HARAPEPE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1626, 5 December 1882, Page 3

HARAPEPE.

A MKbTiMi of the Harapepe School Committee was held in the school-house on Saturday evening, the 2oth. The bad attendance of the scholars was the principal subject discussed, and it was stated that for the number of children on the I roll, the attendance was the worst of any school in the province. The committee ie3olved that Mr O'Sullivan, the inspector of schools, should be written to, requesting him to visit the school at his> early convenience, and thoroughly investigate the school affairs. Half-time schools, under the present system, are very little good, as what with holidays, bad weather, and many other cau&es too numerous to mention, " quarter time " would be a more suitable name for it. Mr Eolton's tender for fencing the teacher's garden was the one accepted. After the school meeting there was a meeting of the Firongiu District Board, for general business, and to open tenders for works to be done at once. Mr J. Byrn's tender to keep all the gutters in good order for the year, ill the various cuttings at the Harapepe end of the district was accepted. Mr 0. Giles' tender for the lower end, near the Karamu district, was accepted. The tender of Mr T. llocket for the earthwork on the lower road was accepted. The defaulting ratepayers having taken no notice of the final application ot the board, it was decided to take legal proceedings against them. The grass in this district is very much in want of rain, and the paddocks are all looking more like the end of summer than the beginning. The nights are frequently as cold as winter, and the days diy and windy. Borne natives that have been eelfishing in this district, added pighuuting to their other sports, and during the moonlight nights captured beveial large pigs, the property of a bettler living near. The ntodiit, operandi of the marauder is to run the pigs down into a swamp and then to knock them on the head and stun them, so as to avoid all noise. The place where the pigs had been killed and singed was found. A constable has iieen down searching and making inquiries, but I have not heard if a clue has been obtained. — [Own Correspondent, Nov. 28th.]