Eketahuna.
(From Oui'OWnCoi'rGßponJent.) . . A sppoial na&eting of the liuna School Committee waa held in the Schoolroom on Thursday evening. A communication was read from'thq Boardi' 'stating that unless, spe, valid objections against the appoint.' rnieiit of the Board's nominee, Mr Bennett, was forwarded to the Board, this gentlemau would be sent up on Monday next, The Committee decided to ask the Board to postpone the appointment until after the general- meeting of the School Committee.
Parent, to child attending the Eketahuna school: What have you learned j to-day ? Child: Nothing, Parent,; What, nothing? what have you beeii doing all the' afternoon ? Child: Oh, we,have been playiug little 80-peepl? Snd 1 had:>suoh games; the teacher didn't know it, and she asked one of us to:|tart, and at oue part of the game all-strike the 1 desks with our hands, and it made suclra funny noise that-the teacher laughed. Parent: And do. yon .tell mo that the teacher don't teach you ..anything., at,, &U ?, Child; (with surprise)Wliy A , ,J thij' teacher has the other school to look after, so Blie can't teaoh us. 1 Parent: But you have yoar sewing," don't you? Child: Oh no, that is all locked upiu the school so that we cannot get at it. This conversation I can vouch for, it having taken place in my hearing, Through the demoralised state of the school,! know of children who aro sent to the Mangaone school, several miles from hero, to complete tiiem ■ in their studies for- the next examination,
A change iutbe weather Lay sot iu to-day (Friday), and ruin is falling. There,is no wind, Mr ia i 6utting-up his , block of. land at Eketabuna into'six acre sections, with frontages to the main; road. The price will be JEIS per acre. This is a grand' bpeuing for businoss people who want" a piece of laud that they can call their own close to the:township.-. - vjiv; At tlie K.M. Court on Wednesday, before Mr A, Anderson, J.P., "Yqr%," for being drank and disorderly, was , sentenced to one mouth's imprisonment,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 22 March 1890, Page 2
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340Eketahuna. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 22 March 1890, Page 2
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