LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3124, 30 June 1917, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A deputation from the conference _ of directors and'supervisors of technical education proposes to wait'upon tho Minister of Education this morning. On Tuesday a deputation from the same body ■will, if convenient, wait vipon the National Efficienoy Board, and lay before it many suggestions for' reforming the methods of.teaching education throughout tho. Dominion.

Mr. P. C. Webb, M.P., who is serring a three months' sentence in prison for sedition, will be released from the Lyttclton Gaol on July 31.

The action of Markham Carter, who exposed what the Commission termed "the medical debacle, in Mesopotamia," is likened, by. the newspapers to Russell's Crimea exposues.. The reference is to the work of the late Sir William Howard Russell, who went out ta the Crimea as correspondent for the London "Times," and exposed With great force and courage' the shocking deficiencies in the transport service. His articles to the "Times" on the subject caused the greatest consternation in England, and brought about the fall of tho Aberdeen Ministry. They were afterwards lepublished in 1855 in a volume called "The War." Mr. Eussell also represented the "Times" in the Indian Mutiny, the American Civil Wnr, the Anstrc-Prussian. War, and the Franco-German War, ami accompanied the late King Edward VII n his visit to India. Ho was knighted in 1895.

In the course of its annual report the Wellington Education Board points out that in several largo centres of population there ha 9 been a steadily increasing attendance, and expenditure must be incurred in the near future at Masteton, Miramar, Kelburn, and tipper Hutt.

The case against John Raphael Lundon, solicitor, of Auckland, against whom the Law Society ie bringing an action, was mentioned in the Court of Appeal yesterday. It was stated by Mr. A. W. Blair that his advices were that Lundon was prostrated and was not in a fit condition to talk business. He asked that the case be allowed to stand down for an indefinite period. The Court agreed to counsel's suggestion; in the meanwhile Lundon remains under suspension.

Referring to the over-crowded condition of the Wellington Technical School, the aunual report of the' Wellington Education Board, says: "The teaching .conditions have now become positively discreditable, and in the interests of healthy boyhood and girlhood, should be improved at once. The board urges, as a preliminary step, an immediate' settlement of the question of site. The design* can then be developed for execution at tho end of tho war." ' . . ■

The Wellington Old Naval and Karori Defcnco Rifle Clubs held their annual smoke concert and presentation of trophies in the Naval Club's shed on Jervois Quay last evening. Mr. J. Babe, president of the Naval Club, presided. There was a very full attendance of members, several of whom were in khaki. Colonel E. J. .Collins, C.M.G., presented tho certificates, which the winners accepted in lieu of the medals and trophies, the values of which have been donated to tho patriotic funds. The club cups and shields wore also presented.

It was announced at the smoke conCDi't Of the Wellington Old Naval jind Karori Dofenco Clubs last evening that Mrs. Hugo, whose son was killed at Gallipoli, had decided to present a memorial cup for competition ainonir tho members of tho Wellington Old Naval Club.

.Timmy Tauri, a Maori youth who pleaded guilty in the Magistrate's Court to two charges of breaking and entering I.lie warehouse of the Stewart Timber Company and stealing therefrom certain article.?,, was placed in tho dock in tho Supreme . Court yesterday . before . Mr. Justice- Chapman for sentence. . His Honour said that after considering tho matter he had decided to send the prisoner into tho .Taupo .district, where .he understood there u;as plenty of work available. "The only thing that seoms to be of any good to members of your race is. work.'f observed His Honour. On the first conviction Taiiri was placed on probation for three .years, provided he remained in tho Taupo district and refrained from drinking and gambling, and that his behaviour generally was good. On the second conviction ho was qrdered to. come up for sentence when called upon.

A general meeting of the Society of Friends in Now Zealand began last evening at the Friends' HostcliKelburn. The gathering was representative of Friciide throughout the Dominion, and 'William Cooper;■' of Sydney, was ' also : present. As the students of the Training College, usually resident at the hostel, are on vacation, all of the visiting members are accommodated there. The members will attend there for worship on Sunday at; 11 a.m. ' . .

