MOONLIGHT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2253, 6 May 1897, Page 31

MOONLIGHT.

MAY 3. — The weather is all that could be desired at present, and outs'de work is going en apace. We no doubt considered it hard when our crop 3 were languishing for want of rain, but when we coutiast our drought with the Hawke'a Bay floods, Wellington's gales, and Southland's exce3Eive wet, we have every reason to be thankEducational.— For the first time in the anmiU of the local school, a committee has been elected on the"day appointed by the Education Board, so Moonlight will no longer be found iv the

defaulters' list. The reasons »<seigued are various, optimi&ts declaring that parents are wsking up to a keener sense of their duty towards their children, and are going in for improvements. Othew ' attribute the new-bom zeal to party feeling; j while not a few say it is owing to the welldirected criticism in Moonlight note^ 12 months ago. Personally, I hardly think the latter can be the motive power, as no one returned to render thanks for the scales being removed from their optics, thereby enabling them to get out of the old rut. However, reform has begun, and I hope it will continue, for tbere is plenty of room for improvements. The following constitute the new committee—Messrs Hayes, Sheeny, Gilbert, Roy, HartstoDge, Hercus, and M'Eae. : ; ; , | I i . > | | ■