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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2439, 9 October 1876, Page 2

The fact that the present deadlock of the Kauwaeranga School Committee cannot be sustained appears to have been at length recognised by- the three* members constituting the quorum, and a meeting of,the iatepayers has been convened by the mw secretary, before whom.no. doubt the members .will -toe an opportunity of stating their views of the position of affairs. •Further than by giving an expression of opinion; we do not see'what the ratepayers r can do,'.-Thifre is, .itippeare, no provision in the Education Act for the resignation of a whole committee;, although an .individual member, may: resign l "and.a Successor be elected by the remaining l here is, no power-left in thehandaioHhe ' ratepayers 1 to hold more'than 1 one election iii'the dowse of a year, and 'in the event of the pommitt'ee resigning in a;hody : or. refusing, to, aot; j ife "onlyremains for the Central-Hoard .toappoint commissioners to aot.in their .stead., mo doubt, however,' but 'that; should there be a strong expression of, >piDiori',fr6m.ihe ratepayers '4nd the present' committee resign, the Board would allow.,an election, ( and then appoint the persons elected to ait-as commissioners until the next annual meeting. The affairs of the school district have, now.assumed such a'phase that it is "time the aubjecfc matter in dispute was relegated toi the and it is the $uty -of. the.'latterjo. calmly ..consider the different phases of'the .question, will, no doubt, be'presented to th'em,.'Bnd;;take such action,as l tlie'case,requires.; The present is certainly no time; for indifference, for, although the subject in.dispute betweoji. the', members of the committee, is of itself of little moment, the consequences might prove,yery detrimental ;,to the interests of education in the district. '".'.

Further than the replies in acknowledgment of receipt of telegrams regarding, the Pumping Associatioiifromthe Thames' members, { &nlno replies at all :from Mr.-Whitaker '.and 'the Government, nothing has so far resulted front the tneetiug which was held, last week between, the members of the BoiougL.Council and Highway Boards and MrlWestou,'director of the Pumping Association, and'Mr pck, manoger. ; The ' particulars of' tbe : meeting have .not .transpired, but. it. that two ■iugcesiions. were/made, ;the first being'the utilisation of the' water .supply, which would 'require an expenditure of £10,000, after which it would be 'self-supporting, and the next was the re'committal of,the Countiesand Munioipjil Bills, in order that a clause might tbe_ inserted granting power io Councils to aub'sidiettte operations of pumping machinery in gold. rain, ing'districts within their jurisdiction, "cither from gold : revenue or' local' rate's,"as might be found. advisable.-,,- IThe.thud.-reading of tho Counties Bill has, however, 1 been carried in tho Assembly, and we have heard nothing of the insertion of such'a clause; as that to which wo have; referred.- " i " :

• As intimated at the last meeting of tho Hospital Committee, the ' variou*: ? foew societies took early action on the request time they should participate- in an Hospital fctosimilar to that held in Parawaijasfc year, by oacb appointing acornmiltee of three t» act m exjunction irilh-fco. others. A first meeting of those committees' will bejhed-.- o-ni row evening at Mr Honiss's office;' Mcn-street, to consider the form the fete should take. ■■■Wo muM suggest that .the ■■co-operation, of the Volunteer Companies.and the Fire Brigades might bo sought, in .order Jo thoroiiph success. -in

Captain Fraser.'-Wsident Magistrate and • Warden for the Thamera'nd" Ohinemuri gold mining districts, understand, leave (ji » l : abfcencl fo'r a 1 period of fire \vdcka.' His pities; in the meantime, performed by Majdr Keddell, Sesidenf Magistrate and Warden of Coromandel- district;: : ::,:,'.' '■>■■ W:! The singular, heartlesanesa of some «| v ;th,e : "'Chinese''residents,of :, Sa'nJ' Fxancwco is ioriibly illustrated by"'a recent'incident, ■which is thiia described., AbouFten, o'clock,, on r| a ( t certain. mornihg'noli I6ng' ; ag6i t! fcwVChinamen "visited a| •prominent undertaking" establishment in San ■•; • 'Francisco; and the spokesman, who.talked very " good English, taid:—" One China woinau.ilie mucke;di6 ! ;jiTel:want[ to- '.btiry her twelre o'clock." A man was dispatched for the city'

