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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 400, 27 February 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

[non OUR OWN correspondent] WELLINGTON. Thursday; Great dissatisfaction has been caused a Taranaki by a reduction in the allowanc made to the friendly natives. , An accident occurred at the reservoir yesterday to a Corporation laborer named King. A valve at the end of the tunnel being raised when the tackle gave way, and the valve came down on King's hand,, completely smashing three of his fingers. The Bufferer was taken to the- Hospital, when it was found necessary to amputate the first joint of the forefinger, second joint of of the middle and third fingers./ The patient is progressing favorably, / Steamer Wellington will be despatched on an excursion trip to Nelson on Saturday, returning on Sunday evening, so as to give visitors an opportunity to be present at the opening of the prize firing, The total amount received by the Post towards the Irish Relief Fund up to dato is £540.

DUNEDIN RAGES.' ' Thursday. • . The weather is very dull, and a heavy fog hanging oyer the hills, but there.'is very little likelihood of rain, The Governor and Lady Robinson arrived o.n the course early. Two totalisators are at

work, and are well patronised When the first event started 2000 people were on the 1 course* y _ { FREE HANDICAP. Lima ... v i'..i_-*-.. ... 1 \ OnDit .'.* .. 2 Tera 8 —Won-by a-nose after a capital race. Time-1.48. CHAMPAGNE STAXES Sir Modred 1 ■ Perioke C01t... ... ... 2 WaimeaColt... i 3 Time—l.2l. DUNEDIN CUP. Mata 1 Titania ... ... "... 2 ' Foul Play, ... ...... .... -3- ...' Time-3.56. •' '•■■' LOND.ON Feb. 25th, ■• In the House of-Commons ;a motion was made to restrict the duration of Par'liamenfc for 1 five years; also, to abolish the immunity of Members of .Parliament and others from arrest, Both motions were;defeated. , •.'.'.,. ' ■■,"'.■'"• CALCUTTA, ... . Feb. 24, .-. :The Finance: Minister made a financial statement in the Legislature- to-day,/ which was very favorably received. 1m surplus- shown amounted to £400,000. There will, therefore, be no increased taxation nor loans floated. ■■'"..

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FEATHERSTON. —■ ■ ■'♦' (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ' February 26th. Me Wood's bale of stock at the Wairarapa Yards yesterday was a success. Stock was well represented and buyers were plentiful. Besides local butchers, Wellington and the valley townships were 'represented. ' The remainder of Mr Hastwell's stock of horses sold well. Sheep were sold at from 4s to 6s 6d, and a few store cattle were disposed of satisfactorily. A new feature in the yards was booth by host Toogood, which had the tendency of keeping buyers and (Sellers together. The number of the visitors in the township also made-it a little more lively, and had the effect of stimulating trade. On Saturday last a cricket match was played between the Lower Valley and Carterton Clubs, which resulted ir» a victory for the visitors by some 30 runs.the day was fine, and the game passed off pleasantly throughout, On Saturday; next the .local School Olub play' againßt a combined team from the Upper and Lower Hutt, In their last encounter with the Hutt'boys Featherston was victorious by ten wickets. I am'glad to hear-that the.' lad. Yelverton, who was injured by. a fall from a horse, is not bo badly hurt as was expeoted. He is once more able.to-getabout. •■■-■-

(Abridged from the IN.Z, Times.).The., .usgal; monthly meeting of the, held yesterday'' morning. the- absence: of'W Hoii 0. J. Ph'arazyn), the Yen Archdeacon Stock,' Messrs^ ; - : Bjjnyj,-:MiHi.Bii;-J!poinath, r I"ii"d"Chas?Ph'arazyn. - ' .FINANCE. The Secretary (Mr Lee) submitted" the usual financial statement, from which it appeared that the balance at r the. Bank was £110216s Bd. The payments made' since the last meeting were £2B4M9s'6d. The pay-sheet for the ensuing month-was passed to the amount of £1758;135.6d!'; .''. TRAINING COLLEGE.'' .^ The Secretary reported that by;direction of the Board he had addressed a' letter to the Education Dopartjjfleht, applying for a grant in aid of the Training .College about to be erected, antwubmitted a reply from Mr Hislop, promising to lay the Board's application, before the Hon the Minister for Education on his return to Wellington. . Mr'Hislop also advisdfthe Board not to delay drawing up the necessary regulations for the College. ~ After some ..discussion the matter was referred to the Standing Committee to draw up the necessary rules; • ' ; GOVERNMENT GRANTS.... . ■ Another letter f rom Mr Hislop was also submitted to the Board, recommending the latter noj to enter into any contract beyond the'amount already voted by the Government. ... /The Secretary reported that, after pay- , 'ins; all the present contracts, the balance of the building fund amounted to £525. Mr Pharazyn, however, pointed but that after paying for the furniture tenders te be opened at that meeting, the Board would not have a penny left.

