The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 228, 2 August 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1879.

Two or throe months ago the Masterton School Committee respectfully recommended the Education Board to appoint a competent mistress to ihc vacancy in the Masterton School, caused by the resignation of Mr Gordon. The action of the Committee had the unqualified approval of the head master, and there was no reason to believe that tlio Inspector was unfavorable to it. j t may be assumed that when the Committee, the kid-master, and ilie Inspector of a school are in accord, the interest* of such a school will be best served by carrying out their wishes, However, the •Wellington Education Board replied to the respectful recommendation we referred to, by advertising for an' assistant wash:. This was a slap on one cheek for the Committee, and on Wednesday last the Board made its mark on the oilier by giving instructions for a Mr Wake to

be sent up to Masterton without going through the process of consulting the Committee, as enjoined by the Education Act. Tho Board has treated the Masterton Committee with marked discourtesy. Instead of reasoning, argument or persuasion in dealing with the inferior body, it simply acts as if no such thing as a School Committee was in existence. It remains to be seen whether the Masterton, Sohool Com-

mitteo will submit to be snubbed in such an uncalled .for maimer, .pis; whether it will follow the examplepf the Timaru Committee and resign from-' a position in which it is. subject to luiyp'; its proceedings reversed by a Board'in; the curtest and most offensive mnnneivWe venture also to assert that the Tefc.j cher, the Committee, and the Inspector know more about the actual requirements of the School than the members of the Board, and that the decision of the latter body not only offends a tolerably useful Committee, but is also injurious to the School. The sooner the Education Act is amended the better. At present tlio real powers are vested in Boards and the nominal powers are left to the Committees. Members of Boards doubtless think the arrangement a wise one, having coniulence in their own wisdom, and apparently an utter contempt for' that ot members of Committer:-;. At least the Legislature should be asked whether the clause of the Act which sny.s tlutfc " no appointment should be made without consulting the Committee" means " that no .appointment shouid be made without insulting the Committee." '

This is pay day with the Mitsterton Building Society. MrKnowles, surveyor, of Masterton, has moved to a new camp at Fitzherberton.

The next Licensing Courts are fixed for the 2nd of September, all applications must bo sent in by the 11th of this month,

Fifty names have been sent in to the Government of proposed members of the Masterton Cadet Corps, and Ave may expect soon to hear of their services being accepted. On Tuesday the adjourned meeting- of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Association takes place at Carterton, The attendance of all members is particularly requested. The meeting for the election of a Warden for No. G ward, Castle Point Highway district, is postponed till tlio 13th inst., the returning officer being unable to attend on the day originally fixed. We have to congratulate Messrs B. Boys, W. Booth, and G. H. Lister-Kayo on their appointment as J.P.s. Carterton, we think, will be satisfied with the honors which have at last fallen to its share, and which it has been for some timo past entitled to,

The poll for the election of a burgess for the Borough of Masterton, takes place on Tuesday. So far there are .two silent candidates Messrs Bish and Donald Donald, and one out spoken one Mr J. H. Corbett, who has placed his views before the public and will on the strength of them no douiit secure a considerable amount of support.

A sitting of the District Court was held at Masterton yesterday by Judge Mansford. The only case on the list was one Walter Morrison v. T. W. L. Travels'and R. .T, Duncan, Executors of the late James Gilligan, claim, £2OO. Mr Bunny for plaintiff. So appearance of defendants. Judgment for plaintiff for amount and costs, £13175.

A meeting is convened this evening for the purpose of organising a Committee to secure the return of Mr J. H. .Corbett for the vacant seat in the Borough Council. A preliminary meeting has already been held, at which Mr Quartly, who lias had special experience in election matters, having been secretary to the Committee which secured Mr Barton to a scat in the Assembly, was appointed secretary. People are asking whether the three candidates for tho County Council are going to the poll without any expression of their views, and if so, are they to be returned according to height, width, raid fatness, or are the imaginations of .the electors supposed to supply the void which the reticence of the aspirants for county honors leaves unfulfilled. If the former he the case, we would suggest that the candidates should be weighed and measured ; if the latter, who wouldn't be a candidate ?

