LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tiie Telegraph Department adyise: "Pacific reports Canadian lines intermittently interrupted. Delay Homeward traffic .'lO hours." It was intended that Monday, May !». should be the dale for the annual election of State school conunittccs, but owing to the alterations in the itinerary of the Prince of Wales, the dale has been fixed for Wednesday, April '.'3. "Why is it thflt .plenty of money can he found for pictures, but you cannot yet ;i modem kinematiguph plant put into n public schoolr.slted Professor T. Hunter at a itieelii.fr of the Women Teachers' .Association last, night. "There is plenty of money for business buildings and meat stores. Hut von cannot prst tho money needed for d-acent schools. The reason seems to be that tho naton still believes properly to be more important humnir'.ty." Tt is announced, says a Press Association telegram from Christchureh that a working arrangement Ims been arrived iit between a British company and the Parnpara Iron Ore Company, and that as won as formalities have been completed electric furnace:) will be shipp?d out from England with a view to establishing a self-contained iron and stool industry in New Zealand. It is a common practice for schools to be commandeered by the officers of the Electoral Department for the conduct of an election. At yesterday's meeting of the board, Mr. C. .T. Harkness objected very strongly to the studies of the children ijeing' unsettled, as they were whenever an election took place. Mr. E. P. liishworth said he was at the present time engaged in a controversy with the Electoral Department on that very point, lie could not see why, in the case of the ITutt, 600 should be disturbed by ths school being commandeered for an flection, whert other prcnvse.i were available!at which the. election could have, with equal efficiency, been conducted. He was awa"e that under the Klectoral Act the schools could be so used, but was of the opinion that they should not be taken when other places were available. Fo moved that the board should take steps to see that it should not occur again._ Mr. Harkness seconded the motion, which_ was carried. Members of the Wellington Education Board w;rc notified yesterday that Miss I). Bulldey, school nurse, hud been attached to'the Wellington school district as from March 1. "There is a tendency to the, development of the military aspect, in education, and I believe it is a fatal mistake." said Professor T. Hunter last night. "Put the tinsel on as thickly as you will, war cannot be, olher than brutal. Primitive man was brutal. Civilisation means overcoming the bnite in man. Is it. wise to stimulate the brutal element in man by military drill and military display at an ago when the forces of the brute are relatively strong .and the forces of civilisation are relatively weak? I am not a pacifist. I believe there is a lot to be gained by fighting. . But I believe that military training should be restricted to those who have had (he benefit of social and civilising influences." The Education Board formally agreed at yesterday's meeting to the disestablishment of the Hutt nhd Petone District High School. The school will not actuajlv be disestablished' until the new High School at the Hutt is opened. Mr. E. P. Rishworth. member of the board for the Hull, su.id that the new school was not likely to be ready for another two years. The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day's issue that returns of land must be furnished not later than April 8. Forms of return may be obtained at any postal money-order office; they will not be sent to taxpayers from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes , unless written application is made for ■ them. Lessees in occupation of land , owned by Natives are' now required tc furnish a return of land so occupied.., "That, in view of the large increase of buildinss to be undertaken in the immediate future, authority be given to the chairman to engage temporarily such additional staff as. lie conaidors necessary to ensure reasonable expedition, ! was the text of a resolution passed bj the Education Board yesterday. In tilt eourso of a brief discussion Mr. J. J Clarke expressed the opinion that the board's architect hnd builder (Mr M'Dongall) was given far too much da tailed work to do-work that could verj well bo done by those under him. At yesterday's meeting of the Welling ton Education Board tho secretary va: authorised to arrange a pie of Hie ole unused buildings and site at Whaka taki in terms of the valuations plaoei on them, and to apply to the Educatioi Department