TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2280, 19 February 1887, Page 3

TE AROHA.

(FROM OUU OWN COKUESPONDENT.)

Tk Akoha, Wednesday. Although more than two months have elapsed since the_ annual examination of pupils at the district school it is only within the last few days that the results have been received. The dplay has been caused by the lengthened illness of Mr Fidler, the'inspector, who conducted the examination, and, owing to his being still incapacitated fof duty, the compilation of the report had to bo undertaken by someone else, and it is therefore wanting- in some of the details which could only be furnished by the examiner himself. As received, however, the report shows the results to be very satisfactory, the number of pupils who passed in the different standards being 44.90 per cent. of the whole of the children on the roll, almost one half of whom are classed as infants. The number of passes on this occasion appears small when compared with the previous year's figures, but it has to be borne in mind that the percentage of passes then was based upon the number of pupils presented for examination, while on this occasion thenew rule'whicb bases this computation on the whole number of children attending the schoolrhas been adopted. In reality. thedifferericebetween the two years is very slight.'i The results as shown in the report to hand compare favourably with the leading schools in Auckland, and should, be eatiefactory to the parents of the pupils and gratifying to Mr Marsden the head te&cher. Tenders for the road works in this riding on which the £1500 loan is to be expended will be received be the county chairman today. These works will be let in a number of separate contracts for forming and metaling and for the building of bridges, of which there are some twenty-four constructed. A more fitting time for the commencement of the work could not have been chosen, for there are at present in the district a number of men unemployed, and the expenditure of so considerable a sum of money will be a sensible help in tiding them over their existing period of depression. At St. Mark's Church on Sunday last both services were conducted by Bishop Cowie. A very large congregation assembled at the evening service, and a number of persons were unable to gain admission to the building. His Lordship, assisted by the Rev. J. Marshall, administered the rite of conformation to live young people, and preached an impressive discourse appropriate to the occasion. The want of rain both for mining as well as for other purposes is beginning to be eeriously felt. For sometime past the scarcity of water at the Waiorongomai battery has necessitated the hanging up of the whole of the stampers, and, with the exception of a few berdans going on tailings, operations are altogether suspended. At the mines a number of hands are unemployed, owing to the lack of crushing power and the difficulty experienced in stacking the large quantities of quartz that have now accumulated. A stiffish gale commenced to blow from the eastward yesterday, and has brought a few smart showers, but barely now sufficient to lay the dust. Steady rain for twenty-four hours is much required. A large number of East Coast Maoris passed through here yesterday. They re«ted for the night at the Omahu pa, and proceeded to-day to Whatiwhatihoe to take part irva tangi to be held here for the decease*»*on of Tawhio.