SOUTH WALBS MINING

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 980, 22 November 1910, Page 5

SOUTH WALBS MINING

TROUBLE. ;, .- " ■ "' .»■ , . . MINE MANAGERS MOLESTED, By Tekfrajli—Prces Association— Cop yrisht ■.''. . ; London, November 20. Pellets and explosives were found- embedded in the walls of the house occupied by the manager of the Britannic Pit;.in South Wales., ~. ...'.' . Tho manager's house at Clydach. Vale colliery has been damaged. • ..

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

:.' (Trcm Our Special Correspondent.) "." .;• ■ -.' Q- ■■ ' ■•'-.. ■ ' MAGISTRATE'S, COURT CASES. ( Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., conducted . tlw monthly sitting of the Petone Magistrate's. Court yesterday morning, and the following cases ; w«re. dealt with:— '

Mrs. E.. Grant applied for a separation order against her husband. Mr. Wilford appeared for Grant and Mr. Smith for complniflant, whose application was dismissed. ■ ■'• . ■ ■ -. •

Robert Pinkerton, charged with assaulting the police, pkaded not guilty, The case was dismissed. ...

Two youths, Donald Dunford and Otto Lepper, on a charg* of throwing stones thereby doing damage to a signpost, were each convicted and discharged. William Woods and. Walter Hewson were similarly dealt with, for boarding a train whilst it was in motion. . ' Michael irCauliff was charged with-re-fusing to leave licensed premises when requested to do so by the, police; also I with. using bad language.' Sentence was deferred until next Court day, to see.if accused in the meantime could obtain work. . . ' . Rupert Barr, for riding a motor bicycle at night, without, a fight, was fined 10s., and Court costs. ■ William J. -Winder, for procuringliquor while.the subjccjv,o£/a.-prohibition, orcler; was .fined .£2, : in. 'default seven days' imprisonment. Catherine Baigeut, for alike oftonco, .was convicted and. discharged.. ■ ~ .:, ~• : ■■ .Tudgment-simmions. cases-were dealt with as.follow:—Jones v.- G. rDolling, Is. 3d.—no order; ■; Continental Eubber Company v'j Archibald Keir, £22, 11s. 6d. —no' order; Chivers and Son v. S. Glading, <£!■ 9s. —no order.

AGRICULTURE.

A special meeting of the Peteme District Sigh: School Committee was , held last evening-:for the purpose- of discussing the question raised by the chairman (Mr. D.. M'Kenzie). at the committee's last meeting—that of introducing an agricultural course in the- High School curriculum. . Mr. Foster, headmaster, reporting on the matter, stated that'frequent changes in the school syllabus were,-on the whole, undesirable, yet before deciding on this change'it would he necessary' to thoroughly discuss the existing course, and .the proposed course, and the demands of the district, and then, after duo consideration of these three matters, if he (Mr. Foster)- thought that a change was necessary he-would recommend it to the in-, specters. No inquiries had come to hand for an agricultural course from parents/ but h« had known of cases where parents had inquired as to the possibility of tbrir boys boing equipped so as to become commercial men. It would be well within the mark to state that 75 per cent, of tho pupils passing from the Petone secondary department were migrating to in l commercial and industrial life. Summing up, the report stated .that the course in the secondary department is l satisfactory. "I think (said. Mr.. Foster)'that the establishment of an.agricultural course is inadvisable in the interest of, the district as: a .whole, and.of the secondary department of. this school,in particular." Mr. M'Kenzie moved that an agricultural course be introduced into the school curriculum. In speaking-to his motion Mr. M'Kenzie said that snch a course was very, desirable, and would be to/the best interest of the boys and girls. The Key; A. Thomson was of opinion that to introduce such a course would be an absolute farco. The- district was an industrial district, and ' there were no farms in Petone. In Teply to the Rev. Mr. Thomson, Mr. M'Kenzie said that it was only reasonable to allow a course such' as tho one proposed, so that when the call came to go on the land thpir- boys would at all events have some knowledge of what was needed. ' ,-After tho matter had been \ further discussed, tho motion was carried.-

HUTT NO-LICENSE LEAGUE. A public meeting and entertainment in connection with tho Hutt No-License Leaguo wa3 hold in St. Augustine's Hall, Petone/last a Rood audience. The- E«y. Mr. Bawden-Harris occupied tho chair. Mr.' H: Hart, who was to have been one of the speakers for tho evening, was unable to bo present. Mr. H. N. Holmes, general secretary of; the Y.M.C.A., AVellington, delivered a stirring address. Ho spoke'first of all of the part which women had played in tho furtherance of temperance reform, referring to such notablo examples as Miss Prances Willard and Lady Henry Somerset. Continuing, he paid a tribute to Dr. Findlay and the reforms which ho was attempting to make; Ho referred- to the now Licensing Bill and in particular to the unfairness of the'.three-fifths majority vote. "We intend to fight," said Mr. Holmes, "till that majority is reduced." Ho concluded with an appeal to all No-License workers to do their utmost to gain the victory at' the next poll. A musical programme was rendered, comprising items by the following:— Hiss Heiutz, pinnofortc overture; Missus Heintz and Rogers, pianoforte duet; songs, Miss M'Ewen and Mr. Chamberlain; vocal duet, Misses Rogers and Cotton; recitation, Miss Curtis, Master Usmar, Miss Grace Walton, Miss Avis Curtis; lecture on Thought-reading, Mr. W. Wright and others; cornet eolo, Master Willoughby. Tho meeting was brought to a close by the singing of tho National Anthem. .