LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 707, 5 January 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

_ I have to confess tc.020 failure since 1 became Mayor,"' said Dr. Newman at the Teachers' Conference yesterday, as the rasping, of a" car'outside; interruptedhis address of welcome to the delegates; .-J. /nave, , not been .able: to.'run , : s ilent °?i rs, hearers: siniled .-sympathetic-. a ".y--. Before; the forenoon session i tertheir nerves.- were' so ■■: overstrung by the incessant- grinding of. the -cars- that .they,.unanimouslyVagrsed to conduct, their - deliberations in a remote corner of the Y.M.C.'A.. Buildin?, away from; the noises' of.. the street. The afternoon session'was proceeded with in a peaceful.calm. : ':i:;.v .•.. ■■/ i .:. ■■:,. ... - ,

Quite a remarkable feature of'tie past year in/.Wellington has : beenv-the number of representative conferences -which hare in. the .city.;-Wellid'ton; as his Worship' the: Jlaypr observed wb«n welcoming .the delegates to: the Teachors' Conference, at the XM.CA,"Building yes-, terday;morning, is becoming a'sott; of Mecca/or Ho)y Land;, a:place of : pilgrim-: age.resorted.to by.'sooietiesVinititutims', l sarnte and- sinners once 'a. year.' And they .seemed: to .benefit by their koiourn too, he, said/'i-■ ,- ..' .>■.-,-■'. -.".-. '•■■ •-.-

n n «? m , lner - w h.o ■Bpent. a day;, up tiie ■. Uhau : River.; says that 'opals . exist in : the ;raßges; for.-.he.'found traces of; Hiem,,says,the "HprowhenuarChronicle."' Xhev are as, hard as flint to work; :aud would -reguire. capital; ;As ■ to> gold, -v he found very fine particles, Twhich evidently, came.from, a : reef. ■ If gold-is discovered in a able: Quantities in v tho. Tararuas .he ~ eves:it.:will;be very..h'ne,;not discern-, lblo/.to :.the naked eye,'.but-permeating the.stone.: ■■; .■;'>.-; ':'^<: : : :^.'-±-;:-, ■■'':■ .■'.■■■:■■

. .After about'another .;week or/ten, days the Hawke s Bay Association i of Hastings "expects to be handling no,fewer,;than' 1500.cases of fruit' daily, says the ■.Dannevirke '"Advocate.",, The :fruit :cropVis. >abundant;:this'- year,: l and the -.. company \ look forward to. establishing; a;.record; V-' '-a , \.v,: '■ >•;, \:i ;'■-., .:-\i;'.~. .

:vThe following, are' a few of the Tokaanu . trout, catches ■ (principally •■ fly)':.'for : the week ended; December 31:—Mr. R. Jones, .19 fish,...weighing. liSjib.: ■Messrs.- Prowse, ■Bprlase;.and:M'Beth,' off Wanganui,-' 18 ■fislii .weighing: 1591b.,- largest 13|ltoj.' Mr; A. D..Shilson, l . ; 15-fish^. ; weiEhing; 13211b.: ■Messrs.-Stubbing' and--'Chase,'- 29'- 'fish, iweighing 2201b., largest 1 Ulb.;- Mr/ Logan, of -Napier,-: 9 fish, : weight -901b., (2 hours) • Major Blewitt and the Hon. H. Wigram, :M.L.C 1 .,:22 fish, weight 200ilb.r>Messfs. Montgomery and Grace, 17 fish, weighing 173J1b. His Excellency Lord Plunket and a party of >five arrived at Tokaanu on January 2, and are al pTesent camping in one of Mr. Jones's fishing camps on the Tongariro River.

