SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10444, 21 August 1895, Page 4

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS

The Ordinary meeting of the School Commissioners was held; yesterday ; present — Messrs J. P. Maitland (chairman), Bain, Baldey, and Dallas. , TheCHJUKMAN stated that he had been advised by Messrs Stout, Mondy, ahd Sim that in their opinion the surrender of lease of part of section 7, block IX, Waikaia, by the deputy official j assignee, was not sufficient; and that, aoting on the solicitors' advice, he had im.tmcted Mr J. L. M Donald to re-enter into possession and determine the lease.—The" action of the chairman was confirmed: ■ ' - -. Mr Koland Jeffries, lessee'of sections 13, 14, 15, M, and 17, block IV. Hawksbury district, wrote asiiing the commissioners to agree to a transfer of part of sections 15,16, and 17 to Mr John Jones.— Iransfer approvsd.' The report of Mr 3. L. M'Donald was as follows :— 1. Stating^that Mr R. Baird, lessee of section .-., block XV, Jacobs River Huodred, claime-i a reduction of rent in respect of a small area of 2J '■ acres ofland taken by the Wallace County Council ! for road, &c— Rent to be reduced'% 12s 6d from date of commeiieement of'new lease. Secretary to communicate with Wallace County Council, stating thatnotice was not served upon the School Comnii»sioners in terms.of "The 'Public Works Act 1891 by which they were prevectted from making claim for compensation, for land taken, which was valued at £5 per acre, and fer which amount claim was now uiade. 2. Forwarding an, application and .agreement by Messrs Helden and Awdry to snnender lease of section 31, Takitimo, and suggesting that, the tm ,s J urr? detbe the 30* A Pril next—Mr M Uonald to be instructed to mafc arringements with the applicants us to coat of sunenoer. w3 T f''l'* al' di l,e applicatioh.and agreement by iV V tTillandei-8 to surrender lease of s-ection 14, block 111, Wendonside ;'. A/d also a letter from Mr D.: Manson,. manag-r of Waikaia, Plains station, asking the commissibntrs. to "reconsider Mr Gillauderii's application to sttrrender section 1, blo-k JX N Waikaia.—With regard, to Mr -rs's application, Mr M'Donald was "ordered to "make arrangements as to. .coat,* ; and it was decided to inform :Mr/Manson that; the' couimissionerK did not see any, sufficient reason to alter -previous decisiou. ' :.";. .4 Stating that Messrs Bain and Baldey.met on the 4tb and dealt with tenders for 14 years' leases °* the,following fiectio.. s :—Sections 1 and 2. hlock V, Wendonside; upset 4s 33 per acre, leased to W. Mortimer at upset'; section 4, block IX, Wendon, leased to W. F. Bernetto,lat upset 2s rid per acre ; section I, block V, and, section 1. block VI. Wendon. leastd to AS Howe at 2s 6dper acre ups-.t; sectiou 10. block XT, Jacob's River Hundred, leased ' to J. Baxter for £10 6s'6'd .per annum ; sectiou It, block XVI, Winton,. leased.to if P. M'Quillan at 10s urwt; sections 14 and 16, block XIII. tectums 11 and 12. block XIV. sectional and S block XV, sections 18 and 19, block VI, Waimatuku, leased to John Crooks at £1 8s upset; section 22, blojk I, Mokoreta, leastid at Is -uosot to D. K. Macrae — Noted:. ,: 7J. .'; -~: It was rt solved to continue lease of runs 327 and 32/11 and sections 15 to 20 block Vn. sections 33 to 41, block VIII, section 43, block VIII, sections 1 to 4, block XI, and sections 2 to 6, block Xlf, Waikaia, until- January 7 30,' 189S, at present rentals. . ■'.;..- ■■■-; The application of Mr William Couser (lesseeof part of section 7, block'Vlll, and section 1, block IX, Wyndham) for reducton of rent was declined. The following tenders for lease of sections in Otago Peninsula and, Township of Havelock were r accevited :—Tender; of S. Hinkiey for section 22, block VI. Otago' Peninsula,-at £20 per annum, witb £10 hidf-year's rent"';'-tender of Robert M'Ara, for section 20, block XXI, ar. 5s per annum ; tender of R.obert York for section 15, block 111, at ss'per annum: tericter of R.'Simpson for section 3, block VII, at 10s annum. ■■'-.'•'; :. Mi-Adam Oruickshabk,wrote asking when run No 175 B Wen.:on and.^Greenvale, would be oijened up.—lt wjus decided to.reply that the cp^mmissiimers couWuot.give the information its the lease of tne run did not; expire until November. Mr C. L*De, lessee of allotments 4 and 10, Township of Gleriore, asked periiiissiori to transfer his interest-.' to the 'Glendre Dredging Company.— Granted The Manager of the Otaiha station wrote stating that he'granted Mr A. Ci-uickshank permission to take some posts^from the buah tb repair partof the '.boundary fishce. and suggesting,'that ar± advertisament .be'-'ihr.'eried in the Mataura Ensign cautioning people iigainst cutting timber oa the, OUrha and, Waikaka runs.—Noted, the matter being left iv the bauds of the manager. Accounts: amounting tb£29 6s 9d were passed for payment - '

