The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3767, 23 March 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1891.

We notice that it is proposed to invite Mr Kennedy Macdonald to stand for the vacant seat at the Education Board. The Wellington committees will be ill advised it they endeavor to clutch every seat on the Board and so make it a city rather than a district institution. The Wairarapa i now is without a fair share of representation, and it its influence be further weakened some active steps to bring about a change will practically become indispensable. The return of another Wellington resident should be the signal for the chairmen of all the Wairarapa School Committees to assemble and to take concerted measures to protect the educational interests of their district. Our local contemporary suggests that an amendment of the Act in the direction of establishing divisional representation would meet the difficulty, and if it could be shown how the district could be satisfactorily divided for this purpose we would willingly accept this solution of the difficulty. The principle of subdivision would have necessarly to be applied to all the educational districts ot the colony, and what area could be adopted as a suitable unit'? Perhaps the electoral boundaries would be the more convenient ones were it not that these local areas are continually liable to changes. We fear the task of grouping sub-divisions would present insuperable difficulties in practice and prove fatal to the proposal. Another remedy would be to amend the Act so as to constitute the Wairarapa an educational district. This one would, be believe, be generally acceptable to Wairarapa School Committees, and in the event of their having to take combined action would meet with considerable support. The best remedy of all would be to constitute one Education Board for the whole of the colony. Such a step would at once give school committees a prestige which they do not now enjoy, Practically the only privileges which they now possess are those of voting at Education Board elections,' and of remonstrating with the Boards. When they have sought to exercise any other function it has usually been brought home to them that they are 1 ciphers,' and that though by the Act they are permitted to advise a Board, the Board is also permitted to disregard their advice. With one centra) Board, however, the voice of a school committee would be potent with respect to all its local requirements. Some change in time will no doubt come. Jn the Middle Island the. Boards have saved themselves from]

extinction by conceding to school committees greater privileges than are absolutely provided for in the Act or allowed by our own Board at Wellington. In Auckland the Board is m hot water, and a change in its method of administration is demanded. In this district «e have been a little sleepy for some years, but the time is evidently arriving when we shall have to wake up and insist upon having a reasonable voice in the management of the educational establishment for which we pay the piper.

A dividend of 3£ per cent is about to be declared by the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company.

Inspector Lee examined the Te Whiti School on Wednesday, and out of twentyfour presented only one failed. In the Pahiatua Court the other day one lawyer told another he was more fit for fencing than anything else.

The editor of the Pahiatua Star says that if anyone Is responsible for the appointment of Mr. Rceyes as Clerk to the Court in that district he is. We can only congratulate him upon being able to wield such an influence with tho Liberal Ministry. The bankrupt stock of Mr W. Mutrell, draper, of Wellington, has been purchased by Mr Frank Feist, of Carterton, for the sum of £302. The death is announced from Australia of Mr David Proudfoot, at one time one of the largest contractors in ISew Zealand. " The Newtown School Committee has asked Mr T. K. Macdonald to allow himself to be nominated for the vacant seat on the Wellington Education Board. The annual congregational tea and public meeting in connection with the local Presbyterian Church n to be held to-morrow (Tuesday) evening.

Easter will be observed at St Matthew's Church, Masterton, by special services every day this week, (Holy Week). The tender of Mr H. Trot man, at £285, has been accepted for the erection of a Bhop and dwelling for Mr D. S. Loasby at Greytown. Mary Ann Tiller, a half-caste, of Hawera, has been committed for trial on a charge of bigamy. It is alleged her husband lives in Auckland and that she married a second time in Taranaki,

We regret to hear that Mr Joseph Perry, the well-known footballer, has sustained an injury to his leg which wi 1 incapacitate him for some time.

A capital picture of the members of the Federal Convention nowsittlng in Sydney may be seen in the window of Mr R. T. Holmes, stationer. The Uniyersity boat race between Oxford and 3ambridge resulted in a victory for Oxford by a quarter of a length.

A special parade of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers is to be held on Wednesday evening, for the preßentatior of prizes. The flax mill so long conducted by Messrs. Elliotto and Hare, at Carterton, has, we understand, suspended operations.

No less than 30,000 trout ova were received by the Hawke's Bay Acclimatization Society from the Masterton ponds durinr the past year.

We remind our readers of the entertainment to be given in the Theatre Royal this evenmg by Messrs Noble and Attwood. The form of the entertainment is certainly new to this district, but is stated to be of a unique character, and should therefore induce a large number to patronise the opening performance this evening. One Small Farm Association in the Manawatu district has been offered all the land required for settlement purposes by the private owner of a large block of native lands. He oifers the land without the slightest restrictions and at the minimum price fixed by the Minister for Lands. A meeting will shortly be held by the Association to consider the matter.

