FITZROY SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7193, 11 October 1886, Page 2

FITZROY SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

A -Meeting of the above Committee was held in the schoolroom on Thurday, Sept. 30th. Present: Messrs. Allen, Boulton, Coleon, Foote, Jackson, and Hendry (chairman). , [( The following resolutions were proposed ani-carried unanimously: — I •• School .Diߣnc£.— Proposed by Mr. Foote, and seconded by Mr. Allen, " That the Chairman and Mr. Jackson be constituted a deputation to wait on the Education Bonrd,/Bti its next;!neetipgy to ospresa the strong -disapproval, o£ this.-.Committee at any curtailment of- ths 'Fitzroy School District, and it coWiders "that the Henui river' is the proper western boundary."

Inspector's Report. — Proposed by the Chairman, and seconded by Mt^Bodlton, "-That this Committee ia l.fuHy-'Wisfied with the, highly favorable report of the Inspector at his recent inspection; and bejgB e f<rexpres3"a ! renewal of confidence in the tact and ability of the h'eaduiaster and his assistants."

Teacher 's Residence.— rPropbsed by Mr. Foote, and seconded by Mr. Allen, 'VThat a letter be sent by the Chairman to tho Education Board, asking that a grant for a teacher^ residenoe should be made- out of the next Building Fund."

The Taranaki Rifle Volunteers held a church parade on Sunday. There was a good attendance of both the band and the rank and file.- This was the more creditable, seeing that the morning waa very showery. The men were to have fallen in on the reclaimed land, but just as they were about to do so a heavy downpour of rain serin, dispersing the men, and necessitating their seeking sheltor. They were subsequently mustered under the verandah of Mr. George's buildings, in Devon-street, and, headed by the band, marched from there to St. Mary's Church, followed by a l.xrge number of people. Colonel Stapp inspected the parade, and accompanied the corps to church. Major Ellis was in command. The officers of the company who were present were : Capt. Hoskin, Lieut. Okey, Lieut. Cock, and Surgeon- Mnjor O'Carroll. -The band was under Bandmaster Garry. The Yen. Archdeacon Govett performed "the church service,, and delivered a sermon appropriate to tho occasion.

About the beginning of last month a young architect named Henry Saxon Snell died in Melbourne from the effects of poison apparently self-administered. He must have been in low pecuniary circumstances as he had pledged a box of instruments for 2s two dayß before his death. Several days after his death the architects appointed by the committee of the Women's Hospital to exa.-nine tho designs for the Genevieve Ward wimr of that inbt.ilutioii selected th'onosi-nt in by him By the'fselection af his design U • wua entitled to the first premium of £100

.From, the Sydney Morning Herald of the 2Gth of September, we learn that an unuhually prime lot of caUlo from New Plymouth was sold b? Mr. Graves, 30 bullocks bringing an average of £14 Ss 9.1. whilst for 31 Bteora an averngo of £10 10s was paid.

The Rev, Mr. Killan, who wishes to becomo a lawyer but remain a parson, has written v lengthy letter tendering his resignation oC the charge of Wangaiei to the Preßbjtrry, and in the course of his letter stated '• In doiiiij bo 1 wish my resignation to be reganJe 1 as a piotest — the strongest ono I can make — agaiust (1) the inadequacy of s ipeii'l provided tor country ministers in the Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand. (2) The unworthy means that are resorted to in order to raiße the inadequate btipend (3) The neglect lot" outlying country distnots by stronger and wealthier chiiivos. (4) The bieach of the Fourth Cmnunndmuit occasioned by ministers having to take long journeys an'l coaduct numerous suivices in their Scattered preaching stations on each Lorii'd day." Several members of the Presbytery strongly dissented from the sentiments coatained m the letter.

According to tho special convhpondent of the Standard at Berlin the railway locomotivo works of Uerr Borai^ at Borlin, /which ate the oldest on the Continent, having bceu in existence 4d yuats, are shortly to'be eloaetl. o^iojj to Llie fast that through the low prices prevailing of late the establishment has ior some tiiuo been carried on -at a constant loss.

Two Polish peuxants havo been iried at Kaletz, in Poland, ior having disinterred tiie nowly-buried corpses of two Jews, cutting oil' both hands from one corpse and tho hand Irom the other, and then chopping ull three hnnls up into little morsels for, us they nvetnid, mudicinul purposes. They ivere each syntcuced to six vi 'uthy iiuprisoum«.-iu.