~-Regarding, the '>proposed ; ; Arnst-Barry. •match >~on- ■;■ the..'Zambesi ■•■ Rivor - it'ap-: pears.: (says ■ ,our -,iWanganui .-'cprrespond-- • ent)v i i-wat"Vlhe':V'ehttinpibnsliip/. l title'->''. : is: not '.involved. 1 .;.1t-.isV:tb;;be '. a .'match race;:■! forg .a.;;'purse '% only.'- x Under '■ the", circumstances, , .Arnst is.'at ( '; i liberty : .to.row. : anyone he' chooses' in the meantime for.the , title.: v! The champion is'respecting-the. orticles for. the' Barry race-to, : arrive': any, : time■; now,; and '.. until, they Kea'ch - him '.no I .' : thing definite:; can ..be said.'- : .; ■,'■• •. : .'. : '..' •. ■ ;

:; who has', always. taken, the': very: keenest : interest in : teaching : school children' how,, to ', look I'after;.themselves;in ; the\water; will resume/his purely honorary duties a,t 'the-.TorArb Baths at 3 o'clock this.-after? noonV. Mr.' Shields ! hopes to, he" , able', to , contihue'tho'fjood;'work every'WfeaWsday} ; ■■; i : I ', : -''/. ;■ ;'

.•■'■■ Half: a; dozen: foreigner's' , arrived; here 'by this'Moeraki from Sydney yesterday: : aftei,-; noon. •■■ One; ■■ of,, them-7-a. JPinr.-TWas unable tho .education v\test, v :and ( ,has'/.in consequence been hold 'Tip. by,thel Customs", 'authorities.'.:.:" ; ;V- ; /C: Smi , -/, ;..■■;' ''i-;^"';/: ')'

.■/' What, a :iack- of'■• ability to^soeak ■- publld'' , p.revails ;; . , ;diaris !■'.,. edys':'. the' "Canadian :' Courier/' . "Whenthere .is a : public'gathering of any kind, :in;churches, ; ,Canadian.cliibs, boards; of;trade, , business, banquets 6r;*spcial'.'din\n¥rs;v;al.mo$ i t//.t|ie.^only.?Bpeak6rs i '.are';'''the.. politicians! and theLlawyers';. One , seldom; hears ;ari/address from a .University/pro-' fesspr,;. a Ahigh'. school • headmaster,, or : in-' spectori : a doctor, a dentist, a .banker",:al'.br,oker,';or.aVaianufacturer.. have.ipn the ayeraße,: I as/much': education ae.'.the,: politician' and : the'.lawjeK :Even ."the preacher, is".eel-. I dom : -h'eard:':in,.lay : meenngsj':when',.he leaves' the,';.pulpit■'.he .seems to ■ lose'.' his. power; of i niaking .addresses.'' \, ,'■ ;••■,./;,", ,: . Discussing . : a'"motion"; by the Nelson Te'aohers' '. .liistitutei;. that■:•;further; cpn>: j,ferences,,of: district branch, delegates-be. located : annually at: Wellington, , instead of ■;being- arranged '. in '-' a ' perambulatory. system,. .the;: Teaqhers';;.Conference; /yes-; terday expressed pleasure .in'the-circum-';stance'that: greater :fore-was' now,,boing given. .by/;th"e. newspapers jnrNew-Zealand:-,to questions "af-. fectiß^- education.: -The assistance of -the' .press..in certain' matters:affecting■ the' in.terests ' oi ;/the.iteaching'.: profession-...had been of material help ,to;its' members in. .'their efforts ,to -attain 'better .conditions: of '.service/', and; it behpyed--'the:, .'how.: that ;it .had got.'into closer.-touch with; the public, $o ''maintain :that\.posi-; tion/iand this policy, ; .could :better be ■carried•'.but by. conferring at;a;'different' centre oacli:; year. :" ; ;f>.";; ■v.'".-.. 1 -"''.-'-.'.•'.'■'

