TEACHERS' TRAIN PASSES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 759, 7 March 1910, Page 7

TEACHERS' TRAIN PASSES.

SOME NEW CONDITIONS. The Wanganui Education Board has issued the following, circular to' teachers r— The Minister has determined to continue the issue of weekend passes to teachers seeking to improve their professional standing. The. passes will,be issued on the following conditions:'oo The inspector must, approyo of the class or course of instruction which the teacher proposes to • take.. (2) The ' Department will issue "admission cards to teachers in attendance at classes. (3) No ticket will bo issued unless the teacher is prepared to make an attendance of at least two hours per week.. (4) ■ Tickets will bo available from Friday evening till Monday morning only. (5) Teachers may prepare definitely for one of the Department's examinations. . In all cases', the.instructors will report to the board on the work ■and attention to students. (6) If the teacher fails without satisfactory explanation to make at least 80 attendances at an approved class the board shall require such teacher to refund the'cost of the tickets on which he has' travelled. In case of default, no further privilege will bo granted. (An attendance means one hour in one weo-k.) It is proposed that classes shall be held at the following, centres: —Hawera, Wangamii, Feilding, Taihape, and Palmerston North. In previous years the following subjects have been taken:—Drawing, woodwork, handwork, cookery, carving- (including modelling and design), needlework, singing, and science (chemistry, agriculture, dairying, or a combined course of agriculture and dairying). Other, suitable subjeots may be taken up, and free tickets will also be available for teachers desiring to study for their certificates if. the centre and- instructors be approved by the board.

By the E.M.S. Otranto, which reached Melbourno from London last week, the first batch of 1,000,000 shillings of the new silver coinage was (as reported by cable recently) delivered to the Commonwealth Government. In order to obviate the construction of strong-rooms in which to store .£50,000 worth of coin, the Government has arranged with the Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth branches of the Imperial Mint to take possession of the money until it is required. Of tho total .£25,000 worth will be forwarded to Sydney, .£21,000 will .bo left in Melbourne, and ■.£IOOO worth will be retained at Perth. Arrangements have been made for the banks in each of the other capitals to secure what coin they require from the mints. One-half of the silver will. be issued to the banks in exchange for the British silver coinage now in circulation. The silver withdrawn from the banks will bo forwarded to tho British Government. The remaining half will be distributed among the banks in exchange for their own cheques. Future consignments from the Imperial authorities will include Horins, sixpences, and threepenny pieces.

Thus a , Christchurch exchange: It is reported that there is a great deal of disappointment in Christchurch in regard to the recent selection of a Rhodes scholar from New Zealand. Tho Canterbury candidate has done exceptionally meritorious work in all brandies of learning he has taken up. Ho is a good athlete, and has shown that ho is interested generally in the' advancement of learning, and it was hoped and expected that hu would be successful. Tho disappointment is deepened by the fact that eight Rhodes scholars have been selected in the Dominion now, but not ono has been taken from Canterbury.