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Waikato Times, Volume xxx, Issue 2424, 24 January 1888, Page 2

The Blenheim bushranger is still at large. . Rich finds are reported from • Kimborley. ; The public schools will reopen on > Monday next. l The banks in the Waikato will ; observe a close holiday on Monday next. I The New Zealand Country Journal for this month contains some very useful ! reading on the rabbit pest, ensilage, &c. ! The Government intend to adver- ; tise in Europe and America for candidates , for the office of Chief Commissioner of Railways. Heavy showers of rain fell early ■ on Monday morning, which have much ; refreshed the air, and wore not hurtful to tho crops. Mr John Knox sold the right to 1 erect refreshment booths at the forthcoming ; aquatic sports on the lake, on Saturday for ; £117s lid and los respectively. i We understand that a good num- > ber of entries have been received for the ' various events at the swimming races on the lake, including the ladies' races. > A pony race will be run this [ afternoon on the Claudelands course for a sweepstake of £1 each. Great interest is 1 being taken, and ten horses have been en- ; tered for the event. Burke, the pugilist, whilst out [ rowing in Sydney Harbour, was attacked by a huge shark. He was thrown into the 1 water, but escaped to the shore whilst the - monster crunched up the boat. , We are requested to intimate that, - in consequence of being unable to procure in time the chemical appliances with which to illustrate Ins lecture, Dr. Kenny has de- : cided to postpone it to Wednesday, Ist February. , The fruit harvest this year is a ' heavy one. From our Te Awamutu correspondent's report it will be seen that the i peach trees in that locality are bearing . well, and recovering their former [ruitful--1 ness. 1 Mr H. Connell, the organist and i choirmaster of St. Peter's Church, Haimlt ton, was married on Saturday by tho Rev. R. O'C, Biggs, to Miss F, Wild, the welli known soprano. We wish them both every I happiness. 3 It is said that the results of the 3 intended amalgamations in the civil service will be to leave only four separate depart- " inonts, that the effect will be to reduce tho 1 number of under-secretaries to throe, and a that under-secretaries will become head clerks. s We remind our readers of the 3 lecture to be delivered to-morrow night by a the Rev. Mr Robjohns, agent of the British \ and Foreign Bible Society. Very great in- > terest attaches to Mr Robjohn's mission, 3 which is in connection with one of the noblest of England's many noble works; ' therefore, we expect to see a large attonB dance to hear him. I As will be seen by an advertiseB nient in this issue, the residents of Hamilton East have provided a very attract!\ is programme for their Anniversary Swim- " rning Sports, to be held in the river on j Saturday next. Tho prizes, which are offered in money, are substantial, and should attract good competition. Mr O'Sullivan, Inspector of ii School?, has sent in his resignation to tho Board of Education. This will be received II with general regret, as Mr O'Sullivan, who '- has been a careful and painstaking public ,\ servant and an expert in educational ro- ,. fiuireuients, was held in high esteem 0 throughout this district. A special meeting of the Domain i Board was held on Saturday night to receive tenders for the erection of the Jetty in the Lake. There were several tenders, ' tJie highest sum being £0' 10s. Mr Frear's ;. tender at £110s was accepted. The jetty will bo computed before the end of the s week, when arrangements ivill be made ; for ladies who intend competing' in the races t practising over the course. ~ A tennis match will be played at Cambridge on Monday next between the e local club and the Mount Jijdcn. Tho . visitors are anxious to play a matoh with the Hamilton Club on Saturday before proB ceeding to Cambridge but we have not heard s if it has boon definitely arranged. The t- match at Cambridge will bo played in the forenoon, to enable the visitors to catch the ' afternoon return train at Frankton j .function. 3 In a recent article on Elementary Education flie Times' speaks as follows :- - 0 In Board schools, where no special donoms inational teaching is allowed, the choice . lies between giving such instruction as all denominations would approve ami omit - jo;.' 1...N1 U,;; <.-Ih.ol

course. There is no doubt as to tho alternative which public opinion in this country approves. The fact, is that to omit religion r from school teaching is found very fre- j cpiently to imply its omission from the t child's life. In French Gmernment schools 1 the thing has been tried on a scale <■ sufficiently extensive to show what its result ' must be, and thoy are such as English * parents would most strongly deprecate 1 and disapprove. With the disappearance 1 of religion there disappears the best and 1 most trustworthy moral safeguard, and the 1 child that grows up with no religious and < no moral principle is not. a type which we ' could wish to see multiplied, or which we ' could readily consent to go out of our pre- J sent way to produce. At the request of Mr Nettleship \ we reprint the subscription list on behalf \ of the Pukete harmonium, the previous j report having created some misunder- - standing Collected by Mrs Alexander : i (10s) Rev. K O'C. Biggs and Mr Barton, . (ss) Mr G. Edgecumbe, (3-i) Messrs Mc , Lemon and French, (2s (id) Mrs Graham, j Messrs Gelling, N. R. Cox. J, Sloper, W. C. Rickets, E. Hope, J. R. E. Ha trick, (2s) Messrs Logie and R. Waite. ( Collected by Mr Samuel Miller, in addition j to his own generous gift of £1: (ss) , Messrs Hutt and J. E. Mullarkev, (2s) . Mrs Thomson. Collected by Miss R. Hali (2nd list): (ss) Messrs Grix, Washer, Rayn- ( ham, and Lamb. Miscellaneous sums : (ss) , Mrs Abbott and Miss Abbott, (2s (3d) Miss J. Powell. '