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A conference of delegates of tfie I'ar.uel's' Co-operative Wholesale- l'VdoraJujn (New Zealand), Lid., has opened" in Christeniirch. There aru nineteen debgiites, representing nino co-operative_as-sociations from Jiivercargill r.uarci. Air. 0. A. J'annett. chairman of t.ho New Zealand farmers' Co-o|ntni-live Association of Canterbury, is in the chair. Mr. Fannett was elected chairman of directors of the federation, i.ith tlio following directorate:—Messrs. J. Talbot (Timaru), F. Freeman (Dunedin), Sir James Wilson (Wellington), A. E. Harding (Whangarei), H. S. Hawkins(Hamilton), .1. W. Harding (Nnpu.o, Alex. Hunter (Hawero), a.nd Hugh Smith Klo're). Mr. Fannett entertained tlic delegates at dinner on Thursday night.— I'ress Assn.

The second conference of the new Federation of Tramway Employees' Unions will open in Wellington to-day, when the. unions will be represented as follow:— Auckland: Messrs. P. Richardson, (president) and H. Carter (secretary); Wellington: Messrs. J. Hutchison and A.. Black.; Christchurch: Messrs. J. Wilson and G. O'Donnell; Dunedin: Messrs. E. W. Anderson and W. K. Deven; Invercaig.il 1: Mr. W. Denham; Wanganui: Mr. W. Hickman.

A sale of butter for export at Is. ~<l per pound was reported yesterday by a. local house. The butter is graded first grade, creamery, and produced in the Wellington district.

At Thursday's meeting of the Hospital Committee of the (Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, it was .reported that there were U cases of diphtheria in the Wellington Hospital. That does not nearly represent the number of cases of this disease in Wellington at the present time, as, owing to the. l;ick of suitable accommodation at the. Hospital, people who can mate provision for the effective-isolation of patients are being allowed to keen them at home. Where that is impossible, the.- patients have to b? brought to the Hospital, where they are now being accommodated in the Sed'don shelters at the back of the Child-, ren's Hospital—not by any means ideal quarters for the- ■ best treatment, but which have been made as comfortable'as possible for the sufferers with electric radiators, etc. The architects 'for the -new diphtheria -ward, to be eected near the Infectious Diseases Hospital, are now engaged'on the working plans of the. ward. ■ ,

. The Southland Second Division League is pursuing a- very active campaign arid is receiving great support from a ladies' committee which has been formed and is enrolling a large number, of members daily. Messrs. S. B. M'Donald and A. K. Dawson have been elected to represent Southland at the conference to be held in Wellington next month.

The Auckland Branch of the Educational Institute passed a resolution affirming that in the best interests of the womanhood of the country training in homo science should lje continued after the age of fourteen years, and recommending thai compulsory continuation classes should be. held in daylight.

Of the- teachers of the Wellington Education Board's service who volunteered for service abroad, eleven have laid down their lives. Six were killed iu action, three died of wounds, one is miss-, iiig but believed to be dead, and one died of fever. One has been created a C.M.G., two hayq been . awarded the Military Medal, two the! Military Cross, one a Serbian gold medal, one the P.CM., and fivo have been mentioned in dispatches. Ninety-six men. have been accepted for active service abroad.

The -Greytown. Public School has- been closed on account of the prevalence ■of diphtheria.

Tho Court of Appeal resumed its sitting yesterday. On the Bench were Their Honours the Chief Justice (Sir Eobert Stout), My. Justice Edwards, Mr. Justice Cooper, and Mr. Justice Stringer The case in which George James Willis, appellant, and Joseph. Gardner, respondent, both, miners, of Reefton, were concerned—a a appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court in connection with the Scotia Mine at Me'rrijigs, partly heard on the previous day—was concluded and judgment- reserved. Mr. H. P. Lawry, of Reefton, and Mr. M. Hannan, of Greymouth, appeared for the appellant, and Mr. A. W. Blair, of Wellington, and Mr. J. Patterson, of Eeefton, for respondent.

W. Williams, a married man, from Johnsonville, was admitted to the Wellington Public!. Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries to his head and hip. It is reported that he was knocked down by a motor-car at Ngabauranga. -.

Two bookmakers at AucHand, Alexander Lindsay Jfackie and Leonard Andrews, were fined .£IOO each for betting on licensed premises. Henry M'Corniaok, charged with being in Fort Street for the purpose of betting, was fined .£25 All pleaded guilty and paid the fines forthwith.' The case against M'Cormack was the first case in Auckland, and, it is believed, also in the Dominion, of a punter being fined.—Press Association.