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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The greatest mistake .in American history was (according to Professor Ely, of Wisconsin), the bestowal of the vote on the negroes when they were granted their freedom. At that time the negroes were not educated sufficiently to exercise the vote, and an extraordinary position was created by the fact that the vote was taken from a numbef'of white'people "for participating in the rebellion. There was actually the possibility of thp white people in some States being dominated by an inferior race, and this led to all sorts of subterfuges being resorted to in order to prevent tho negroes from using their votes. On one occasion a circus was touring in one of' the States prior to an election, and the authorities arranged with the proprietor to accept certificates of registration in lieu of tickets of admission. These certificates were what the negroes had to produce when recording their votes. In that particular State very few negroes exercised the vote at tho election following tbe circus. A Press Association telegram' from Dunedin says:—"The price of oatmeal has been advanced by £1 per .ton. The local quotation is now £14 10s. per ton." The introduction of th'e automatic scutcher into flaxmills has led to the : reopening of the . question of scutcher men's wages. A conference of masters and men at Foxton on Monday failed to come to a settlement, and the matter will probably go to the. Arbitration Court.—-Palmerston correspondent. Miss Kitty Ryan, tho , attractive soprano of the. Harry Lauder Company, was unable' to appc-ar last evening. It seems that as she was walking from the theatre to her hotel the previous night she was rudely accosted by some men, and in making her escape down a side street she had tho misfortune to slip and sprain her ankle. The Ta-umarunui police effected the arrest on Tuesday of three men—Jim Conrad, Thomas Thompson, alias Murphy, and another man. Conrad is suspected of a number of petty thefts between Taumarunui and Taringamotu, and is also wanted on a commitment warrant charging him with sly grogselling. Tile police have been tracking the men for the past fortnight from camp to camp in the wild Tuhua Ranges. Accused were remanded till September 17.—Press Association. The Rev. H. B. Gray, D.D., Warden of Bradfield College, Berkshire, and late president of the educational section of the British Association, is to give an address at Victoria College to-morrow evening on "English Universities and English Public Schools." Dr. Gray is said to be a witty and charming speaker and is able ,to speak with authority on educational subjects, in viow of his long experience as head master of an English public school. He was a member or the Mosely Education Commission to America in 1903, and is a member of the Admiralty Committee in connection with the selection of cadets for tho Navy. Three men —Joseph Cotter, John Hayes, and James Smith—convicted of receiving stolen whisky, were sentenced to six months' hard labour at Te Kuiti yesterday (states a Press Association telegram). The whisky was stolen from the Police Station, part of it was drunk by the accuscd, and part "planted." Some of the "plant'.' was recovered by tho police. - With the idea of giving au impetus to the Boy Scout movement a campaign is to bo started to raise the sum of £2000.' In a, statement yesterday, Mr. E. S. Baldwin, Provincial Commander, said that for years tho Boy Scout movement had been struggling along, and the object of raising the money was to benefit tho movement generally. Tho Wellington Centre has approached the Dominion Council, and lias obtained consont to commence canvassing in Wellington and tho district for funds. It is desired to appoint an organiser to generally control the movement. At present there aro 15,000 Boy Scouts and 1000 officers in New Zealand, and as'the result of their usefulness since the war broke out fresh applications for enrolment are being made daily. . Supporters to tho abovo movement are invited to forward their subscriptions address- i cd to the Commissioner, Mr. E. S. Baldwin, Wellington.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2251, 10 September 1914, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
681

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2251, 10 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2251, 10 September 1914, Page 4

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