Educational.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1894, 8 October 1886, Page 2

Educational.

The Noitli Canterbury Educational institule will bring forward the following subjects at the annual meeting of tbo New Zealand Educational Institute—l. The rearrangement ot the standard syllabus, so as to make sumo additional subjects optional, and to distribute the work over seven standards instedii dl six. 2. That the drawing at present required hard, eepeci ally for -Standards V and Vi. 2. That Inspectors should be placed under the Central Department. 4. That the number of pupil teachers should be reduced gradually till the proportion is one pupil teacher to one inlult. 5. That an examining syndicate should bo appointed to conduct the inspec tion and examination of secondary schools G, That the syTihus of examination of pupil teachers should ha uniform throughout the colon}, the examination to be condio-ted l.y the Central Department that it is dosir. able that the engagements of pupil teachers he for live years before their admission to the Normal school. 7. That rule Got the standard ’•emulations, 1835, ought to be amended a follows —the words, " During three quarter 1 ' preceding qua’ter in which examination Uhes piece, ’’ to he omiftol, and there should be '.’’.sorted tn theit place ■ lt;: • lust examination," and that words ■ invee quarters" (repeated) should be iltered to "Such petiod.” 8. Thatintendinp pupil teachers should undergo some leriodof probation.

Mr R A Wakeliu offers a reward of £lO for the conviction of the person or persons who drove away or stole a red cow from his pad- 1 dock at Tanherenikau.

Mr Arthur Hawke, of the Greytown Post and Telegraph Office has been promoted to Marton, Rangitiki, Mr Hawke will leave Greytown amid the congratulations (mingled with regret)of his numerous friends. In fact, we may say that Mr Hawke’s friends embrace all the district, as among all who have had occasion to come in contact with him, there will r-e* be one who will not wish him the success he certainly deserves. He has been always diligent in his duties, civil, obliging and affable, and bears a most irreproachable character. We have received the first number of “ The Australasian Fireman,” a journal, as its name indicates, devoted to promoting the interests of the Fire Brigade Service of Australasia. The new journal is well printed and fall of information suitable for fire brigades. *“Theae are days [when the public are imposed upon with all sorts of nostrums, and we are dosed with chemicals very often when we think we have the real thing. It is therefore with some pleasure that we find another colonial industry springing up in our midst and the Government analyst reporting in the most favourable terms upon the manufacture. We refer to the Dunaek Sauce (literally " Beat me if you can ”) just introduced to the public of the Wairarapa by Mrs Gordon, the sole proprietor. For the last three years it has been under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor and several of the first families of the colony and those who have tested the merits of this condiment speak highly of it. We hope that a local production, backed by the report of Dr Skey that it; is perfectly wholesome, pleasant, appetising and an aid to digestion, will ;find favor in the eyes of the country settlers.

A Featherston correspondent has written a letter in which he calls attention to a practice which is becoming rife in that town of sending anonymous letters of a very unchaste character to young ladies. We are glad he has mentioned the matter, and we give publicity to it in the hope that the scoundrel who has degraded himself by so doing may be wise in time. A little circumstance may cause the offence to be sheeted home to him in a most unpleasant way and we are sorry that he has escaped detection up to the present. Our correspondent also calls attention to the fact that a certain society paper in Wellington is furnished by a Featherston resident with items which are hurtful to the feelings of all decent living people. He is under the impression that the author of these items is the author of the abominable letters. Who is it ? The Intercolonial Stock Conference is holding its sittings at Sydney; The questions of pleuro and scab were dealt with, also catarrh in the sheep, a resolution being arrived at that sheep affected be destroyed and their owners compensated. The Council has postponed the consideration of the Land Tax Bill for a week, the members insisting, to know definitely the intention of the Government in regard to the Income Tax. A Bill on the question of the New Zealand cattle rates is being discussed in mercantile circles. The Wanganui Herald saysWanganui seems to be losing its good name as the healthiest tAn of the colony. Last month its death rate was the heaviest among the small towns, and almost the heaviest in (he colony.” Opotiki has almost completely recovered from the effects of the shower of volcanic debris, on the 10th June last. The grass is everywhere looking up splendidly, and many people affirm that feed fis better there at present than is usually the case at this time of the year. The Minister of Mines has published amended conditions under which rewards not e ediug £SOO will be paid for the discovery of new goldfields which shall yield 20,000 ounces < f gold within two years from registration of the discovery. Mr Ballance expects that in the course of six months or so every native on the coast will have his own particular section of land to live upon, it being the intention of the Minister to take vigorous actions to secure individualism of title.

The Hawke’s Bay Education Board have a have a rule that girls must wear slippers during school hours. The Lancet, which is a publication admirably calculated to send nervous persons into lunatic asylums, declares that people who drink large quantities of tea first become " wildly excitable,” and then the sense of hearing goes. The English Astronomer Royal has succeeded in getting an appropriation (or a large telescope. The new instrument will be manufactured by Henry Grubb, and will have an aperture of twenty eight inches.

_ In a firm of Dunedin auctioneers’ adver«. tisement of their twenty fifth annual sale of stallions, Ac., appears the name of “ Sir Robert Stout, foaled 26th December, 1884.”

New South Wales already owes fully fortyone millions of money, and before the works now being authorised in the House night after night are completed, something like 45 millions will be the amount of the debt. Even at the average of 4 per cent., and on the whole the average is more than this—that will represent £1,800,000 a year for interest, and the worst of ft is that by general confession there is nothing final about it.

