The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1888. SLOYD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3047, 6 November 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1888. SLOYD.

Mn A. D. Riley, art director of the Wellington Education Board, recently prepared for tlie Assembly a voluminous but valuable report on the art instruction given in the primary schools of the Australasian colonies. .We do not proposo to refer to the general contents of this adtnirf.ble compilation, biicifmerely ty cull .a single flower .froil-'tho'lolieetionjltbe hitherto '• 'unknown'- " sloyd';" ' = J We learn that this peculiar" sloyd," or as the word is in the original language " slojd," means'.' hand-work," and is tho expression by which manual instruction in the continental schools is designated. " Sloyd" appears in various forms in a thousaud rational schools of Sweden—in smith work and in metal work; in fretwork, which it is said developes a sense of form; in bookbinding, whichyldftohesforder and accuracy; in which inculcates methodical arrangement; but chiefly in carpentering, which developes all 6orts of useful qualities in the child wood-worker. Sloyd, or slojd, has been introduced into France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Russia, and the States. Japan is taking an interest in this new development, and lot us poor people in New Zealand bend onr beads meekly and bo thankful to bo able to follow Japan, in this usefulßtudy, Sloydaimsat tho.following results: (1) Jo-implant respect and lovo for work in 'genera'].. (2) To implant respect and lovo even for the coarser kinds of honest manual work, (3j To develop activity, (4) To foster order, accuracy, cleanliness, and neatness, (0) To encourage attention, industry and perseverance, (6) To develop tho physicial powers. (7) To train the eyo and the sense of form. The joining of a sloyd course Mr Riley says, should be voluntary on tho part of. tbq ; 'pupil;; cohse..' quontly tho : work should fulfil tho following conditions: (1) It should bo useful, (2) Tho preparatory exercises shall not bo too fatiguing. (3) The arti«les made should offer variety. (4) They should ho executed without help. (5) They should be real work, not play. (6) They shall not be knick-knacks, or so called fancy work, (7) They shall belong to the worker. (8 They shall bo in harmony with his power and physical strength,; (9.) Thoy shall bd'of such a ; natnre-that they can bo finished with exactness. (10) They should allow of cleanliness and neatness, (11) They should demand thcughtfulncss, and thus bo more Man a purely mechanical work. (12) Thoy should exorciso and develop tho physique. (18) Thoy should help to excrciso tho sense of form, (14) Lastly many tools and manipulations should bo employed. WO cannot within the limits of our sp'aco do justice to tho very many interesting phazes of the Sloyd question, but there are some considerations which wo may refer to, It is necessary for Sloyd lessons to heaven by qualified teachers, and if this speciis of instruction worn attempted here, the first step would be to teach the' teachers. The object of the lessons js not to teach a boy or jirl a handicraft, so much as to develop in them a general dexterity with fingers which will be useful to them in their future caroors. The main difficulty to bo faced is the fact that teachers, hftVß ajready as many subjects on' their bands as they can do justice to, Sloyd, however, is worth a' sacrifice, and if onr sixth and seventh standards were cut away from the compulpy syllabus of' our schools, parents would not regret their loss if a 'Sloyd'gain was the outcome, New Zealand is just the cpuntry where Sloyd work'js needed, and wo would se,e either sonio of the present class subjeots out to njake room fin- it, or. one or two ,of tjis staudards cut away. SirßobortSlout, f lion Minister, was .quite rjght in his desire to technical instruction into our schools; tho errtfr ho made was jn frying t'o add' another 'subject under which teasers and pupijs are now staggering.'Js dW)U th 9 9m !!) t^e

Swedish- flationnl school,, who /has, learnt;thVusev of;tools/liidl bow-to fashion may; {not' 'Wins prqficient 'V ns tho 'Now ,' : Zealand, : ol)ild of the" sumo age in.-decimals and possibly in grammatical analysis, but no sensible person would for- one moment doubt as to whioh' child is better educated or more-fitted for ut.tleiHakint; the practical duties -of .life... SJoyd is indispensable .almost, to New Zealand, for wo fear that very many of our school children, though" they may be mentally aotivo are physically lazy. The Sloyd work inculcate habits of industry, but as far as manual labor is concerned, our, present school syllabus ;is of .no use; Some of the smartest children in our schools are abominably idle, and this is- where our school system is.doplorubly weak, Wo'hope when Mr Fisher has completed his holiday tour .he will read SloyiT and think SloydV and induce the Assembly to bolleve in Sloyd. If Mr Riley by'his report creates a genuine interest in Sloyd to this Colony, he will deserve to have his own artistic lineaments coinnienioratedjn marble.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their slock sale for to-morrow, fen head beef; The' regular 'fortnightly, 'meeting of the Loyal Ma'sterton Lodge,; 'LOiO J.', M.U., takes place at their lodge room, Porry-streot, this evening " '■'"''.'

