Weillington Education Board.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3271, 1 August 1889, Page 2

Weillington Education Board.

1 The monthly mooting of the Board 1 was held yesterday. Present: Messrs : J.B, Bltir(cliairraanJ.Fraser, Bunny, Brown, Young, Buchanan, M.H.K., 1 Rev J, Pateraon, and Dr Newman, ■ M.H.B. Mr J, Yourg moved the •' motion standing in his name, and Mr Bunny seconded '• That there be laid 1 on the table a memorandum showing ■ the names of all persons at present in ! tho service of this Board as assistant 1 ceachors who do not hold certificates 1 granted under tho Education Act, and j also the nanici of all porsuns at pre. sent in tho servicti of this Board as • pupil-teachers who have obtainrd lull 1 certificates, Carried, Mr W, 0. Buchanan,_ moved that the motion passed on the 24th April last, with regard the rate i of salary and travelling allowance to the Inspector be rescinded with a I view to re-consider the question," He pointed out that Mr Leo was one j of'the most experienced inspectors in the colony, and was at present J receiving a salary smaller than any ' other gentleman of tho same length of service. He thought that Mr Lee . ought, in all fairness, to receive L 475 ' per annum and a guinea a day ■ travelling allowance, instead of L 475 and actual travelling expenses, In ■ his opiniou Mr Lee was doing more , work than any other Inspector in New Zealand, and members must admit that bis work \yas ofa very high class indeed, Tho I(p.v J, Paterson, in seconding tho resolution, said ho considered that the recent reduction from JjOOO and 14 Is a day and forage expenses was far too sweeping, The motion was carried. Mr Buchanan then moved, 11 That Mr Lee's salary be L 475 per annum and LI Is a day travelling allowance," This was aooonded by Mr Bunny and also agreed to, A salary of L 25 per annum was granted to Miss Holmes, who is instructing tho pupil teachers at Mastcrton in the art of drawing. The resignation of Miss A, JFreethy, assistant (\t Eketaliuna, and Mr Q, Langton, mastov at Mangaone, were accepted, Authority was given to the chairman to transfer some of the Board's reserves at Masterton to the School Commissioners. Consideration of an offer by Mr J. Hughes to lease one of the Board's sections at tua were deferred. A graipt of JEIO for fencing ant) planting was made to the Gladstone School Committee, who are to find tho remaining £2O required for the work. A petition for the erection of a school at Newman about two mi|gs from Eketahuna, W! fcnsidercd, and the Board deoided'(,o instruct the Inspector to visit tho lpoality, and present a report at next rat eting, The Secretary- whs instructed 1 to roakg arrangements for the cleotio# of a Provisional Oommjt 1 ,00 (or the Mangatainoko sobool.

Important to Local Bodies.

The following judgment was given by Col Roberts It.M., to-day, in the case H, Bellis v Wairarapa North County Council. His Worship awarded 40s damages and costs £4 Gs against the County. "It is clear to my mind that a duty is cast upon tho defendants for an injury arising from the non-ropair of a highway, It must be borne in mind that corporations executing statutory powers are bound to use more thaii ordinary care. The evidence goes to provo that there w»s a certain amount of danger even if the metal was sloped off, and it has not been shown that plaintiff wis aware of that danger and could have taken precautious to guard against it. Even if the evidence of tho coachdrivor is accepted lie says " a drop of two inches is nothing,'' and tljere is clear evidence that there was a drop of some kind, the evidence varies from eight to two inches, Tho drop might be quite safe for a coach, and yet be of such a character as to be really unsafe for a light vehicle such as a buggy, There appears to me that there is no evidence of contributory negligence on the p irt of the plaintiff, and nothing to put him on his guard. Travelhug without lights, according to the evidence, is not sufficient to show such. On tho other hand, as I have pointed out, the defendants aro bound to use more than ordinary care, and the only care used was, according to defendants' evidence, to slope off the metal, aud I am of opinion something more than this was required, i.e., the fixing of a light, and I think' defendants aro liable. As to the damages, there is nothing more proved tlii.ii an actual pecuniary expenditure by the plaintiff of a few shillings; but tliero is evidence of. a person thrown from the buggy and severely shaken. The measure is loss of time, expense incurred, loss and suffering, and permanent injury causing pecuniary loss; as to which, it is said, that the amount awarded must not be equivalent for the loss, but some reasonable sum and it is said that where it is impossible to estimate accurately the amount of damage done, the defendant must suffer."

New Zealand Anples in San Francisco.

