THE MASTERTON SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1283, 20 January 1883, Page 2

THE MASTERTON SCHOOL.

The following report to be presented to the annual meeting nn Tuesday evening is placed at the disposal of the press by the conimjtipp,-. jybo desire parents and guardians to be of the particulars of it prior to the meeljag bo ft? I they may bo able to come prpp&rud to dißcußsit: Tho retiring Committee have muoh pleasure in presenting at tho Annual meeting a report for the past yearwhich will, they feel assured, J)e deemed, from every point of view, a very satisfactory one, The marked progress mode by the children, aa indicated i by the late examination, at which thel'ex-i ceptionally Itigh average of over 90per cent

| of passes was obtained, has Becnred for thia ' school a premier position in ' the Education District whioh they trust it will long, enjoy. It also proves that Mr Grnndy, the hod' mister, and his staff of teachers hare oapablo,-painstaking,', and successful,; in .the discharge of IJieir important daties. The.atcdndancta during the past year have inorease. The number' on ■the roll bus been 480 and the Average attendance over 356, and would have been considerably ..more had. it not been for tho epidemio of measles iu the spring. In the previous, year the. kyerage| was only 304. Tlie.Opinmittoe have' found r it necessary in some few cases where parents were clearly neglecting to educate their children, to bring the compulsory olauses of the aot into operation, but as a rule parents do not require a . stimulus of this kind and are only too ready to.' ava 1 themselves of the Advantage which thoschool offers to their children. , -

The income of tho Committee during the past year has bcon larger than it was in 1881, in spite of a serious] ; : inthe capitation grant. By io the Educational Board and to parents the necessary, funds for carrying out all the essential improvements havo been forthcoming and the Committee acknowledge with thanks tho liberality, with which all their applications for assistance wero met both by the Board and by resident;settlers. \ The balanco sheet, duly audited, shews the receipts during the past year as £lB2 3b, and tho expenditure £lB2 lis 4d, the.overdraft being 8s 4d,»The accounts outstanding which will have to be paid by the incoming committee amount to £1214s 4d. To meet this the sum of £27 14s is owing; bythe Education Board and £1 13s 6d from subscriptions, During tho paßt year twenty committee, meetings havo been held. The attendance of the various members lias been as follows:: J, O, Boddington. 20, J, Pajton lfl, A.W, Hogg 15, G. Heron; 13, T;S,Jago 19, E. Feist 12, M. Caselbe'rg 9. The members of the committee have paid weekly visits to the school and can' bear testimony to the good order and. discipline which has prevailed throughout the various classes, ■ i: :J v ■ Tho Cadet Corps, which" is under 'the command of Mr. Grundy, is makinggood progress, and will soon be fully equipped. The Committee have to thank.the officers of this corps for their attention to the duties which they undertook in connection with it; an 1 also Drill-Instructor Bezar .for the valuable assistance he has given in training the members of it. In ponolusion, the Committee beg to record the satisfactory manner in whioh the duties of Secretary and Treasurer have been discharged by Mr W. Sellar, The attention this office)' has given to his dutififl has assisted them materially in carrying out the many undertakings which devolved upon them during the past year.

The Wajbawa Dail? will not be published on Monday, nest, Anniversary day. " Arsenio's" letter will appeal'in our next issue.

The appnintmont of Mr 0, J.Toxwardai Consul for Denmark in the southern portion of New Zealand to reside at Welling' ton is provisionally recognised.

Mr H. S, "Wardell has ai usual been appointed suporintendant collector of Agricultural Btatistca tor Wairarapa Eait and West. ' .

We remind all interested in forming a swimming club of the meeting to be held at the Club Hotel'this evening, t ,; Mrs Wilsflrie re-opens her boarding and day school in Perry-street on Monday, the 29th inst. Tlie new voters' lis! for the Town Lands Trust is no)y ! being made up. The qualification for a voter is months residence if) life town, and names will be enrolled by the secretary of the Trust at l)is ojfjee. The Ifaslprlon youths' play a Cricket match against the Carterton youths on Monday next, at the latter place. The Mnstorton Ipftm "ill Ifcaye by thp f.JJO a.m. train,

A meeting of the Mastbrtan School Cpmmitten was., 'held, yesterday aftornoon,' Present-Messrs Boddington (chairman), Heron, Hogg, Caselborg and Payton, The report for tlie past year was submitted aid approved of, and arrangements were made for prepariDg the sohoel, &0,, for tho annual meeting on Tuesday next.

