Wanganui Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1878.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 3217, 29 August 1878, Page 2

Wanganui Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1878.

According to statements made at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday there is a great dearth of female teachers in the Educational District, and lady assistants can neither be obtained nor retained. Those who serve an apprenticeship with the Board as pupil teachers get married, generally before their time is up, invariably wheu they are competent to take a responsible situation under the Board, These female teachers give the Board as much trouble as all the rest of their business put together, and the most difficult problem the Inspector could put to the teachers at the forthcoming examination would be to find a way to get over the difficulty.

The Rev Mr Lee lectured last evening in the Wesleyan Schoolroom to a large and' interested audience. The subject chosen by the rev. gentleman was " Richard Baxter, his life and times," one that had been previously treated by him in Marton with such success as to elicit a general request for itg repetition in Wanganui. The proceeds of last night's entertainment are to be devoted to the building fund of the little Wesleyan Church at Aramoho.

There is on view at the shop of Messrs Pollock and Young in the Avenue, the splendid carcase of a fat heifer, weight 10841bs, from the farm of Mrs Watts at the Westmere. A finer beast has never before been exhibited in Wanganui.

At the last meeting of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, held in the Wesleyan schoolroom on Tuesday evening, a resolution was passei to admit lady visitors to the meetings of the Society. The question of the advisableness of this course was fully canvassed at the inauguration of the Society, and on several subsequent occasions, the result being in all cases against its adoption. Many of the members of the Society who were unable to be present at the last meeting now complain of the ill-ad visedness of such a step being taken in a hurry. On a point of so much importance to the society, notice of the motion to admit lady visitors should certainly have been given, to have allowed all those who might have had an interest in the matter, either way, to be prepared with their arguments. There had previously been some talk of the incorporation of the Mutual Improvement Society with the Young Men's Christian Association. This will scarcely be brought about now.

In the Kesident Magistrate's Court this morning, before E. Hardcaalle, Esq., R.M., Henry McCann was punished in the usual manner for drunkenness. The case of Lundon v. Whitlock for a confiscation order on articles enumerated, was called, and Mr Hutchison, for the defendant Whitlock, intimated that the claim of his client on the same artioles was withdrawn. Mr Fitzherbert, for the prosecution, called some formal evidence to prove the seizure of the articles under the Distillation Act and to secure the order of confiscation applied for. This order on the articles enumerated as against the claim of F. Whitlock was then granted, the R.M. refusing costs to the Solicitor for the prosecution, The only other business before the Court was one Maori civil case in which judgment was confessed.

Mr A. E. Exley has been appointed Wanganui agent {or the Colonial Insurance Company*

The monthly Government Inspection Parade of the Wanganui Rides will be held, in the Odd Follows Hall, to-morrow evening afc 7.30. Afterwards a special general meeting will be held for , the purpose of considering alterations to the rules.

This morning as some cattle were being driven tomarketdown Wilson Street, two of the beasts became very obstinate, preferring to run over the gardens of some of the residents than to travel quietly along the road with the others. The result was that there was a scattering of women and children who, however, managed to escape without receiving injury from the apparently over-driven animals.

An nccidcut occurred this afternoon, by which the horse ami bread care running for Mr J. Bain came to grief. When near the residence of Mr Sharpe the horse suddenly stumbled, and,f ailing heaviiy.tbe shafts were broken and the harness damaged, the driver andsborse being very Jittlo the worse for the mishap. Probably our paper will be in the hands of some of Mr Bain's customers before the staff of life reaches them. This will explain.