■■■'. A v message /States • that ! . ? Mr;. Charks:Henry' Moss,. a.. gentleman-.yery] well, known- in: connection.;with, philanthropic work amongst, seainen.ywas' neaf'ly murdered',in,his.biid■■.by...aix; Vknowri: assailant", who. escaped: as mysteriously as. ho had appeared, leaving no trace of his identity.' Cash : ,totallinp ,yC7 12s; Cd.; a silver, .wdtehy.and., a ..leather: puree .'were stolen .from beneath-.. Mr.: Moss's pillow, .'.but'-'.the police/, aro.'hot inclined to'. . the belief that robbery was, the." incentive 'to the /attack;.,-'.•. Mr...llpss,; retired "at •■' his lodgings-in Milton Terrace,: Dawes;Point,j at r . about : niidnight-,.; and'.wasV awakened, later j/by' the .presence, of ~a : stranger' in his "room. ■.., He. had. ; scarcely opened .his eyes' when ': a'figure'- sprang,.upon' him, 'and- , ' , ' with.'.some ' heavy instrument;' believed, to have'lieen/ah. iron. dumb-bell, ; he :was.<: dealtytwo•:' terrible ' blows^. Me on 'tho temple andv one-on'.the -top., of the' head.; .....He . remembered/.no .'more , until ■ his 'landlady, hearing groans, /went to his r'oom, : and found'him ,oii the bed. with'- blood ■; streaming from..'the ; wounds. Medical.'aid. was obtained,'• and-Mr: -Moss' was., removed .to,: the : 'Sydnoy; Hospital, ; and it was found that"his skull had been 'badly.■■fraoturedi':.:V.-,i.-'- i r-;. : ;-..■■..;■;■'.;■. y:■'■■;•?;'.!■%.;

"''rßducakon by .Travel'' isi the,aim,of a league". known as , .the; , Young ■ Australia .Leaguoj' which; was'.'started in- Western' Australia in 1905,- : says; the " Sydney. . Morning' Herald." ■ \ It. in its ranks a large j number of : scKoolboys, close .on a thousand,of. whom' , take , jurt in annual's tours. Xast; year ■'■■ the boys by' means 1 / of ■ contributions . "and sayings', accumulated a;: sum ■; of. S1000, ; and have started on a tour of ..the: eastern .under ...the care of the- president of the league, Mr. John Tucker. They loft Promantlo about a fortnight- ago, and after reaching Adelaide will* proceed 'to .Melbourne and Sydney.; ■;■;..:^. :}•;...\ r•■ :

'A .sturdy supporter, '0f , ., modernism; in teaching is' his Worship : the Mayory i)r : : Newman. .Latin 'and Greek, for example, liavo evidently no place in his affections, antlho eaid so quite plainly at the Teachers' Conference •yesterday,.' during ■ his brief; address ■ of, welcome , ; to the' delegates. . "Abolish such': nonsense' as 'Greek, and -'.Latin," V-lie' said,j : with emphasis. "There is no, heed/for thein, and I uni only sorry that-my .son 'has wasted so muoh: time in learning Latin when, he might have studied something. inoro 'useful. -Sweep away the cobwebs, and try. to give the'chilnroh the kind.of know, ledge that will fit them' for' the battle of mo."■■'■•• :'.■■■.: .-'y:•■:%. •.;;•■• ; .,i v ■~;

Shampooing, Clipping, Halrdrosslng, Manicuring, Fftco Massago, Treatment of Falling Hair aud Dandruff, Combings made' up. Natural Hair-pads. Mrs. ltolleston (over Carroll's). U Willie SH«et. 'Phone 1599.—Advt<

jOn Monday evening the : usual fortv nightly .meeting of the Pacific Lodge, No'. 8, U.A;0.8., was held in' the liniids' Hall. The business haying been finished at an earlier hour than: usual,; the mt;ni r bers indulged in an evening of harmony. Bros. Parsons,-Barley, Isaacs; Bingham, Patten,- and: Jenkins contributed ~to.;an: excellent, programme, which was very much appreciated. The vocalists were accompanied by'the lodge organist, Br'o.. Dring^ : ' .-'-..■ '"'. :"■•■. .■■.:'..-■■■. -... '. v: ";:',

