EDUCATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 779, 28 May 1881, Page 3

EDUCATION.

(To the Editor of the Daily,) Taueru, May 20,1881. Sir—As I find your columns are always open to the rants,of iliQ people, will you kindly me"a. spade-in -winch'-to' put clfeiin;-togetliel: -with tliat of township, to- the paternal consideration of.the'Governmentof New Zealand, Efiudation is the iJrder of tiro aud as l'find tliM'other districts of no more importance .than this are provided with a school) I-do not see why we should bo left out In the cold. lam not : as a tula a complaining man, but'when I \ see four of my children, who ought to he •. at sqhool, -.running', .about wild, it almost makes tie wish' I had remained in the : mother country, I work hard for my ' living, but am free to confess that I make "'a good One. I pay my share of the taxes and am willing to do so, but in return I • Want my rights, If the State chooses to educate the children let mine have a share , the universal A. B. C. In this township there-' are- twenty-nine children fit for school, and they are all growing up in a state of utter ignorance. This is not as y*4juould he, and it might easily he remedied. A school house ought to be built at once, and then perhaps on Sun-days-a. minister of some denomination would come and remind us that there is a God. -* At present we are in a state of darkness ; upon . that, subject, as far as public exhortation goes. I am induced to write at thisjuncture, asl am informed that the Government intend making some fresh arcangements with respect to the capitation money for each child. Sir, if you caninfluence the building of a school house, and the appointment of a master here in this ; at present benighted township, you will earn for yourself the gratitude of a large number of your fellow creatures, who I am prepared to assert are not unworthyof sympathy. . I am, &c. Settler.

At Hamilton, Victoria,' the other day Caroline McPheraon, aged 102, was charged with vagrancy. She was found wandering in the bush in a half insane condition. It was elicited that notwithstanding her long residence in Australia with English people she could speak nothing but Gaelic. She was sent to the hospital, where she will receive the best attention for the remainder of her days.

KEMINISCENCEB 01 WJ-IdJKUTOJf.—In the year 1845 & worthy citizen pioadcd his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro Flat being in search of the survoyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth—"Land o> the mountain and tho flood, Land of brown heat hand shaggy wood. In the year 18GG it passed into the hands of MrJakks Smith, the present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Tp Aro floupe, apd under whose management business lias steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the result was, To Aro House, as at present, one of tho most complet-c and Extensive Drapery Establishments in tho colony of New Zealand, The Jencral Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, ic, The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 (pptjify 14 feet, and lias attached a comHt jblp Carpets aiul Household fpfnishings lmvp a qjmilar apapn allotted to them. Thp Show-room for tho sile of Millipery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, i'c,, is 8 very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from tho roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods s at all times large and well S' id, and patterns are forwarded post n application, A special feature at o House is the Order Department, and areful attention is paid to the wants > or country Residents, Allqrdera are executed under tho immediato supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded to their destination with that promptness jipd despatch which liavo always distin gl)jsjißd Tp Ciiba'Strppt, fiji'.-Upn-l