ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 13 October 1885, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Turn-Milt "f tlit* late examination of the schol.u- attending the Alexandra School has Iweii received, from which it appeus that the tot.tl on the roll was 7^ ; nimiliM examined, .">7 ; number pas«ed, 47, leaving 10 who failed. The inspector's repoit was ,w follows •— "These results are quite satisfactoiy. Very creditable work ha* been (lone in this school during the year. (Signed) John Goodwin, Inspector. .Sept. 10, IK.XV I may add that the parent* of those children attending tho -chool, a» well ,-n the members of the school committed, consider themselves exceedingly fortunate in having the services of so painstaking .md conscientious .i teacher a-i the head ma»ter, Mi Milhngton. , „ Mr OBrien, the contactor for the big tunnel, is at last in a position to proceed eneigiticill) with iN construction. A large quantity of' the plant rcquued has arrived hoie by steamer, and h now lrcing forwarded by canoes to Te Kuiti, Mr \V. Searancke h\\ in" the contract so f.u\ Vi om Te Kuiti the plant will be conveyed by pack-home* on to the ground. The Maoii Variety Company, led by Messrs Parukau and Mahuki, were billed heitt for .i performance on Saturday evening la->t, but as the ball was already engaged by the Kinking Club the affair could not come off, so they havo postponed their performance until" Tuesday. They intend to give peiformances in Auckland bhoitly.— [Own Correspondent, Oct. 12 ]