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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3021, 5 October 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

; 'The Bank, of Ne\£ Zealand,; ;'.■ X' - : i: ;AudkLAiib^October 4; 'After the'first surprise occaaioned by ihe publication of: the Bank of New Zealand Committee's report there is now .a -strong and.' growiug feeling of congratulation 'and/confidence here., Brokers say the whola oltlie 100,000 shares (new issue) can be placed if desired. ... fheNew.PJymouth Harbour. : ;;' ■■'-;" "Board. ..,,- - ut ' Waitaba, October 4. •-'■ At a largely attended meeting.-.in the Town Hall, Waitara, to-night, to protest against the New Plymouth Harbour rate, which has just been struck; the following resolutions were carried unanimously:-r-(l) This meeting is of.opinion that the enioroing: of the Harbour rate by the New .Plymouth Harbour Board is having the effect of retarding the settlement of this provincial district, ahd.retarding many.of the settlers who are endeavouring to obtain a livlihood therein; (2) this meeting,' feeling convinced that all reasonable means have been adopted by way of deputations and petitions against the imposition of .a | rate, for harbour purposes "at New; Plymouth, and levied by the New-Fly-. niouthiHarbour Board, under the. au-1 thoritypftheNew.ZealandParliament, Without the consent of tho ratepayers being -first obtained, 'and beheving such rates to he first unconstitutional and illegalised injustice; as woll "as oppressive and in some cases ruiuous hereby pledge ourselves to combine together for the purpose of resisting any further repayment of tho rate, and to support each one who may be proceeded against by the New -Plymouth Harbor Board in protecting their property from being plundered ; and confiscated, by ejecting any bailiif of other officer who may attempt to distrain on.the property ■ of any person' who may agree thereto.

Important to Contractors.' Dunedin, October 4, At the Magistrate's Court, the builder who was'the'lowest tenderer for a house, sued the proprietor for work done in preparing the estimates, the proprietor having accepted the higher of two tenders. Mr 1). D. Macdonald, for theplaintiff, produced expert witnesses, who said it was the custom for the trade to accept the lowest tender ,when no conditions wereatlacbed. -Mr Haggit, for' the defendant, cited a case the other way, and after an argument the justices gave judgment for the defendant, Good Grounds for a Libel Action. -" • Dundein, October 4, ! At a meeting of the Dock Trust to-day a letter was received from Mr Elder enclosing one from Mee, Billing & Co., of London, to the effect that having taken counsel's opinion on Mr E. Campbell's letter to The Standard about the loan, they were advised that they had good ground for a libel action. Mr Elder also stated that he would probably bring tto action himself. The Trust decided not to bring an action, but resolved to place all the information and give every assistance to Mee, Billing & Co in their action. Effects.of the Recent Grale. . ) ■:■ ■■■■-' . ■-. Timaru,October 4. • Further information concerning the effects of the galo shows, that outbuildings, slim and old erections, and plantations all over the_ distriot suffered to a considerable aggregate amount.' The attempts to secure Brace's mill from a further fall having resulted in drawing it back a few inches,'it is now proposed to try and pull it completely back into its place. The.mill was not working and had been olosed for some months.

Capitation and Averages, Tijmu, October 4. Tim Education Board on the motion of the Rev. G. Barclay, protested calculating capitation on the strict average ou tho ground thst a strict avorage was frequently affected by circumstances over which no one has any control-bad weather, sickness, &o.; That it will load to constant fluctuations of the status of schools, of staffs, and salaries, involving groat inconvenience, additional: 'clerical work, and offico expenses. ; A letter was read from the South Canterbury Education Institute, urging the Board to bring all possible pressure to bear on the department to induce them to revert to tho oldsystomof working averages, or on the grounds that the. other system salaries are niado dependant on ungovrrr.able influences of weather, epidemics, etc, which obtains in no other department of the public service; that tho alterations entailed in tho stiffs of schools from time to tinio wjll cause schools to be fully manned when the attem'anco is at a maximum; that while not admitting that teachers would have to yield to it, it is not right to place in the way of teachers to evade the law by making their salaries depend directly on attendance.