands, the better it will bo for the institutions they are supposed to aid. j The Borough Council have held another meeting re the railway and appointed a committee. Could we not have an end of this thing ? though truly we have got all we had a right to expect when we send men to the Parliament of thecountry who have other matters of greater importance to themselves to attend to than paying attention to our calls for assistance. We should help ourselves, and boldly inform the Government we' will pay neither customs nor goldfield's revenue until justice is done to this district. Treason ! rebellion ! some will say. I say neither. We are the public, we want this work dove, and we should have it done. We have a better claim for justice and consideration than hundreds of places that are pampered at the public expense. This Thames Valley Kailway appears to be subject to some political conjuring, appearing on the Public Works Statement session after session, and disappearing as regularly; It will soon be a fitting.era for marking one of -Prof,.Denton's periods of time. I can imagine the nasal twang of the lecturer referring to the bygone time when the Thames Valley Kailway wag surveyed and the amount for its construction placed on the Estimates, yet . never completed.

" Money is tight." We see this fact chronicled in the papers, but bless their ignorance on this point, for most of us unfortunates who have been bore for any length of time are perforce aware of this for a long time back ; indeed, the writer cannot remember when it was otherwise. A. slight improvement appears in opera tion in the conduct of onr local fathers. Whether induced by the integrity of the Government, the slight hope of succeed, ing, or the want of means to send on their annual trip either the County! Chairman or Mayor, is not for me to say, but neither body appears inclined to send its delegate to Wellington. Jo button«holei or harass members. Let us believe it is' the dawn of a better future, even the faint glimmer of purer^moh'ves that in the time to come are to guide tlio actions of our local public men. ;

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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4230, 22 July 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

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My Note Book. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4230, 22 July 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

My Note Book. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4230, 22 July 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

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