BLUE SPUR.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 27, 15 August 1868, Page 3

BLUE SPUR.

(From our oivn Correspondent).

On Wednesday afternoon the children of the school had a treat of no ordinary kind, by :ui invitation of the teacher to Mr. A. Hamilton, artist, +o them a lecture on Drawing. Mr. Hamilton appears bo have the happy means of carrying the attention of the children with him. He illustrated his lecture by several happy effects of producing houses, ships, and pumps, &c, and we are glad to observe that several of the children made a very creditable effort to produce an imitation. At the close the teacher proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Hamilton, which was very heartily responded to.

On Thursday evening the Library Committee met in the school to consider the contents of a letter received from the Secretary ta the Education Board, John Hislop, Esq., anent an increase of books for the library. There was a full attendance of the Committee, Mr. John Cormack, in the chair. Minutes of former meeting were read and confirmed. Mr. Hislop's letter was considered. The Secretary thought that we Bhould by all means (secure the works of the Education Board, as they were so substantially bound. It was resolved that we should remit five pounds aa soon as possible to the Government.* At the same time it

—T — — was proposed to remit four pounds to Mr. John Reid (Messrs. R. B. Martin and Co.), for the purpose of getting an immediate supply, as it would be several months before the Government books came to hand ; this also was carried. A

conversation arose respecting the ways and means to carry out the aforesaid resolutions. Mr. W. D. Morrison thought there would be no difficulty in selling tickets to the full amouut for such an excellent institution as the library — indeed, he never felt more sanguine as regards the success of the library than now. The Secretary laid on the table a tabulated catalogne, showing the number of books which had been read, and how often they had been exchanged ; also showing the works and their character, which had not been out during the past year. This plan though attended with much labor, would reveal the class of reading at the Blue Spur, and would guide the committee iv the selection of any future works. The Secretary vra.; i.uiruotud :o order a hundred cataloguea. This concluded the business ; with the usual vote of thanks, the committee adjourned.