physician-to make an inspection;and'giveiacs; . tificate,' and also to take the measure of the dt •..■[.ceased M^au,-iThepair, wended itheir way't Brenham Place, and in a small room on th third floor, laidbuton'a mat, was the supposej v corpse.-.- The undertaker, thinking j.ouly of hi. ' l husines's, "pulled,out' his tape-line, and askei the doctor to hold one'eidoMfc while the size o, the coffin required was ascertained. , They wen a little surprised as tliey'stfetchecPthe lino ove; the body to see the woman turn slightly ant open her eyes, tlie'Chifiarnea expressed no sur, • prise,, but pimply said.:—•',-' Qh, deadib; 'twelve o'clock,;',' .The doctor, i careful'examination, 'said' that the woman waj beyond -help, '-'arid : was oa'the'eye f 6£ dissolution but the.undertaker decided that'it would be ai well to.postpone!the;;{uueral.; .Except inthi case of prominent and wealthy Chinamen, whose..eatateSj.bear tho expense, of a lavisl api-ead' l 6f" varriislied' liog and' other funera meats, the Chinese almost invariably hurry,-ofl '■' ; their"dead''to the 'cemetery "before' 'they art fairly ■.cold.'i These experiences are: frequent and there can be little doubt that many a pooi ,-Chiri.aman;is;:put:untler'':the' sod b'efore'lif'XiS extinct.— Newsletter. j ' :; ''At'4he' j: lasfc : 'Wesleyan Conference, held ir June,' itwasJdec'uMthat a great'ehange was t( be made in their organisation, and that hence; forth' the: Conference was,to 'lie cbinposed oj 220' ministers and 220 laymen. This altera; tion .was.carriedby a very-large ; majority. /Witt the" vast changes, political and otherwise, that have lately taken 1 place in Great Britain, something of jtho kind was;tp With tho presoniladvariced' ideas on self-government; it was hardly just for the hierarchial party to keep tq.themselves the ; sole.control of ,aff»irs concernißgth'e'Wesley.an'Churcli generally. In all doctrinal points' full power should be conf ceded ito them, 5 but in all matters, -the : church being.itself a human .institution, some of, the '■'- laymen'•constituting ''its'congregation' should have a voice in. its management Because the machinery has so far worked well, isno reason - why it "should notbe'imprbved'.so' as" to meet the spirit and the time,, and Mr McArthur : : (says the ' South Australian Advertiser') " met the question with just enough of a sneer'.to .-''bring-th'e injustice of the organisation clearly before the British mind by observing that 'all o|her bodies; except the Church of itpme, have lay representatives.''! .The Wesleyan Church ; is one pi th'e'most widely spread and prosperous religious associations' in every p'arF of the world ; where the English language is spoken, and their mißsioniinKjland Tonga-have -met. with; the . most, gratifying and .successful resulta. It-isj ' thererore,'a matter of congratulation that, they : have made'such'a laudable in the cause -.of feligiouVfreedoiri.—Cite. i; -'' ; ' !ili '' " '' ".'""' j •,-..,, ;°:;;; ;■ J •.;-,■.• .■• m -.-j-.>: ■ "JJJ! "<• {, ,X- J »'J- i "Apropos of the Cork election,'l heard inJre; land some month 3 ago, a. charming, story about one of the candidates, : The' gentleman was at the time Mayor of Cbrk;"-and''it should be premised i;thatihe is:slightly lame. During thq lerm'of.hisVmayorality, a race came off on the river iiea'bctw'een boat clubs belonging to the historical and rival cities of Lime iok and Cork; ; Limeripki won; the;day,:and It'rerriehdous excite-; mcnt.raged in the thoroughfares of the cities.' During its height, a t'elegramreached the Mayor of Limerick, purporting to como from the • Mayor of Cork, couched in the following terms .■; —'.' Your -limerick ,crew. beat us.to day; but,: for the honour of Cork, I hereby challenge you for a stake of £50 to row a measured mile on. the rifer Lea," Now,' the Mayor of Limerick had-orily' one armj and seeing hv this • message from his cousin of, Cork a deliberate insult, he,remembering that, the mayor.of Cork was not complete in the matter of legs, 1 furiously penned. a telegram to this effect:—"lf you want .to : avenge-your disgraceful beating,to day, I'll hop you over-Wellesley Bridge for £100 " The mayor of Cork, it. need'hardly be said, was peifcctly innocent arid absolutely ignorant of the dispatch of,the first telegram,- and recognis-j ing in this message from Limerick the addition of insult to injury done to the City of which he was' Chief Magistrate, by the ill, fortune of the.Cork; '■:oafs, j;; he ; 'g'alifi"e'd himself 1 by : ' informing "the. Mayor, of: Limerick that he was "a cowardly! spalpeen," The correspondence was subse-j quentlyicontinued By th'e'Jso icitors of the' res-: pective mayors, and-took several days to reach! anramlcftble conclusion. —A' Atlas'' in the; ■'World." '' u ' 1" ' :.1 j