PROHIBITION I_4 THE CLUTHA,

The following statement and report are published on the authority of the Clutha Presbyirery Offics-bfacers' Association.:—

At a meeting of the Cjutba-Preseytery Office-beirers'-Association-held p_-"t_e: l Qtri of Jii^e 1835 it wus iesolved, in view:of.somewhat conflicting reports, to investigate the working of prohibition m'the-.Olutha electorate, andthe'Rev. John Kilpatrick .was appointed-to carry out the investigation and repqrt to a meeting to be convened tor that purpoae.-: - On Friday, 16th August, the association met at Balclutha for the purpose of he/arms the report and in a 'general way discussing the subject. The meeting was-largelv attended, and great interest was manifested. When it is stated that Presbyterians number about two-thirds of the entire population it-will be Seeu how far the above association represents the feeling ofthe electorate..-.- ''-./'• The methods adopted in gathering information were-:— -' ■-•■•. -'- ■-~.----- . • 1. <,By sendinjra circular letter to representative men alloverthe electorate. '■" .. 2 By visiting parts, in the electorate and inquiring on the spot.. '■■" """'• ""*' 3. ; A_d by personal testimony given at the meeting on above date. ~'■..; y . ■-.'.-.-' The questions submitted were very general in *h.e^_.tearing;-and that-purpoeely, so that thete xnignt be abundant scope for those who answered them to say all'they wished; and yet tliey were detinite to such an extent that they prevented mer? generalities; .One or two seemed to stumble ovtr the terms "success"■< and ■ "failure" 'as applied to prohibition, and hesitated before writing success' because 'there is sorAe- sl» grog-seihng, and yet;could not write "failure" because of the improvement brought about by probibition. Is rot prohibition the ideal towards which temverance reform is struggling? Is it not somewhat unreadable toVxpect the ideal to be realised all at- once? i The Christian ideal is perfection ( Be ye perfect"), (but we would not say men are not Christians and Christianity is not a success because they are not .perfect."--- Remember the distance temperance refo.in had to travel was from licensed drink-seliing to absolute probibi- j tion, and the question for our consideration, is. ! 'advanced Vance Th^ ; I? la<le"?, If'■ so.' what The evideuce to hand establishes beyond any reajionable.doubt the following points •— - j '.'_? Vi B has Deetl made more difficult. It is admitted from most districts, that sly grog-sell-ing is earned, on,- and it is also suggested that very I-J■ I s «eru Dg^°,ue t0 Put »"-t.Vp.to it by ourauthoI rities.. What, however, we bave to note is the j xsettaafc. it'is. now much more difficult to set UnnK than it formerly;was r and only;those who loimerlv d.ank; and w,ho are kuewn, can get it; those: who did not drink formerly, cannot now get it at all We are inclined-to think that thU is a step-a big one too—in the,direction of prohibitum. , r 2 We are told that drinking has been lessened ; reduced indeed' to aomewherr between a half and a fourth of its foraier dimensions. Ourevidetjce leaves no donbt as to the accuracy of t.his estimate. We are told also that very much less has been sold: since, a few convictions were secured Here let it be borne in mind that prohibition must be judged by what ifc has douenot: by what it has failed..to''do. In about 15 months drinking has been lessened by more than one-half: Prohibition-hei-self, old fad that she is, is proud of such a measure of sutxiess, and so ara we -• ' ■-: ■■' •-. -■ - 3. Then we are told that "there are' not the disgraceful s-cenes there used to be " on ourstreet3 ano highways. One is almost tempted to say that you must travel a gtidd bit in the direction of prohibition to get away from disgraceful scenes. One of our correspondents say:), " Formerly men were to be seen often, and at least one woman frequently, i-eelir.jr foil.