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce the salo of the :Ma6terton Pastoral audAgri; cultural Show privileges for Saturday hoxt.,, '.;■ ■ ■ ': .-•':'■-:•: ;/■.'.. -.■',■

A herd of Rod Deer were seen yesterday; quietly, browsing on the Mauhgap taraki'liills', : They : nuuibcred'foetween 1 forty and fifty,'; and nianyof tlieui;had ohormous antlers. Several fawns were noticed with the mob.

A consignment of 3COo ; young, trout were forwarded by rail tb« Wellington yesterday from tho Mastertou Hatchery on route, to tho Wanganui Acclimatisation Sooietyfor distribution in the rivers' J of that district.

• His Excellency tlie Governor) - Miss Alice Jorvois and Captain Fortescuc, Piivato Secretary, are passengers for the -South to-day by tho Wairarapa, to attend the Canterbury Agricultural Show and races. Several Wairarapa people loft by the same vessel.., , Messrs Lowes ft'lorhs hold thoir fortnightly stock 3alo at thoir yards tomorrow. Tho list will embrace 120 largo bullocks, 10 head boot, 60 storo steers; 40.; youn- cows, 30 {yearlings,' dairy coivs, and mixed cattle, 100 hoggets, several farm and hack horses, pigs, vehicles otc..

The tickets for tho Mastorton Municipal Fire Brigado Ball, that will bo given en Friday next, tho i'riuco of Wain's Birthday, arc going off fast, and the dance, is likely, to.be well patronised. The dressmaking ti-ado is full up'' with orders for now dresses to bo worn on that occasion, Tho Mo of tho Ball will havo to bo selected from not a fow of fashions favourites. ■ Tho sports; to bo held during tho day are.if''a- most attractive character and aro sure to bo well supported. They take place on tho Football Club's ground Worksop Road; ' ■■.■■'.;■ ■„■ ; ■■■•: , ; j.. In an article on the national armament in which it is forcibly, shown that in ueithor our army nor our navy are we abreastoftho times, the Dailyjelegraph says it is absolutory clear that by the adoption,of businoss-liko methods, within two'years'tho national armamont could bo placed in such/a condition that all peril would' bo removed, and threats of war and invasion provoko no fears for the safety of tho Empire. : The national shortcut to efficiency, according to tho last Commission,' is to stop official experimenting and jobbing to invent and and construct weapons and material of .war.. Supplemented to this is the advice to depend far more largely on private skill and enterprise. If this wore done ten or twelve thousand rilles a week could bo made in Great Britain ; scores l instead of three or four ironclads; and hundreds instcad.of lew than ono:dozen big guns in tho course of a year, with thousands upon thousands of smaller ones. '■' ' •' ■■ { ' : ;

Tho Minister of Lands has received a communication from Mr A. D, Bell, the New Zealand representative at tho International Commission on-, rabbit destruotion, now sitting at Sydney, I'eviowing tho labours of, that .Commission. MiBell says that the experiments undertaken by M. Pasteur's delegates have demonstrated clearly that fowl cholora can be communicated to rabbits/either by foeding them with iufectcd food, or by inoculation, and that however cpm r municated to them, it is extremely deadly, That, howoveiy was ,a foregone conclusion'. Tho delegates'oxperinientn as to the powor of spreading diseaso auiongst rabbits wero less successful, Thoy prove that while tho diseaso is sufficiently sale as regards ordinary domestic animals, it is unfortunately almost as safe under anything like natural conditions to tho rabbits themselves; that is to say, that while it is very deadly, when once tho rabbit takes it, it is anything but conspicuous for facility in spreading among rabbits either by infection or contagion, oven under more favourable conditions than could be obtained in the open country. Arrangements were being made, 'when Mr 801 l wrote, for about six wcoks of further experiments at llodd Island, in order to allow tho Pasteur delegates every possible latitude, and upon their results will dopend tho decision whether, a trial in the open country: will follow. Whilo ho recognises that the Now, Zealand Government connot well withdraw from the investigation at present, Mr 801 l plainly intimates that personally bo would be glad to be relieved of his present duties—Post.

