NOTES FROM COLAC BAY.

Western Star, Issue 452, 11 June 1881, Page 2

NOTES FROM COLAC BAY.

(FROM 088 OWN COBItESFONDENT). j The long-lrtoked. for at iast ?! On Friday (3rd inst r ), morning, iho cutter Ariel dropped her anchor in the bay at 130 o'clock- Her-passengers,.,-glad to see their kaik once more, left her half an hour , later. - The. schoolmaster, who had been on the look-out fpr thb past three weeks for his charge,” about .daybreak, went up and welcomed these the first landers. Mid- . day ToiuuT, tha XkppxsK Xasslp*utter) rcunding the point from Wakapatu. The natives on board belonging to that kaik had-withjtiu-ir mattourbirds safely . put. ashore. Dropping aochtirQ. in Cqlac..Bay fpr about an hour, thesecond party of our Maorics (every bit as pleased looking to' see home again r: as party - r i riu iiiher'" foiifc) a %ero rowed >0 ashore.•- One cutter- was stilLwanting to make “ our minds easy.V ; ~ After an. anxious and cutter .“Jane t ßluff) put end' to.all further-surmises by letting us have the completion of '"** ourTamily' Sunday-='.rAll are well, and have in return for their journey and labor-vp “fair ” recompense. Owing to the reverse of favorable weather they.had to (against their inclination) femain oii tbe island three weeks beyond>-the.. : .usual/, time, twoweeks, pf-which they ,had (to use their., own expression) to do without proper-*. “ tucker,” their provisions being all used. On Friday evening a meeting xyas formed in the schoolhouse. -The schoolmaster explained- why he had on such short notice called them to-, gather; stating as J. H. Pope. Esq .*•-.• Inspector of Native Schools, was in the district, he wished all to be in readiness on his arrival at Colac Bay;, Thebusiness of the evening was commenced, by Mr Lindsay reading and explaining. ) (with the able assistance of Mr W. Spencer, mate of the Ariel, who acted 1 as interpreter) the rules for their and bis guidance.- A committee was then formed,:, vis., Messrs Tupi (chairman), ,Boko, Kiti, Pahe,. and Moko Symon. Mr Lindsay stated he did not intend to let his labors end with the instruction of the young, but together with Mrs Lindsay would meet with the adult portion of the natives, both male and female, every evening for two hours. Government allows Native teachers to receive fees for evening classes.- Mr Lindsay in referring tc this matter said ho did not want mouev :

in exchange fcr instruction received, but expected in'return they would try and do what they could, to show mm by attention to their own and children’s education, that his efforts hnd not., been thrown away. In speaking of Europeans attending the evening classes, the schoolmaster stated he had been waited on by three different people anxious to join, and nothing now would delight him more than to see an animated rivalry- kept up ■•'between the two “ colors,!’ satisfied that in the “ race for knowledge ” his Maori piipils would; hold, their way. 7 The meeting lasted over two hnurs. - .tohn Hay, Esq.j Di(«tricl^ufv#yqr,'pyel sent during the ■ whole" of thelpfoceedingfi.. • v „>i ;v-----The district Surveyor; just, men-" tioned together with Medsrs Hannah and Stevens;, cadets, and 'chainiheh.hAve been busy for the last two months cutting up into- Ip‘rand 20 acre-sections the land round what ought to be/ohe r day the.“ Brighton ” 6'a Southland (I inean our own Bay. Colge).,. A rfipet 1 beach no oriecotild wish for, and the land round about, I. don’t hesitate; to state —as I have been oreH i¥« r wifh' ! Mr Hav—(and have bear'd '££-■ perienced people ben't'mb■will ground with, aiiy in pleased to heat .. frOin .welk versed ” that a, ndTnhet nf the^pdlidW were 7 so ! Arid that we cap, have vermnent indulgence in -r<?our Oropfuki railway, .o xo<l * to* bIU: ... ix y ;. : »< * ;\ r ‘;.arv| 1 pushing ■for^^fd-! fjyqsfc in connection . with ripm sawmilkc They hare gofe. ; their engine tip from Hiv6rton, and*! all■<Will' b6 c abesm. how. •• : Captain West of ':the, ; favorite (and. d,Qee.rvedly sp) of£opr Kiatiyea, tcjhaips with his cutter ?dt;a 'day ot two to allow them time ; tb ; tnalye' annual rt , the bas been Bpe6fOT^mte'd , J} gp]fte- ; S 9hpfi*itf?p mm day, everythin g-hn proper working order. t ? ri