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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7983, 29 September 1887, Page 2

A great deal ©^Correspondence from Mr. Q. W. Gane, tne "chairman of the Rahotu School Committee, was/cad at the Education Board on Wednesday. It was relative to the differences' that existed between the householders and the schoolmaster, and which terminated in the latter's removal. , Mrs. Pottspoint , has dismissed her children's governess because she has allowed one of the girls to read " The Mill on the Flobs." "You know, my dear," she said to a lady visitor that afternoon, "I never allow mj daughters to read works of friction, because it confabulates the mind ; though I don't mind them nursery deities, because although they are not true, you know, tho children require some annexation in their spare hours when not doing their schooling." By reports read at the Education Board on Wednesday, the attendance at the following sohools was given as under :—: — OentraLJcjiool, boys 268, girls 258.; JFitssroyjL7.&#s ; 'Okato , 38, 17 ; Pukearuhe, 10, 6; ••Urenui, 15, 6: Eg'mimt Road, 17, 13; Tikorangi, 28, 29; Lower Mane;orei,' 10, 11; Oakura, 20, 17; Waiongbna, 33, 21; Waitara East, 55, 47; Frankley Road, 49, 38, Aooording to these numbers the total number of boys attending these schools is 617, and the girls 507, there being, therefore, an excess of the former over the latter of 110. The difference is more marked in the country sobools than elsewhere. Wanted,— The merits of Crook's American Dried Yeast to be well and widely known ; it is sold in 2d and 6d paokets by all grocers. Careful housowives should not fail to enquire for it at R. Cock'p, Brougham-street, Wholesale Agent for Taranaki. — Advt. 1 — It oright to be in every home. Crook's American Dried Yeast has only to bo tried to have its first-class value appreciated. Do not fail to ask your grocer for it. — R, Cook, Brougham-street, Wholesale Agent for Taranaki. — Advt. 4—4 — ' A, djs'tinguiehed South Sea islander who has come to London greatly astonished his host by suddenly bursting out crying. Wbnt could be the matter ? Why such ■bittbr grief? "Dere, dere; read dat," sobbed the tattooed one, pointing to a paragraph in the Times. It was headed t( Missionary Breakfast at Oxford." "It is long time since I gobble big fat missionary," ejaculated the poor fellow) evidently under the impression that tho Oxford dons had sat down to a meal of the sort. The Oautiouß Farmer.— Hotel Cleik (to farmer): "Will you register, please?" Farmer: "Will I do what?" Clerk; " Register, sign your name in this book." Farmer; " Not much, young fellow. Ye don't git me to sign my name on no paper. i'vo been, beat oooe, aad that's 'nough,"