WELLINGTON.
captain Russell delivered an address at Patea on the 28th mainly on the lines of Ms addresses at other centres, but he made special 1 reference to the flood of co-opera-tive men at present in the district, as he alleged, to out-vote the resident settlers at the coming elections. The usual complimentary vote was passed. The Land Board was asked to-day to allow three sections in the special settlement block, containing about 700 acres, to be transferred to Mr Bell, a sawmiller in the Taranaki district. The circumstances were peculiar. There were three selectois, a father and two sons, and the former, owing to a bush-felling accident, was in the Wanganui Hospital, and it was doubtful if he could recover. Bell only wished for the sections on account of the timber, and had no wish to fulfil the residential or settlement conditions. The board resolved that the Minister for Lands should be recommended to make provision for the repurchase by the State of these or similar lands containing valuable timber for forest conservation. At the Education Board meeting on the 30th the new regulations which the Education department has issued for the Inspection and examination of schools were referred to, but not discussed, as members desired to be supplied with copies. These the chairman promised to obtain before next meeting. The chairman said he had looked through the regulations, and was of opinion that, with a few exceptions, the new system would be a great improvement on the existing system. The board decided that the inspectors should at the next meeting express their views on the new regulations. The question of the adoption of a new set of Readers was discussed. The chief inspector recommended no change in the school books until a selection could be made from the best books in the market. Mr Young urged that the board should adopt the "Imperial Readers," which he was satisfied were superior from a New Zealand standpoint to Pieaders which came from Home. He moved—" That the ' Imperial' series of Readers be placed on the list of books from which a selection may be made." The motion was agreed to. Provided nothing occurs to cause a relapse, the recovery of Sapper Head, who was injured by 'the guncotton explosion at Mahanga Bay, is believed to be now assured. The Supreme Court was occupied until 10 p.m. on Monday with the case of Percy Fisher, the young man who was charged with attempting to wound a young woman, with whom he (although a married man with a family) had been keeping company
under promise of marriage. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was remanded till next morning for sentence. Mrs Blake, who a, few years ago was sentenced to imprisonment for life for attempting to poison her husband, was released on Saturday on the ground of illhealth.
WELLINGTON.
Otago Witness, Issue 2375, 7 September 1899, Page 45
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