The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885. EDUCATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1930, 4 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885. EDUCATION.

The friends of our present State system of education will read with, pleasure the very encouraging report made by Mr Lee on the schools in the Wellington district, This favorable report comes very oppor. tunely as a Bet off against the reports made by the Wanganui and Taranaki inspectors a few months back. According to those two reports' the discipline and progress of the schools in those districts was anything but satisfactory, and coming at a time when the opponents of State education were more than usually activo, and the supporters were inclined to growl at the cost, gave color to the assertions frequently made that the State schools were out-growing their usefulness. But Mr Lee's report will show that at any rate in this school district, good work is beingdone for the money. .-There are. those who, while favoring State primary education, are of opinion that the system has ; gone beyond its' legitimate and originaj purpose in providing the more advanced curriculum of the High Schools. Itia not long since Mr Stout said "What made secondary - education • so costly was that there were high-olasß men teaching • perhaps only five oi Bk pupils in highclass subjects. Ho wished to aee no such thing as elementary teaching in secondary schools, but the High School would cost' an enormous deal more, which the Colony could not'stand." •Masterton feas set a good example in this respect', by making' the fees paid in the higher claw cover the whole of the.additional-expense.: incurred

by tho intipdncfcion of a .Boundary school. "At a lecture given in: .Wollirigt'on: by . Admiral Sera, Dr HuTcmifsoN remarked Mutt'.'.' That tlitf present, ayatem/of c'd» tioii' .mi'-purely literary, and resulte'd in prowling the professions, public'bffices merchants' counting houses, and' banks. I'.' This-view is falcon % many' now.-a-days .who' would farprpfer'to'see'thecostof Lthis literary education diverted'to better primary work and more technical. teaching. It is true some few boys"-intended for-the .Universities or : the .law.might suffer, but the rising generation generally would be better armed for the keen practical competition.of our work-a-day century. The manner in which the cause of technical education in schools is being taken'up all over the civilised world is a warning to us that, unless- we are to be behind the' times, we must also make some provision in this direction, Nations have now become.htfgo growing, manufacturing, and trading .Associations, with'practical knowledge of the power necessary to back up capital. So that if •a State cannot afford !;tp"; have both Wary and. practical knowledge tau'gliii' by its aid, then the literary training must suffer, or the Statego.to> the wall of. unsuccessful competjtiori. There are certain plain laws of political' economy of which even many public men are ignorant. As, these are every day being more and more brought to bear on the dealings' of-one-State with another, it seems 'but reason: able that they should be taught also in our schools. An early' foundation on true principles is as a rock on which, in after years, to build the sound reasonings of a practical mind.

The Government have decided not to send an offer of a New Zealand contingent to the Soudan, A Wellington paper, which is probably inspired from the Government buildings, suggests as an alternative proposal a free offer of tinned meat, "sc tmwitgloria 'mioidil"' "It would bo a splendid advertisement of a staple industry," writes .tho' Ministerial lackey. England's extroinlty "is to :ho. New Zealand's opportunity for advertising nuit : ton! Wo do not remomber, during some twenty year's rcsidenco in Now Zealand, any instance of such an unutterable and indescribable meanness as the suggestion, just ma4e by the Empire City flunkey.

; We hope to' qee '$ M\i attencjange of the business residents of Mas'teft'on at the meeting convened |io?mprrpw evening on the train servioe question, -fe the •Wairarapa we are in a very weak position as regards railway matters; There il no resident manager, there is no resident assistant manager, and there is, as a natural consequence, very little management. To obtain that accommodation which the importance of the town and its .growing tra'de requires will be no easy matter, but if the busjnes3 men. of the town stand shoulder to shoulder and, insist upon an improved train service,,.the hostile influences will be overcome',' The question raised is in the best interests of every business manin the town. ,\

We regret.to hear,,of the demise of another old and wel}-kno'ff : n settler, Mrs Hirfiphberg, of Grey town. '

:Mr--F. IjtrWpqdy usual monthly stock sale'takes place at. ifr. ,W ; Hanimerich's yards, Greytown, to-morrow,