Encouraging ProspectsThe San Francisco correspondent of the New Zealand Herald, writing /l under date June 29th says^ The s.s. Zealandia brought from Auckland 011 her present trip another small lot of New Zealand apples, twelve cases being assigned to Mr Hugh Ciaiif, of the New Zealand Insurance Company, and ten cases to Allison, Gray, and Co., fruit commission merchants, The reports of the two consignees upon their shipments vary considerably, Mr Craig received two boxes as a present, and these were almost entirely sound. He stales, however, that out of the ten boxes sent for sale there was only ono box and a halt of sound \ f fruit upon their arrival in San Francisco, These realised 80s, or at the rate of 20s per box, while the expenses amounted to £6 Gs, or at the rate of 12s 7d per box of .fruit shipped, These figuros wore given to me by Mr Craig himself, Messrs Allison, Grey and Co. told mo that all the ten cases consignod to them might be considered sound, though of course there wore some j bad ones, and one or two varieties were worse than others and had < better not bo shipped, The lot sold at 12s per box, while tho oxpensea were only 4s 2id, or 10|d per box. There is a wide margili between receipts and expenditure in tho two consignments. Mr Craig made a better salesman with his box and a half this month than he did with the consignment lis received by tho Mariposa. But his oxponse account has uecomo as extravagant as tho income in fact proportionally more so. Of tho two, the figures given me by Allison, Gray and Co. are the more reliable, both as to recoipts and expensos. The freight paid was higher by 80 cents per box than tho rate now fixed by the Oceanic Company. Deducting this from tho amount of costs per box, as given by Allison, Gray and Co., and the total cost per box on tho ten boxes would bo just 75 cents, or 3s, In my first letter on the subject, two months ago, I stated that tho cost on a large shipment should not exceed *4 3s per box, and my estimates aro ' proved correct. Messrs Allison Gray and Cq say that in a consignment of ft thousand boxes or more the expenses will bo less than Bs, including their commission of oight per cont, customhouse, drayage, freight, &c. The fruit, they say, must not be wrapped in newspapers. It was of good, even, size, and fine quality, and, m their opinion, there would be no difficulty in disposing of 1,500 cases by each steamer to arrive in March, April, and May. -The fruit attracted much attention in the retail markets, I priced somo of the apples that I saw in a fruit store opposito the Palace Hotel, and they were selling at fid each-two New Zealand apples for one shilling! As a great favor 1 was given ono very small apple for five cents. Speaking upon this subject the San Francisco Post says: "It may almost seem like 1 carrying coals to Newcastle' to bring Australian fruit to California, but it has been done, and successfully, too. Tho first importation was of apples, made upon the suggestion ol tho Post, and the experiment has verified tho prediction mado by us somo months ago. Tho Australians have a decided advantage in seasons, being enabled to send fruits here at a time when they will have practically no competition, and consequently without working an injury to Californian growers. Of course jnly apples and oranges can be brought over, as other fruits would not stand transportation. Trade will grow in this direction, to tho benefit of the colonial grower, the steamship company, and our own people, who till thereby enjoy this fruit all the voar\round."

Shocking Suicide ot a Woman. A married mm\ named Mrs lMizabeth May, fifty sev on years of age, who resided at the suburb of Clifton Hill, Melbourne, committed | suicide on a recent Sunday in a inosflfr shocking manner, Mrs May and her >■ husband were the sole occupants of the house. Mr May left home about hftlf past nine to attend Sunday school, and his wife was then in bed in her usual health and spirits. Mr May remained for church servico, and returned home about one o'clock. Passing the right of way near tlia house, he was struck by noticing: some blood stained water runningdown the gutter. As he opened the' door ho heard the water running in, the bathroom, and on entering thehouse he saw blood stains in the,

# ===== 'passage. Ho went to the bathroom and there found his wife in a kneeling position ill the bath. The shower was running, and the bath was about lmlf full of blood stained water, Her face and head wore under water. He turned off the tap and attempted to lift her from the bath, As ho moved her he noticed that sbo was terribly mutilated about the head and body. Ho obtained assistance from tho neighbors, and Dr Webb was sent \Vhen the doctor arrived lie tho woman quiet dead, In the bath were found two table knives with which tho. wounds had evidently been inflicted, Across the scalp j wore several cuts, extending in each mstanco to the bone. Tho left arm was cut on tho inside near tho elbow joint, and the ilesh on the calves of both of her legs had also been cut down to the addition (here wero minor injuries on other parts of ho body. The plug of the bath had been only imperfectly inserted, and large quantities of blood and water v have escaped, From the stains \ found in the house it would appear that the deceased inflicted the injuries upon herself in the diningroom, and then made her way into tiio bathroom and turned on the water. Whether she did so with tho intention of attempting to drown herself, or because becoming alarmed at tho sight of tho blood she went into the bathroom to try and staunch tho wounds, and fainting from loss of blood fell into tho position in which sl\e was found, is a matter of sunrise. yjy'Was possessed of some private means, aud recently speculated in land with distrous results, She had been melancholy at times since, but had shown no suicidal teudency.

Tho museum of St, Petersburg has a bank-note probably the oldest in existence. It is of the imperial Bank of China, issued by tho Cliiucso Government,, nnd dates from the year 1399 beforo Christ.

The banking business in tho Australasian Uolunies last year showed a turnover of L 170,620,000. 4fL A number of Gladstone's admirers "v.ve presented Mrs Gladstone with a bracelet in which Gladstone's portrait is set with diamonds.