The first quarter of the Wellington college for the current year commences on Friday, Februry 2nd. The Rev. W.'E. Paige has requested us to state thero will beno servioe in the Opaki echoolroom to-morrow. The past week has been favorable for harvesting, and it is. presumed much of the corn in this neighborhood: is cut, and if cor|.'eQtly informed' the wheat crop is turning oufwel). Bain has fallen on two daysj bijt vpry ljgljily on the 18th. Total rainfall for t|ie weflk .jSS inch. The weather lias been aj; tiftjea hp', hut not so hot as last week as a whole. The exposed thermometer average ia 89 fah, and in the shade 67.5 fah The barometer lias been high the whole week, the mean reading being 29.86 inches, and in standing to-day (Friday) at 30.08 inches, .< The wind has been light, but sufficient to moderate the sun's hot rays. These returns are fpr tlie week ending January 10th.

A reporter from this office attended the Supreme Court sittings at Wellington this week, but bad quickly .to vacate the building owing to tho sewer stench which abounds in that looality. Wellington drains are evidently a disgrace to the City Corporation, The municipal body is supposed to be a board of health, but it is evidently altogether unequal to' the 'responsibilities which rest upon its shoulders. We trust our new Governor will land with a bad cold, so that the city stenches may not overpower him at the onset. The Maaterton Highway Board met this morning. Our report of its proceedings will appear in our next issue. The form of objection to be used by persons who.are dissatisfied wjth their assessments for tho Property Tax, is prescribed in a proclamation issued by bis Excellency Sir. James Prendergast, and printed in last night's Gazette, ;

Statistics stijl continue to ooze out. We now. learn that there are seventyeight' deutjgts in New Zealand, biit {he. Registrar General is unable, to. obtain » return of the segregate number : of.Vye)ls. shrieks, and agonies, which' this -Brigade of molar wrenohera annually elicits, <The direolors of the Caledonian Society meet this pyening at the Club Hotel Msb» terton.-

Ou Anniversary gay are no .less than six thp Tarstoni-gprjtflrjftn BfC|9B,:£n<jl a limit lnr number from Gartoi'tofl. With suoh facilities for travelling,' there, should be'a big gathering at tho Olnreville course, :

. A .largely attended meeting of the Masterton Volunteers was held last evening at the Lons: Rpon),.Empire Hotel, Captain lionald in tw'Mir. 'TJw nej? rflgnlationa were read .ft)a .copdpfeilj Sija #present except, two put dop their napjea iflr re-enrplfeent, The list now lies at.Sergt ■ Williams' for signatures, and we have no'doubt,, as .there is really nothing more objectionable-in the new rules than in .the old, : that. all the members worth having will bo again sworn ini. A nieefipg ,of tho Corps will be held next , Friday jop the lfttter pflrppsp,

On Monday evening Ifp Mjtner BtepJjpn will be in Masterton, and on Tuesday lie' ivill reosivo patients at the Institute'from 10 a m,: At 3 p.m. of that day a public healing wl'l be given in the Upper Room of the ilniilditg. lutiiii.liiig patienta should commDoieoi'l with,the Seoretary ■ of • t|ie : local committ:e, Mr W. Sellar, I

