The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lacesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 16, 1876.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 803, 16 May 1876, Page 4

The Bruce Herald. "Nemo me impune lacesset." TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 16, 1876.

The supporters of Provincialism are " piling jap the agony" with a vengeauce. At the meeting of the Education Board held in Dunediii on Thursday last, a Dumber of applications for uew school buildings and for repairs to old ones were received, bufc their j consideration had to be deferred, because the Provincial Government happened to be out lof funds. His Honor the Superintendent reported to have said—" The position may be stated thus : There is about £20,000 to £30,000 which the Government desires to.

expend oh irchools~it will take it all—and we had hoped to be able to do so out of a large sum, £64,000, which should have come into the Treasury, but it has not come in. 1 ' This statement was quite enough to set going the pens of those whose duty it now is to ■work up an agitation against tbe Geueral Government, and we have had held up before us a horrible picture of what the future state of this portion of the Colony will be, through the stubborn action of the Waste Lands Board, in preventing the sale of 64,000 acres of the public estate in an underhand manner by the Provincial Government. We do not for a moment wish to deny that there is a great demand for increased school accommodation all over Otago, and we deplore as deeply as do any of our contemporaries, the fact that the Provincial Government is not in a position at the present time to satisfy all the demands made upon it in this respect. All we wish to do is to denounce the statement made by Mr Macandrew at the meeting of the Education Board, as being mere " bunkum." No one knows better than Mr Macandrew, that even had the sale of the 64,000 acres of land been allowed to go on, the Provincial Government never contemplated the expenditure of any sum approaching £20,000 or £30,000 for educational purposes in this Province, at the present time, aud therefore his statement that the Provincial Executive had been balked in its benevolent intention by the perverseness of the members of the Waste Lands Board, was simply an attempt to cast a slur upon his political opponents. Even before the question of the abolition of Provinces was brought prominently before the public, the Education Board was never in a position to satisfy all the demands that were made upon it, and although the pressure is now greater than it ever was before, we have not the slightest hesitation in asserting that the state of affairs has been greatly exaggerated. There is not the slightest ground for any apprehension that this part of the Colony is being permanently injured by the inability of the Provincial Government to erect new schools and enlarge old oues, and even were that the case, the blame would not rest with the General Government. The demand for increased school accommodation has not arisen suddenly, but lias been growing gradually, and it was the duty of the Provincial Government to have foreseen it, and made provision for it, instead of frittering away the revenue of the Province on branch lines of railways, constructed for politic.il purposes, and other works that could have very well been put off for years.

MciiLS. De Jlukska has taken unto herself another husband. AYe received the following telegram from Dunedin last night: — "De Murska married to day to Maestro Ilia (Mr John Hill) pianist." The members of the Milton Brass Band are requested to meet for practice to-night at the bandroom, St. George's Hall. A Cubisty Minstrel entertainment will be given in Milton in a few weeks in aid of the Tokomairiro Brass Band. It is reported that Mr T. L. Shepherd is to be appointed General Government Auditor for the Province of Kelson. The members of the Balclutha Cricket Club have formed themselves into a Football Club, and intend commencing practice afc once. An old and very well-known resident of this township, Mr John M'Gowan, died at the Criterion Hotel on Sunday. He had been unwell for some days before his death. The "Woolshed bridgo on the Tuapeka branch line will be finished tkis week. "We hear that it is probable the Government will consent to open the line from Clarksville to the Rouud Hill in tha course of a few weeks. In republishing our report of the proceedings afc the Bruce Quartz Company's claim on Thursday last, our contemporary the ' Times ' made a slight mistake by attributing Mr It. E. Jones' remarks to Mr Alfred Jones. We regret to have to announce that MountedConstable Aitcheson has been seriously ill for the last few days. On Sunday his condition was Considered critical, aud yesterday Drs Ferguson and Bachelor from Dunedin attended him. A special meeting of the Committee of the Bruce Rifles will be held on Wednesday evening next, at 7 o'clock, in the Volunteer Hall, to take into consideration the arrangements for the prize firing on the anniversary ot her Mnjesty's birthday. We believe it is intended that the scores made by the men who go to Dunedin to fire against the City Guards shall be taken against those who fire at the Milton butts on the same day, and prizes distributed accordingly. At a general meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, held on the 10th inst., it was resolved to form a Harbor Board, and to acquire for £60,000 the Queen's Wharf and To Aro foreshore of ?$ acres. The Corporation hayin<* control over the drainage and. sewerage, one-sixth of the land is to be handed over to th.p Corporation for public reserves.. The Government is to be communicated with to learn what endowment they will grant the Board, and whether they will introduce the nflcesa*-;, »vi into Parliament. "AuTOLTCrs/'in the 'Nelson Times.' cays- « It is not often a Judge is caught tripping, but the Crown Prosecutor had Mr ■Jurt.ee Gillies very neatly during the hearing of the Millar case. BisHonoJ was explaining the law of false preSncfitolhejurv.wd he said, ' Gentlemen the prosecution *ilf notpnly l^e to piove that the prisoner did not purchase thfl gpfld* jrwn (,ra*BllftW, but that he did nofc &uy <J>em front a»Fbodv else.' The down Prose^r saw >>'* chance, and he cut in with, ' And to do that, gentlemen, we shall have to summoi everybody else in the known world to prove otf casa. Uv Justice Gilte* thought evidently .hat he had said just a little too much, for he subsided quietly, *nd 'the .case proceeded." A destbitctive f^e broke out jit Mr Joseph Parker's form on Friday afternofli. It is not known how the fire originated, buo it is believed that it was caused by some children playing with lucifers near one of tho etacks. When first the fire was discovered, the flame? were spreading over a large Btraw stack, and those present at pneedirected their attention to me saving of a stack pi oal s a\oi& by. Tae oats were partly saved, bu 'live fire destroyed a large Etact ofryegrass, whifi ■-. fad been pp£ for seed. ¥Jv neighbor wor]*a »•<;]], and but for their exertion? a great deal nW jpro^rty would have been destroyed. The n: m : 'bers'Ovtbe Milton Fire Brigade were not e lle « out, bat> oyera i of'them went to the sose of tlie five aod nc ] fir ed w ""t assistance they ould.. r slr Parker, whu, Taß bcfin p ttr iipulavly uhptun.- - ate of late. vaß "^jsured, apd we are itfrmed

