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New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 19

The annual meeting of the Co-operative ns Company was held in the Alhambra j 7 011 Wednesday. There were about 40 •Wholdera present, and Mr Boon occupied 6 chair. The press were not admitted.

l A s P e °l a l meeting of the City Council was i “,** noon on Wednesday, and was attended y his Worship the Mayor, Councillors »ns ß »«’ Harris, Willeston, Anderson, the “* oe^er - The meeting was oalled for the. P /® r P° B ? °* electing representatives from l_j. -council to the various charitable aid jv 0 ! e ?‘. The election resulted as follows f!m. «iV® oar< * aQ d United Di.triot Board— R n S lo , ra A - W. Brown and F. H. Fraser, 11 Staveren and Mr Geo. Allen; D F l . Trust Councillor Willeston; v- slri.i- e *° re preßent the Counoil at the ; Bw« n « remaining members of the m Trust—Councillor Harris; Benevo* Trust—Councillor Willeston,

Wm. Mitolielt, : odiohballder, was adjudlcated a bankrupt on Wednesday. A meeting of his: creditors will, be he)d on Wednesdoy next, at 11 a.m. ,•

Christinas holidays in connection with Vue State Sohools oommenoe on Mon. day, 22nd December. The sohools re-assem-ble again on the 28th of January. Those dates were fixed on Wednesday at the meet, ing of the Education Board.

The Free Labourers’ Association held a meeting at the Exchange Hall on Monday. It was decided to reduce the entrance fee to a shilling, and arrangements were made for insuring all members .with the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company.

The Hutt County Council, at a speoia meeting on Wednesday, elected the following representatives to the various charitable aid bodies United District Board—Councillor Lancaster; District Board—F. E. Darby (chairman) and Councillor D. Speedy; Hospital Trust—Mr'J. Taylor, an ex-menu her of the Council.

Paikakariki has become a very favourite resort for the people of Wellington when they wish to enjoy a quiet holiday, while it is a convenient place for persons desirous of breaking a long railway journey. Mr C. Slight, who has taken over tho hotel, has provided admirable accommodation for visi. tors, and those who desire to spend any time at this pleasant watering place cannot do better than patronise his establishment.

We have ia our midst two representatives of the London Missionary Society, the Rev Joseph King and Captain Hore. The latter gentleman is a zealous missionary, having laboured for some years in the malarial districts of the Zambesi, aud on the shores of the Tanganyika. He has passed through many trying experiences, and can tali many a thrilling tale of doing and daring. These gentlemen intend holding services in several churches on Sunday next and meetings during the week, particulars of which will be duly advertised.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Education Board was held on Wednesday. Present : Messrs J. R. Blair (Chairman), J, Young, F. 11. Fraser, and tho Rev. J. Paterson. The resignation of Miss Kate Brown, pupil teacher, Clareville, Miss Minnie Lawson, Yogeltown, and Mr F, Fairbrolher, Terrace schools were received. Mr Lane’s offer to lease a section of land in Sydney street' belonging to the Board was accepted, the tenancy to be terminable at a month’s notice. The application for a grant of £SO for the Kereru Sohool was acceded to. It was decided to call for tenders for fencing the Shannon School ground. Mr Blair, the chairman of the Education Board, at the meeting on Wednesday, said that he obtained a return from the police which showed that there were known to be 160 children who failed to attend the State schools, and many of these Mr Blair said were unfit to mix with the other children who went to school. The subject had caused him considerable anxiety, and the only way he could see out of the difficulty was by the establishment of a truant school and appointing an inspector. The other members of the Board present expressed themselveß in favour of this idea, but as there were so few members present, ib was decided to discuss the matter more fully at the next meeting. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Education Board a letter was received from Miss G. E. Obatwin stating that the Te Aro Infant School had on two occasions been broken into during the night, when the looks of the desks had been smashed and books and other articles scattered about the floor. The matter was reported to the police, and two days after another entry to the school had been made. Ultimately Constable Grey, who had been told off to watch the building, found two little girls and a little boy at a little before midnight ransacking the school desks by the light of a candle. Miss Chatwin wrote to tho Board applying for the payment of 30s, whioh sum had been expended in repairing the damage done to the desks, etc, The application was granted.

The success of the Colonial College at Hollesley Bay for young men has suggested the establishment of a branch of the Forsyth Technical College, specially devoted to the training of women for colonial life. There being no capital available for the purpose, it will be necessary to raise a guarantee fund for working the experiment for throe years, and the Board have an immediate offer of £2OO for the initial outlay, provided the required total of £ISOO can be raised. Ac. cording to the Managing Director —Ethel Forsyth—“The training that is proposed will embrace dairy work, poultry, and bee farming and horticulture, and tho laundry. Cooking and housework of the establishment will be undertaken entirely by the students themselves, under competent supervision. One year’s residence will be compulsory in order to gain the College certificate. A suitable house, with firm buildings and land attached, and near a market town, can be bad on easy terms if taken at once, and there is no doubt that there is a great and increasing demand for such training as we propose to offer.”