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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2205, 18 July 1914, Page 5

Mr. A. S: Malcolm; >tW member for Clutha, has givcn : iiotico in the House of Representatives ' to' ask- the. Minister of Education'-.whether, seeing that teachers lii remote districts are tinder niany disabilities, nTid Unable t-o specially benefit by the .tuition given at, the ceh-' . : tres, ho will withdraw, the regulation tthich ; ,limits to sixty miles the distance over .which, railway passes to teachers' ' classes ; are .given.-.. ; , Complaints .have'been made by persons residjng- in the vicinity of, the Petono Drill . Hall ,of a nuisance in the . shape of ithe.-blqwing rbf .bugles after : drill by Territorials..f.J One'"'resident states,that lie 'intends: to write to the .-•> Commanding Officer ; :of the District to. .< ascertain, if, anything can ;; be done disturbacces:,-, Ho adds that when remonstrating kindly with the youths, on ono occasion, he was treated to jibes and lancrhter, and •an extra edition of the hideous din. . , , ' As'the collier Alexandra lay moored to the:Petone Wharf yesterday with a . .<• cargo, of State coal on board for the Petono. Borough Council, the rough seas caused her to • bump rather heavagainst'a; wharf pile, slightly damaging the, latter 'and bruising tion of the hull of the' boat. '•