A meeting- of the members of the Bruce Oricket Club will be held at the Commercial Hotel, at seven o'clock on "Wednesday night.

Messbs Potter and Doull's first raft of logß, 22 in number, arrived at their mill at Balclutha yesterday morning. Each log is supposed to average 300 ft of timber. Some of much larger dimensions are to be brought down as soon as the necessary appliances are ready lor handling, &c. The Invcrcargill coach from Balclutha yesterday morning was delayed for a short time on the journey by the breaking of an axle. Ike accident happened about the Four-mile Creok, when the horses were luckily going at a walking pace. Last week Mrs Sydney Jenkinson, of Balclutha, lost a roll of bank notes, amounting to £55. The notes were picked up by Mr John Gordon, Messrs Soutter and Gray's storeman. Steps were at once taken to advertise the finding of the notes, bub before this could be done, handbills were issued, annouueiug the loss, and offering £5 reward. Tiie money was handed over to Mr Jenkinson, and the finder was rewarded. TnE Waitepeka Railway Deviation Committee are determined to hold out to the bitter end with reference to their ideas of the proper line of railway from Balclutha southward. At their last meeting, which was held a few dnys ago, we understand that a motion was passed to the e fl' ec t — « That all the Otngo members be individually written to, requesting their support, and that a richly engrossed petition be universally signed throughout the whole of the district, after which the petition to be entrusted to the care of James Macandrew, Esq., for private presentation by that gentleman to Sir Julius Yogel at Wellington." At a meeting of the shareholders in the Titanic Steel Company, held at New Plymouth, on the 10th inst., Mr Mathison suggested that Mr Smyth be sent to "Wellington to attend tho meeting there, and moved that without delay a thoroughly skilled and practical man accustomed to blast furnaces, be brought from Europe, and make a thorough trial ; meanwhile, all expenditure to be reduced to the lowest possible limits. Several present urged that steps be taken to push on a trial as quickly as possible; if not, to sell the work for what it would fetch. This resolution was carried. A YOUNG lady well known in this district as a graceful, daring equestrienne (says the ' Poverty Bay Herald '), while cantering along the beach a few day3 ago, suddenly took it into her wilful head to put her horse at a log. The gallant steed cleared it in unexceptionable style, but unfortunately, as he landed on the other side, the girth slipped, the saddle turned, and the bold rider was thrown violently to the ground. At the critical moment a gentleman (not entirely unconnected with the medical profession) arrived on the scene, and, as a matter of course, galloped to the young lady's assistance, but alas ! his horse was so disturbed in spirit at the unusual and painful sight of a young lady lying prostrate and alone, that he "propped" so violently as to land the disciple of Galen close at the side of the young lady. We are happy to be able to add tbat both lady and gentleman were soon so far recovered as to be able to proceed on their respective ways.