A visitor to the Duncdin Gaol says, —ln tho kitchen busy preparing bread and cheese for the hard labour gang on its rotum, was a ■ living specimen of a curious legal anomaly. Nominally he is only for thee months for vagrancy, actually ho is nearly all his tiuio as gaol cook. You seo he is too good, a cook' to lose, and as ho has an affliction of his foot which prevents him getting away from tho city when free, afte'r'a fow days'spoilt prowling about tho istroots ■.tho .policegrab him, haul him lip before the justicos and get him sentenced 1 to'another three months for vagrancy. Ho dosen'fc mind it himsolf, ho rather likes it. Holms no where else to go, and regards tho gaol as his home. It is art economical plan, too, and saves a gaol cook's wages. Solemn justices who nro not in tho swim read him awful lectures on the error, of his ways. They rather bore hini, but ho puts up with it to got.back to his snug quarters in the gaol kitchen, A pale-faced little woman, giving her uamo as Elisabeth Tumbull. Butter, formerly of Shjolds, England, ,was picked up in ' the of,!Chicago, Indiana, U, : S,, .recently apparently fainting with hunger. She claimed to hayo had nothing to eat'unher.four days trip from,Ogdon(U>),en route'to her old liiimp in England. She. told a terrible story of experiences among tho Mormons (says a despatch-in the' Boston Sunday Horald). Her young son, she stated, had been induced, against tho wishes of" his parents, to joiu a party of emigrants organised bv 'Mormon missionaries : in England.. Not hearing froiri'him,' it was learned that ho had been prevented by elders from writing.' Tho father frantic with anxiety, Mowed to Utah, Ho found dmployinenViiritliaMor'mbnfatliof named-Joseph'Hblbertv but'was' unable' h save enough to, help io'COntiuu'o tho s,earoh : untlL)}o 'protonded to join the church,- Then Butter-got niohoy, arid sent some to his wife, but all' his letters tolling'of tho state of things in Utah wore intercepted and others substituted urging heir to couio to tjtfth jyith the iriissioriaries. She obeyed arid assert* that tho fflmeu in tho party wore "subjected to fe'a'jfut indignities en route by tho elders. flutter was murdered shortly after she'joined him. He" Hif\'''ina'rtyorterttly giveii"a young Mormoii'an inkling pf hjs plans to find his boy and ':Morm6!ia': feorYthat Butter's death w : as accidental.

A,The train, a'rranyenienfcs.for the frince of-Wiles'" Birthday appear in.bur adyer : tisinfj columns, a, perusal of which will shiny that thni travelling public : and excursionists have been considered on all points, .Visitors to.'the.: Featheraton races will find that trains from North and South are timed to stop at the race course. ;

At a meeting of tho Grey town Ciiokot Club hold ..on Saturday the following resolution Was passed in response to a letter from the newly formod' Wairarapa .Cricket Association," That this club i received- no offical. intimation of tho intention of the clubs in the Waimrapa to form an Association, and therefore wero not represented at a meeting held in Carterton on Saturday last; that they do not recognise any such Association, and think it unadvisable and ' prematura to.form anAssociatiouiu the Wairarapa.'' A handicap skating competition took place in, the Mauricevillo Carol Hall on Saturday evening, distance one mile. Messrs &. Gimdorsoii and H, Vile acted as handicappers and timokeopers. Six competitors faced the starter. H, Eagle jun., (scratch} first, Time 7 min 45 sees, Prize a handsome picture; Wm. Jensen (5 sees) second, time 9niiii 7 seconds, prize silk nectio; Neilson (soratcli)fl mm SDsec third ; Halborg (lOsee) 12 min lGsccßJ Walter Jensen (scratch) 12 min'l6sec. 0 Hauborg (40 sec) thought the distance too far and gevo it up. ' .; .. ; :,:.-.