A Oampbelltown (Bluff) debtor, who sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Court last week, attributed his failure to bad Hour, bad debts, and a bad oven. A good many debtors might add--if they would add another item to the black lists of the causes of insolvencybad habits. Sander & Son’s Eucalymi Extract. Test its eminent powerful effects iu coughs, colds, influenza ; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling —no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc. ; diarrhoea, dysentery; diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Iu use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty tho King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibi. tion, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and reject all others. An avalanche, threequnrters of a mile long, great breadth and depth, of solid snow, recently occurred iu the mountains near Browning’s Pass, Canterbury. Plies and Bugs, Beetles, insects, roaches, unts, bed-bugs, ruts, mice, gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by " Rough on Rats.” Kempthorue, Prosser A Co., Agents, Christchurch.

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Yo'iintoer recruits are directed to a notifies* li ■. in ci, other column.

iur hailance leaves Wellington for the Wairarapa on Monday on matters connectc 1 with the settlement of various blocks ot land in the district. It is understood that the members of the several village setlements will entertain Mr Ballanoe at a banquet at Masterlon on the evening of lus arrival there.— Post.

Mr F. H. Wood held his usual Tantihi stock sale at the Taratabi yards yesterday. About 140 head of cattle and 600 sheep wei a yarded, and quitted at satisfactory prices, some few which were passed in at the sale being disposed of privately afterwards by the auctioneer. We noted the following as the prices obtained in sheep A fair lot of 340 ewes and lambs, 6s 3d ; hoggets, 7s 3d ; dry|ewes in good condition, 10s ; culled ewes and lambs, ss. In cattle, dairy cows were quitted at from 60s to 110s; two and three year old steers, 50s, 555, 60s, and 655; heifers, 45s to 60s ; yearlings, 30s ; calves, 21s ; pigs, slips, 6s 6d to Bs. A few horses were submitted, but there being no demand were passed in, Major Bunny has postponed the class firing of the Greytown Volunteers for one week (until Tuesday next) owing to the range not being ready. A Greytown case, Heagcrty v Haigh, will come before the Supreme Court, Wellington, next week.

Mr F. H. Wood requests us to draw special attention to the sale of general merchandise, household family requisites, furniture, early seed potatoes, &c., which will be held at his Greytown rooms on Tuesday next, the 12th iusl. The auctioneer's instructions are peremptory, to quit every line without reserve, so that heads of families, storekeepers and hawkers will do well to attend the sale. The trial of Hall and Miss Houston commences at Christchurch to day. As many as sixty four witnesses come from Timaru. There ate lawyers, doctors, bank managers, policemen, chemists, booksellers, storekeepers, laborers, and two or three women servants, all of whom will be either called by the prosecution or defence. Messrs Rising and Cox, of Carterton, possess one of the best furnishing houses in the Wairarapa. They are practical manufacturers and turn out excellent work, and their shew room contains articles of every description. Persons furnishing should pay this establishment a visit, when we feel sure the prices and the stock submitted will compare favourably with Wellington houses. Patties about to re furnish for Christmas, young folks intending to get married, and indeed all who need furniture can be supplied from a cradle to coffin at this establishment. An attractive advertisement for the firm is held over uutil next issue.

His Excellency the Governor is at present a guest of Mr W. U Beetham. The Kentish Lass left Cambridge Gulf on 27th September with a numbers of returned diggers for Melbourne aud Wellington. Au elderly man named John Finlayson was found drowned in a river at Gisborne. Ha is supposed to have committed suicide. Daniel Wilson, a settler in the Upper Pelotna Valley, Marlborough, and a member of the Boad Board, shot himself in the fore, head yesterday. The Totara Lodge of Druids at Carterton held their quarterly meeting on Monday night, Brd Yule in the chair. The report and balance sheet were adopted. The iinan> dal position of the Lodge was considered most satisfactory, the surplus funds being well invested. Bio Horn, tlie Secretary, was commended for the manner in which he carried out his duties. The Lodge alter passing all incidental accounts for payment, proceeded to harmony, Bros Gardener, Gayfer, Meyrick and Armstrong contributing readings, recitations and songs. The members of the Lodge at present are all free from sickness.

Inspector Drummond! has resumed charge of the Wairarapa District, and ii taking steps to extirpate scab from Mr Liverton's run. The Daily understands that the department Ims been recommended to destroy the flock consisting of 4,500 aud compensate the owner.

In the case MoCardle v. Taylor. Claim £2OO. Alleged value of nursery stock, and damages for unlawful detension, just decided in the District Court, Masterton, the following judgment was given by Judge Davey upon the evidence adduced 1 find the defendant responsible for wrongful detention of the property, the subject of this action, and for damage resulting from such detention as from 9th September, 1885. I adjudge the defendant to deliver to the plaintiff (or to allow the plaintiff to remove from the land of the defendant) so much of the said property as is still in the possession of the defendant, or in default to pay to tbe'plaio)iff the sum of £B4 19s, or a proport tion thereof for any portion of the property not given up as aforesaid according to the valuation taken during the hearing of thi case for the purposes hereof. Also to pay to the plaintiff a sum of £25 as the value of that portion of the said property which had been sold and disposed of by the defendant. Also to pay the sum of £lO as damages in respect of loss and deterioration in the value of the said costs. Each party to pay their own costs.