The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1888. SCHOOL AWARDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3086, 21 December 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1888. SCHOOL AWARDS.

At the breaking up of the Masterlon public school yesterday a Botnewhat novel departure was made with .-eapect to the awards usually made it this season., Every child out ot -ho six hundred odd pupils in attendance received a small gift, and a few übstantial prizes, based on good ttendance only, wore given to a imited number. The gift distribution ppeared to work admirably as far as ho infant classes were-concerned, 'Ut'the older children seomed somewhat disdainful of indiscriminate ivors of this kind, and a lively sceue f barter followed immediately on the retribution. Even the good attendnceprizesfailed to satisfy thejuvenile ense of the eternal fitness of thjngs, ieoause children recognise that in ertain cases there is more special iierit in some irregular attendaces than there is in others which re scrupulously regular. Why, they' rgno, should not the children who iavo done the best work, who* havo aade the best passes, who have ouducted themselves in .the most xeinplary manner, be participants in ,prize distribution?-andit is no' asy to answer such contention! ?he fact is that- it is extremely dit) ult to award prizes on a.fair a' omul systom, and schoolmasters ve "orally v'

;eneraliy recognise that the money xpended in such a direction is often nore a hindrance than a help to their abors. The Masterton School Coinmttee happens to possess a specific ncoDjp, which is.car-marked, for licnics and virizes. IhJprpis a general jonsonsus of opinion that the demand 'or picnics is supplied by the ordinary sfforts oflocal denominational Sunday schools, and that it is unwise to devote the money available to this object It follows, therefore, that a substantial sam of money has to be "appropriated to prizes, The School Committeo deserve credit for the offort thoy have made this year to expend their prize fund .in a manner which was intended to give general satisfaction, but if tho educational interests of Masterton are to be considered, it would bo wiser to let tho prizes take the form of a scholarship, whjch would enable some bright child in the public school to obtain the advantage of a higher education.

Mr W, T. Grujtoy, in severing his connection with the'Maste'rton public sohool yesterday, was. tho recipient of numerous flattering testimonials and complimehtaryspeeches,whioli tended to show that he possesses the hearty good will oi parents, pupils, and teachers, It is pits unnecessary to praise a man. who "is as popular as Mr Grundy now is, or whoso professional' successes havg.been so.frequently a matter of official record, The lesson, if any, to he incukted from yesterday's demonstration, is that for some nine years, day by day, Mr Grundy has been quietly and diligently doing his duty, and never attempting to parade himself or his school before the public. Nine years of conscientious labor tell their own tale, and the path of duty has truly been in this instance tho'way to glory, and Mr Grundy can fairly bo congratulated upon s. proud, position, which has been well and honestly ear-net), •

■ .The tlie has oi;stuff employed in-re-pliinliinK tlio uppß^brWgd'ovoi'.tHe'''Wßipbuft' : om:tlie MaatotpriMdi^.";'.: 1 -:.';■!;,:-^;,~, "Theiiewdiviatioii nt Mr Maco'a' on Messrs Britt and Cu's contract No3s,although:thp metalling is not.quito: com-, plcted, ;was- thrown open to. ,t.raffio on Wednesday, : 'Mr--Lett's wool .waggon being tho Arab, conviiyanco to.'take of the new route. '■'■/■'" ; A Company has'beon formed to soil postcards at one farthing each, "■ the loss beingmadeupbyadvortisemeuls printed round the border, V '•'-"' '*",':'-.' ,',

The Italian Admiralty has been.experimenting with olive arid -'castor oils for

lubrication aboard Ship,' and now the order is given forth that castor oil is to be used for all exposed parts of machinery, and minoral oils in cylinders and similar lubrications,

It is stated that at tho present time thirty large steamers'are being- built in German and English dockyards' for Hamburg, firms alone.- Shipbuilders in Germanynre so overwhelmed with orders that they, have had to transfer some to English firms.' Says tho Tavnnaki News.—"Farmers may congratulate t-homselnes. that the prospects for the-next six months at least are particularly .'rosy' tor dairy produce. ,We hear of tho proprietor'of one factory who has sold the whole of tlio season's butter for 18} d per lb, tho purchase being effected for iho Australiau market",

The repairs to the gas tank have so far proved effective, The leakage is reduced from lOJinches in forty eight hour's to two incliCß in fifty hours, Tho dry.clay with which'tho outer wall|s packed is absorbing a certain amount of water through tho 'defective brickwork, but that will cease'after a while, and

then tho leakage will be "reduced to a more fraction,., ..'•:."..'

