Country News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 127, 12 November 1901, Page 3

Country News.

{FROM OUR OWN COKIiBSPONDENT.) STUD HOLME JUNCTION. We have been benefiited by the rain, though we could have done w th con-si'U-rably more for pasture lands, though sufficient has fallen to benefit the grain and r»ot crops. The rain came just in time to save the strawberry crops, and etrxwing is now the order of the day. The Hanna on School Committee held their mo i hly moeti g on . Monday evening, wi-en the Inspector’s report of the *tohool came to hand. Tha members congratulated the teaohers on the efficient manner in which they had o mduoted i he schoul for the past year, and the secretary was instructed to write to the Hoad ma-ter {Mr Walsh) and to the Infant Mistresi {Miss Preman) conveying to them the thanks of toe committee. I had the pleasure of looking through the repo't in detail, «nd in almost every instance all the pupils passed with the possible number of marks. The following are tha general remarks made by the Inspector! ;—“ThL s ho d has earn d a name for sound efficiency, •n l uds year iw repu a ion is fully maintained.

"Eight pupils were presented in Standard VI, and all passed Arithmetic was exc lient, reading was bold and intelligent, spelling was well prepared, writing was good, the exerc ses in composition gave evidence of systematic instruction, and d' aw ng was satisfactory. Questions in geography were less rapidly answered th n one would h-ve expected where the other subjects were so g»od. " Standards HI, IV and V were all good classes, the wmk ae a whole the characteristics tha’ h*ve been favourably commented ou in Standard VI. " Standards I and II hive been taught with care, and on the whole their work was cMditible.

“ Much ot the work presented in the group of class subject* wa* good, and additional subj'-cts were satisfactory on the whole. Ihe order, attention and tone of the school are good. The head teacher has shown good judgment in determining the passes in Standards 1 to V. . “ In Standard VII the one pupil, a girl, pissed a very good examination in all xubjeo'sS of Standard VI except arithmetic.

“The preparatory pupils are satis fcOto*y in spelling and tables, and fair in re <dng and w-iting. Most of the pupils are nut sufficiently advanced for their age.”