The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1885. THE SCHOOL ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1898, 26 January 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1885. THE SCHOOL ELECTION.

To-night the school elections throughout tlio Wairarapa take place. As a rule these"elections ;do not agitate tho comraunity to any great ttegrw, but on thia occasion in Masterton i confest has to be decided of exceptional importance. ' We trust-that' it- will bo fought out fairly and tfith'good feeling. We are glad to.notice that our local contemporary-who leads the opposition, in Mb last issue advocated 'his' view of the quostion in temperate and unobjectionable..tenns, and the line ;h"o has

adopted will no doubt render the- discussion less acrimonious than it otherwise wouWl'd. "Messrs Hogg, occaßiotf : th? ;, :6p^6sitioii"caiidiclJites,-; Mesai'i ■ on;; j& ailo w,vyV •' John*

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ihtehd bo question 'felfe- peraomU Messrs Hogg, /Gmi>w6ob,' ahd r fieat« en the * ccmroifct'e o. ■haw .any,a4#t|gg 'ft "Hes" ni"thß : _fa?f; ; t^ali ijKlOgiit'.tbDr .■ fei ite- -presßni.-proutJ-•position..'. l'Step..-..]jy,.Step;. - have Bieured f orMasteftoiv an-excellent..teach-ing 'school premise!, and ample play.grounds. ' The. question! between the two-parties' is not one of por-" Bonal. fitness, but one '■ of '.policy.- -Wo believoi;• however,' that wo-are' right .in saying-thai-,'in ohoinstance the opposition recognize the-fitness'oi one metaber of the far as to abstain' : from any open opposition-to him.-Mr BoDDKfaion's services to the school are bo universally recognized that his opponents do not ■ venture-to recommend that Ho should'.be displaced.-. ' None' 'tli'e loss, howovet\. woiifd Mr Boddinqton's services <be--lost to the school if the-opposition, paity were successful; as he is. the last man to remain ■ in offi(}e';t6dut;'d : .poUey ■ which' jie '.belieyes;ito:be disastrous to theiuterje»is, , of ■ 'education in'Masterton.. , Very. ; infitiy. people have been 'misled into the'-iijea' that the late committee are hostile $ a second school for Masterton. This is hot the case. When the time arrives for a second one to be established' they will cordially welcome it, : It is because this time has not yet arrived that they,, in the 'interests of Masterton, take the.,position which they assume, After nearly a year's solicitation tboy' have obtained from the Board a sum of ' £SOO to increase the present school buildings. Now it is ; within their knowledge that they, could not possibly have obtained this sum. for the erection of a second school. ' There' are now- settlers in other.parts of this .district keenly watching this £soo' that has been voted) because they know that if a motion in favor.-of a second school is carried at'to-night's meeting.they- will get it; They say Masterton has a good school and cannot claim a second one while they are without on & at all for their children.-The £SOO ia aapecific-voto for additions to the preaerit school-nnd •if -the inhabitants -of;. Masterton reject"it,'as now:Voted,'.they will absolutely lose it altogether and they will get nothing in its place. We; assert positively tiiat if the opponents of the late''Coinniittee s.Uccccd "'in thoir doeiro they will absolutely." rob the IMasterton School of £SOO,- ' We do - not beliovo- that "they wiH succeed though they have'been canvassing veiy energetic-' ally for support, because wo Consider that • the common sense of the community will ba against taking such a serious step as is now proposed,' that it will not allow a great educational institution which lia.s been._carefully worked up to an adstandard'of efficiency to-be recklessly pulled to pieces, that it will, not sanction the undoing in one night of the labor of, years or even dismiss from its service men to whom it is -under , heavy obligations. It may be thought by many that the services of Mr Bopdinqton can be replaced in the administration of the Masterton Public School, ■ but no one who is familiar with the time, ability and earnestness which ho has devoted to his official duties of Chairman for. a series of years, will fall into a mistake of this kind. To-night's votes will show whether Masterton in eduoatiofial mattera: will _ continue to. advance or - whether-"it; will: retrograde and take an ■ 'inferior. position in the . Educational;. i distrfct!' ""There'is'one point iii whioh' w. would have liked our contemporary to have been explicit. It must'bo without ■ his ■ knowledge that .a. 'member of- - the Educational -Board, in whom he -places,- . .groat confidence has declared that if .Mas-, tortori does not take the £SOO .(or the ad.- : ditions to the . present -school it' will- not. get the money for a. side school. We can-. not understand how in .the face of such astatement he ventures.still to. persist in his demand for; a second school,- 1 - If Masterton loses the £SOO, the loss will, be his responsibility not ours, but there will be other contingent disadvantages whichwill be a more serious drawback thaiv the" mere loss of money, thore will bean overcrowded school and a disheartened staff. The action taken by Messrs Ho'gg, : Woodroofe, Lanq, Reese and Girdwood will, if successful, render the . -Education Board hostile to Masterton, as it is in direct opposition to the views expressed by its members and, on this ground alone, it is likely to be fatally mischievous to Masterton interests.