- We used to dread letting girls out both in daylight and dark." Another sayp, "The morals of the peopl* are not shocked as formerly by seeing and hearing drunken men every Saturday night." " Such evidence can leave no doubt as to the working of prohibition. To be rid of such sights a_,d sounds is surely something worth acqwirimr, land,- having acquired, worth maintaining. The fact that this business has been forced behind shutters, out of sight.and confined to its former devotee*, who must have it, even on the sly, speaks for it-elf. 4. .Shouting and social drinking'have been largely abolished. After shearing, harvest, &c., it was a common practice for men to put up atone or other of the hotels, aud "pin up their cheques," and act as masters of the situation until the said cheques were "knocked down:" Those cheques, earned by the sweat of the brow, aud needed for the ordinary comforts of life, perhaps by wives acd children, cannot, be wasted in that way now ; for the risk is too great for the sly grog-seller to run. Then social drinking—the school of all our drinking habits—has been checked. -Drinking now is more by.the individualthan by fcbe crowd. The school—where most people; learned to drinkhas been practically closed, and as a consequence the children, the young men, aud in a general way the unlearned will remain—yes, ignorant, and drinking habits will not be formed. 5. further, we are told that many who formerly drank do not now drink, because the temptation has been removed. Here we have direct and visible results- men and women sober not because they resolved to pray "lead us not into temptation," but because the temptation has been removed. Such are to-day grateful to l-od for their deliverance; grateful also to those who in Gods name removed the temptation from their path. .6. There is also evidence that the .storekeeper gets his accounts paid with greater regularity and far less trouble sioce prohibition became law. Now. after such evidence of the work aone by prohibition, tie Clutha Presbytery Office-bearers' Association has no difficulty in declaring it successful in a very marked degree.. The association laments the fact that there is sly grog-selling carried on in various places throughout the electorate, and calls upon the authorities to enforce the law. IT IS AN AGONY OF AGONIES. A torture of tortures. It is an itching acd burning of the skip almost beyond endurance. It is tho'tina-ds of pin.headed vesicles filled with an acrid fluid, ever forming, ever burstinp, ever flowing upon the raw, excoriated skin. Nc part of the human skin is exempt. It tortures, disfigures, and humiliates more than all other skin' diseases combined Tender babies are among its most niii-ereus victims. They are often born with it. Weep and rest are out of the question. Moat remedies and the best physicians generally fad. even to relieve. Such is Kczema. If Cuticuka Remkv-ibs ,ud no more than cure eczema, they would be entitled to the gratitude of mankind. .Ihey not only core, but a single application is oft-ii sufficient to afford instant relief, P^^rcsta»' d. ■&#'"!* point to a speedy cure. CUTIOURA WORKS WONDEKS because it is theiuost wondenul skin cure of modern times. . _, , . — The number of draught dogs in Belgium is probably not less than 50.000. '.' Srnoktrs will derive great comfort from the r.on«t_nt. iihp nf AsCOt tobaCCO.