TEMUKA MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1537, 8 January 1887, Page 3

TEMUKA MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

A meeting of the Committee of the above wm held last night. Present—Messrs Har« greaves (President in the chair), Lawion, MeSheeby Gentlemun, Bcri, Bdgeler, Haines, Twomey, and Dr Hayei. , The minutes of the previous meeting wore reed and confirmed. A letter was reoeived from the Secretary of the Geraldino Institute, covering a Tote of thanks for hating exchanged books* The Librarian reported as followt : " W. H. Hargreaves, H«q.., President. " Sir, —I beg to oall the attention of the Oommittee to the action taken by Dr Hayes respecting the grate on the Institute grounds, Tis: The grass was getting very long and moit inconvenient in getting to and from the drying ground. I gave the graii away on condition that the party cat it and remoye it. He paid a man to cut; one day after being cnt Dr Hayes sent a dray down and carted it away, with a message that if anyone interfered .tlhey were to giro hit compliments and thank them for cutting the gnu. Would the Oommittee kindly inform me if lam responsible for keeping the grounds elear, or bard Dr Hayes any authority to cut and take #v«y the grata. In taking the grass the " / broke a poit in the fence. —You.t, tio., ' "». J. Gmr." The Librarian alio reported tha £7 3i had been receirocl from lubioriptiom, etc.. during the month. Dx H»ye» laid he wished to explain. Mr Harirearei would reoolleot that before the Temuka sports he gave him (Dr Hayes) leave to eat the hay. Ho sent down bu man to cut ill;, and the man reported to him it had been out. He then wrote a letter to Mr Hergraves, aiking if he had given anyone any authority to cut it, and Mr Her greaves replied that he had not. He then said to the man a mistake had been made and he had bstter stick to the hay. The man eame to take the hay away, and never reported to him that there was any objection to his taking it. It was when he came : home that evening he heard all about it. i Last year he got the leave of the Committee, to cnt it. Ho got it out, and some of the sUblekeeperi took some of it away while it < ' was lying in the sward, and he thought it was the same people out it this year. At regards the ooet of it, he told Mr Ida-ards, who had out it, he would reooup him for ( •ny loss he h«d incurred. ...... 'ThePreeidM»t-Mr Bargreavei-iaid the ) facts were pretty well ae stated by Dr Hayes. ( Cray had spoken to him about it, and he ' told him he had no objection to his cutting < it, Dr Hayes afterwards spoke to him, and 1 he said he would have no objection to Dr < Hayes cutting it, ae Guy; was doing nothing , in it. Guy afterwards came to him and told ( -Trim Dr Hayes* men were carting it away, , and he told Guy to stick to it. 1 Dr Hayes said in doing so he stultified ■ himself. He ought to hate spoken to Guy and told him he had given it to him (Dr ( The President said he was to blame in not < ©oming down end seeing Guy about it. ' Dr Hayes hoped the members would think » nothing of it* as it was all the result of a i mistake. „ 1 Mr Bdgeler thought no one had a right to , give it away without the consent of the , Committee. The Librarian was to keep the Jilace in order, and he had a right to it. He , bought it very wrong of Dr Hayes to take , it away after a man bad been to the expense of ratting it. He was sorry to see a gentleman do such a thing. A special meeting ought to have been called, and the consent. ' Of the Committee obtained. It was what no gentleman would have done. He would i move a vote oi censure on Dr Hayes. ' Dr Hayes said that after making all allowances for Mr Edgeler he did not think i he was' a "criterion" competent to judge , what should bu a gentleman. \ Mr McS. Guntlemun could not say that Dr ( 'Hayes was wrong. Dr Hayes had asked the ( President for the hay after it was eut, , Dr Hayes said he asked for it before the ( sports. ..,' .. ~ i Mr MoS. Gentlemun said it was on the day the man osme to take it away he sent I ; the letter to Mr Hargreayee. ' Dr Hayes said he had asked before, bnt < when he saw the hay eut he sent aiking had ] be given authority to out it. i Mr -Gentlcitnun said .it had beea given, , and he had no right to take it away then. | When Guy came to him he (Mr Gentlemun) , told Guy to turn the man that was taking it away off the ground. He told him to « punch his head off." Supposing Guy bad planted potatoes in it, would Dr Hayes have come and taken them away when they were dug f Dr Hayes said that was a different thing ' altogether. No one would do a thing like that, but he had the President's authority to take the hay. , Mr Bdgeler iiaid it was the worst thing he ever heard of, Mr Beri said there wai not much harm done as it was, but no one had a right to take the hay, or to arrange about it without consulting the whole Oommittee. Guy went to him, and he told him to go to Morton. He went to Morton and he refuted to assist him. He (Mr Beri) would say it was the flinty of the police to look after it, Supposing another man had been in the place of the caretaker, there would have been a fight. Jibe bad been in his place, he would not have allowed the hay to go without a fight. Would il not be nice that a fight should have taken place and perioni perhapi hurt, because a policeman would not do hu duty. Gny complained that last year Dr Hayes out the hay and cairted it away in a wheelbarrow, and the place wai in a mesi for dayi with the hay falling off the wheelbarrow. Dr Hayes laid he got permission from the Committee to cut the hay lait year. Mr Lawion naid tbat wai not the cause of complaint, but the mess that was made. Mr Beri laid the complaint was that it wai making a nuisance by taking it away in harrowfuls instead of carting it all away at nee. Dr Hayes laid he felt hurt at the tone the meeting had taken, It was all a mistake, and the Oommittee had taken up a curious position. Be had got the leave of the Preiidsnt, and as it was not worth while to oall a meeting of: the Oommittee for it he thought that enough. He would make any restitution required, and sever hii connection with it. He had been several yean oon« nected with the Inititute, and had done a good deal of work for it, and he felt hurt at the tone of the meeting now. Mr Twomey thought there were some ex*' tennating ciroumitanoei on Dr Hayes' tide. The President appeared to" have made a "' muddle of it. He gave Dr Hayei leaye to cuti t, and he gaye Mr Guy leave to cut it, but still Df Hayei wai not justified in taking it in the high-handed manner he had done. There was some mistake as regards Dr Hayes' . and the President's part in it, but there was no miitake a» regards the polioe's part, The duty of the polioe was clear. The man :< in charge of the Institute reported to the " poliesman in charge of the station that two men wire taking the property of the Institute away, yet the polioeman refused to - assist. It ww a monstrous thing for a policeman to i|o. He ought, at least ty have come on the "'flroun'd, arid seen what? was feeing on, and 'retain 1 the hay until he had asoef kained whi> bad a right to it or until a warrant lot the arrestf of the men talcing it had been taken out, But; he knew- '{t was Sr Hayee* men, and b,a would, not interfere. bwsiWM no vis puriuia; t Hayei fur-

