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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 36, 13 February 1867, Page 2

Iu the Resident Magistrate's Court, to day, Inspector Shallcrass summoned W. R. Cator, C. Balme, and E. B. Marshall, for the amount of the Education Rate. Judgment was given in each case for the plaintiff. Twenty five cases of the Education Rate were settled out of Court. Mr. Oswald Curtis iuvites the electors to meet him in the Provincial Hall, tomorrow evening, at half-past seven o'clock, when he wilL address them on the topics that relate to tlie office of Superintendent, for which he is a candidate. It will be seen from our advertising columns, that a horse race will take place to-morrow, at Wakapuaka. It is expected

to afford amusement to a great number of persons, who are anxious to see the sport of steeplechasing carried out in a country so well adapted for it. It is just as well (sny9 an Au".klnnd paper) that keepers of public-houses should remember tbat they render themselves liable to a heavy penalty if they. sell grog to natives. A case occurred iu Auckland in which it was cleat lj laid down that, the Native Rights Act, 186-5, did not do away with the prohibition. The case was this. A half-caste and three natives had gone to a hotel, and the landlord had given him, on the order of the half-caste, two glasses of "shandygaff," and two glasses of rum. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Gillies, who, ia opening alluded to the impression that had got abroad that the sale of spirits 'ordinance had been abrogated by the Native Rights Act, 1860. That was, he said, quite an erroneous impression, as the Act mentioned was merely declaratory, and could not abrogate a positive enactment. The counsel for the defendant said that he would not attempt to argue that the Native Rights Act affected the ordinance. He urged, however, that the facts in evidence did not warrant the Magistrate in finding the case proved. His Worship found the defendant guilty, but imposed only a nominal penalty of ls. and costs. The Okarita Times of the 2nd instant complains that in the return of general exports at the several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ended 30th September, 1886, published in the Government Gazet'te ; the exports of Okarita are put down at £200. The writer says he has ascertained from the Custom-house that the exact quantity of gold shipped was 25,580 ozs. 18 dwts. 15 grs. The mistake has arisen from the gold export duty having been collected at Hokitik* instead of at the port where it was first shipped, thus £100,000 worth of Okarita gold is make to appear under the head of Hokitika exports. Such mistakes will be prevented in future by the proclamation of the Governor, which requires that the duty on gold must always be paid prior to shipment. The following is a summary of the recommendations of the Royal Commissioners on Public Education in Victoria, based upou the evidence taken by them, and reported upon to Parliament : — The alterations in the existing system of public instruction which we would respectfully submit for consideration may be shortly stated as follows : — l. The enactment of a law making the instruction of children compulsory upon parents. 2. The appointment of a Minister of Public Instruction, responsible to Parliament, with a general superintendence over the interests of education in Victoria. 3. The establishment of public schools from which sectarian teachiug shall be excluded by express legislative enactment, and in which reiigious teachiug shall be in like manner sanctioned and encouraged. 4. Public schools to be placed under the superintendence and management, subject to the Minister of Public Instruction, of local committee?, to be partly nominated by ratepayers and parents. 5. The teachers in public schools to be admitted to the public service upon passing a prescribed examination ; to be uuder the direction of local committees, subject to the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction ; and to be entitled to receive their salaries, and, after a certain period of actual service, an augmentation allowance, and a retiring allowance from the state. 6. The principles of individual examination of children, and of part payment of the teacher by results, to be retained ; but modifications to be made Mu tlie mode of examination. 7. The establishment of a training school for teachers. 8. Annual exhibitions at the grammar schools, Queen's scholarships in the training school, and appointments in the civil service, to be given to the pupils of public schools. 9. A capitation grant, to be conditionally given, for a period of five years, to non-vested schools now on the rolls of the Board of Education. 10. Encouragement to be given to the denominations, by means of a grant of increased powers, to part with their school lands, to surrender their schools, and contribute to the establishment of puhlic schools. H.A separate grant to be made for the purpose of aiding instruction in the rural districts, and in missionary educational settlements for the aborigines and the instruction pf the Chinese and for the purpose of aiding ragged schools. 12. The levying of a rate in aid of publio instruction upon land in Victoria. .