; At a confirmation.service-in St. John's Anglican Church, Gundagai," Bishop Barlow, of Goulburri,. delivered a -vicorous" address on and applied it. to: both homo and national .life. He -declared that gambling gripped the.people , with - such; deadly i force as to constitute, the greatest blot upon, the lifo;of:the nation. His indictment was directed.as much; against society people, who should, set an example, as against the form of evil with which the people were familiar. Some, of .the houses: of the .supposed best .olasses were v at times; turned, into' verit-' able .gambling, dens, where'ipeople,'-'/ a'l-; leged to be assembled out of .friend-; ship, sought to take:from .other, people what .they had : not 'earned. . -.; His, ex-'. perience in Australia of garnblinß, with its sinuous, .snake-like^. .souWestrdyihg forces,, left; upon his mind tho sad ;im'.pressipn ;that it : .was, worse .than; one might: expect from the lowest xhaunib in Italy and. the .'slums of Naples. Even some of his own .friends, he. .was. sorry to' admit, sank'away'their;'.substance, through ';such ohannels ; .:,asc Tattersall's. Gambling,'--:..above: everythipe; else, was the nationalcurse in'AustralJA. His advice to , the pe6ple:;of Australia,', if: they .desired -to save -the nation-from being .totally strangled;by .tho.':-great. e.vilof gambling, : was.: to .'fight: against , all , . temptations_ in that direction, including, playing 'bridge' for - stakes.'. ';■ -j '';,-.'■

.-: An interesting ■review; of, : the -progress of .education': invthe,;early, days off. Hie' Wellington district was given , '.; by Mr;: Robert Lee- at: the Teachers', Conference, yesterday. v ; . When- ha .first ■-toqk.s'Up; hisj duties'as school:' inspector,,': the-condition of education was -sadly; ;m .need-' of ■ unprovement. i... The teachers. : --mostlj.; ivero men and-.women'-whoihad'had, ! ho preparation, 0r.., training:' for :';thoir,-work, and only about, qne-.third of ;them.could be classed as v fairly,'Eati'sfactqry..:'': ;: The;: schools •'were of- the; most" primitive kind.' Children' : .were, taught in - whares," in- f purroomed' .cottages, adapted - to; the purpose of'.olass-room" and-teachers'.; re-; sidonce, and-even in ■block-houses/' where hardly , any: light ' penetrated ..to, the : 'interior.'," ; : - : - ■■■••';■■":- : -''V'' ■'::•' '■-'■■:-■:■£■["■■ i;:■ '■;■;••''?■::'vk:■■

■ From", the : , beginning ;of Ithe;new .'year' the ipreparations for;the. taking in 1911 of; the first. Australian 'census- managed by the Commonwealth".; : ,will'-- : 'proceed;; with;, some, celerity, saya,/the,'Age.";;'■ The undertaking ■•'. is u< .one » of, much ;.'greater • magnitude ; ; than;: any icensns. heretofore taken in .this country, because. - .tHd':prga&v jsing'workmust include..the."entire con-: ,'tinent, inetead of.onlyVa single State;;as 'in: the/past,'.and,';moreoyer,';the,yojk; '■'it; is. promised,' -will '■; He; "more.systematically.:, and . more scientifically ■- .done; than,"ever; before,.and'it./willshaye.an Imperial and international such; a's ! no'. an- : terior,i,'censusv. : iniV Australia; ;ppssessetl; The 'consultations.;that; have takenVplace, in" ; Europe' .between.: Mr.,-Gr.; ■H./jKnibbs;, the'-Commohwealth, Statistician,' : a.rid; the leading; statists,of .■ foreign countries,; havei been , ;productive 'of Mnuch benefit .to :ihe-. Commonwealth Government.;,-Mr... has,'as a, result,; report, on- his; revised ..proposals .for/the 'coming,- ;;■ ■;'■''•;■; '■■<:■ ; ; ■ .^;; : ; ■';'■ ';..

