The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 721, 19 March 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1881.

We have before us a copy of a card for , the collection of postage stamps ior a deposit of one shilling in -the Post Office Savings Bunk. On it are squares numbered from 1 to 12 upon which postage stamps are intended.to be affixed. 'These cards are supplied gratis to any children who attend a .public school, When the card is filled up the holder of it, say a boy of nine years, or'a girl of eight, takes it to the nearest postmaster, and a shilling is placed to his or her. credit by the Government,. Children are to, be. taught to take care of their pence, and to become gradually' , the happy owners of shillings, and the proud proprietors of pounds. It has been objected that the system tends to make little misers of our young folks; but it must be evident to the.mOst superficial- observer that the colonial, tendency among juveniles is rather towards waste and extravagance. They do not understand the value, of money, and merely regard it as a medium,for, the immediate acquirement of., lollies and cakes. Economy requires; to be taught, and till it' has been inculcated, we need not fear that the minds of the young will become narrowed and sordid. The best way - for a child to obtain a practical idea of the value of money is for him to be the proprietor of it, and to possess some capacity for retaining it. Later he may be more readily taught to earn it,'which will be a still better lesson.' A contemporary speaks of.the "cursed lust of gold," but this disease is by no means a common one in the colony, and is not likely to be. We are not at all sure how far the experiment will prove a success, but we do feel certain that it is one that is worth trying. Mr F. H, Wood has set a.very good example at Grey town by presenting each child in the school with a card, to which a first stamp is fixed; If in all our schools a start of this kind were made, we would soon see the value of the speculation. This new arrangement of the Post master-General is an attempt to sow good seed. Whether it will grow in the soil on which it is to be cast, is another question. We trust, however, ;o see it spring up and bear fruit,

The Masterton Highway Board meets to-day. Mr W. 0. Williams' liorso Danebury camo in fourth in the Napier Handicap, and third in the Railway Stakes, We remind Masterton of Messrs J. lorna & Co.'s sale of cattle, horses, produce, and household furniture this afternoon.

Mr J. M. Girdlestone holda a sale under a distress warrant at Mr Hanson's near the Railway Station, at 2 p.m. to-day, On Wednesday night last a box containing 401ba of gunpowder with a burning fuse attached, was found on a ledge of the wall of the mansion house—who would not bo the Loid Mayor. A meeting of the Creditors of Mr W. Morrison, is called for' Tuesday the 22nd inst., to consider the debtor's application for his discharge. The meeting takes placo at the Oourbhouso, Masterton, at II o'clock, a, in,

Wo have received a now advertisement from Mr W. Bell, of Deniion House, announcing hia first display of autumn and winter 'fashions for this evening. The advertisement is too late for this issuo, but will bo found in our front page 011 Monday.

It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the Rev Mr Douglas will conduct divine aorvice in the Presbyterian Church, Masterton, to-morrow. Mr Douglas is a scholarly man and a capital preacher, He has done good work in Canterbury for the past seven years, and recently has been called to the more important field of Hokitika. The Rev Samuel Williams, who haa been holding services at the Maori pah, To Ore Ore, is expected to preach in St, Matthew's Church on Sunday evening next, and the Rev C, Melville Pyin, of England, an able and earnest preacher, will preach on Thursday evening in the same Church, The service which would othorwise be held om Wednesday evening will be postponed to Thursday evening in conseouence

Mr J, lorns&Co,, in our advertising columns announce a sale of 100 valuable horses, 200 head of cattle and 1500 sheep, for the 14th and 15th of April, on the farm of Mr Andrew Coclcburn. It is wellknown to all that Mr Cockburn has carried off with his stock more honors at our local pastoral and agricultural shows than any other farmer in the district, and the coining' sale will boa sort of red letter day for breeders and purchasers of pure bred stock. We hardly see how Mr Bunny, M.H.R., can reconcile his position as a provisional director of the West Coast Railway with his office as a representative of the Wairarapa, To show the position of antagonism which the promoters of the line take up towards the Wairarapa, the following extract from a letter written by Mr Travers will surely suffice" Now as to those residing in the Hawkes Bay provinco, and in the district for twenty miles southward of Woodville, on the line of the Woodville and Masterton road. For all these, Woodville would be a common point of departure. From Woodville to Palmerston- is seventeen miles, i and from thence to Wellington eighty-two miles, whilst, if Foxton were the terminus, the distance would be increased by fourteen miles. From Woodville to Wellington, via Masterton, would be about 130 miles, with five miles additional charge for freight and passengers by reason of the Rimutaka incline So that it would be better to project a line frdm. Woodville for twenty miles to the southward of it, in order to enable the occupants of that district to reach Wellington through the Gorge, than to extend the line through the invervening country to Masterton, Mr' Lee visited the Opalti School on Wednesday last, and examined the children in the various [Standards. He expressed himself ashighly pleased with the whole of'the work done, but to those in the fourth Standard ho addressed a few words of approval, especially to a little fellow eight years and eight months old, who, he Baid, was the youngest he had •passed in that Standard, and told them they had passed a most creditable examination, The following is a list of the names and the Standards under which they passed Standard I.—George Douglass, James Douglass, Donald MePhee, Alice Welch, Lily Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Fanny Duckett. Standard. II Arthur Hunt, Mary Campbell, Margaret S|flith, Dolly Welch. Standard IH— Harold Welch, Easter Douglass, Effie Welch. Standard IY.—Hugh Campbell, Hugh Welch, Alex MoPhee, Donald Smith, Herbert Welch, Archibald MePhee, Walter Welch. Sarah Campbell, ,Amy Welch, Minnie Welch. Standard y,—William Welch ,

We hearfroiu,reliable authority that it j is the intention of Messrs Schroder,- ( Hooper & 00, to make their first grand t display of Autumn and Winter Millinery, ( Drapery, and Clothing at the Hall of ( Commorce, on' Saturday, March 19th, ( consisting of 71 packages and bales. As j the bulk of their magnificient stock has | beeii imported direct from the. manufac- | turers, the public.e&n .rely.upon obtaining. ■all'the latest fashions and 'designs of the. ] season at extremely low prices. We j would advise all purchasers and lovers of • fashion to make an early call at the' Hall of Commerce and' inspect their stock. ' Their advertisement will be found on the front page of this paper.—