The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1882. THE WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1137, 28 July 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1882. THE WELLINGTON EDUCATION BOARD.

We have.been accustomed to credit , very many of'the members of the Wellington Education Board with a spirit ,of .; wisdom and: understanding, but judging from their last : meeting they mst' have gone off their heads a little.' |We called attention yesterday to the feet that they had thrown discredit on ;the Masterton Town Lands Trust, and that they had done this so effectually that the N.Z. Times Whs able to announce that the ■Trust, in consequence of. a difficulty with its banker, was unable to meet' its engagements to pay the""Board. MOO. We have-pscer-tainedthat the said '£4oo Has-'been lying at theßank at Masterton £d. the credit of the Trot- waiting foif'the Board since February last;'_This;being' the case it in pretty evident tha't'the: Boai;d. has unjustly slandered the Masterton Trust, and it is "the .BoW itself tbafcrnust be put on its defence'. It is asserted -in Masterton that the delay has arisen from the laches, of a certain Messrs Slow and Bideawhile,' who are in the employ of the Board, and we trust now an inquiry has.been •inßtituted.blame will be sheeted home -to-the culprits whoever they may be,' and that if they happen to be the I employees of the Board no attempt |;\yill be made to hush >he matter up. Qur faitli in the Board would not have heen-So rudely shakeirif, atthesame meeting, another instance of palpable foolishness had not occurred. 'There is a vacancy in the Masterton school for'a pupil teacher and two eligible applicants who have been educated at the sohool and reside in its neighborhood were; candidates for the appointment. What.did the Board do 11t selected'a" chilil 'from Carterton for the office, a' young lady, who did'.not; we believe, even apply forthe situation. Of course the Board should be'aware, at any rate a moment's reflection would' have .brought a'conviction to its mind, that the Masterton School Committee wis very unlikely to accept a palpable' snpb of'this kind, and that in making such an appointtDentJt.placed.its unhappy favorite between two ijres/ and. brought itself unnecessarily' into collision with Jhe.committee of the principal schqoiofthe Wairarapa, There insufficient intelligence among the niembers of that Committee to' detect piich palpable blunders "as the Board appears' to ; be perpetrating and to. recent thera.i. We.do not'object to the members of the Board sitting at WeiJington acting like little' Gods, all-care--less, of: the small .mankind who;constitute School Committee's so.long as they combine • with' their' ex-cathedra utterances/a reasonable amount of con>' Won sense.' : We don't kno\y which of

the:raembW%i; responsible, for: the 'particular and' inexcusable, foolishtieas' M which we have alluded, but W -feel certain that it will not be allowed' 1 ' to' pass muster. ":"'.:".: ~ZZ~:."".'"

The mid-day train was axaiu The cause of the delay was throHgH!a[Blip : on th eot h er:%id e /6f Jthe, necessitated -the; pai^^sil^Hnjjpf• , was hjsKlat m ellinitonMsterdftylin !$• Britanß# pwsenlwere the master Buiok, . a,nd};J).D ,P#,MnM6o> T|e district Lodges*?ere fjillj roprosentedtydelegtoes^JtwaVre^ b'e'pvenlo } 'fhei(JoTefnmeirttO'oaMa WstratijJM^ Petone Lodge, A? qominittflß' waEf ajab appointed to draw up 'new ipititiou rnlM;. A letter was'received from the Invercafgill'diatriot inviting the Wellington dis-_ trict~tofix:arday(of faee'ting for every; district'* lodge" m'the colony, but after consideration .the'proposal was deolinbd.-. The nomination of officers for the..enauihg; year then took Dixon; was nominated as Grand Master, andßros, s Oorbett, Biflhand Loasby as 'Deputy^ Qcaiide. v :;;.•<; i:<A f vx;.i. ; J;.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Waste Lands Board- was .held -yesterday. Present-iMegsrs J;'6.Hdldsworth (Chair-, man and, Commissioner), H, Bunny, W, W. Taylor, and G. Tho.:!Chairman reporte'd'that Ho lands had been sold since the'tprevious meeting. A request from J Taylor and J. •. to transfer theiOceh's'e to ocoiipj' aection 22 Mangahao. Block to H. and A. W. Sedoole was granted.;; A report was received from the Chief- Surveyor-giving partiotilara of field work completed Bince the last month' ly report:' The following iire.tiie details; -Wanganui .Harbor Board'Endowment',12,741 acres; ;Snuth'MauHoeville, 685 ! acres-; v Tokomam Block,' 'ife'36 'aores j Welsh's sections, and Crow's Land adjoining, .1625 aores; Mo'LeodandPharazyn's sections,. Awhea, 1098'aores.. Total 20,971) acres. 1 ' ' ' ' •:

. The annual ball of the Carterton ! Bifle Volunteers was held at the Publio Hall, : Ciuterton, last evening. The hair ww gaily decked .with ■ fla^i i:: aibd' pennant* 'hanging from the rafters, overshadowing the windows, aoross which were rifles, orowned.'with bare bayonets; Beyond this'greens were placed artistically around the hall, and to, keep out, the! .coldllie space between the Beats, around the hallj arid the windowsi waa ; coveredwith ! 'c'Ar-. peting, kindly, lent by Messrs Gallie and '.Grafdeijer.t'Th'e*; refreshments were provided by Mrs Giles, of. the' Marquis ot Normanby Hotel, and right thoroughly well did she cater. The floor of the hall had b.eep washed down by;the locall Fire Brigade on Tuesday .evening, and to in.Bure it being thoroughly dry oharooal fives' i on tire,s,Jent by Messrs Crawford andi' Angove, had during the day been passed; over its surfaoe,■, The local band supplied; themusio most efficiently, being advan-j ■tageously posted on the platform. The! opening (juadrille started 'Shortly before' nine o'clock and it was five a.m., before; another of the successful • balls v 'bf the corps closed. <'■■'■ - '•;.''•- '■■'•'■ •'■"

.-.The District Court this morning was conducted with i: some t .difficulty in consequence of the "'.very 'inadequate accommbdation,pf the Court House. •■ It waß_for,example impossible .for some seven or eight legal practitioners who -were 'in attendance to sit at-a table which is only designed for'four, and a considerable amount of inconvenience was the inevitable result.

Mr Seed of the customs department 1b a lucky man. He is entitled to a retiring pension, of £6OO. a year, and is ''ako'ut to claim it and'take the management of the Wellington Trust and Loan Sooiety whioh latter is worth a similar annual amount. '...':

" Man wants but little hero below, bnt wants that: little strong." Yea| and Bapp and Hare's 2s tea is quite.as strong ! as other people's 2s 6d.—Advt. " : We> have^received; ntj fhfo office/ the ifollowing additional amounts towards the reduction of the Pastoral Societies debt, S. Bacon and Co, £1 Is; J.' Payton and 'Co, £1 Is. . -- : -

; The seoretary,of ,the .Mastertqn school [district notifies that"it ia'tbe'intention of tho Committeeof the ope'ratkii .the' oo'miiulsbry efkuaosT of' tie !Act. '■(y^:<-.^v:-:i '■■:■!?.'.;;;■ .

:We understand'that the silver medal recently won. by; brancliMn'Smith ia'to: bo competed for ev r ery : mbnth till it* Has 1 .been won 1 twice"'consecutively, when.it becomes tho' permanent property; of the succossfit] 6'o'Qipatitor. ■ ' : • < ■"' J " ,

i The Masterton Debuting Society meel this eveuing, ' ; ; Bapp" and- Hara : will be' Belling" tO' morrow men's boots from 7s 6'd, and Kerosene.9sWritin.—Adyt. ~. .:! 're .'■ ,[\ '.■'•>' 'i"

Half a dozen lawyers arrived in Master* ton last evening and yet the train whioh brought them ireaohed its destination' 1 punctually and-safely.':

i Our popular illustratedrapplement tomorrow will contains .jiharmins sketch of a mosque and minaret, at Suez,' Its descriptive articles include'** Reminiscences of some severe -winters," " 'Reporters dodges," " New Guiana," " The house where Napoleon was borri^ the usuai series of interesting tales and sketches.. j:^Hr..-n-.w: *■. ~-, ;isT

■ j Rapp and'Haire will be Belling men's all wove Ifaiap.oi: suits vff ami 57s ;'6dH-AbVT. j Messrs Lo and lorna.-sell to-morrowj at 1 p.m. "furnilur'e,' : '(jraperj!|;i J tpolß and' sundries, and «t2 p.m. 1 fruit and ornamental:toeSifjothNelspn/iv)JO'.). iLll

:Wrt>JkM!>!& ho at'Grey.tow ; n? td* niorrowan unreserved sale of.the..balance of Mr E, B. Bells stook, and of general merchandise,

- [The Prince of Walesjhas invited Count Geza Zichy, _ the,' Huhgariah' pianist, to visit, London this season. The .Count, who lostlhto arin dent at sohool, plays with! his left arm'' in afraly marvellousmaii'ner/He.poSsesses' a cpnsiderable.fprtune, and musio is-his amusement, eo ;he : plny a'dn)y forDurmgfthe jdat two years- he h&s distributed ilO,Ogo, ,which;''he/has .eartied-" by 1 his performance B.i .'• j ;'■ '• <'