: 'Greater' things, were. e'x]>ected; - of. ; the, motor; pos'tal> caxs, '■ .which'- have. been/ in. use here - for. some , ! months, 11 than'"have been realised.:!'Mr;j:Eoliertso'n,'■ secVetarj of;.: the'. Post'; and .Telegraph; how; holds .that, until. these 'yeh.iclesvare = more '.reliable ■• it ■ is '.not', ■.adyisables■' to ..ohan'gel.frbm l the-^old , .' system.' as .he;;could learn''on' his'recent. trip,.such; 'cars ■ were !successful : inVplaces' like ;■ lion-; don,* wherfl'.'.the roads are asphalted,-'and-!'where;;there .are ..few fhills.'C/and , ,\yhere : .spare'■ parts:;,.'and■"repairs.'{are; instantly, ■.'available.:. .;,It-,i5..; generally.;.: recoEnised: .that- the; .'p'etrot car ■is faster" than;horse-: ■■dfa , ra':'vebiolM.'Vv;'':- ; Wnen:V'.fa'nders- , -';'are; for: the .next,:contTact,-ih;lipnd6ri: : it'is ■ the • intentionf to i iegulre. a "greater' pf6pprtion ; of )cars. to bft-.used. :' : . In-Ber-;, fin/ia;,'few!i'cars' ;are".:'in use,:.and;. ; apijear;; Itb do ;their:..work ..well:r.-but ■■ the'-:iost ~ o fß6e':-f«lie iSv'prineipallyV'p'n;\horMiar!l.wn- ' vehicles. Fr'eqiienlv , '. breakdowns , ; ;.l;.avo' ■rendered the. services. ini',Welliugton ; 'iferj,; Mr.' : y-Eob6rtson;«ll,iis,-' ■ theref or.e; :.tecomiiiended :that; there; be'.;no; that , the. cars,now■Hγ; .th'e.'possessionuof ;! 'the; Department), be;. disposed; of.;.;'.■ s';.'''!:,

v,' A saddrowriing accident occurred l about 'four miles from Sorrento, Victoria, a few, days; ago■■;when>MissNellie Price,i -aged, about>2li eldest.'dhughter- of :Mr..;C.:.Si: Price, solicitor.'.lost :.' : :Two.,of'hcr. younger ! sisters' were in bathing when .theywere takeri'iOut.'• in'!.-the:■ surf'-by '■'.a': : \ta\% A- Mγ;-''- gentleman; on!:the bench. .-;;'When'lie. sa\y what :lin!d ■ happened:: ho: immediately-;,went'!ito^the, rescue.'■'■'; Heibrought (one'.of >tlie;' girls, ashore, and , 'returned-'.fdr'thei other.*- Miss'; Price followed;him!into- v tho water. :;Da'vey ' was .carried .out'.by : d;:.wave,;!but .-he.'.re 7 : turned with' !the second girl ;to' the beach;.' :Then;he went back;for.Miss'Price,' but cpuld: npt/each'Vhei\' : -;:Hefwas!;himself: carried out mithe;rollers;-and^-had 'given, up'fall .hope, of ; reaching; shote again •when': a large, wave'cdme. ; !;and,' washed i him .on; to:, the beach.. ;He was very exhausted 'arid. cut ;about,by the , -rookst Miss Price's: body. has' not :;been';'.recovered, and,'..was■ ..hot ■' seen ■• after Vshe ■ was;: carried .out, into ; .the. breakers.■;; ;: -;';;:- , : , - ; Jv' : J v , v '-:-- :

