PATERANGI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1727, 31 July 1883, Page 2

PATERANGI.

The standard examination of the Pate* rangi school took place on the 17tt\ inst. All the children passed except one child (belonging to an infant class) in Standard 1. . This sqhool, of which Mrs> E, ..Trobe is head teacher, and MissC'Macky pnpil teacher, has done much the same each year. One year cent per cent passed. List year three children failed, two of whom were new pupils. No child has ever been kept out till this year when two boys were not presented b+L cause of their small attendance. Mi*4 Effia Macky, Miss Minnie Scott, who is fourteen years old, and Willie S. Troba, \ aged nearly thirteen, passed ,' Standard VI. These young people have passed from 111. to VI., inclusive, without failure. In Standard IV. the average age is eleven years and six months, and the standards have been passed from I. without a break, More than halt of Standard 111. have alio gone from I. without failure. Owing to the difficulty of procuring puriri blocks there was some delay in starting our cheese factory, but now. that these are on the ground and nearly all the timber, we may expoot to see the building up in the course of three 'or ioor weeks. It is to bs hoped that farmers within a reasonable distance will see their way to supply mils to the factory, as under the co-operative system the producer gets the full benefit of the markets, while he only runs a small risk to obtain the maximum price paid by factories worked on different systems, and as cheese is now quoted as high as vine* pence per 11). in Australia, there is every reason to expect (with a first-class plant and a practical manager) at least sixpence clear per gallon of milk to the farmer. The factory will have a capacity of over 500 cows, and the larger the supply the less will be the cost of making per lb. , .. (..,,- The lecture on Sir Walter Scott, de« livered in the old school, on Monday, by the Rev. Mr Dewsbury was well received* by the audience. It is seldom that sucM a literary treat is placed within our reacii, and this one was therefore thoroughly appreciated. Some of our farmers would be pleased* to hear terms, conditions, &c, on which Fisher and Co. (Limited) were taken into the New Zealand Meat Freezing and Stor.ige Company. It is only fair that intending shareholders should have full information on this head. — (Correspon* dent, July 25th, 1883.)

A good story is told by Moore in his diary, of a man selling a horse, and the would-be purchaser inquiring as to his leaping powers, asked, " Would he take timber ?" " He'd jump over your head" was the answer. "I don't know what yon call that." "I jtevkr pretend to know a thinr that Ido not," remarked Brown ; •' when I don't know a thing, I say at once, ' I don't know.' " " A very proper course," said Fog ; " but how monotonous your conversation must be, Brown 1" A little boy was munching a piece of gingerbread. His mother said, "Who gave you that, Tommy?" "Miss Johnson,"'he replied. " And did you thank her for it?" said his mother. "Yes, mamma, but I did not tell her so," he rr J plied. * A physician falls into a fit whilo making a round of visits, and is carried into a drug store. "Send for Dr. X ," says somebody. " No, no, not for him," says the dying man feebly, at the mention of his rival's name. "If hel brought me round it would advertise him ! I prefer to die." A lover, young and enthusiastic, who sang and played for nearly two hours before the house of his lady love the other evening was electrified — that is, shocked — after a short pause by a cordiftl "Thank you," gracefully pronounced by " the other fellow," who appeared at the draw ing-room window. A max with a discoloured eye, tipoh being asked what had occasioned the marks, replied in the following pregnant sentences ;—"; — " Bruce had recourse to the sword, Tell to a bow and arrow ; but when a woman strikes for liberty she uses anything she can lay her hands on. Flat-irons are the handiest things in our house I"' In the early days of the Reign of Terror, a French gentleman of rank was bi ought before the revolutionary tribunal. " What is your name?" demanded the presiding judge. " Monsieur de Saint Cyr," replied the aristocrat, with grand air. " •Monsieur' is the title that exists no longer," said the judge, sternly ; " we are all citizens now." " De Saint Cyr, then." " ' De' is an aristocratic prefix,! and has been prohibited accordingly.'* " Well, Saint Cyr." " There are no saints now ; the Church has been abolished." " Well, then, Oyr," " 'Sire' is the title of the King, and lie has been beheaded," growled the uncompromininu official : and in thisjway poor M. de SainU Cyr was finally left with no name at all. The Cost op Bubning London.— A recent issue of the New York Tribune con* tains the following calculation by O'Donovan Ro«sa of how much it would cost to bring England to hor knee*:—" " Let us see how much it would cost to burn Kn inland, say: — Passage money of 1000 evicted Irishman from Ireland to London, £6 each, 6000 rooms in 1000 London hotels, one night, 5s each, £250 } 1000 boxes of matches, at a farthing a box, £1 0s lOd j passage money to fly after the lOOO.beds are lit, £6 each, £6090 } contingent pocket money for 1000 men, £s each, £5000 j total, £17,251 0« lOd. That is somewhere about 85,000dol«. That much would strike England to her knees ; that much would help the men at home to free Ireland, Can the Philadelphia Con7ention raise it ?" This is reckless extravagance on O'Donavnn's part, a critic of Rossa said. The £250 for rooms is quite unnecessary, as in the prevailing confusion the 1000 Irishmen could easily " skip out " without pnying a penny. O'DouoTanalso forgets that at the same time they might quietly pocket the jewels of flying guests, and thus not only defray all their own expenses, but perhaps make a profit out of the transaction. Though M. Chailemel-Lacour announced the other day that it was not the desire of France to conquer Anadi, ho i can only have changed his views verufl recently. So lately as the beginning oP May, M. Brun, French Minister of Marine, distinctly told the Chamber that Government intended to compel, the " Emperor of Anam to consent to the occupation of the Province of Tohquin, to acknowledge a French Protectorate over . the rest of the country, to entrust all power to French officials, and to make over all revenue, receiving in return a French guarantee, and one third of the net receipts for himself. The whole of Anam, a kingdom larger than Great Britain, stretching from Saigon to China, with a population of 5,000,000, was, in fact, to be annexed at once, and governed on the Tunisian system, the revenue of £1,200,000 being divided into three parts. One would be left to the native sovereign, one spent on public works, and one used for administrative purposes. The country was to be garrisoned by marines, and by 6000 Tonquinese rajfiti* to do fatigue duty. M. Brun admitted that the Chinese Government had already despatched 2000 men to Tonquiu, but"^ thought the presence of French troops would overawe them, and that there would be no complications. The Com* mittee agreed with him, and will, re* marked the Spectator at the time, 'report in favour of a credit of £220,000 for the expedition, but it is still doubtful' if %hnM Chamber will assent. The Deputies^ certainly will not, if they understand that the ruler of Anam can sign no such cession of his kingdom, he being tributary co Pekin, and that the result will be a dangerous war with China. France can defeat China, but not with a; handful of marines operating 1600 miles from jPekin., / t , , t ,',., ,;/; v ' : Mr C. Hall announces that. He his commenced business pn his own jtccpqntai, aajioeing and general smith in Vwtou'f' old/establish.

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