MrT. Chamberlain has ninety acres of winter wheat on the Opaki racecourse grounds whloh look remarkably, well, Last yew he took 300.0 bushels'of; wheat off the sanie .'land', arid-this: year-the yield will bo as great if it does not exceed that of last harvest,.. The seed sown was Chittem, Pearl, aud Hunter's White, tho latter'being imported from Canterbury, '. and. said to bo ■ ihefirst if the sort grown in this district.

Messrs Veitch and Allen, of Cuba Street, Wellington, have taken'a* new 3opartu.ro in. announcing parcels of drapery for sale at 25s and upwards.

The parcels aro forwarded free of charge to the nearest Railway, Station and eveiy article is.guaranteed to be ot first rati value. As an evidence of the firms

confidence in their goods thoy undertake to receiveback any parcel not approved of, and refund tho money in full on re-

coipt of pared in good order, Our contemporary in his usual brutal fashion accuses us in his last issuo of suppressing a portion of Mr Hooper's remarks at tho late deputation. A full report ot the statements alleged to be suppressed appeared in our issue of

yesterday, -prior to the pub'ication of the accusation to which wo refer. Wo are not, by .alluding to this mattor, anxious to call public attention oi'horto our local contemporary's untruthfulness, or brutality, this .is quite unnecessary, but'nierely to his stupidity. . ,';,-. The British Premier, tho Marquis of Salisbury,' has conferred the livin? of Hatfield—worth £2397 a year—on his Hon, The sou does'n't preach at all and ain't pray for a' cent,' but he allows a curate £IOO a year to do all his work, and gives him the use of a ruin to be a parsonage—it being stipulated that he repairs tho said ruin at his own expense, A'b this will absorb all his first- year's income, it is presumed that the cerate will liye twelve months on' grass like that blessed man NebuchadnezzarTruth.

A meeting of Past Masters unt|or the English, Itisb, and Scotch constitutions is ahout to bn held,says the Post,for the piirposo" of "considering the advisability of following the example of the New' South Wains- Masons, and establishing an iiidopeiidant Grand Lodge. Similar meetings are to bo organised iii other parts of tho Colony, and it is bßliovcda very general feeling prevails amongst members of the craft in favor of oxercistug thcii' inherent right to independent self-government by constituting a Grand Lodgo of Wow Zealand. ;

The pupil teachers'wider the Board of Education received an agreeable surprise yesterday. Some time ago. a circular was sent to each warning them to be prepired for'iv reduction of salary, consequent mi tho exigencies of retrenchment, They were after varda inforinnlly told that tho reduction/this year would probably bo represented by a docking of their Ohristnias bonuses... Much to,their surprise therefore, when their salaries wero paid yesterday, thoy found the usual bonus included, ' The rjupil tea ohers', examinations for tho Wellington district will take place to-day and Saturday.—Post, An epidemic of the dieeaeo known as "cancer" has been playing sad havoc ■ among the poultry in and around Invercargilj, and in some cases further: afield. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, listlessness, and the development of ulcers on the comb and wattles, Intornally the throat and tongue are similarly affected, whero proper remedies are not promptly applied tho birds-either become blind or die. The causes of the malady, so far as they are known, are ill-kept tollhouses and over-crowding. Tho losses to date locally have been hpavy, 'some yards havingbeon entirely depopulated, while others have been reduced by,oiieihalf of their number,

Among the survivors, many have lost ai eye, and all bear unmlstakeable evict enco of the ordeal thoyhavo passci through,

.. A capital story, illustrative of the Cockney's lovo of celebrities, is told by Grossmith, the original of most of Gilbort and Sullivan's malo creations, in his reeeutly-pubished rominiscenccs; entitled 'A Society Olown.' On one occasion when travelling by tho underground railway, an old gentleman and his little boy rivelted their eyes on him, and he declares that he felt just like one of Madame Tussaud's wax figures. Then the old gent took out a copy of 'Piua(pre/ lvhjlo the boy began to whistlo'tho air of 'Tho ruler of the Queon'a naveo.' Handing him the hook the ■ Ejoiitlonjan otaorved: "I fancy tliat you inustbe well acquainted with that play?". But the First Lord was not to bs drawn, and replying that ""everybody took him for Grossmith," wrapped himself sullenly into a c'brner for'the rostof that

