FREE PLACES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 7

FREE PLACES.

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL 'DIFFICULTY,' HON. G. FOWLDS INTERVIEWED. ' TJio Iloli. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, waß.interviewed by :a representative of The Dominion yesterday,• with-respect to tho accommodation difficulty at the Wellington Girls' High School. Ho was asked, whether tho negotiations 1 between tho/ Government ' and the; College. . Governors .with.'regard' to this matter were atiy further'advanced. f'ln his reply, the ■ Minister sflifl,,t)i.at,;v,'l)en,;tho Government conceded a ;£10;00p for the, provision; of additional accommodation at the Wellington Boys' College, 'it Was distinctly understood -that, the > consent of 'tho college authorities as to the admission of proficiency, certificate-holders to. the institution applied, with equal force to. applicants for'admission, to the Girls' High Seliooj. In : his opinion, the two colleges were one foundation. \ Thc_ Government acted fairly- by the , governors in making as;it did ; thb:.necessary additions at the boys' college, and lie was .not prepared to concede; anything further with regard, to the girls' . college-until: pro.fioiency certificate-holders wero admitted to that institution; When that wAs done, the Government • would .then,'- if. necessary, provide whatever additional accommodation lniftht be required.7 ' ' . Tits .Dominion ; representative - remarked that tho College Governors insisted that the Government should Bulihiit proposals for the provision of additional accommodation, btv ' fore they will consider the question of admitting profieieney certificate'liolderS. ■ ■ ."I am not going to do that," replied tho Minister with decision. A gathering of peculiar interest took plaeo at the University Club, Liverpool, when Sir Alfred Jones entertained at dinner scientists who, under the auspices of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, liavo been engaged in expeditions' which the school had sent to tropical countries. Sir Alfred Jones said Liverpool had "shown an example t<) the whole world, and the work had now become intPrnational- i a circumstance lie hailed on behalf of humanity. The result of united efforts' had been to reduce deaths in Africa ffom 30 percent, to 2 p6r cent. Eulogising the soientiflc attainments' and devoted heroism of the individuals which hod led to this result, lie'declared no praise was too great to accord thorn. Malarial fever had been reduced to small dimensions, but the scourge of sleeping sickness had -yet to bo got over. A telegram from Raleigh, West Virginia, states that a number of Italian labourers who had been drinking beor at'ft local pub' lic-housb bebame ill. Examination, showed that all wero suffering from tho effects of poison, and an investigation of the barrel revealed the presence therein of a dead rattlesnake. Eight of the unfortunate men subsequently died in grOat agony. : The otherd word likely to recover. . > Commercial Travelers I—Make yaur trip .bucoessfulby utilisiritr the New Zealand Express Co.'s services. They, have sample rooms imapproaohed for. convenience, and can handle your goods from end to end of Dominion. Officio: 89 Customhouse ,Q«ay. . ■ C6S2 - LADIES' TAILORS, .1 The oldest and best firm in Australasia. New Styles in Coats and Skirts from X 5 S«,, Skirts from £1 10s. Nodine and Co., 70 Wellington Terrftea. 01019 I ■ "BRITANNIA" CYCLE TYRES. : 7"Britannia" WEST COAST SPECIAL i B a lino specially .mado for: roughest wear under most unfavourable conditions on the : West Coast. The New Zealand Postal and Telegraph Department, after thrco years' experience,, reports them entirely satisfactory., All shops. &YCLE AND MOTOR SUPPLIES, LTD., WeiUngtefe Can