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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 28 April 1880, Page 2

■ The present expenditure on Education in ' this Colony will probably cause discussion during the approaching session of Parlia* naent. It is calculated that if Great Britain spent a sum proportionate to what New Zealand expends on education, including, school bnildings, the annual bill would com f e to about thirty-three million pounds sterling. It is believed that- either an annual rate will be levied on each householder, or school. fees be instituted. [ VVenotioeLy the Conterbury papers that Walter Wormald Buyftild, brother of Mr A D. Bayfeild, died on the 20th instant, at Timaru. The deceased was only 24 years of age, and was engaged in the Eeefton Survey Office, about two and a half years ago.. The cause oX daatlli w«a* tj|)hoid fever,, and

general sympathy ib expressed at his unttmely end, Roller skating has b,eew revived in Beefton, and promises to become an engrossing winter pas^-time. The members of the Fife Brigade asgembled for practice last night, and went through a number of evolutions in the *n» gine«room. The muster, however, was very small -too small in fact for the efficient working of the Brigade. The prospect of the early starting of the Low Level Tunnel has had the effect of raising the spirits of property holders at Black's Point, ac tfw t success of the undertaking will no doubt lead great importance to the plt/ce. The usual monthly meeting of the Ooanty Council' will be- held at the Chambers, Smith-street, at 2 30 p.m. to-day. Any person wishing to witness aa infantile volcano can do so within a few minutes walk line's" has been on fire for several month's past, and continues to burn very actively. The fire has caused several large fissures on the"%ill side through which the smoke ascends in thick sulphikoua clouds, rendering a too near approach rather unpleasant. It is questionable whether the fire will ever be extinguished/as it has by this time obtained a strong hold. The only means of arresting its progress is by cutting the seam, some distance ahead of the fire, but this would be a very expensive operation, and is not likely to be attempted by private enterprise. Ihe time will probably come when the fuel will b,e considered of sufficient value to the colony to justify the Government in incurring tho expenditure necessary taputoutthe fire, but at present it is hardly so. A meeting was held in Dawson'a Hotel on Monday evening last, for the purpose of forming a Philharmonic Sooiety. There was a fair attendence of those interested in the matter, and after some discussion it was resolved to form a society to be cal'ed the Eeefton Musical Sooiety. Mr J. Lynch was appointed bon. secretary and treasurer, and Herr Schmidt, musical conductor. It was decided to send to Victoria immediately lor the necessary music. The nights- of practice were fixed at twice 'weekly 1 on Wednesday and Friday evening*; ' TheiTociety at present consists of ten performers, aad will probably be increased to fifteen in the course of a month. Mr H. E. Curtis, Counties Auditor, for the Provincial District of Nejson, yesterday completed -bis and yearly audits of sthejfinjinces'ofthe inangahua County.. ; The balance-sheets will be published in our next issue. The first sale of unclaimed animals, which had been impounded for trespass, took place at the Pound on Monday lhsb, They conjsteted of seven goats. . The lot weie knocked down to Mr Mallet. It 5b isemarkable how Boon some of the New Zealand woods decay, and this is found to be peculiarly the case with telegraph poles. The lnjeJbeiwefih JRe'efton /and ' Eye'H • is scarcely four years old, and yet the poles have rotted so as to become quite useless, and hence the necessity for removing tbem. The only timber which appears to stand for- any length of time for thie^ purpose is the heart of JbtariJ.and Ihe LdjWibniof thiat timber sppearirlb be*nonS r foo long.^ Ther expense of renewing these lines is something relatively enormous, and the time will probably come when some successor of Edison will find a means of dispensing with them i altogether,? Pending eupb. a desirable , oon« 'summation', manufacturing ingenuity may possibly devise some substance, out of which to manufacture poles capable of laughing at time and the elements. The great cost of transport of iron poles must-, apart from other considerations, neoaaearily prevent .their utilisation) but there seems to be no reason why some such substance as papier-mache might not be made imperishable, and at the same time capable of aus mrering alj; the purposes required of telegraph poleß. i There" is suppjied rbj: three? 'fleig&bWing Cdllniesi^ The deficit of Queensland at the end of the financial year is expected to be £116,000 that of South Australia £100,000, and of Tictoria £350,000. The deficit of New Zealand is estimated at £1,800.000. The attention of Aliens is called to the fact that they are disqualified from voting by the " Qualification of Act 1879-" Those wishing to be enrolled as Electors had better take out their letters of naturali - sation. The Grey Star understands that proceedings have been, or are about to bp, commenced against the Greymouth Jdckey Club for allowing the Totaliaator to be worked at the recent race meeting without having obtained the permission of the patentee. IThe earnings afthet New Zealand .rail ways for the four weeks ended' March 6th was £60.306, and the expenditure £42,980. The per centage of expenses to earnings was 7778. The earnings on the Greymouth line were £767 0s 6J. and the expenditure £313 7s 7d. This line shows a larger per centage than any other railway in the colony. A large meeting of miners and business people qff Rosa was held in the Town Hall Boss, on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of considering the advisability of working Boss Flat, bis Worship the Mayor was in the chair. Several resolutions were passed to the effect that it was desirable to at once commence op erations. All those present were unanimous in advocating the undertaking and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout, A' *hare list was opened and headed by the Mayor and almost every miner and business man in the .room subscribed their n,amee flares, js«| mostteartily con 7 g ratul4<v ojlr friendslo RoMtfpiJa th ? Steps they have' taken in this matter, and trust that this long talked of scheme will be successfully carried out. From information received, and knowing aa we do the gentlemen who hatra. taken this affair in tfandwe" are pleased to say that this matter is fairly under way. A full report of the meeting will appear in toemorrow'&'-issue.*— •TimeSi * • Under the head; of" unfulfilled promises'

the Northern Advocate says : "On dit that Sir George is oolleeting information regarding the unfulfilled promises of the present Government, with the view of showing the House that the Government got v on promises which they- ha* no intention of carrying out. Sir George will make capital out of the fact of the Property Tax not being levied, and it h rumoured, the cost of assessing property and collecting the tor will ba so great, that Government will maie-th-a a pretext for not bringing it into operation, while the land tax is abolished', and the wealthj relieved of their fair share- of the burdens of the country.^ of Sir, George Grey believe that he has the material with which' to moke out a nasty case against the • Financial ' Ministry. The liberal Party .complain that the Government Rave done iitfl* for Auckland in the matter of Public Work* hare nSp/ -#o adequate recotfipen^ for the Buppo¥ of the « four ;' have not fulClled the promises made,, at 4ime .oUh*: "secession. We can aaswer of the veracity of the last clause, as wa have seen a memoranda which, if published, would be sufficient to dakfib "9*7 .Ministry. We yet hope to see the- S4ll Government come out with clean hands.' Messrs Galvio and Inni's new paper, which will be produced atHawera within a few days has been jegiutered as the Hawera and Normanby Star, Patea County Chronicle, and Wftimate Plains Gaztte.