The Masterton Town Land Trustees held their ordinary monthly meeting in the Council Chambers last evening. All tho membei'3 were present. The meeting which was a long one was principally oc ' cupied with discussing proposed amendments to " The Masterton and Groytown Town Land Management Act 1871." It was decided to submit the proposals to the Greytown Trustees, on Monday, at the meeting of the latter body for which purpose Malienall (Chairman), and Mr Feist (Treasurer), with the Secretary Masterton Trustees, will proceed to Greytown, The principal amendments proposed are as follows:—1. Conducting the elections under "The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1870." 2. Including residents of the Borough of Masterton in the persons entitled to vote, 3, Making a yearly roll on or before the 31st January in each year of persons entitled to vote at elections for members of the Trust. 4. Altering the date of members retiring annually, so a3 to give proper time for the yearly accounts to be prepared and audited. 5. Publishing the balance sheet before each annual meeting in a local paper instead of the Government Gazette

Masterton was satisfied with the Mammoth Minstrels last night, and the Minstrels must have been much pleased with Masterton, for they had one of the biggeH houses on record, and had- to provide at the last minute, temporary seats. Parti consisting of. the Salon D'Ethiope, was especially noticeable for the brilliant dialogue of those two cures, Horace Bent and Ben Brown, The singing, both sentimental and comic was very good, but the dialogue was exceptionally so. The finale of the part to, was a new and clever effect. Part II opened with Oheevcrs and Kennedy, with whom we were delighted. They deserve the name of artists, as they change from humour to extravaganza in the most rapid and wonderful manner, without the slightest trace of claptrap vulgarity, or bluster. We have never seen their equal in delineating Irish and ]S T egro characteristics. Brown and Newland, who followed were a host in themselves; Cheeversand Kennedy brought down the house with their step-dancing. Mr Hawkins received a loud encore, with a wonderful male soprano, ballad, and . the farce which concluded the entertainment was very amusing. .The performance is one of those which we get by accident once in live or six years and those who dont avail themselves of this opportunity are to be pitied.,'The'troupe plays an entirely new programme- this evening and on Monday gives' our Peathe.iston friends a turn. On Tuesday, it sails for the Sydney Exhibition, The Hall, with its new scenery, looked vory nice last night, and the MammothJlinstrels will bo able to speak well o£ it to other professional troupes. ': •.' '

' Talk about getting a good deal out of fl lifctle.>piecc of /; ) and'!,' exclaimed Simpson ' '.'.Why;'l bj™gh|sn acr> off old Mr Rose, up at j.?uii',.'4iiul,planted one acre of it.witli'potatoeSj atid't'other with corn—" ~"l'"ti«»uglit- you saidyou only hought one acrej Sinipspri,"" ; }rebiai'ked a listener; " hoW^co i uld i ybu;plaii(,Wl)? 1 ' Very easily, sir —l'stood it up'-'onvthe; end, and planted .botlmde'j.bf ti/\>y

"Arid stilfthe'missionary causo waxes -stronger. New-lßetuord has a clever youm; lady worth a million of dollars and of a " rather .pious;tu||'of min'dj"' who made up that.niind thaf|she would be a missionary; 'Could;arij|.hii]g be more beautiful! The Church accented her services, and when asked wha); field, of labour she had in view, she pensnw looked down : at her lavender, glov.es-ajjil replied, "I think I will go t? Pans! I '} Mr. Earnest fl. C. Piowden, a gentleman with an unenviable notoriety, who spent some weeks here lately, has; we observe, got himself into trouble in Napier, by obtaining £2 2a. under false pretences, in connection with the sale of a horse when he had none to sell. Mr Plovrdcn's in<;cniiity was rewarded by Mr Kenny, the Resident Magistrate, with six months' imprisonment and hard labor.