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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4337, 6 February 1893, Page 2

According to our Wellington cor» respondent, matters do not run altogether smoothly in the Ministerial camp. Mr Ballnnco is virtually too ill to maintain bis position as Premier either in jimtice to the Oniony or to himself, in.d Mr Beddon, thomevitablo comjng'pjjin, is njjt altogether accep* (flblfl fo tiepabinet, Mr Ballanpa may, ae Sir Harry At' , -W. keep jt {bo fcejm in spite kinsonu • b[^j of bis physical iu„.. --»i,jm political parties will hope to *„. refrain from sacrificing bis health and possibly his life to his sense of public duty. He has earned such laurels as may bB gained from a political career, and no ono will grudge birp any honour or distinction which can bo accorded to bim. No doubt he keeps his party together better than any of bis colleagues could do, but even bis party cannot fairly pxpectbim tocontinuo to do thorn this service at the peril of bis life,

. the Wellington R.M, Court baß shown that Ik Itidustri&l Scboola of this Colony are more or less a slmni. It will be remembered. ilwt soiuo years ago » question whs nikdiu Masterton as to whether children were properly cared for in tbeao establishment. Iheonly real work (lie Inspector General of the Education department has to dn is to look after them, and the value of his services to the Colony may be tested by the results obtainable from them, Wo regret the exposure of the weakness of the central department because we consider Boards might bo des* pensed with, but thepopular prejudice infavour of Boards will be strengthened by the glaring inefficiency displayed by the central department, A new lock, stock and barrel are needed in our Educational system, Like the railways it should be relegated to commissioners.