for tho difference required t< erect a new school at Castlepomt, It, wr.» decided by tho Wellington Edu cation Board yesterday that the Master ton West school district be establish* ns follows:—Bounded on the north b: the Wnipoua Kive.r; on the cast b; Chappel Street; on tho south, by a lint drawn parallel to Benall Street, 165 ft south of that street, thence from Chap pel Street to the borough boundary oi the west; on the west by the borougt boundary, thence in a line northward ti tho point of commencement. Mr E. H. Penney, Blenheim mernbe of tho Wellington Education Board, in formed a Dominion reporter that in con nection with the visit of the Princc o Wales to Marlborough, it was hoped t have a. massed parade of school cluldrei in Blenheim on Monday, May am to transport the children per trayi t Picton the next day to view the lie nown. { Music' lovers in Wellington who & heartilv appreciated the pnrformance o the New South Wales State Orcliestr will be interested to learn tlmt the ci chestrn, under Mr. Henry Vfrbruggher is giving a series of Beethoven concert in Sydney, and the concert hall is to small to accommodate all who wish I hoar the orchestra. The highest pric charged for seats is 3s. Cd. "Residents of Clvde KJuay and tha vicinity, are still suffering from noctnrnn dog-music from the stray dog kennels i tho corporation ynTd. About, a year og the Mayor (Mr. .T. P. I<"ke) promise the residents of the locality nnraW in! mediate relief, but still the dora in th kennels bay nt the moon or nnythini else throughout the night. The nuisanc is a very real one. The Education Department has aban doned its intention of erecting a tern norary school on tho railway reserve i Clyde Quay as a relief to the overcrowd pjl Clyde Quay School. Land is bein, acquired elsewhere in the district fo the purpose indicated. At tho meeting of the Petone Wa' Memorial Committee held on Turnd#.' evening, final arrangements were tuadi for tho memorial week, and Mr. 0. Sil bnry was appointed assistant secretary The' following donations were acknowledged:—Cooper. Ltd.. .£5; Mr. H. Find lay, ~C 5; and Mr. G. .Towott, =21 Is. A remit asking that bookkeeping b tan«ht in tho schools to children in th sixth standard has been passed by t.hi Miitnmatn branch of the Farmers Union Tt was pointed out that boys arid crirls on leaving schools in the country, ehouh pow.es a rudimentary "f thi principles of bookkeeping. especially ii view, of the fact that the farmers -,e j quired to kepp books and submit account to the Government. A remark by Mr. G. Scott, at. Mon in p oi'H rT of the /LyHolton J'n'ard, that this country would be liettei off if farmers did more cult.ivatioi brought a somewhat spirited reply Iron Mr. ,T. Ptorrv. «a.vs the "Lylie toi Times." He said that farmers had done their shait) in developing, ths eouutri and in nicking it possible' for busines.' men to live in it. They had the'r c.wt views as to what they should do ant shou'd not dn. EVerv man knew hi/ 'own business best, w should know ir H anc farmers wore not likely to sit down am lot tl'Hr farms go to waste simnlv he cause it pvd them lo do so. Tt .h"\ v«ro not dniii" what Mr. Scott tlmiHil thev should do, t l >nre were very boo< reasons for it.. Mr Pcntt would not earn- on a certain department of his busi ness unless lie was assured _ tlif.t thor< would be a margin of profit in it. lu r. nc f PV sighted m his way a< Mr Sertt \va* in his way. Farmer.' !-hv>v- had shewn a spirit of advance, ment a I'd a readiness to meet the Hian* inc conditions.of life, and they would dc their best for Canterbury's progress in the future,#as tlioy had dono m the past
The increase in building activity tlwt has token place in Christchurch (hiring tlio past twelve months in shown by figures in the city surveyor's report presented to the City Council on Monday. Since April 1. .1919. 4tf permits were issued, to a value of »E373,525. whilst in the previous twelve months only 186 wore issued, to a value of JEIGU2S. Last month forty-four permits were i.ssufd, involving X'i-4,2'!0. and in "February, twenty-four were issued, involving £22,450. Eight Winded New Zealand soldiers nnd tlieir wives were entertained r * and ilrs. Clutha Mackenzie at dinner on Tuesday evenin? at the Grand Hotel, Auckland They had all been uuder the wire of Sir Arthur Pearson lit Su Dnnetan's Hostel for Blinded Sailore arid Soldicra, and Mr. Mackenzie save the dinner so that, old friend/9 might meet, Mid the splendid spirit of S:r Arthur and St. Dnnstan's still be kept alive.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 6
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