NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 952, 20 October 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

< (By Telegraph.—Press• Association,) . • ' : QUERIES OF AN INTIMATE KIND,..' - MR CHILDREN' TO ANSWER. Dunedin, October 19. At a meeting of the; Education Board •: to-day, a letter was received. from fessor Pickerill, director- of. the -Dental School, who stated that he was caTi^ngi'; ..v on';research"' work; onthe : subject\ot.'.pre-ij -' vention'' of' dental.'■ caries, :•■ especially in school' children, lie askc-cl for - mission to send out at least |1000;crrculira.'; to the headmasters of the,varions.schoblsj • >; 1 in .the \districtj.withT. a-request that,;-if ':. possible^'they- "might rail be filled' ii JoalL, £ the ■ same 'day ! :by the scholars; > Some; of ji'':; tlj«,; questions ' \diich .' Dr. 'Pickerill ipfo-J posed,.for the children to answer were;—:;. •. What did you have;,tp terday'.fpr"' fast, 1: dinner, tea/'and last; thing at iiight?Jß; ; Did.; you. eat any fruity yesterday? ;;Howf':,:. many; sweets did.; you v eat.; yesterday ?/!r;■ .Which do. yoii. like-best—fruit-or-.swrets? j> 7 , After/discussion; the- request 'was granted by'five votes to four. .. ;V V: ; -;;

COMMERCE' SCHOLARSHIPS.

Auckland, October 19. "decided, at . a : meeting-,;to-iiight, to amend j... ;its v constitutioii ; >in" order' tha-t;; it7;niight;,j|.v,;/: found -scholarships,.with.-' a'-': view ~td.-.supj ;ir; ;, ■porting .-.the/ Aucklandr.- Uuiyersity-; School-Ijy y." of . Commerce.-.', The. foUowirig; motion:..to j> ; ;-V,;, ainend•v^the•■'-'oonsti•t^tio'n::.w9s:.;iw^Ti^•;■b^^' ; .Vv■■;■. "The Hi-amber,, shall 1 , have. steps Uo..improve, andi.elevate,' the,:ttchm^ r y ; .yK cat.and general knowledge .of pejrsons iensiji'o'OfV. gaged.i or . who,- desire, ot alMut;! tojt: engage,"in commenei/orjujiMy^industryrij;:;-uj and /with, ;a-.-view/ theretb ; :>to---.the',, ckl-ivery :,of -iecirtries;:.. and-;,tlieS,'-hold-:]i! i; ing,: of .classes, - and' to test by . csamina-Vl :/. tion or otherwise, the competence,<of : such jj -.;,/ persons/arid/fto -award certificates;;and-jtA j:-;;: -to institute- and - estafcjf lish grants,; J'.aiid jI-:';; :, ; ,o tlier : belief actions,-, anil., to.; use' and', aprjb ji,;; ply .. tiie funds'." of the ,chamber - acwra- :;,-- Y iiigly." c".. ; £.v; OPENING NEW COAL-BEDS.

Westport, October 19. ■ Tho'' ol- the" AVestpoVt-Stooktoa >■ Coinpaijy : have" .comple^'dC-several.:. v days' inspection;o{'theAoompMyfs .Ngabia;.,:-' wan property, paying attenidonjfa. •the, .new.; works •nal' • mine - with what is ' known\as ; the'D seami'.. ' The .connecting .works iaire now \r. completed, and: a considerable' number of-miners : arc < already ( ' l operating .on . tlio ■ new .bed.lof boaJ;',: ji: thCV.dmotorS: .'state,f.Jis v^qßite pectations, and/ shoald'.: materially .assist the'company a large, out , S •put. .Much credit is given Mr. Chamber-•': lain and' his 1 • staff./ fooc .the. energy' and :V skill displayed in getting; tho work-doflfl - so expeditiously. • .•••" i'W'-( WHEELMAN'S UNPAGED FEAT. Dunedin,) October 19. William Oldman, .a ; well-known' road.v.. cyclist, to-day rode cliurch'to Dnn€-din (23-i rail<:s) inl7.. r hoTirs <■ 7 minutes, tins lowering-.the official paced record of 18 hours, 20 minutes . -by .-1 hour: 13, minutes.. •;He .lett^Chiistehtmsli,U' at one o'clock this morning' in ..darkness, ar.d,> after meeting head, winds oyer, vary-. ing: distances; "and favourable .winds'-from. '. Oamaruv to Dnnedm, lie reaehed.the post . - office here at;seven'.ininutes past six., lie \ coveredthe;''whole. ; distance, .;;by ; :'lum®l£ having, no company whatever.. :At tha • conclusion of-his long.ride lie was nemaifc- •/.'.> ably'fresb.'•i- 1 .--.- LEV ( ltf BOROUGH LEASES SfltD.' Levin, October 19. . Borough . leases, ' aggregating . frontages ; of 'iili2s-Vfeßt,f.aad:' sitmied.ih ; -M,am'iStre£4.'';;: 'antl^tta^wOi: w«i : e .offered'.atipubUC'iuctibn; this; noon. The conditions . :were .21 vJSMtf • ' lease with ' option of renewal. •. Compdi> > v tion :was : very/keep* jand-the' exceeded m almost every instance. . As... a - result the. borough' lias - beneilted ljy.y.

, A SHARP WARNING. 1 Christchurchj October 19. '' A '-' San : ;; f6irnd'' 'a ■ : brooch.-' in. tlEfl* street, and '<■ pawned • it received; a ' sharp -;' .warning -the : other .'day, l whjen < arrested magistrate to-day, and' as : he'. Had. tem r > in custody some time,' he .-was convicta! l gooo work at the botts. ChNstchurch, October 19, • Two' miniature rifle teams from .fbe Linwood .Rifles .aM' .Moant .' Clnb, .firing a--match, it an easy jraiifjß,.' t : tied with '694" points' each- oui.M a . PCB- ■ sible' 700.. .Each-team. had six possibles,' ' two 69's, and two 68"s.