FLASHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5491, 10 December 1884, Page 2

FLASHES.

Some of the Roman Catholic Schools in . Canterbury have requested that the Government Inspectors should examine them. The Board requestel them in future to send ia applications earlier, the present requests, wing received too late, otherwise no obje'otion would have been raised. • A Christohurch tailor wa« fined £1 for having 6 girls working at 2.50 on Saturday afternoon. The Act-oays : " Every female, young person, Or child shall have a holiday on Saturday afternoon from two o'clock, and on Sunday,- .Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter' Monday, and any other day set apart on a public holiday with* out loss of wages, ■ • ' . •• At the Distriot session in Ohristchuroh, of the Wesleyan body, the following resolution was passed, on t^e motion of the 'Rev Mr l.uxford, late of Patea? "That it be a recommendation to Conference that a minister be appointed forthwith to attend to spiritual wants of Maoris in the Wauganui district." A cyclist was fined £l in Christchurch for riding on the Papanni footpath. A member of the S.O. Bicycle Club rode from Timaru to Burkes Pass and back, a distance of 108 miles, recently in a day. In his lecture at the Waikato, Mr Vaile said it was a bad sign when they saw the population crowding into Auckland instead of settling on the lands and producing goods for export, and furnishing a carrying trade for the railways. ' s > , 11 Ada Mantua's" prize of £100 for tipping the first, Becohd, and third horses in th 6 Melbourne Cup goes to a Mr O. Beeby. Two others tipped the trio. ' The young minister of a country parish church in Forfarsbire rather astonisheoWhis congregation the other Sunday Ay proolMm' ing his own banns of marriage. Happily, only' the benediction remained to cbmpletfe the service, and the congregation thus 1 had an early opportunity of congratulating eaoh other on the possession 1 of so courageous a pastor. , „ , r The Geraldine Cheese Factory 1 has. 'turned out two tons aa yet this sea'sOnj'-and the Waireka Factory eleven tons. Wanganui has turned out over fourteen tons-. I Hanoock and Swan are coming over to New Zealand by the, Manapouri to take .part in the 48 hour's walk at Dunedin .

265 bales of hops were, exported from Nelson during November, making 2027 bales this season, The prospects for next season's crops ate good. < , The Nelson Sohool Committee recently expressed regret at having to state to the Education 1 Board that "a considerable amount of larrikinism " existed amongst the boys at the Haven Street School. Dr J. E. Taylor, F.L.8., ecßWrof " Science GosSpjip jntenda visiting the Australian ooloiieTin April next, for tbe purpose of giving scientific lectures. As punishment, the Motupipi (Nelson) school mistress recsftly inflicted 48 °^|»ij| and Kept the ohijS|f for four weeks.

In rshisr shis issue appears an advertisement from Mr Powles to the e%otf that he is BeekingMection on the Insurance Board of Commissioners.