' The. Waikato;. chief Taingakawa visited, the Natives bf the Tauranga districts last" week,:says: the Bay: of: Plenty'."Tinies,' , . : concerning an/important, project, he' has in view;. ; The chief iis interesting'',' himself; in. land 'matters, and>(as;:. previously! ariiioiinced in~ tlie iDominion press) intends eoink Home ;to ;lay :'the;> question before the English Government, i He interviewed Hari'-- : Ngatai,---'^e';' i Mete" : ' i "-'KiiTikdvriV,:'.:-;'re; Minihi,' Te :Waru,::Te; Kuku,' and other influential local : .chiefs. ■*; It is-;his!;inton-: tionito. in a' month's !time" ■' for ■ the.■ purpose': of'■■:interviewing tho-Bangataud and. other coastal Natives prior /to: .his-departure ;fpr,; tho.:.: Old' Country.' ■'■'):■:■' -; :; " -W" ■ '•■}'■•:'>'•■'iY^iJ

.Every year Dunedin> grows quieter; vlt, ,is the quietest town; of any size, in .the 'woi'ld. !■ New; Year.'s, Eve.was probably one .:of. the' quietest experienced : tor many, years.; • Dunedin pobplo residing in-.Wellington"■- stato. that'■.its quietness-is becoming i sheer monotony.' , ' The crowd on. the\stroetsn'(says■ the ."Otagd. Daily ■Times");,' f was.,a'most orderly-one," and .there was ra very",marked- absence of druukeiiness,. not' a"■.single 'arrest! made from 6 o'olock'pnwards,: The blowt ing of horns.and Ecree'ohers.was'the: nopuV lar.method,of making a..noise, ana,the! feminine:' portion of the' prowdrentcred ,hs'.(heartily' , into it:, aiis- ; anyone. ; i.A' - few' minutes before 12 'o'clock ; :a; few hundred people ..gathered: at'-' the':Towji v .Hall i -..in anticipation /of ; hearingf.the', old. year rung .out, i but' ovßnVthW was not : done, and; with- thp < letting off 'pf' ; a few::fire-. works and sonic "disjointed•-'singing- of■■ ;:Auld Lang Syne," the crowd gradually dispersed. -.Tho. ushering; in of : .the'New : .Year'saw'.-. the .streets. almost.' deserted,'!-.'-'

Onp of the now departuies to bo taken by the Education Department this year is the establishment of n. practising school for _ the training of teachers who are tnkmg the diploma of education at the Melbourne University, si,vs the "Arc." The school will be opened on February 8. About 80 pupils—4o boys and 10 feirls —will be admitted and prepared for the junior public and senior publio exnminntions. Nc. school fees will bo charged. Applicants must bo at lenst thirteen yeais of age on February 5, 1010, and must hnvo completed one year in the sixth class. Preference will bo given to the holders of the merit certificate, and the pruents of the candidates selected must undertake to keep them at eohool for n comse of at least three years of secondary education. '

: The.uumorbus.busli fires in the western. portion of Victoria were:well .under.control, by ,Christmas. Immense destruction has- beon -aniountiiig; .to .: L many thousands of pounds.- A- fire "■■broke': out on the Government reserve near thp'high camp',' and ; over lOOO:acres,wero-'destrdyod," consisting' pf.grass .land andjencing.; A. 'number'., of: pigs: were;literally roasted! to' death.': The .fire; travelled -along to,-the Blaclt Ranges, .im\': several- > other :properties wftfo devastated;Vincluding?somo' rabbit trappers', camps and their belenft'ings.';.Thi3 Dro-had a lino pt ■■■. over:■:2o. miles. A large, area" of. land in 'the parish of Yarroweyah was swept by'lfiro,' and a mobof 560. sheep was rescued: with diflioulty. -Twenty 'square miles.;-were, burnt out in..about half'.an hour." The fire at Chftrlton caused great damage. ;It was spveral miles wide in places, :'and travelled at a' tremendous 1 race. ,•'-, Severa , - uarrpw escapes freni' deaths were recordedi"