:'The*first race starts at 11,30 a,m sharp, at:. >: the , .Carterton«Taratahi;.meeting ■on Monday; next. /Jv iVIW-nwr Governor arrived lialf-mtft ■eleyeri lrit night. The format lanpg takes place to. day. || |j The .tender of oloi • haabee'n accepted (or printing thrtiew Wjirarapa electoral rolls. : " , The delegates from the fire brigade meet- . MIL at jtok, morning after a very pl'eaaant trip'., Among their number were representatives from ( Wangapfli, Dunedin,. ?Rmaru, Port Chsdmers, and Wellington, Mr Liglitfont, the President, Messrs Murphy and Wliiteford, vice-presidents, and Mesprs Muir and Keester, of the Masterton brigade, were also, on ,the . list.,- .On, their arrival at the Cl'ib J hotel | the/ ie&t ,'for Mr James Macara and Opeied sundry bottles' of champagne in his honor, The President when the .glasses wero charged said "We delegates ask t Mr Macara to accept an expresslonMj .the kindly feeling wnioh we entertain for the services which he has rendered to ub on this and previous occassions. The concessions he nas made to us have been moat liberal and kind,<and,l may say that this kindness is not only appreciated by us, but also by the 1200 firemen of .New' Zealand whom' we represent, There was no < need for Mr.Maoara to make the concessions lie has given in oirrying the delegates because he possesses a monopoly of the line to Napier and: we should, had he demanded it, have bean compelled to pay full fares. This is the third time on which Mr Macara has made concessions to delegates. A unanimous vote of thanks has been passed to him in conference, but we thought it better to tender it to him in.person;on our arrivalhere. We deßire, to express our highest appreciation of the manner is. which the 'coach service' is - 0 ond viotedb at ween ;.Maaterton aqd Napier, more especially with reapeot to the kind, treatment given on this line to horses... .At every stage each ef us remarked the attention which was paid to tho horses, and it is one of the moat generous things a man oau do to be .kind to his beasts, ,On behalf off the delegate,,'! again jthanlc! you, Mr Macara," Mr Maoara, in acknowledging the compliment, thanked the delegates for their kindness. He said he had always reoognised the important services.which Fire Brigades rendered to. a commuujty residing in wooden' towns, and'had always, endeavored in every wa : to ; do "anything in his power to assist .them,. Should.,the -.delegates again travel this way, he should be happy if in a position to do so, to again make a similar con-cession,-(Applause). The Tendon times sayi: What Mill thought would one day happen io munity the exhaustion of: all combination: of notes,'appears to be the fate that is threatening the fjnuliah novel; for' the hundreds that oowe annually from the press do ]iti]e more m these days than repeat each' other's feebleness, Yet the novpl is, or oi}ght to he tlie representation of life, aqd life js infinitely various. Can It be that; the fault lies rather in the fact that.the mail of our novelists are people who write with alight heart and carelesspen, and who have helthor the knowledge, nor the ability, nor the patience to p&lnt iifeftiitiij

An oH one evening during a hiiyjifofc, was making hit viy from the city to dine, with* a friend ti the Union Club, whin somehow, in the reginn ofjhe Strand, be bioarai to helplessly involved as - not to be abjs to ascertain bu. exact wheroaboutß. fie walked' on' and on, until at last lie found himvelf descending some steps, and jostled violently against a man who was ascending them. " Hallo j" said the old gentleman. "Hallo" laid the itranger. "Can you tell mo where I'm Roiriff to?" asked ithe old' gentleman.' " Certainly," replied the stranger; "if you go otraight on, you will walk into the Tjjameß, for I've just come out of it 1"

An anecdote js related by Mr Birnum in illustration of the axiom that drinking is a habit that grows Last winter two of my plephpntg iiogp with ohills orb j tjje keeps?! doyn into ftiit) ijofsij gallons of whiskey, hastily returning, three gallons were given to flftoh elephant,' Fortunately it corod them. They, liked the artificial warmth it superinduced, Next morning when the keeper came to them he' found' both elephants shaking with might and main, *'No you don't," ha shouted, '• you aro well .enough"to-day," and they stopped shaking,- ;

The advisers of the Emperor of Bussia doubtless thought they had hit upon a new idea when, they suggested that, in order to establish His Majesty's reputation for courage,, he should be driven ■through St Petersburg by proxy, i,6,, not : in the fleah, but in wax, like a pink and white soldier from a hairdresser's shop.. The device, however, was used years ago in: the. case of.lt certain:bishop—at least, so says a London writer His! lordship had beon lofig ailing;: Md< was /wont to be nurse housflltfppiir by })ls siqe. In qrder to soenre gn ejtr*: quarter's ipVpnne, thiß was dope.a wpek or two after bis lordship's death, none suspecting thp.t tbewell-known figure' bm .buts>ai)' ;eidolo|jH eprt of spiritual Guy ' ' •' ■'• ■t»' '".J •; '

