NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

:■;.'. (By' TclcgrnDh.r-Presi Aeioclalion.l • A BOARD'S COMPLAINT. •"TREATED LIKE A LOT OP, OLD V' ' . ; '■•■; -,; a.' WOMEN." ■ •■' ,'-,';,-; '.".;;■•; '•■:' < New, - At the Education Board meeting to-day, a liscussion ensued on tho suggestion of tho ; , : Department, that : the board should;) consult tvith-Wanganui - regarding a proposed new.■•-. school, and it was resolved: "That.the .board ■,:■'■ regrets ; that tho. action, suggested as-'to.-con- ■'•-■■"' [erring with Wanganui ! Board boforo"opening;', i- bchool at Oco" was not adopted in tho"case- ' ■ of-the Makaka'School'when'it was erected 'by.■•: ,"'-. the Wanganui Board when additions wero contomplated at Awatunii; In every case ; this'■•'■-. board carefully' iuqilires' into, all the facts be-fore..-any" stops • incurring 'expenditure arc on.',. teral into, and'.'arb'.of opinion that thcy'aro. ' . in the host position' to judgo the rcquironKmta''":-if-the district." " The: mover said the board 1 , was being treated like a lot of old. women. They did not seem to bo able to do anything - : fight.. Everything dono was being criticised by.. " tho Department, and they wero not given credit- ■ for any honesty of purpose'at all.-v;.,'; ■■;•;''.' '"; DOMESTIC; ECONOMICS. ." -' i V- , A PROFESSOR;. TO :BE APPOINTED. .-■}■ -..'> ' -■'; ..-.•"-.'■ Dunedin, December 15. ': At a further conference with Mr., Studholrae ■'■■' and the Citizens' Committee, the' University . :■' Council agreed'to tho. offer of the latter to ', give a total guarantee of £500 a year for four . years.for a chair of*domestie:ccbndmi'cs;* This, with the- anticipated.subsidy by tho Govern. ' : ment, -.will mater£looo per annum. :■ Included in the offer is,£7s for.a laboratory,' and jEIOO travelling expenses for tho,'; first, year. '-It was ',- then resolved that on tho.ifeccint of an.assur-' ' ■■',' ahco''of an annual Government subsidy of jj for £on £500, Sties Anna C. Hedges, MX, '' be appointed professor at' .£SOO per. annum for ■'■""'' four years from January 11, 1911. Tho council also allowed £60 for travelling esoenses'to l New Zealand,' am} ,£IOO for.research' frivolling ; ".' should the appointee- so elect. It was also re- ■'"' , solved that Mi«s authorised,to en-.' gage an assistant at £250 a year. Miss' Hedges is 40 years of age. She'graduated at St.'Louia )'■'■■: in' ; 1884; and has had a distinguished ..educa. tional career, embracing arts, music,' cookery,-' and domestic: science. She is now principal' : of the Technical' High. School of New' York, :■;■, '■■-. FORMALLY OPENED. ;'-;;; : ChrUtchurch, December 15. \Thc handsome new buildings at tho "corner ol'.•■■"''Cambridge- Terrace and Hereford; Street, in ■ which are boused tho Young. Men's Christian,'- ; Association and the Boys' Gordon Hall, and . which have been occupied by those, institutions - for s>mo time past, were formally opened thia : : ~,-• afternoon in the presence of a -largo and-rep'ro. '.' sentativo gathering by Bishop Julius. .-It was. ..•■'■ originally intended and, arrangcd,,,that.his ,Ex- ■'■'. cellcncy tho Governor .should open the build-' ings, but his Excellency's duties in connection,'; ' vtitb. Parliament rendered; it necessary for him■ ■•■..' to cancel the engagement; ••..,,. THE FREEHOLD. . ::! •" : " ; Christchurch, DeoemberK. ■ ;' At a meeting of tho executive of the. North' ' branch;-'of tho New :Zealand' Farmers'-TFnion it-'was decided:—"That this executive approves of tho proposal to'allow Crown tenants to acquire the freehold of. thoir '?: ' lands, but is averse to the. principle of th« State claiming any sharo of what is oommonlj, '■■','■ and incorrectly called unearned increment.".. > ; A "CHART" SUIT OF CLOTHES. "; ; : : ■:■'■ . . Napier, December : l4. r ; An important decision. affecting the. tailors* - award, was given' by tho ;> magistrate (Mr. ' MCarthy) to-day in a'case in which E. H. '. ' Ricketts, draper, was charged with a breach'of the award-dealing with bespoke work. Defendant took an order for, a chart suit, to bo niado. up in .Wellington; but tho magistrate held that v.' the fact of tho suit being factory-made was not ( : '.:• brought-under tho customer's notice,-and," a breach must bo rccordod. A, fine of-£5 .was; imposed. .-. .. .-,-,-. . ' ;. , ~ ... .;. ,i ;: CARPENTERS' AWARD. , Napier, becembcr-.H.'- , _ Mr. M'Carthy, 5.M.,; to-day gavo treserved:-'.-' judgment in a caso in which tho Inspector of '' Awards'claimed a penalty from H. J. Holdor ■ , for breach of the Carpenters' Award in failing to indentnro his wn's,-whp-wero workin'R , for liihii".'"Thb' Miigistratd ; '>hcld that - thV'A'r- r " '•' bitration Court-intended that-the employer should'bo subject under the award to a dutr to -teachi his".-■ trade : to all • learners,-'irrespec '•' live of-whether.'thoy- 1 wore his children or not " :and gavo.judgment-.for-plaintiff l for,'£2." •■•:•"—■- j