journey.'- •""■• .At the regular monthly mooting-of the Wollington' Lam] Board, .several transfers wevo applied for and granted, The ranger.fqrwarded a rppor' on tho improvements W'section'2oo, Block Xlf, If anyone, by'Mp 8, M,j George, du th&'n,otiQn'.uf.Mr JfcQardle, Boconded byMr.Bunuy, it was'decided to allow Jlr Glorge to' complete his tltlo on the payment of his instalment.. W. Muvdock, -tho selector of - section of section 20-1, Block XIIj Mangaon'e, applied to be allowed to 'complete the title to the same, It''was '.resolved"to obtain a report from; the rauger on. tho case. Tlie application of Mr : D. P; Loasby to acquire thirty acres of land an tho Waiohino River Road was, on tho motion of Mr Bunny,: referred to the Waiohine River Board, 1 lip proposals and plan of the Wellington District Road Board for expenditure of thirds frotp m-iheiji- district were approved','. Thß Eketamilia Road Board forwarded plans and proposals for spending accrued thirds in the district, Tho proposals were approved, provided tho fuuds are': available. .".Mr K : J, tyiddtford applied tgJiave a Bmal.l piece eicepteil'' fi'olu' section I|}, pole 11, Opouaiye, ptt to; he. ajio\vpd tflv.selept tlie balance for' cash, or, failing; that, ho would take it as a small run, -It was resolved, to approve its being thrown opeu on the cash systerh.; ;:.'...

■ H ; Peterson, begs tp inform the iiuYab: .jtantV of.ij'astsrtbn' and: District -that during the nio'ufch;of December ho will offer to tho'public the whole-of his large Etiick (if.l)onts and shoes at wist'pricViiir. 'Cash! tojifter, "wh'i !h.,riuip r tlie,b'«.ik's will he closed and the biianoss In future; conducted- on theVreaill-iriqney'sysWni. of whioli due not joe will begiveni-^Apvi

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;;vTho:WairarapV;Eaßt' : C&t'Pastoral and Agricultural Fair will bo held in Carterton nes'diiyFebruaryC.v •:' : ;'.-'■'.:'^.y- . The Manager of tho'South British' Insurance.CouipanyatWellihgtdnstat.es that hiaofiico has no risk on the Waipoua j Flax Mills destroyed by fireat Masterton yesterday,- ' : ' '•.. '-.-' .'-'

'■• Ji. J. Hoo'p(srN&; oo,i ot tlio Bon Marcho, will make a" -special' show of millinery and clothing, suitable for the Xmas and Now Year trade, : The', window* will bo lit. up from six till half past nind o'clock this evening. ' -.- .y_

We are glad to learn the engine'belorigtug to Mr (}, Herou and.tho strippers and other machinery..belonging to Mr Wilson escaped with but very little injury thanks to a briok party wall dividing the engino room from tho main buildings, The Upper Plain settlers, havo we

understand subscribed £6'o,for diverting tueßlackcreeksothatitwilipassthrouglr their lands,. _ If Masterton settlers displayed ii Eimilar spirit of enterprise there would be no water supply difficulty. - Messrs Caselberg and 00. sold five hundred bushels of oats -yesterday fir IhoSydiioy market, gettin?, wo hear,

their own price for the parcel, Our friends across the wafer must have supplies at any ptice, and lucky are they who have now any of last years crop left in erook. Wo hoar, that'-in a fortnights time .Mr.T. E.,Chiimber)ain;will have some of this season's oats ready for tho saino market, -.

Tho' Borough of Masterton has been made a party to the suit as defendants in the case Wellington .Benevolent Society v United District. Aid Board, and served with the usual notice, All the other contributing .budios havo been treated in like maimer throughout tho Wellington and Wairarapa districts. The claim is. for £3251 Is 9d.' The Borough uf Mastertoh'B share is £10516 a 4sd; Grey town ■£3o.l4sßdj.-North Wairarapa County l'L42b' 18s 3d j South County L 485 lis od. ,' The Sydney Daily Telegraph in an article on New : Zealand-says:—Taking still later returns, and bringing tho accounts down to tho end of June ;of the present year, the exports fortheyearexceeded the imports by 11,042,629, a condition of things, we are told, noyor realised by the colony before. . These

