COLLINGWOOD.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVI, Issue 72, 5 December 1857, Page 3

COLLINGWOOD.

[from a correspondent.]

A public meeting was held at Collingwood on Monday, the 30th ultimo, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to bring the Education Act into operation in the Aorere district. H. G. Gouland, Esq., Resident Magistrate, was called to the chair.

From the proceedings, we gather that on the recent visit of the Superintendent to the Aorere, a numerously-signed requisition was presented to his Honour, begging that the benefit of the Education Act might be extended to the district ; that the question was referred by his Honour to the Central Board of Education; and that the Board had expressed its readiness to comply with the public wish, if the inhabitants would elect a committee for the purpose of co-operating with the Board and supplying it with the necessary information.

These particulars having been communicated to the meeting, the following resolutions were proposed aud unauimously adopted : —

Proposed by Mr. Outrtdge, and seconded by Mr. How :—

That a preliminary committee be appointed to correspond with the Central Board of Education, with reference to the memorial on the subject of education presented to his Honour the Superintendent during his recent visit to this place ; and that the committee shall consist of the following gentlemen, namely, Messrs. Ross, Curtis, Gibbs, Dartnall, Outridge, Gouland, Cann, and Loveli.

Proposed by Mr. Curtis, seconded by Mr. Loveli. :—: —

That the preliminary committee be authorized to request the Central Board of Education to constitute this district a district within the operation of the Education Act, No. 2 of Session 111.

Proposed by Mr. Dartnall, seconded by Mr. Avery :—: —

That Mr. Gibbs's offer of Section No. 55, on Gibbs's Township, be accepted, with thanks; and that the preliminary committee be requested to obtain the information required by Dr. Greenwood, and to call for tenders for the erection of a school building for transmission to the Central Board.

The meeting broke up with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman.

The preliminary committee then commenced its operations. The Resident Magistrate was appointed chairman, and Mr. Outridge Secretary. A specification was drawn up and approved, and tenders called for. The committee drew up a list of resident householders, from which they estimated that about sixty persons would be liable to pay the rate. They then walked in a body to the section which Mr. Gibbs, the proprietor of Gibbs's Flat,' has most liberally offered for the site of the school. It is very prettily situated on the brow of a low hill, on the high road from the port to the diggings ; and thus ended the labours of the day.

[from another correspondent.] RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Saturday, Nov. 28.

[Before H. S. Gotjland, Esq., R.M., and J. Mackay,

Esq., J.P.]

Harris (native) v. J. Forrester. — This was an action for crim. con. ; damages laid at £100.

The case was brought forward on the 14th November, but was adjourned for a fortnight to enable defendant to get witnesses. The details were not interesting to the public ; and the facts having been proved to the satisfaction of the Bench, the defendant was sentenced to pay damages, together with costs.

Through the late heavy rains and floods several claims on the Slate river have been partly and in some cases wholly destroyed for present working, one party having left entirely, through losing the whole of their plant and tools. The weather is now a little more settled, and we expect in a few weeks to be knocking along in the old style again. Our old friend Washbourne is, as usual, very busy, cutting a track on the right hand side of the Aorere river to the "Quartz Ranges," crossing the main river by Doctor's Creek.