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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7963, 6 September 1887, Page 2

In the Supreme Court before the Registrar in Chambers on Monday, on the application of Mr. Roy, probate of the will of Henry Thomas Yates, deceased, was granted to W. L. Newman and Q. J. Newman, the executors named in the will.

A football match between the Waicara and United first fifteens took place on the racecourse on Saturday last, the result being a win for the visitors by four points to nil. During the game several casualties occurred, the worst being that which happened to a United player named Fred Bishop, who sustained a fracture of the left collarbone. Another United player named Yeitch had his left knee severely wrenched, and wa3 forced to leave the field. A Waitara player, JR. Tate, had one of his thumbs injured. The Oentral Ward Licensing Committee met in the Court House on Monday for the purpuse of considering the transfers i of the licenses of the White Hart Hotel from Mr. H. Hammond to Mr. W. Walker, and the transfer of the Taranaki Hotel from Mr. C. Coomber to Mr. R. Qrylls. Both transfers were acceded to. Volunteering baa engrossed the attention of the young men in town to such an extent lately that the number of members in the Rifles has risen now to 76. It is stated that this is one of the largest companies in the colony, if not the largest of all. By the Rotorua this morning there arrived two prisoners from the- Auckland gaol for the local oao. They are both carpenters, and have been sent here on account of their trade as there is sodqb timber work to be done here. A prisoner from the local gaol was sent South by the same boat. Our Educational system does [not pass unnoticed by that des^r-sighted observer, Mr, Brodie Hoare, who in his article in the Nineteenth. Century says: — "Each district has every temptation to extravagance, and no inducement to be economical with regard to education. The Government payfl, and the money is spent in the neighbourhood. The more is spent, the better the people like it, forgetting that the same pjocess going on all over the country makes the cost per child over £4 per bead, and leads to financial embarraesmeat. Why should not the people who use tho schools pay school fees ? They are well able to do so, and it is generally admitted thai people value most whai they pay for. An;,! why should not the inducement to economy be given by charging part of tho eoßt on the local rates ?" These observations arc by a totally unbiased observer, and should have bodio weight. If each district had to pay for the schooling of its children, tho system would be made simpler, the cost would be less, and the youngsters' minds would not be inflated with useless fads, whioh form the principal portion of. the currioulum ia car publio schools, r>w^ lA