■i Whilst in Mclbouruo.a few weeks ago a certain well-known resident of Wanganui: (says;, the- OJironiole)—a largo, landholder—went into a broker's offico' and enquired whether they'had any grass .land for sale.'; Tlie broker said yes, and offered him some 10,000 acres at £4los per acic.-' To the further enquiry .wether tho land would cany three sheop to the acre,, tho broker said "No jit would not carryiuorotliau.half a sheop." '", Oh," said the Wangannito, "I can offer you ■12,000 acres'; of land in New Zealand,' -.whioh will carry throe sheep to thcacro all the year round, at £2 10s im acre:" "If you liavo land liko that in Now Zealand," said ; tho broker, "you had bettor Bt|clt;foit, aud.not conio, bore for any'thing similar. . {Details aro to hand by the mail, under date of London, sth October, of tho first match of the Now Zoaland Football Team'in'England. _.lt was .played, on tho 3rd October against the Surroy County, The attondanco is estimated to have reached tho enormous extent of 00,000 people. On entoring tho field, tho Maoris woro received by the vast concourse with cheers. Koogh kicked !'pff, and the Natives kopt'the ballin the Surrey' twenty-fives' until just on tho point of half time, when a piece of brilliant' passing by tho Englishmen enabled thorn to secure a try, but tho kick at goal was a miserable failure; lii the second spell the Now Zealauders played with great determination, and their,lino condition began to tell in tho scrimmafes. Ellison and Leo rushed the,ball across tho Hue, and Goldsmith fell on it, and secured a try, from which M'Causlanil kicked a goal. Ellison got tho. next try, but M'Causlandfailcd with tho kick, though he should hayo secured an easy-goal. The victory of'the visitors was deservedly popular.

Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Conipay intimate to Kunholders and Farmers that auction sales will be held at the Company's Wellington Wool Stores, Customhouse Quay,' during the Season. Woolgrowers are invited to test there sales and if'reserves are hot reached their clips can be shipped to London. Advances made on wool all produce for local salo or shipment. The first salo of tho season will be hold about tho ond of the current month. Entries will he takon by tho Wairarapa Agent Mr J. B. Keith at the Company's office. Masterton or by. Mr Androw Todd the Wellington Agent. >

Fbojimie hoi.—Thero is'perhaps no tonic offered to the peoplo that possesses as much real intrinsic value as Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters. Just at this .season..of the .year, when the stoihacli needs an appetiser, or the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and best remedy •is Dr, SouleV American Hop Bitters, An ounco of prevention is worth; a pound of cure; don't wait until you are prostrated by a disenso that may take months for you to, recover in,— Boston Glolm '

_ WomanVWisdoii,-'! Sim insists that it is of more importance that her family shall bo kopt in full health, than that sho should have all the fashionable dresses and styles of tho times. She .therefore sees to it that each member of hor family is supplied with enough of Dr. Smile's Amorican Hop flitters at the first appearance of ill-health, to prevent n fit 1 of sickness with its attendant expense; care and anxioty. All women should excrciso their wisdom in this way. —NowHavonPulladinc.

Some months since we mado arrangements with throo of the largest British cotton; manufacturers to supply us exclusively with certain specially selected makos of calicoes, which from our long experience we know to he specially adapted for tho requirements of tho public. .Theso havo now arrived at To Aro House, Wellington Wo confidently recommend these as being the best makes ever introduced into the district or the Colony, and as aguaranteo of value, every piece and dozen has stamped on it our trademark, viz,, a view of the Wholcsalo Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington. They compriso a variety of makes, fine, medium, and heavy, aro all pure, soft fitjislij.aiid aro well adapted for the thousand and one purposes to which calicoes are put. For tho convonienco of sale they aro principally mado up ia 12 yard lengths and tho numbers and prices arc a3 follows at To Aro House, Wellington. Widths, 32 and 30 inches, Numbers and prices per dozen yards, Jl, 3s 6dj J2, 4s Od, ssod; J3, 5s OH, Us, 7s; J4,ssGd 6s Cd; Jo, 7s (Id; JO, Cs (id j Al, 4sGd„ 5sCd;A2, ss9d| A3,ss7d;Ai, 8a Gd; ■MI, Bs Gd, 4s Gd j M2,6sas Gd; M 3, GsGd; M 7s 9dl at tho Whole, lo Family Dra, pcry Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington, -Advt, •