.•-:■.:•- ut -TEARO SOHOOLS. The' Chairman suggested that, notwithstanding the state of the Board's funds, tenders shpuld be at once called for the new Te'Aro Schools, and that on receiving such tenders the Board should wait on the Minister of Education and represent their financial position. Not only ivere-tho -present Te Aro Schools overnwded and ■ inconvenient, but much blame had been cast uoon the Board for not removing from the new site in Willisstreet the old cottages, which wore a deciied nnisance. Archdeacon Stock concurred in the remarks of the Chairman as to the!condition of the present Te Aro Schools, and stated that the new ones would I in all probability cost £4OOO. / After some discussion, the suggestions of the "Chairman were agreed to, and the question of removing the Willis-street cottages was ordered to stand over for the present. ~ FIRE BRIGADE POR NEWTOWN. '. A deputation of the inhabitants of Newtown waited on the Board to ask for the grant of a small portion of the educational reserve for the erection of a fire station,. . Another deputation, representing the Newton School Committee, also attended and opposed the application, on the grounds that the reserve was none too large for educational purposes. Considerable discussion took place on the matter, in the course of which' the Chairman and other members expressed an opinion that the objection of thelocal committee was unreasonable, but at the same time, feeling themselves bound bythe opinion of that committee, refused the application. NEWTOWN SOHOOI. The same deputation from the loca' school committee asked that an open drain passing through the sohool premises should be covered in, and that a portion of the premises should be at once levelled. ■ The Board considering that both works were urgently required, the Mayor promised to bring the matter under the notice of the Corporation, to whose province it properly belonged, The School committee also applied for payment of the Corporation money for the December quarter. The matter was ordered to stand over until the next meeting of the Board. ASSISTANT MASTERSHIP. : A memorial from the four, head masters of the four city schools was submitted to the Board. They claimed that in consequence of the insufficient stipends of their head assistants they were constantly leaving or making changes, the result being injurious both to the schools and to the pupils. The Chairman' reminded the Board that ;he salaries of the head assistants were inly £2OO per annum, and expressed a rery strong opinion that that sum was ;otally insufficient. The matter, however, lad been before the Board some time ago, md they found themselves unable to deal with it in consequence of want of funds. Mr Bunny agreed with the remarks of ;he Ghairman, and was of opinion that he whole system of educations and sala'ies would have to lie revised. He moved hat the application stand .over for a and that the Secretary in the ueantime report upon the whole question. PROPOSED.NEW SCHOOLS, Deputations from Whiteman's Valley Taita), and from Petoni, waited upon the loard to urge the erection of hew schools 1 those localities. In the former casethe lhabitants offered to give a building site nd the timber for the school, aud the poard agreed to favorably consider the As to the Petoni case, the Board promised to see if a site could be obtained from the Government, and a deputation consisting of the Mayor and Mr Bunny was appointed to wait upon Ministers.. It was stated that there are eighty children at Petoni whose parents are chiefly employed by the Government. MR GURR AND THE SOHOIARBHIP EXAMINATION. Some further correspondence was submitted to the Board in regard to a serious irregularity committed by Mr Gurr, the head-master of the Featherston school', at the scholarship examination in Greytown in August last, This matter has been fully investigated upon previous occasions. The Board, appearius satisfied with Mr Gurr's apology, declined to re-open the matter, especially as the local committee appeared-equally contented about it, The Board then adjourned.