It is reported that the navvies are to be brought into Masterton to-night to carry the achool election. Wo trust our l.opal. contemporary has not resorted to an un-' acrupulous measure of this character;.. If the best interests of Masterton are to be decided not by resident settlers, but by a floating population which is here to-day and gone to-morrow a very undesirable feeling will be aroused in the community.

Tenders are invited by Mr G. Fannin, architect, for the erection of a cottage at Olareville,'' " '• Mr 0. Rogers of Taueru has paid into. Benevolent fund the sum of £lO on accounts of Peter Hansenwho was forwarded to.Queensland by the Bociety. Tfiis sum includes an amount, collected from the' Rivarsdals station -hsrj, Hansen, was! working;' ; Mr -E,-. H; Wood: announces a stock sale at- Mr Hammerich's yards, Greytown, on Thursday February. sth, and advertises' a .numerous list of_ entries' in: connec-tion-with-it, ' ~: ' /:j ' The special meeting .of the Wairarapa East County Council convened, for Satur* diy.: last was. adjourned' for.a week and will be further adjourned' from tjme to time-until-the J^Jflbrusjy v .I

I' Ifi the R.M, Court this morning Peter Madsen and a young man named Collins >vere charged witKty'ing.a tin can to a horses' tail at Mauriceviiio. Mr Bunny ivho appeared ' foj the; informant asked pormMorr to withdraw the charge ; , The pq'urjt after commenting' severely on the character-of the offence agreed to the .application on tho. understanding tint the : wta of .-thepr-ooefidings Jiad Jieen' defrayed fj^JJiede^ndantj.'

t A special nieefilig flHlie (Mege Governors was lielcl.on Saturday. mflrning'. Dr Newman's -iriof iftri, tlmtfaie children whose parents Me in-aitair,with'the fees should 4 not\bo for. consideration, but at .the suggestion of. Mr Bunny, it.was decided -to untjll next-jveok'a t ■meeting.'-'--A-iettef •was Gillon resigning as. assistant teacher 'in the High School,- The resignation was accepted with an expression .of,regret at Miss Gillon's leaving-/the'ich'opl; The. question of filling the vacancy was deferred for a week; Mr -Bunny''.laid on the table plans, of .the Grirls 1 ' Higli School reserves, andannopced his intention of moving at next'"weeks meeting that application' should be made to Government for permission to sell tiie property. The Pubiiet -Wi:ki.'Co'ua'iiiiit|e'e of the Wairavapa' East County Council''mqt on Orr - 'Maunsell '(Giiuirman); Hawkins, and Chamberlain." were passed That tenders be invited,' A to'close '.'oii'loth Februaiy, for the protective' works at the; Waipoua bridge;'recommended"by the", JSngfin.eei".. That Jlr Beeso .bemg^w^ling^ to' abcept-thV'^feTOMaA ; '*6fitlieilouji'flil l subject only to such an extra allowance Beyond the Mimateil-'-cost i-not. 'exceeding r ss per 100 ft for timber, iis 'tlie Engineer -iriay jkd' .timber at tha w.orks.. The Comfnitlee'retlrat tfiia - ted - Iwljige- at (Alf.vedton.be at once prdceeded with;' and > tho Engineer be' instructed to, .aspeiftain cost of such "timber,"" That' tlie" En*r gineer be instructed to prepare specifications for the removal of slips oii" the Wangaehu road, and .get the work done at a sum hot exceeding'£2o, to be charged to the Wangaehu and other slips account, the five pounds already authorised to be spent being treated as part of the That the EnginSefbe instructed to prepare plans and specifications for formation •on tho Te Ore Ore and Bideford road, beiiig about 29 ohains of section's, and 13 chaius of section 4, /md that separate..tendersbe invited for the above, to'close on ,10th February, A letter was read from Burgess & Son,"offering to complete their contract with nietal from Adams' Peak creek, The Olerk was instructed to roplv " .that .the Engineer having reported suit-" ablo stone having boen found near tho contract,- the-.Committee- cannot entertain Mr Burgess' offor'"also tTiatj.'"!!# be in.-. 'a.trjicted.tQitiroceed with the work.undeathe verbal directions given to him oh they 20%i$t, Bremner. A \etter was read from the Town Clerk, Maitfirton, on the subject of ro;sheathing, the Waipoua boundary bridge' The Clerk was instructed to reply to the effect that the Council i 3 prepared to pay one half the cost, provided that the", decking of the bridge is properly' levelled, so as.to.give an-even bearing throughout, prior to receiving the sheeting; subject to, .the approval of Mr Bremner, A report.was read from the overseer to the' Cashpoint Road Board on the condition of tho County roads in 'tliat district; it'-'was resolved that /the report be referred to Cr Maunselland the Chairman to enquire and report upon at the next . meeting, It was also resolved that Cr Hawkins- be authorised; to superintend'the roadnien on the'Te-Ore Ore and Bideford road. The. Committee authorised an imprest advance to tlie Treasurer of £IOO.. .