'■''■ Hogmanay,■ 1909, will long .bo.reme'm. :; ■ berof in Pokeno (Auckland) : as the date : / of:the largest-arid:most : successful-gather-.-,-ing that Tias ever. takehV- place in that: l. districjb since its settlement by the immi- ■ ; grants by the' ship Helenslee, in January,'.: 1835 (says the Auckland "Herald"). JFors ■: a week: previously , the .'-'committee, ivhich '■'■■- had arranged tho reunion of thei:Helens-.->-leo passengers had been busy preparing ~".'. for visitors, 'and their expectations were ■; ; more than realised. -Numbers of .the. ' original settlers, <who had removed from, the district,--'travelled':long'-distances, to ••: •be;:-"present, and the hearty hand-grips: • that wore .exchanged between long-parted .'shipmates , '-'were -good to witness, even ■ if': rather-trying on the arms in experience.:'Unfortunatoly, ; the rain■'. that. has been ■.-.■,:' bo , much wished.for camb at '• the■; most, j:: unlucky, tiWe, "spoiling all.; , the- outdoor;.-', amusements,: and compelling the gather-,'.: ing: to, shelter in.tho,hall, andthe largo •':•• marquee erected on .the ground, till mx ■>'- : - o'clock in the: ovening, when tho weather :■■-". cleared again. The banquet took place in . the marquee in .the' evening,':wh*n \ about : 500 sat down .at the tables; ";'?, After the ■ loyal .'■ toast had,. been ...'duly;; -'~ honoured; Mr. R. Prendergast •, proposed:: ■ "The Day Wo, Celebrate," describing the experience of ■~those who, leaving , ;-',their, ; "'. native ;land ; tindertqok: ai.yoyago -in''--a ■ '.v crowded emigrant \ ship,; where, they. were'.' • j 'pxpectedi. J» sustcinlife'.on a quantitj , , to -: say ,nothini;:.of quality, of food ..that 1 re-v/-, quired-a deal of training to; get accus- : -:- iomed to.-'_He recounted how: they' took,Vthose .trifling- disadvantages philosophi-;.•;•:■ callyj brightening-the tedium- of the , voyage by concerts v aitd edcials: till, after •'; 'an. -uneventful: voyage,: thev: T ; dropped■-■'■ anchor in , the: Waitemata"harbour.; -Mr. ... D.. Maxwell; , continued ■!the, inarrative " through: the .early.days of,,pioneer; life,;-;: when cash 'and .boots -were•• ahnost jiil,V ■>■ floiiri.bags.the. usual L material: for.'making V ! i clothes,'; and/soda. scones ;tho- staple 'diet, f •;.•.

'-.'/.'A- , ' leading- Auckland 1 , citizen .who- 'takes ' ! 'fe 'a:f keen '; interest; in'.:. educational- matters: yfl and; other 'public;.iiuestions,:Svriting- to a- ?v friend.' in ','Wellington,' states :--"I -■ - think•' % ■■''l pur burning .^liesfion^hai , been,'and :6till'■''.;'. isi>thevqueshon' of jiving:the■'■■GoTe^i:,'' , ' . ment. House site to. '.Universitj; ■ College; -1,-A; i think' .thiit: public ■ opinion:: j:j! ; against \the; change,-and : maiijy- forifero;; , • ••:", reasons—(a) the light-footed dancing.- con- i" \' tingent; don't'want, to. be deprived'of their. .-■,,.' 'pleasure;Kand^(b); a': great {a immber-r;;of •a' : 'v society. arO/sbforigly::opposed:,to.;fhe;: ; -re-.;;::;'; m9val. of anjjjld: landmark;: CI think:,. if >f:: ;: llr.> Fowlds -persists he will Vmake ; 'himself ;•,,:.. equallyunpopxdar/iwitli people of different': 1 -?-, .view's.*'.;'"*: : '.'.;''!-. ■■"..""■ it ''- ' .-:.'■■' '■'-■ '■■ :> : -f-'/S'*\:%: