LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 857, 7 August 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In our third page of advertisements, m m the last two columns m this evening's issue will be found several items of interesting reading matter. We would draw atttcntion of all foot bailers to the meeting to be held at the Masonic Hotel, this evening, for the purpose of electing a new captain. The present favorable change m the weather, should there be a continuance, will give heart to the farmers. Up to the present time there has been much doubt as to what to put into the land, wet storm and cold having retarded farming operations. Potatoes and maize are now likely to be the chief crops. At the meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board, a letter was read from Mr. Lysnar, accepting the mastership of the Te Arai school, Poverty Bay. From the same (telegram) stating that £20 would- be required for carpenters' work, &c.,.for the Te Arai school. It waa decided that the. school be placed under the Matawhero school committee. A touching incident occurred the other day m Parliament — all the more touching from the fact that it occurred immediately before the discussion as to whether writs should or should not be issued for a new Parliament. Just. before the Premier rose to bis feet and announced his determination of holding out to the last, a petition was presented, signed by the majority of the members, prayiiig that Parliament be adjourned for a fortnight m order to enable the members to attend the forthcoming performance m aid of the Poverty Bay Hospital. The Speaker dropped a manly tear, and regretted that the petition was informal, sufficient notice not having been given. The Speaker then retired quite overcome. *' So the world wags." {Advt.l It appears (says the H.B. Herald) likely that an attempt will be made m the House to have placed on the rolls the names of severa.l members who appear to have become disfranchised, ami consequently disqualified for a seat m the House. Mr. Rees is one of these. His name was struck off the Waitemata roll, but he expected to find himself registered m Napier. Our electoral roll does not, however, contain his name. It appears that he made a formal claim to be registered, and his name appears on the list of claimants, but for some reason or other the revising officer appears to have disallowad the vote. Botha sides of the House will probably consent to the prepration of supplementary rolls, as Mr. Woolcock, as well as Mr. Bees, has been disfranchised, and 'Sir Robert Douglas antf one or two other members are said to be m the same predicament.

We are advised that Captain Morris, M.H.R., will be m Gisborne,about the 13th instant. It will be observed that he lias, through our columns, announced himself as a candidate for the East Coast electorate. It is reported m the lobbies at Wellington that the Opposition will claim the use of tho Stella m order to follow Sir George Grey m the Hinemoa, and address public meetings m the same places. It is said Mr Wakefield and Mr Saunders will take charge of the movement. There are great complaints about the incorrect reporting of Hansard this session. Mr Rees complained that the remarks made by Mr Hobbs m a speech recently delivered by him — to the effect that Jie gloried m having been denounced as a rat m connection with the late want of confidence motion — did not appear m Hansard. Mr Hobbs said ho bad not expressed a single word of the speech as it appeared m the Hansard reporters slip. A Gippsland paper states that a local clergyman, rather staggered some of his congregation last Sunday by stating that there was no absolute reason, so far as revelation went, why the lower auimals should not enjoy a. future existence as wall as man. The London correspondent of the South Australian Register says that the Times is about to establish telephonic communication between the House of Commons and its office m. Printing-house Square. This will enable its reporters, when it is desirable, to transmit their reports 'instantaneously to the office, instead of writing them out at the House and then sending the copy by messenger. With the aid of the migephone, which enlarges the sound of the speaker's voice before sending.it through the telephone, it is to be 'hoped that one day editors may listen to the Parliamentary debates without leaving their offices. In the meantime, after a severe struggle, provincial journals are about to be allowed to send representatives to the reporters' gallery of the House of Commons j but m order to make room for them, a number of seats will have to be taken from the side galleries which are now appropriated to members. At the meeting of the Hawke'a Bay Education Boord, held last Monday, the Inspector mentioned m his report that the examination papers of the pupil teachers and of candidates for scholarship Class C m the Gisborne district had not yet come to hand. The highest number of marks obtained m the pupil teachers' examination were by Jane Monteith, being 609 out p£ a possible 710. The result of the examintion for scholarships were as follows : — Class A. (Marks obtainable— 62o.) ' C. Cowell, Napier, age 11 ... 401 Fred Steele, Gisborne, age 0 394 H. B. Jeffares, Clive, age 12 375 Henry Chapman, Hastings 291 M. Browne, Gisborne, age 11 275 E. A, Williams, Gisborne ... 264 Class B. (Marks obtainable— 62o.) C. Laws, Napier, age 12 ...' 489 Eva Oatridge, Gisborne, ... 389 C Thomson, Gisborne, ... 377 Ethel Brown, Gisborne, ... 343 E. McGlashan, Clive .. 332 Grace Adair, Gisborne ... 300 E. McPherson, Clive ~... 275 Margaret Lincoln, Hastings 255 Eliza Rowley, Gisborne ... 242 The scholarships m both classes are £30 each, and the Inspector said m Class A, Cowell and Steele were first and second, with only a difference between them of 7 marks. The papers of Cowell were the neater, but the difference m the totals so small, that he hoped the Board would be able to offer Steele a scholarship of £15 per annum. The Board rewarded a scholarship of £30 for two years to C. Cowell, aged 11, m Class A, and a.. like scholarship to C. Laws, aged 12, m Class B. A scholarship of £20 for one year was awarded to Fred Steele, aged 9, m Class A. — The board having looked through tho examination papers and the tabulated statement of the results, decided; m respect to the pupil tc-ache'r candidates that those only who had obtained 50 per cent of the maximum number of marks (620) should be eligible for appointment, except m such. cases where a qualified pupil teacher could not be procured. With regard to the pupil teachers who had come up for -examination at the close of their first year, the Board requested the Inspector to present books to the value of £3 each to Miss Jane Monteith and Miss Florence Reid, m token of the board's appreciation of the merit displayed by those young ladies m their work.