The following is the amusing-report laid' before the Borough Council at its meeting on the 25tli of May,-1880, by the Committee appointed "to inspect the Borough. Endowment in the Mangaone Block. The report was referred back to the.Oommittee, in ordeiv.to allow of a fiesh report being presented" Your Committee 'appointed to inspect and report upon the. Borough endowment, after many delays respectfully present the following report as the result of -tlieir labors: Thursday, 12th, the worthy Councillors Messrs Perry, and Vile (whip) ensconced in a four-wheeler, MeOardle andßenallbringi ing up the rear,, the latter gentlemon taking a clear outside berth, having but little faith in the cattle and less -in the c'oacliman, but with the exception of a few bumps, intersected with Borne broken bridges (at which all the Saints in the' calender were-anathematized for allowing them to exist in such a state) your Committee reached' their destination at the

close of aB disagreeable a day aB could be well wished. • Eketahuna is but as yet a

straggling settlement..'.Your. Committee: can cremeifiber. many. much worse,' with their future far moreheavily handioapped. All that is how. wanted is 'billing hands, and •a " cheerful" .determination to : hfew'-from'' tlte ' wilderness vajsmiid them iiidependM'homes,,.'not more thanyhas; been done hy- Hundreds of • the- old settlers und'Drfarraoredlscouragingbirpumstanceß; H6re'you have the -country-opened up (whatever'may bfeiita faults,- and they are many) with a godd road, .land.-capable, of producing all that men iould desire. Steady, working men in'three-years would upon' tliousahds' of' aoresi - Heads of families residing in our Wairarapa towns, ' tmd wishing to'own a houso,should select under the deferred payment terms as now offered, get'some ten acres, - -or- more if possible, felling and burning, off in summer, and making a pitch-upon it as Boon as possible afterwards. Half your wants may be;supplied in the secdnd season, ■and the remainder will follow -with some to spare in ashorttime. Nogrumbling, but up and at it like men deternjined' to own a freehold. This much may be said of those who in yeara pasti. selected the bush; in fact buried themselves wiffiiivifc',till,'with the following of their fellow men for whom ■ they early paved.the,way, they came out again with most of their hopes and expectations realized. The land set aside as the Borough endowmont abuts upon the road now in course of formation from Eketahunato Alfredton,. about two miles from the former, for the most part an easy graded line, no hills'but which a horse-could trot up with-a .fair load; no rivers to ericountor, such as the early settlers in this Borough had to contend with, but all is, or shortly will be made safe, so that the. .settlement may increase with sure success. This is what' i 3 required to make the Borough lands productive iri the meantime. It would, if possible, be desirable to let there upon easy terms; in sections to suit settlers for a considerable period.-say 50 years, upon a graduated scale of rents,. .Your Committee feel ■much more-'satisfied with the quality of the -land than upon its adaptabilty for' ' early 'use, it. being Surrounded with much more even and-easier land for settlement. The block itself eould hardly have selected by anyone having a knowledge of the land. It certainly must have' been "spotted" out especially, for the'care of nursing, on the Bame delusive principle as the £.for£ subsidies..™#..dangled before the hoses of . anxioustownsmen.- -Itrremiridsyour Committee very much of the old axiom; "Don't y.ou wish you may get it f Oh, yesfDon't look an endowment •.'.too hard. in. the mouth, as a whole, .whiohmay-be decid^dl^ronoui^oed" the home of the• in:dTi'Btrio^B ? and iabourT ing workiug man, and- to whese attention your Committee would especially, recom-msnd-it,.•;