" i ii ii ,lii 7-TTI iUn i■ i The Melbourne Argu?, of a late date, has the following : — A remarkable cure of rheumatism is reported from Tarrangower. A resident who, ior two years could scarcely move about, even with the aid of crutches, oan now walk briskly with no better help than a walkingstick, the remedial agent being flour-of-sulphur. The mode of application is very simple, consisting merely in dredging the socks with the sulphur, so that the naked feet are in continuous contact with it. In about three months this application had the desited effect in the case in question. The Ovens and Murray Advertiser of the 29th ulr, reports : — About one o'clock on Saturday morning our attention was again called to a strange appearance in the heavens, whicli, if not a comet, had at least a strong resemblance to one, as viewed by the naked eye. This stranger — comet or whatever else it may be — was visible in the southern portion of the heavens,about 15 degrees above the horizon, and extended some nine or ten degrees in a south-westerly direction. If a comet, it is decidedly the largest we have ever seen, and differs most materially from that witnessed on Monday evening last, besides being in almost an opposite direction. A letter received from the Gulf of Carpentaria gives a very discouraging account of affairs at Burketown. Sickness, in the shape of malignant fever, was very prevalent. The majority of the inhabitants were stricken down, and several deaths had occured. Mr. Landsborough was unwell, and his wife dangerously so ; death had bereft them of their children. Mr. J. P. Sharkey was also seriously ill and unable to write ; the letter contained a message for Mrs. SI arkey, directing her not to proceed to the place ; the lady, however, started by the Hero. It is rumoured that the Government are not yet resolved whether the settlement will be abandoned or not. There appears to be some negligence on the part of the authorities in not offering inducement to a medical man to settle in the place. The Geeloug Ad vertiser says : — Among the advertising celebrities of the day iu Melbourne is a novelty in the shape of an advertising Attorney, or as he expresses it, "the poor man's lawyer," offering the "poor classes" the luxury of law and the beuefit of his services at "one-half the usual charges," and "advice gratis" between certain hours. Under an N.B. he says, "If you want to make your will, sell or purchase house or land, make a composition, go through the insolvent court, give a bill of sale, prosecute or defend an action, first consult Dr. Bumptso." Divorce cases attended to, loans, &c. These Western men were rough ; so were their b'ars," They were returned from far migration, whither women and children had not accompanied them. Their western life was significantly reported by oue of their number, who, being at a theatre where a baby was crying, and the orchestra trying to drown its little voice, rose in the pit and exclaimed, " Stop them fiddles, and let the baby cry ; I hain't heard such music this ten year!" They had left churches and catechisms behind them also. The Hon. Senator I), made a bet of ten dollars with the Hon. Judge L. that he could not repeat the Lord's Prayer, L. accepted the bet, and began thus: — Now I lay nie down to sleep, I pray the Lord niy soul to keep ; If I should die before 1 wake. I pray the Lord my soul ts take. "Hanged if I thought you knew it,'' said the senator, as he handed the triumphant Judge the ten dollars. None of the bystanders seemed able to correct the matter. I remember very well, also, that the Governor of Texas said, in his message for 1848, "Iu the beautiful words of Scripture, 'Now is the wiuter of our discontent made glorious summer,'" &c. These results were more democratic than beautiful. It was, I fear, rather a disadvantage to a man in those far regions to have been educated, or, as the popular phrase ran, to have " rubbed his back against a college," Andy Johnson, now Presideu t, never got as much out of his sign board in Greenville — "A. Johnson, Tailor" — when it meant what it said, as afterwards when, having become a public man, he kept it up to point the masses to as a proof of his origin and of his pride in it. When he was Governor of Tennessee he sent to the neighboring Governor of Kentucky a coat of his own making, which gained him so much applause that the Kcntuckian governor, who had been a blacksmith, returned a present of shovel end tongs made by himself.

A vein of silver-lead ore has been cut in the Carrawong mine New South Wales. Au analysis of the ore shows that it contains thirty per cent, of lead, nine ounces and three-quarters per ton of silver, and a trace of gold. At a little after 2 o'clock on the 15th January, a pretty severe shock of earthquake, which lasted for two minutes and a half, was felt at Opotiki. Mr. Charles Dodgson, Mathematical Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford, writes to the Pall Mall Gazette that the rule of betting may be stated thus: — Write all the possible events in a column, placing opposite to each thc odds offered against it: this will give two columns of figures. For the third column add together the odds in each case, and find the least common multiple of all the numbers in this column. For the fourth column divide this least common multiple by the several numbers iu the third column. For the fifth and sixth columns mult'ple the original odds by the several number in the fourth column. These odds are to be given or taken, according as the sum total of the sixth column is greater or less than the least common multiple. The last two columns give the relative amount to be invested in each bet : —

An example will make this clear: — Suppose tbat in a race about to be run there are four borses iu the betting, the odds being 3 to 2 ou the favorite, which is equivalent to 2to 3 against. The least common multiple of the third column is 60, and the sum total of the last 68, and as this is greater than 60, the odds in this case are all to be given in the relative amounts given in the fifth and sixth columns. Suppose, for example, that I multiply these columns by 10, and make the bets ia pounds — that is, I take £360 to £240 on A, I give £480 to £120 against B, and so on. Now, suppose Cto win a race; iu this case I lose £500, and win £360 I £120 J. £60 J. £40=£580. It will be found on the trial that I wiu the same sum, £80, in each of the five events. If all betting men tried to work this system, tbey would either be all offering odds or taking odds on each event, and so no bets could be made. But the fact that this system of winning is ever possible arises from the odds being unevenly adjusted, so that they do not represent the real chances of the several events. Supposing this system to be applied only in cases where the odds were evenly adjusted, tbe sum total of the sixth column would always be equal to the least common multiple, and thus, whether the odds were given or taken, the concluding entry in every bet-iug-book would be "Gaiu==loss— nil — at most desirable result," Mr Disraeli, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, is preparing a comprehensive Reform Bill, which will include household suffrage and a £20 franchise iu counties. The New York papers publish a telegram from Chicago, which announces the death, in that city, of Augustus Dickens, brother of Charles Dickens, the novelist. Baron Rothschild has lost the use of one of bis eyes, through a complaint from which he bad long suffered, and it is feared that lie will ere long be quite blind, as the other eye is nlso affected.

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