The death of Lord George Seraphine Nunthorne, an unknown peer, which was announced a few days ago, appears to have been only one of the many vagaries of the cable service. The four words merely indicated the winning horses in the Lincolnshire Handicap.

The deplorable state of affaire prevailing io this Colony ia thus depicted in an advertisement which appeared in the Post of Saturday :—" The young gentleman who on Wednesday evening nodded to the young lady in white at the corner of Manners-street is requested to correspond with her with a view of further friendship, as she is a stranger in Wei* lington and friendless. Address, N.Y., General Post Office, Wellington." The Imperial Fire Office notifies through Messrs J. Graham and Co., of Maßterton, its local agents, that it is prepared to accept fire insurances at the lowest current rates. This Company is a thoroughly substantial one, with a capital and invested fund of one mil ion nine hundred thousand pounds. The Wellington office ia in the National Mutual Buildings on Custom House Quay, and Mr F H. Pickering is the District Manager. A case of gross cruelty to children has been brought under our notice. A lady (?) resident of this town, who is reported to be given to an over-indulgence in intoxicating liquors, is alleged to have thrashed her children unmercifully, to have swung them round by the hair of their head, and to have otherwise brutally illtreated them. As the unfortunate children have left their home and are afraid to return, we understand they have been taker) charge of by the Salvation Army. If there is any foun dation at all for the renort which is current regarding the brutality of the guardian, it is high time the matter was taken up by the police. The Gisbourne Standard and temperance lecturer Glover are not friends. The former, in a recent issue, said:—Although the lecturer had a splendid subject to deal with he seemed to judge that his audience required him to be especially fubsy, and if he did not succeed in that he was successful in making people laugh —whether at the jokes or not is a moot point. Refinement seemed to be a secondary matter with the lecturer. We wonder if the Alliance has many more such agents to advocate its cause.

Concerning ttie business announce* ment of Mr G, H. Scales, Custom House Quay, Wellington, which will be seen in another column, we way state that the firm is a substantial one, personally represented in LondoD, and with agents elsewhere in England, Australia, India, South America and Canada, and that farmers who entrust their wool, flax, grain or dairy produce to Mr Scales for sale or shipment on their account, will have their interests well looked after, and will find liberal advances are available. Mr Scales is also agent for the Northern Fire As surance Co. and for the Globe Marine insurance Company. Dresses— We have now opened out out two first shipments of autumn and winter dress fabrics, which have come to us recently by the steamers Aorangi and Arawa. We may conscientiously affirm that no finer, more varied, or well selected goods have ever previously passed in the portals of Te Aro House. | Dresses—ln the limited space at our command, there is not room to give any | thing like an adequate description el our new autumn dress goods, but it is sufticient to say that they are of excellent value, of superior finish, well assorted in styles and colourings, well adapted to mee the tastes of our numerous lady patrons We solicit an early inspection of these, at Te Aro House. Dressmaking—Our two large and commodious dressmaking rooms are still under the same efficient management, and can guarantee in this season, as in all past seasons, instant attention, prompt execution, faultless finish, and perfect titt Ladies who want their dresses early should at once place their orders at Te Aro Hous . Jackets. Mantles and Ulsters—We have opened out a very fine assortment of these, in all fashionable makes, styles, colours, shapes and sizes. Ourmantleroom is now filled with all the latest novelties, [such as should', induce an early yisit to Te Aro Hoose,—Ai»TT.

We received a telegram on Saturday stating that the appeal of Sergeant Trice against the decision of Colonel Roberts, R. M„ in the case Price v Brenchley, had been dismissed with costs. We notice, however, that the Evening Press states the Chief Justice held the Magistrate was wrong in law in not committing on the evidence, maintaining that he should have taken judicial notice. As the Evening Post supports the version of the affair contained in our telegram, we presume the Press riiust be in error.

One of the items at the Eight Hours Demonstration Sports recently held at Hobartwas "The Novelty Race, 100 yds —Conditions --Winner to be married within 12 months from the date of entry. Prize, Wedding ring and perambulator." A gentleman by the name of Kalbfell was the lucky winner of the double prize. Mr H. T. Mowalt, who has for some years been employed as clerk in the local branch of the New Zealand Loan ' and Mercantile Agency Company, has been transferred to Wellington and leaves for the Empire Ciiy on Thursday. Whilst Mr Mowatt's loss will bs keenly felt in football and social. circles, his many friends will be glad to hear that | his transfer will mean a promotion.