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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2417, 5 October 1886, Page 2

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[United Pkess Association] Auckland, this day. ' The residenco of ■ Mr P. A. Whitaker, Olaudelands, Hamilton, was'destroyed by lire on Sunday afternoon, The ■ house, which contained ton rooms, was' insured for £350 in the Colonial office, The furniture, &e., which was insured for £350 in the same oflice, was mostly saved. Tho tire was caused by a spark from the kitchen chimney. CiißiSTCiiuitcH, October 4.

The North Canterbury Educational Institute will bring forward the following Bubjects at the anuual meoting of the New Zealand Educational lastitute:—l. Tho re-arrangement, of tho standard syllabus, so ?s to make some additional subjects optional, and to distvibutu tho work over seven standards instead of six. 2. That the drawing at present required is too hard, especially for Standards V and VI. 3. That Inspectors should bo placed undertlia Contral Department. <l. That tho number of pupil teachersshould be reduced gradually till the proportion is one pupil teacher to one adult. 5, That an examining syndicate should be appointed to conduct the inspection and examination of secondary schools. 6. That the syllabus of examination of pupil teachers should be uniform throughout tho colony, the examination to bo conducted by the Central Department, that it ij desirable that the engagements of pupil teachers be for five years before their admission to the Normal School. 7. That rulo 6of the standard regulations, 1885, ought to be amended as follows:—the worls, "During threo quarters preceding quarter in which examination takes place," to be omitted, and there should be inserted in their place "Since last examination," aud that words ''Three-quarters" (repeated) should bo altered to " such period." 8, That -intending pupil toachers should undergo some period of probation. Messrs T. S. Foster, U. N. : Just, J- Watkiiio, and R«v. E. Flavell wore elected to represent the' branch at tho annual meetiug. Woodvilie, this day. Heavy rain has fallen in this district during the past two days, causing all the low lying parts of the district to bo flooded. It is still raining heavily, and if it continues much damage will bo done. Tho coaches were unablo to cross the Manawatu River, but the mail* were got over by means of a boat, Wkminqtos, This day. Tho Governm'ont have offered Mr Crawford £lO per acre for tho land taken for defence purposes at Fort Ballance and Point Haawell.

The heaviest rain for months fell this morning. No damage is reported. The last brick in tho tunnels on the Wellington Manawatu Company's Lino was placed yesterday. It is expected the line will bo open from Kuronga to Longburn oarly in November, Mr H. D. Bell, the Crown Prosecutor, announced in tho Supremo Covrt yesterday afternoon, that in the criminal libel action, Vogel v Hoskins, the bill would not bo presented to tho Grand Jury, Mr Hoskins having made a satisfactory apology, which is as follows" Wellington, 4th October, 1886. To tho Hon. Sir Julius Vogel.—l bog to apologise to you for the publication in tho Wellington Advertiser of tho 17th July, 1886, of an article aud a cartoon by which you wero charged with corrupt and improper conduct in connection with tho purchase of certain District Railway Company's debentures, and I beg unreservedly to withdraw the imputation conveyed against you by those publications, for which I am nominally responsible.— Arthur James Hoskins,"