FROM THE “STAR” SIXTY YEARS AGO.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18901, 28 October 1929, Page 8

FROM THE “STAR” SIXTY YEARS AGO.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND NEWS OF OCT. 27. 1869, Native News.—News, via Wanganui, states that Kooti, with a hundred followers, has gone back and entrenched himself where M’Donnell attacked him. He has dug up the bodies of those killed and carried them away. He has also sent his women down to the Wanganui River, which looks like a determination to fight it out. Provincial Council discussing the Thistle Nuisance. —Mr J. S. Williams moved the Council into Committee to consider the following resolution: ‘‘That in the opinion of the Council it is desirable that the inspection of thistles should be undertaken in any district by the Road Board of that district, if the Board shall express their willingness to undertake the same; and that a respectful address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to place on the Supplementary Estimates a sura sufficient to pay to every Road Board which shall undertake such inspection, the sum of £20.” It was well known to hon. members that there was really no inspector of thistles at the present time, although an Ordinance was in existence. By that Ordinance a man was called upon to inform against his neighbour, but people had a natural dislike against adopting such a course, and the result was that thistles increased and did a great deal of mischief. 53 53 53 From a Leader. —Mr Hawkes moved the Council into committee to consider the following resolution: “ That his Honor the Superintendent be respectfully requested to place upon tl • estimates a sum not exceeding £3OO for the maintenance of the Christ’s College Grammar School and Christchurch High School.” The motion for going into committee was agreed to, when Mr Wynn Williams strongly opposed the resolution brought forward by Mr Hawkes. He did not, says the report, consider it fair or just that sums of money should be appropriated for schools of the description mentioned in the resolution. He contended that these schools were intended for the children of the wealthy oT well-to-do people only, and that they should be the last to apply for a vote of public money. He would rather see £3OO given to one public school, in order that poor persons might be enabled to send their children to it free of charge. And he denied the Christ’s College Grammar School was a school for all classes.