There are 493 duly qualified medical practitioners on the New Zealand register, and SS-' dentists on tho register of dentists, .. Colonel McDonnell is in Masterton just now, and is engaged on behalf of the Government in'.obtaining the signatures of Natives to completo tho purchase of the Mangatainoke block.. _ '

. ,Mf appointed return'kig 'l»E6.mar--.iljfidep.ihe ■ .Native Committees. Act for the '

Letters of, naturalisation'Wo been issued to .-Augustus Johns®,' labourer, of ' .' .K .RiepqrteJ that some outbuildings at on the;TaratahiPlain, wer&Hestroyed by-lire on Satßrchy'after■noon,... ',

l l ,ff"H"^Triniericli,, of; town,-another old settler, is recorded in : QUptttuaiy column to-day. .'.

Tho-New Zealand Shipping Company's RiirSi'S." Aoi'fliigi.'ffill. bp .fitted,jjith a rold'-'okmßeft®' carrying'''butter and cheese. Early application for space is necessaiy-

"Pedestrians can cross the Waiiigawa river jiow by bridge and "plank. The treasurer of the Masterton ■ Hospital, acknowledges the receipt of a subscription of £1 from;tha-Rev- Father Treacy.

' We' have • ,received':-;rrpm''•Mr.;.;'T.."Q. ;Mason, the local-agent of ; ; the tiVerpool 'attd' London insurance ,Go.,.';'.th'eir.';r[eat '■office'calencler for the current-year. .. ' The, sale of-a portionof thii G6veti»mbnt shipijieiit .of stoats and woazols/ ivhich by _tlie/8,5,.-l6nicj-,took; .place; on Saturday at. Laery and-Gampbell's mart'. Six stoats realised £5 2s (id. eack, aftd'.2p Wfeazels £3 10s each,, were purchased for Wairarapa and part for BleiUi'eini; ? rjji:b '■ estimated r-cvst to -the all round.; ;TJtio ■ renjaintlerof ■ the';' shipment, are to;!)® tuni.ed; loose in the back-country -of-Canterbury and Otago. Mr J. Montgomery, the contractor for the schools-at Eketehuna, the Camp and Te Whiti, invites tenders for the cartage of timber from Masterton to those places. A meeting of Edward Noble's creditors to.-day lapsed for want of the statutory 'quorum, • ..

Huxley the well-known tailor announce that.lie is about to open a ■ flrst-claea shop in Mastorton. • Measra Lowes and lorns have received instructions from the well-known pawnbroker of Wellington to sell at their rooms on Saturday next-a well assorted stock of unredeemed pledges which are particularised in our advertising columns. A horse in one of -Messrs Wickers'on and Wagland'a traps made an unexpected .bolt, this morning and succeeded in damag;jng v the- vehicle--before' it. was .brpiiglit to ;ordfiivagain,7' v .. 'V v

The Herald's correspondent' at Makato'ktt 'telegraphs'' that - largo- bush -fires are raging round.Makatoka. Parsons and Small's sawmills, with the houses and a large stock of timber, were entirely de-' fltvoypd, The insurances are believed to be £IOOO in the National, but probably this is partially reinsured; Several - other mills were threatened when the despatch left.. . ' .

An extraordinary scene occurred yesterday in Auckland at the funeral of Holmes the scenic artist who was burnt to death at the recent fire. The Freethinkers had' arrauged with Dr. York a freethought lecturer, to conduct the funeral obsequios while-other friends forwarded a similar request to Mr Tebbs the Anglican minister. On the arrival of the funeral procession at the path leading to tho grave, the Rev. gentleman commenced to read the passage "I am the resurrection etc.,". which was greeted by "bosh," and " we've had enough of that .rot." Mr Tebbs, howevor proceeded, with the .service, and at tho conclusion of the pro" ceedings persons of/every denomination including Catholics and Jews' shook.hands with Mr Tebbs, and thanked hinVfor carrying out his duty in the manner in ' which, he had done. Deceased was not a member of the Ffeethought Association, but had attended several, of their lectures; Deceased wasHhe son of Holmes tho court painter to George 111,

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