Bgureßtell their own tale. They show on the one side tho residts of a cessation of

borrowing and the discontinuance of tho process of inflating tho imports with tho proceeda of borrowed money whilo on the other wo see how the. development of the native resources of thocolony is on. abling itto meet its liabilities and to bear tho burdens with which a period ot extravagance crushed its trade and industry. But the backbone of tho colony remains, its agricultural and- pastoral industry—aud it is in the increased products from this source that the groat hope of the colony consists. Amongst the items of exports of this description is tho magnificent one of one million frozen sheep, which it is estimated will be shipped this year, as against three-quarters'of a million tho yoar before," The monthly meeting of the Standing Committee of the Wellington Diocesan Synod was held'yesterday. Present— Tho Bishop, (in the chair), Yen Archdeacon Fancoutt (Secretary), Mr O. P. Poivles(treasurer), lev. J. Still, : Mr K, Wilson and Mr O. Rous Marten, With reference to tho resolution passed by the Synod; last, session that'"the. general ! Synod Bhould bo moved to provido mean3'of dealing with cases of difficulty arising between a clergyman and ids' parishioners, and of reducing to a status of a parochial district a parish that tailed to provide ita incumbent's stipend,-it was proposed that the bishop shuuld introduce a Bill.making provision accordingly, and should cotiferwith the Dune- ■ dill diocese,' whore a similar measure was understood to ho in course of preparation, so that, tnetwo might not clash,. The Secretary reported that the assessmeutsduo to the end of last quarter (30th September) were in arrear to tlie amount of L 578. Masterton was LlbT

m arrcar, Wanuanui LSB, atid. lower Hutt LBo.' Very unfavorable ioports were.received' from Masterton, 'wljerei the action of tho Synod .in rejecting the rocom mendation of the Select Committeo to reduce the assessment, in accordance

with the request of the Parish was stated to be bitterly, resented, Tho Bishop animadverted strongly on the actum of Synod in-refusing to accept tho reguih--mendation of a couunittoe chosen by itself, and consisting of several of its best men, especially as no valid reason was shown'for refusing to do as the parish asked and the Committee recommended m this respeot, It was decided to inform .the inonmbent. of Masterton that in consequence of the failure of the parish to forward its dueaßsossnients, the Standing Committee were not in a position to pay his stipend or arrears; Some

routine business haviug been transacted, the Committeo roso.—N.Z, Times. A.GIiEAT ENTERMIISB :—The Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Kochestor's greatest business enterprises. There Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters .havo reached a sale boyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value, found

tboir way into every household in the land,—Graphi'j. No hospixai; needed.:—No palatial hospital needed for Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters' patients, not' large-salaried talented.puffflrs to tell what Dr,' Soule'a American Hod Bitters will door oure, as thoy tell their own story by their certain and absoluto cures at home.—Now

York Independent, Residents in the country contemplating a visit-to "Wellington during the present month, may combine both pleasure and profit by calling at the Wholesale' Drapery Warehouse, Te aro Houso, Wellington. The fine premises we occupy are in themselves unequalled South'of the Equator, and. not only is the architecture imposing, but the arrangements for the comfort and convenience of customers are suoh as cannot bo' excelled if equalled in the Colony, and so say the thousands who liavo visited tho Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington;' ■ ■ " And then tho stool Is always large, the ohoico veryestensiyo, and tho prices at lowest wholesale rates at Te Aro House,

Wellington. '.-.-. Just now, and.during the present month soiuo exceptional advantages are and ml be offered to all cash ons'tomen. Having imported a large lot of Japanose and ojher. fancy goodswo. shall tlis'tribuk thoui to all phi-chasers ou the following scalo.at To Aro House, Wellington:- : " The Scale— • y ':! Purohasc 10/- Gift 1/. Purohaso 15/. Gift 1/0 Purchase 20/. Gift ?/->?urclia,s'e 25/- Gift 2/6 P.urohSso 30/ : Gift 3/-Purchase 35/. Gift 3/C Purchaso 10/. Gift !/■ Purchase 50/- Cjift 5/EuiCliajo GO/- gift 6/- Piiroiia'se 70/"- Gift 7/Purchase 80/ ; Qift 8/- Purohase 90/-.Qift 0/. ' Purchase 100/. Gift 10/. .. and so on In Mine proportion up to £SO, £IOO, or mora during the month of December at Te Aro House, Wollington.' The only exceptions we make to the above are Kid Gloves, Dressmaking, Millinery, and tailoring to order, An early visit would therefore ho very advantageous to all country residents, being .certain to result in pleasure and profit, to all customers at To Aro Houso, Wollington. : .