Lovells Flat

Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2625, 30 October 1894, Page 2

Lovells Flat

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The looal school committee are evidently not greatly enamored with Mr J. J. Ramsay's *' Advisory Board " aoheme. At a meeting last week the chairman (Mr W. Hewicson) moved the followiog resolution : — " That this committee protests against tho establishment of an Advisory Board for the appointment of teacheru aa proposed by Mr J. J. Kamaay, as committees would thereby be dispossessed of one of their (most important duties. Committees by giving the matter their earnest consideration, should be the p&rtiea better qualified to seleot a teacher, the mo3t suitable not only for their schools, but also for their individual districts— the latter consideration being of great importance, and of which such an Advisory Board would probably know little or nothing." The resolution waa eeoonded by Mr Boyd and agreed to, and the secretary was instructed io convey to the teachers by letter, the committee's sense of gratification at the highly satisfactory state of the Bchool as shown by the recent examination. Another matter outside routine buainees occupied the committee at the same meeting. It was of a decidedly unpleasant nature and involved wbat was practically an attempt to foist a vote of censure on the secretary, and by implication on the chairman for aiding and abetting for an alleged over-lei.ienoy towards the lace quadrille party. Possibly it may have been nothing more than an accidental coincidence that the dissatisfaction waa shown by tha anti-dance members, still the fct is peculiar. It ended (at least for the time beiDg) like the famous pig shearing operation in tbeir being more noise than wool. But the "flare up" probably may eventuate in business for the future being oarried oa under the party Bystem — Government and Opposition. — oomplete and if thereby certain of the members are incited to import as much animation into matters of consequence as they are evidently capable oi throwing into trifling details, the change should prove an advantage rather than otherwise in the interest of educational matters in the district. I would, however, respectfully remind would-be peace breakers that tbo school is now attended daily by some 70 pupils, it haß a head master and a mistress, the last examination gave 97 per cent, of passes, and everything seems to be working pleasantly and well. £hould not any individual who would risk another reversal be marked danyerOus like dynamite ? The spuda are now the busy care on the farms, other work beiug fully overtaken. The late rain was very opportune, and quick y made a most favorable change on the young grasß and grain crops; but the cry again is for more ram. Limbs, so far, have been dealt with with satisfactory results and dcatbb have bten comparatively few — indeed cot moro than would indicate that the old mysterious enemy is still lurking about and should be guarded against. The chief pre= cautions taken are— a free use of carbolic emulsion in outtiag aud tailing, taking advantage of cool weather and especially the eveuing^, and leaving the over-ciasd lamba for the butchers.