The Government have' given notice to forty-two officers of the survey department thajt their occupation is gono. A .meeting p.s held at the Council Chambers, Masterton, last evening in support of the gas loan, .A Btrong pommittee was formed to secure a full record of votes on the day of the poll, Wehave received the following telegram fromTenui;—"Weather bad, river too high to cross to racecourse. Races postponed till Friday, and in all probability from day to day till Monday.": •' A later telegram says, "Races postponed, till. Friday." Seven tenders were received for a building Bite for an Oddfellows' Hall last evening, and the Loyal Masterton Lodge chosoa corner section in. Bannister-street, neyenty-five links by two hundred, for the sum of £SO, being part of the property recently subdivided by Mr J. Hessey. The Waingawa river is 'top high to cross to-day, and the new ; "bridge cannot be utilized yet for the want of a few planks, The delay in opening the bridge is causing considerable inconvenience, especially to intending purchasers of sheop who are indisppsed to buy with the difficulty of the river facing them, whilst others are prevented from sorting tlioir sheep to tho Masterton yards by the flame cause. The members of the Carterton School Committee have been at loggerhead? lately with the headmaster of their school. They apparently do not fully appreciate the advantages of having a first-class man in charge of their children, When the Carterton school loses MrSaihuoJ, w.e venture to predict that it will forfeit much of the prestige which it has-'enjoyed'in' ithe past. . Mr Samuel ; is apparently more strict as a disciplinarian 'than, thejwjmmifctoo would wish.hiiri'tobQ, but on the other hand there is aniqo tone about the school which is the direct result of rigid supervision,

The Woodville Examiner reports that Messrs Miller, Sedeole, and Whitcombe have inspected the Puketoi Block beyond the Tiraumea river on behalf of the Special Settlement Association. The Association consists of fifty members, to which the number is limited, and.. tlio visitors wero well pleased with the jand, which will bo opened up by the Englefield road extension. The explorers are of opinion that there is sufficient room for a second special settlement on the north side of the block selected. lam told on good .authority that Messrs Hill and Poole are Seriously contemplating selling off their newlyiacquired racing stud, as they find that the fact of their being horse-owners interferes with itheirbusiness as totaljsator proprietors, As soon as they sent Speculation (late Hippo? damia), and Sir Bedivere to Sam Powell to train, Mr J.; Paul immediately, withdrew his horses from Powell's care, alleging as his reason, that he would not have them trained in,the same stable with bookmakers'horses. Some of the club's.:on the coast have also determined to take the working of their totalisators oufc'bf the, firm's hands, and altogether I think they have made a false step. They were doing a capital thing until they started going for more than .the percentage, and. in trying to land the lot they have committed the folly of dropping the substance to grasp the Bhadow.—Referee, ■ Malarial Fevers.—Malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general. nervousness, and neuralgio ailments, yield readily to this great disease conqueror. Hop Bitters. lii repairs.the ravages of disease by con : verting the food into rich blood, and it .giyes'newlifp'and yigpr jip theaged and infirm. See

■ Twomembera of the Upper House, the Hons. Brandon and Maitin, are in Masterton to-day. • Thero aro grand lots of sheep and •lambs yarded to-day at Messrs Lowes & Jorns'-itock sale.'!, ._:,. The''bonstaoillary camp at Parihakahas. 'been,brokenuj)nndt]ieinen drafted to other-parts along the coast.''' '■ New. stock is now-being opened up in Eellingh'ain's. boot depot, Queen-street. All goods are marked in plain figures and and a liberal discount is announced in our advertising- columns to cash purchasers; A pair. of handsome cream colored ponies with black"points have been purchased by Messrs Hood & Shaw, of Masterton. They were bred from a valuable imported strain by DrCarlyon, of Napier. A successful meeting was held in Wei; lington yesterday for the purpose of establishing a home for the aged and infirm. The following Wairarapa residents have applied f<Jr space in the Industrial Exhibition :-W. Booth & Co., Wakelin & Hawkins! T. Bennett, T. Jago, S. Bacon, Littlejohn & Son, Muir & Dixon, T. Dixon, C. S. Papworth.D. Donald, W. H, Beetham, M. Caselberg, and 6, Wakelin, The Hon. Mr Ballanco \m in hand a military settlement scheme by which men leaving the Armed Constabulary through retrenchment or otherwise may be enabled to take up 'small settlements of about 200 acres each on easy terms under the defended payment system. The settlements are to be on the West Coast and along the route of the Northern Main Trunk Line and in each case in close contignity to public works.

During the meeting in reference to establishing a homo for the aged and indigentpoor, the Rev Van Staveren remarked' when a proposal was made to canvas the Wairarapa for subscriptions, that very few persons came from the district to seek aid from the Benevolent Society, The idea of the Wairarapa being free from poverty was combated by Mr Wardell, who said that of his own knowledge several people from the Wairarapa had recently applied to the society, one or two of them being afflicted with chronic disease, N, Z, Times, Heilbron's German Worm Cakes and Fitzgerald's Koromiko Exfeict are Patented,—Advi.

It is a trite and musty proverb, but a nound one, that ''good wine needs no bush," so "excellence is its own reward." The immense salon that have beon mabe, and the enormous quantities that have been used, prove that UDOMHfI Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps nc'edß no laudatory tributes. In all cases of Mdney affections, {nflamni'ation of the bladder, dyspepaia, indigestion, lieirf-ourn, flatulency, gravel and gout, it is simply a- m}ra.sulous cure.