, The writerof ilOSamplesl' in 'the Mark Lane Express' of -November fith narrates how "Some large profits have been made this year on hops. J harp heard of g, ease in which a sn)sll jpptity w&s bought from the grower at per pw't, resold, to a merchant at filfl, and ultimately to a brewer at 425. , Another parcel, bought in tbi.first instanoe. at, £ls, was sold at £25, and again, at £3O, It is supposed that these paroels would wake £34 or £35 if they were in the'market, Up to the present da'o prices of hops hare about doubled. Soma of us laughed at the fictitious price of the first pocket of heps, fSO per owt: but there is a possibility of the last pooket miking as muoh ai the first- I know of one grower who has a small ; quantity which he says he shall hold till he can get £SO, and then he will part," -

The Paty &{g|| inyi ru raiding tha borrowing prooliWtiei . ofths, Ailiirilttiin Colonies :—" Debt-contracting is, in fact, thi moit striklag thioc in coqntotion with thu«' Colonial, Th»y have contririd in thjio , fivi years. to ; ajdd , to.ihsir publia jobjigat iohi,New Zialindin • this respeot being • thtf most Jiitingu'shed'member of the group. Iti debt hi! risen £11,000,000, 'bat pdpu-' lition considered, 'itr'progreii' ii outstripped tyQueeuiliihdi Mich, Wth [but 327,000 souls, ' agiifo'st. New 1 Zealand's half milliou, jiti'dolit: Q >fi6,297,<)D|p, ,whilfli Australia does at TBS|t . 'as. jfdl; yyith • an' increase ;of of, 2^3,000. The aggregate iftdtpm itf fhe M of all the Ooloriiej' ii squat to ' BO per ' ceni on the tota} otWfrka§ at Ijib'epd of last year these UqlohVs owed.' exclusiveof their jpdal and private borrowing from banks and land companies for hsrbqt:i / an.d , pk))jio bdlldinei; bo. In the; enrrerit jeer,,the, borrowings will have, brought the .total tip to-, quite 6r.aboot.£3sper head,*'. Wap between a^id was opened in 1848, Now Spftfo ftag .4841 miles of railwayj 1310 in coursp of conßtructioh, &nd 1008 miles authorial}. V'v;. • M Colmft'B, Alsftoe, tjjere js, a report,;jof the Chamber of Ooin» mew';. : in iWi- district! ninety-seven more than 700,000 spindles, j

■Sif A great'panto ocourred on Ootober 4th jiiths Franciscan Church in "Vienna, A Jitge confutation had assembled, as !ti)«re vis ajHigh'Mas* in celebration ot te Eraperojr'a'iname day and of- the 700 th . Divereary-'bf >, s.: In tha wreath of ; dried "flowers jff|ront' ; of>-ttie altar accidentally cnught fire, and 'tbo aparks reached the congregation. Numbers rose and rushed to exit, and_ there was great oralhingf ''"-and s;r confasion','' which in a few seconds would have ledto. .a aerioui calamity, .but forjhejresencebf mind of the officiating 'priestj.'who continued the service, while one of the asdistant clergy easily extinguished the wreath. . The'danger alfth( greater because the church was hung with decorations of ,a,v.ory t ,inflammable! character. The fright inspired by this incident will draw the attention of the authorities, to the question of the safety ofohurches as :.tfellae : of(theatres,-1L i.ji'j f Uifi.:

To Farmehs—Before; .bpying .CorkSacks, ascertain the 'price.that Rapp, and Hare, of the Emporium, are selling them. B. and H. nve still giving the' highest price for oats, wheat, ( and. all kinds of produce. ' 1

The improvements effected ot late years m ladieV 'have' been • Very great/ aiid strikingly beneficial to health: Foremost among these for their peculiar excellencies are ; Rosenthal's sanitaire 'and Dr Warner's coMne'c6rset3i.'-The'former is: instructed to obviate the debilitating effects'of < the ordinary oorsets by relieving the delicate, and and vital organs from damaging meohariical' pressure, while still affording a healthful and comfortable sunport 'to the) wearer;-'/The support'to the figure is properly distributed j and the distrosßing eifeots of tight-lacing neutralised. Dr. Warner's coraline corset is boned vith'a new siibstanoe, wnioli is vastly superior ..to 1 horn or' whalebone, lit. cannot break but will in eyeryiinstance. outlast tho corset, being more pliable that whalebone it adapts itself more readily to the movements.of.the body,„. Both . these, jdmirabje co'rsetS;Can be had in all sizes'aud colors* at ; : James SMITH'S TU iEo'HoDs'if.|-lADvi.ls v yIV\J ■ V.c?