IWBostm ■'Traveller-tliti* that d school teacher who had enjoyed' the",henefit : of a!. long; practice, of,.liis : . profession,'., a'ad ha'dj.waiched closely the influence of a newspaper on.the minds; of a family of children, gives a result of his ob- ; seriate; 1 that witKottt exception those scholars! of both .sexes and all agea .who haye access to!; newspapers 'at iome,When'comi,ared with" those;' •who have not:are::^-l. : Better readew, excellingj in pronunciation,''andconsequently ! read more; ;>nderstandingly:, /£;sftey,,aW.better, spellers, \ ',ahdidefi.he'words with ease- and accuracy*.: 3,; They obtain a partial'knowledge of /geography,. in -half tie, titne ; it^ re'jirdreyoih«^ : : pajeri'Bas made them 'familiar'; yithjihe iooation i 3of important places and nations, their 'governments and doings! grM-i marians,'for. having become familiar with every! '•Variety of atyle.ih the hewapaper, frqui common- ■ ■place' adveitiaemeh'fa :to,: and.classical oration of the statesmen, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text; and conBequentlyanalyze itsconstruction with accuracy.

' Mr Punch, is informed that' great'satisfaction v reigna.,among "the. members' '■ of. the- Women's .Eights. Associations throughout the country in consequence of the information'received of a i revolution having been effected! at'. Consta'nti- ' nbpleby the" Sol ta" portion of the community.

Ahont a fortnight'or three weeks ago (writes tho .'Mortlake Despatch)- we. published the particulars of suicide by Mr John'Patterson, of Terang, who was on his way to Ballarat with some live stock. . It will be in the recollection of our readers that, having had a heavy drinking bout, Patterson's mind became temporarily deranged, and he was found .by'bid companions lying dead- upon the roadside near Skipton. He left a; widow and alarge family of children, and now follows another pitiable' part of the story. Thojuicideof her", husband lias'preyed upon Mrs Patterson's mind ever since, and the cpnseqaence!hss been'that,.some days ago ijhe 'manifested.evident symptoms of insanity, which have at length become'so developed that she is utterly unfit to be;;at. large. the 1 Terang Police Court,, a,' .charge- of, lunacy ; was preferred ; against her, and the -Bench ;deemod:it necessary that' she' should. be' sent 'to : tho Kew Lunatic to'which effepon 'order was made.,' /

.To ihbPodhoat the Thames Qoidfieu).A gentlemon fopmany years in ray employ is now in England ■= selecting, on my account, goods specially "adapted for this province.:'- -To make room for consignments shoi'ly. expected; 1 shall, for the present, offer n;y large stock (to which linvite ydtir attention), at unusually-low with!,extra..allowance for cash'. 'My Book Siock comprises Standard Works, in Theology,- History,<thei'cience?, Travel, Fiction, and Poetry; elegantly-bound Gift and Tablebooks; many thousand volumes.adapted for children and' young, .persons, .libraries, and prizes; Educational' Books (used in the schools under the Board of Education); Technical and Toy Books, Maps, Ac. In Stationery ,1 keep full stocks .of every, description required for the desk counting-house, and private use, To teach'ers.pdV the,; Board L'act as agent—receiving and forwarding' their salaries monthly. I shall be happy to supply Lists of Works ia any department of. literature. All orders .with which I may' » e ' ■ faT <> ure<i will ' receive my prompt and careful:, attention. - Edward Waite, 101, Queen-street, Auckland.—Setit. 0 31870. •" '■■■■"■'■'