HALCOMBE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8847, 25 June 1907, Page 3

HALCOMBE.

(From Our Own' GorrespoMsj.it.)

Tho many friends of Mrs McDonald will be pleased to learn that she is sufficiently recovered from the painful effects of a broken leg to be able to leave the hospital, and returned to her homo on Stnrdav. When it is remembered that Mrs McDonald has seen 77 summers wd not only realise that she has received skilful treatment in her trouble, but that site possessed a splendid constitution; which we sincerely hope will assist her to see and enjoy many more revolutions of our planet round the sun. _ Parents and guardians will be pleased to know that the secretary of the Education Board lias informed the chairman of our School Committee that a teacher will be placed and remain in charge of onr school until Mr Strachau is able to return to the position ho has so successfully filled for the past 17 years._ I notice with regret that our assistant mistress, Miss M. Lynch, has applied for a position in a school nearer home. While not questioning the wisdom of the change, I, with many others who appreciate the worth of Miss Lynch as an efficient teacher, feel sorry that we shall lose the services of a capable instructor and the society of a popular member of onr small community. As usual, Halcombs supplied more than its proportionate share of visitors to the Palmerston Show, and I take this fact as evidence that our farmers are fully conscious of the value of this wonderfully progressive institution as a source from whence the latest and best information affecting their interests can bo freely obtained. Thanks to the kindness of one of the “parents’' of tho institution I -was able to grasp want has been done and what tho management propose doing to make it_ the leading educational show of Australasia". ’ „ , Miss Eileen Carlyle, Aruott Bartlett, and Mr McThee have sent mo stamps for tho Halcombe invalid, and on his behalf I cord ially thank the sympathising donors. As a privileged guest of tho Sandoii Old Boys I had an opportunity of noting the firm grip this annual gathering has upon the hearts ox those who are or have been in any ■way connected *witli the history oi the Saudon settlement and its educational institutions. Old and young were there, whose homes are now many miles from the parent nest, and the five hundred who crowded the Sanson Town Hall on Friday night seemed to bo _ composed of a huge and happy family, and there could not have been any in that large company who felt that they were orphans. To nothing can I compare the spirit that pervaded every unit of that assemblage but that which takes forcible possession of a Christmas crowd, and which seems to breathe the heaven-born sentiments of Peace, Goodwill and Brotherhood. Knowing that in some directions wo advance very slowly aMjd that in some respects we still act I was