ther about it, bat tho policeman ought to be reported. Mr MoB. Gentleman thought the Li bramas agreement entitled him to the hay The Freiident said Ur Hayei wu willing to recoup him. Dr Hayes eaid he would recoup Ur Edwards, who had out it. Mr Lawion: You ought to giro him a little more, Doctor. Dr Hayei: He doeanot want it. M r Guy waa then called in, and in reply to q icitioni said it was a fortnight before he cut it he spoke to Mr Hargreaves. He law no man from Dr Hayea come-to cut the hay. When the men came to cart the hay away be went to Mr Hargrearei, and he told him not to let the hay go. He (Ur Guy) laid he would go for Morton, and Mr Hargrearei asid that waa the best thing be could do. [Dr Hayes laid, "That waa enriona after haring teoeired my note."] He went to Morton, and Morton told him he could do nothing in it. The man did not aar he waa told by Dr Hayea to take the hay by force, but he appeared determined to do 10. Dr Hayei: Don’t you think you ought to hare gone to me I.IA asked me what was the meaning of it P Mr Guy: I had no time for running about. Dr Hayea: Yon ran to Mr Hargrearea and the police | could yon not hare come to me? Mr Guy: I j thought 1 had noj right] to look after yon. Mr Twomey t Since you are ao punctilious, Doctor, in asking Ur Guy 'why ha did not go to'yon, perhaps you will tell ua why you did not ask Guy why he had out the hay when yon saw it cut P Dr Hayei: It was not my business. I went to the Freiident. After a few more questions Mr Guy retired, and on the motion of Dr Hayei, seconded by Mr Lawion, it was resolved—- " That in future the caretaker be given power to plough and do aa he pleases with the land. . It wai decided to hold the annual meeting of members on Tuesday, the 18th instant. Mr Bout was appointed auditor. The meeting then terminated with a rote of thanks to the Freiident. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE. , The sitting of the Educational loatituta i commenced at Christchurch on Wednes- : day, and w*s continued on Thursday, The following are the principal resolutions adopted “ That all class subjects, except drawing, be examined orally by « inspector and teacher, and, that ehildreu excepted for"pass subjects, should be excepted for all, subjects;’’ “That this council is of opinion that the value of . teaching in class subjects cannot correctly i be represented by percentage, but that 1 1 inspectors should express in general terms ' their estimate of the efficiency of the i teaching ; ” “ That with the exception of i arithmetic, failure in one subject be not i sufficient to justify failure for the stan- ( durd, provided that the pupil is efficient 1 ie the remaining subjects;” “That the i percentage of passes and failures should ( not be reckoned on the number on the i school roll, but on those in Standard 1. to ' YX. (included); ” “ That inspectors of i schools should be placed under direct con- i trol of the Education Department;” . “ That the number of pupils teachers in 1 any school should not exceed tbe number ] of certificated touchers employed therein i “ That pupil tiaohers should undergo six months preparation before being inderi* i tnred,” and the candidates should not be less than 15 years old ; ” “ That regula- ( tions re engagement and syllabus for ex- j animation of pupil teachers bo uniform throughout the colony ; ” “ That however ] desirable tbe issue of text books, in which i colonial matters shall be prominent, may J be, it is premature to make any recom- I mend a tions on the subject at present;” ( That the proposal to establish a teachers’ 1 pension scheme under the control of Go- ] vornment is impracticable ; ” “ That the t council suggest tbe advisability of estab- i lishing a voluntary benevolent fund, to be, i administered by the council for the benefit i of teachers ; ” “ That a Chair of Eduoa- f tioo should be established in connection with the University of New Zealand.” ( THE EASTERN CRISLS. i London, Jan. 5. Tbe reply of the Foreign Office to j the circular note issued by the Porto j last month urging the Powers to come 1 to some understanding on the Bulgarian < question, and recommending the apj . pointment of Prince Nicholas of Miny j grelia as the successor of Princs ( Alexander, has been published. The i Foreign Secretary, the Earl of Iddeuleigh, states that England is unable to recommend the candidacy of Prince Nicholas, but is prepared to negotiate ( with the Powers for the settlement of the Bulgarian difficulty through the medium of s general, conference, or by exchange of views. His Lordship urges that diplomatic negotiations be- j tween the Powers should precede the . choice of a Prince for Bulgaria, Jan. 6. Russia is erecting ten lorts on the Galatian frontier. Constantinople, Jan. 5. the statement that an alliance has been entered into by Russia and Germany whereby the former engages not to interfere in the event of a FrancoGerman war, and the latter engages not to lake port in an Austro-Rossian conflict, is contradicted.