The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1886. THE EDUCATION STATEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2326, 21 June 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1886. THE EDUCATION STATEMENT.

| Thr moat satisfactory statement de- ' livered before our Parliament this [ session h«a undoubtedly been the j Education Statement. The Minister for Eaacation, Sir Kobort Stout, has a i practical as well as a theereticMl [ knowledge of the working of this | department, and his capacity for being j of service to it in New Zealand is only [ )iml>«d by the little time be can devote S to it. Education is, happily, not ! regarded as a party question in this. I iclony, and this department is also | lolembly fre« from the abuses of • patronage which cripple so many 'others. We are all in favor of f education just so far as we can find I mon»*y to pny for it, and no one will, ; to feel sore, desire to check Sir Kobert I Stont in bis efforts to make our f educational system, from the primary •chool to the university, thoroughly

efficient and accessible to all, irrespec- , tive of class and creed. Already our education. department has numerous responsibilitips. It directly and ipdireotly controls primacy schools, secondary schools, nuiversifcies, industrial schools, native schools, and a deaf mate school. Sir ftobert Stout recommends that theNewZealand University should be made a teaching as well as an examining body, and that the work of training should be iaiiiy divided between the four principal, centres of population. Doctors, for example, might be manufactured at Dnnedin, and lawyers at Wellington ; scientific agriculturists and geologists might liavf! their habitat in Christchurch, and professors of languages and the fine aits might be turned out at A uckland. We have not the slightest objection to tb? scheme laid down by Sir Robert Stout if Sir Julius Vogel or any other Colo- | nial Treasurer can find the means to i carry it out.. The Minister for Education in his statement hints that in some instances educational reserves have been mop|»ed up by churches. If he has an idea of extracting ways and means oat of religious bodies we do not envy him his task. Miniaters of most denominations in New Zealand are somewhat " poor and dour." and it would be easier to take the breeks off a Highlander than to dispossess clergy of are real estate of any real value. We any glad to observe that in bis brief reference to primary schools be points out the weakness of oor inspectorial arrangements. We have in this colony no one to inspect our inspectors," and Sir Robert snggests that the difficulty which is experienced by each Education district being modelled on the ideas of one man might be obviated by the Board's exchanging inspectors. Fn'ess compelled by Act of Parliament, Boards are unlikely to do this, and it would be as well if the Minister proposed some more direct method of dealing with the difficulty. We have not space to refer to the manv points embraced in the Education statement, but one of them will amuse those who are familiar with the financial condition of local bodies. It is that each County Council should start a model farm. We doubt, after the recent vote for travelling allowances, whether Wairarapa East could afford to invest in even a three acres and a cow establishment, but perhaps it might begin with a home acre for one of its surface men.

The Masonic Masterton Lodge 1430 E.C., meets this evening. A" notice of an alteration in the time of, delivering letters, appears in our columns.

The Conservator of Forests in South Australia is preparing small slabs of wood of each of the timber trees of that colony, to be presented to each public school. Each block will show the wood polished and unpolished, and various sections t.i show the grain, etc.; it will also have a label, giving the botanical and the popular name of the tree or shrub, the locality where it is indigenous, its general uses, and any other necessary particulars. Most of the schools are now giving object lessons, and such practical work as this could not fail to be highly useful and instructive if introduced into schools of this district.

A goo:i story has -found its way into print concerning the late Richard "Wagner, and the elder Dumas, the dramatist. When the latter called upon the former, the visitor was received by his host in a mediieval costume. Ou Wagner returning the call he found Dumas in a dressing gown of the loudest pattern, a helmet with flying plumes, • a lifebelt, and a pair of huge jack boots. "Pardon me," said Alexandre, with comic swlemnity of voice and manner, " for my appearing in my working apparel. I can do nothing without this costume. Half of my ideas live in this helmet, and the other half are lodged in my boots, which are indispensable to me when I write my love scenes."

The naval sham fight took place in the Wellington harbor on Saturday afternoon, but from a spectator's point of view the new display was not elaborate. The steamer Grafton was elected as the attacking vessel, and at 2 p.m. she left the harbor, with several members of both Houses of the Legislature, leading citizens, and a number of ladies on board. The party landed at Fort Gordon to witness a shot and shell practice, which by the way was far from good, after which the Grafton steamed to the Heads, and on returning to the port was fired upon by the Gordon. Point Halswell, Ngahauranga, and Kaiwarra batteries, and the torpedo launch also took part in the operations, and several mines were tired. The launch was also armed with a Nordenfeldt gun, which she used occasionally. The whole affair occupied about thrae hours, Tho various forts are not yet completed, and this was the first occasion on which the guns at the outer batteries have been used.

At the last meeting of the Auckland Board of Education a letter was recoivad from a settler who complained that in his district educational matters are generally fixed up" by two committeemen at a pub-lic-house, while the nomadic gumdiggers living in tents, here to-day and away tomorrow, figure as householders in electing the School Committee. One applicant for the po6t of school teacher, who ' be-, sprinkled his note with capital letters as'if from a pepper-castor, assured those concerned of his interest in the school. On. coming to this letter (says the Herald) the Board lost all interest in his appointment. A young lady applying for the charge of a school, forwarded her "testamonials." The chairman could understand "spelling ' taters with a p," but he stuck up at spelling " testimonials" in the above fashion. Mr Cooper gallantly came to the rescue of the damsel, and remarked that bad spelling was not always a sign of lack ot ability. He had seen oommunioations from some of the University professors, which showed that these gentlemen were occasionally rather weak In spelling.

A first meeting of creditors in the estate of C. F. Barrington convened for Saturday, lapsed, no creditors being present. The statement showed unsecured creditors £135 Os Bd. Tfte only item on the other side being £l7 10s—furniture. The principal creditors in Featherston are Burt Bros., £4O ;J. D. Cox £8 ; W. Buckeridge £2 6s, and J. Smith £l. There were about twenty Wellington creditors. of £ll and under, and also Mr Whyte, baker, of Carterton, £5 and Mr Baker, Licensed Victualler, Aohoaga, £3. ' The cause assigned by the bankrupt for seeking the protection of the Court is continuous sickness in his family. In reply to Mr R. K, Stansfield, Deputy Assignee, the bankrupt said he had been employed on the Wellington-Wairarapa Railway, going for three years at 6s Cd per day, wet or dry. He was in Featherston as stockman five years ago,' when he contracted the debt to Burt Bros. The meeting adjourned till Monday.

Messrs Lowes and lorns report sale of Mr.McGilvray's stock in .trade, and Mr McDowell's foods at Eketahuna, on Sacurday the attendance was good and the bidding spirited,throughout. We are requ'ested^U*^draw the attention of our readers to Messrs Lowesand lorn • sale of Nelson fruit and ornamental trees, and flowering shrubs,- which ,takes place at' their rooms on Wednesday. At a meeting of the Gisborne Borough Council last week, says the correspondent of the Napier Telegraph, two Councillors created'a scene that was only brought to a close by the Clerk turning off tin; gas.. It wits feared at one time that the two men would come to blows.

The protest entered at the Queen's tiirthday races of the Tarafcihi-Carterton Jockey Club having been settled in favor of Normanby, notice is given that, all claims will. be paid by the secretary, Mr G. W. Deller, on and after Wednesday next

Henry Off«>r was charged in the Wellington R.M. Court on Saturday with having stolen a'dress valued at £1 39s 6d. Be was remanded until to-day to enable enquiries to .be made in .^lasterton. Mr F. Crook gave his final lecture "Progress and Prayer" .to an attentive and appreciative audience' in the Theatre Royal last evening. The installation of W.M. and investiture of officers of the Grey town Lodge, 1720, E.C., takes place at 4 p.m. on Thursday next, the 24th inst.. Mr A. L. Webster is the W.M. elect.

A second eruption in one week of the same chimney occurred yesterday afternoon at the Union Club Boarding House. If-very considerately broke, out between services, so that people-were not disturbed at their devotions. The-fire was promptly extinguished. . ; . - The Committee appointed to arrange for procuring a visit from Mr Matthew Burnett, the GospeJ Temperance lecturer, met on Saturday night and discussed ways and means. The Chairman reported that Mr Burnett could only give them five davsj and it was decided that unless a longer visit could be obtained, the expenses would not warrant the committee in obtaining his services.

Messrs Charles Pownall and Co., Scriveners and Mortgage Agents, Wellington, report an increased supply of money for mortgage investment, consequent upon the Government declaration that there will be 110 increased property tax. The demand during the last month has, however, been limited, and the principal business confined to city properties, which, when first-class, are now negotiable at 6A- per cent. Money has again fallen in the Home market, the Bank of England rate to 2A, and the open market to 1 £ per cent; the result of a further accumulation of unemployed capital. Our quotations are now 6£ to 7 per cent, but with the rise of 20 per cent in the value of wool, at present London sales (just received), more confidence in land investments' will certainly follow, and we expect lead to a considerable influx of capital upon easier terms. The following extract from a private letter received from the North, published in the Dunedin Evening Star, shows the difficulties put in the way of persons desirous of settling on the land; "We applied for some land on the WellingtonManawatu line, but the Government and the company could not come to terms about its re-purchase, so we transferred the application for a slice of the Mangatainoke block. Ballance refused, and tried to make us take up the land on the perpetual lease system. The members of the Association declined to have a system jammed down their throats that was objectionable to them, and accordingly the whole thing fell through. I think it is rather too bad for a man to try and force his fad on an unwilling people. Special settlements in this Island have been a remarkable success, and Ballance knows it ; yet he refuses to continue a certainty for the sake of pursuing what is in reality at present only an experiment. He professes to wish to place every facility in the way of settling people on the land ; but it cannot be said that he did so in our case. Here were men ready to take up a block, and to carry out all the conditions relating to the special settlement lands; but the obstinacy of one man has prevented .10,000 acres being occupied. However, we are going to have another try, and if refused this time, it must be admitted that ' Land for the people and people for the land' is a hollow cry, a sham, a fraud, used only as a bait for political purposes. "

Members of the Waste Lands Board hold their .seats for two yeafs. arid at the commencement ,of this month Messrs R. Wellwood and R; Harding retired by effluxion of time. The Government have re-nominated Mr Harding, and in the place of Mr Wellwood have -appointed a Mr John James to a Eeab of the Board. Gn enquiry we learn that Mr James is the salesman in Mr H. Williams' ironmonger's shop, and he is also brother-in-Inw to that gentlemafi. It has pleased the Government to single' out Mr H. Williams'family for especial distinction. Mr Williams and his son-in-law - were made Justices of the Peace, and now both the son-in-law and the . brother-in-law have soats on the Waste Lands Board. A 3?ear or two ago one of the demands of the Liberal party was " elective Land Boards," to which Sir George 'Grey* added " and elective Justices." The present Liberal Government have granted neither, but they have now told the socalled Conservative party that both would be desirable. Nothing, could possibly have exceeded the vvretched taste exhibited in the appointments made by this Government, and none-more so than in Hawkes Bay. We venture to think that even Sir Robert Stout would not.have insulted any other, constituency in New Zealand as he has Napier, and for which he ought to be hooted out of the town the next time he comes here.—Daily Telegraph.

Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c., are quickly cured by using Baxter's' celebrated Lung Preserver." This old established, popular medicine is pleasant to the palate, adn highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. Sold by all Patent Medicine Vandors. See testimonials in advertisements. —[Advt.l lam going to make a. speciality ot certain lines during the next months. At the present time I am running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any house in the "Wellington District to approach. By sending the i length which you require in 'moheß, you can be suppliod with a grand Tweed Macintosh for 27/6, honestly worth £3. Give me a trial, John Thorburx, the People's Clothier, "Willisstreet. "Wellington.—[Advt.] Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., of the Bon Marohe, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods have" been imported direct from the manufacturers in England and Scotland, and are now being marked off at prices that will compare with any wholessle house in the oolony.—-Advt. Stddi Economy.—Hearing; from everyone I met that the "Wairarapa Clothing Factory was the cheapest and best House in the district for Mens', Boy's and Youth's clothing, I thought I would give it a tiial, which I did, and to my surprise X got a tweed suit, all wool, Crimean shirt, flannel undershirt and pants, a French felt hat, collar, handkerchief and box, for the small sum of 655. I've paid elsewhere for the same goods £5 10s. My advice, therefore, to everyone is to call at the "Wairarapa Clothing Factory, next the Empire Hotel, where everything is good and very cheap.—Advt. "Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manu factory. All Blinds guaranteed of . the very best description. Price list on application to j R. W. Henn (late Henn and Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind aad Svrolviiig Factory, i IVelliiMtaft.—AZfTO.