NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 128, 1 June 1937, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

Motor Cases and Garages.

An intimation that the construction; of garages out of motor-car cases would be forbidden was made at the meeting of t the Upper Hutt. Borough Council last, evening.' It was stated that these cases could be used for fowlhouses but they -would not be countenanced for garages. Councillor J. Purvis said that the,appearance of the borough would suffer if poorlybuilt garages were allowed. Something Achieved ... A muffled cheer went up from both sides in conciliation council yesterday, when late in the afternoon the assessors- in the dairy factory workers' dispute suddenly found they had agreed upon something, after sparring doggedly and fruitlessly all day. "Well, we | have managed to agree upon something at last," remarked one assessor, and" everybody sat back with that something-achieved-something-done air. But the general feeling of satisfaction was distinctly dulled a moment later when someone discovered that the item disposed of —a matter concerning men's accommodation at factories —had always been in the award! Psychology and Education. ' Progress in education began when psychologists began to study the learner, said Mr. H..C. D. Somerset, M.A., in a lecture to the Society of Imperial Culture at Christchurch, on j Saturday, on "Life and Learning" | (states the "Press"). The society, he | said, was interested in the spread of enjoyment from the appreciation of | human effort at its best. It aimed to develop the community sense, the national sense,' and, if possible, the world sense; for co-operation was necessary for the reaching of full capacity. Until recently there had not been sufficient study of the pupil in the education system. No Reduction in Rates. "You are not going to get a reduction in rates, because I can't see where there will be any relief for years in regard to our loan expenditure," said Councillor W. Appleton at the annual meeting of the Hataitai Municipal Electors' Association last night. Mr. Appleton said it was necessary that the city be developed, and to carry this ■out satisfactorily meant expenditure. The association and similar organisations should consider the question of overhauling the rating system. The present system was not satisfactory to ratepayers, to the city, or to the city councillors. School Libraries. "Most schools are 'making worthy efforts to "maintain supplies of supplementary reading matter," state'the inspectors in their annual report to the Southland Education Board. "We feel, however, that in the preparatory classes insufficient attention is being paid to the extension of reading facilities. As the school library is one of the most important aids to the cultivation of the reading habit in pupils, its contents should allow ; for individual tastes,^ and the books it contains should be well known to the teacher. ' This is necessary if he is to advise pupils in their choice of reading matter. The secret of success in inducing children to read-library books is to have books at once interesting enough and simple enough to. suit the different readers. Most of-.the books will be novels —fictional stories told in prose—and among the kinds that may be expected to make a definite appeal to the juvenile readerI,are the historical novel, books of travel, and adventure stories. 'In a few cases, mainly in the larger schools, reference libraries are being built up with a view to assisting pupils who are carrying out projects in geography, history, or Nature study." :

"The Old School Tie." "The old school tie" was the subject of passing comment by the1 Gov-ernor-General, Viscount Galway, when he replied to a .toast at the annual dinner of,the English Public Schools' Club at Auckland on Saturday evening (states the "New Zealand Herald"). "To me there is something very appealing about public school questions and the links which bind us together, school tie or no school tie," his- Excellency said. "Personally, I frequently wear my old school tie and I am not the least ashamed to do" it." Bequest Refused. * ■ Some time ago the Upper Hutt Borough Council requested the Main Highways Board to undertake the construction of a cycle track from Whiteman's Valley Road to Pine Avenue. At last evening's meeting of the council a letter was received advising that after preliminary investigation the board found that at the present time it was unable to consider the request favourably. ■■'■■'■. ..■■••■• 40-Hour,Week and Daylight Saving. A new twist was given to a discussion on daylight saving at the North. Tarariaki conference of the Farmers' Union on Friday, when it was contended that the introduction of the 4^-hour week had removed the need for advancing the clock, states an exchange. The conference preferred a remit that the half-hour be continued throughout the year to one advocating the total abolition of daylight saving. ' High Speeds. ■ . A complaint <against the high speeds at which motorists travelled through the Upper Hutt borough in the early hours at weekends was made at the meeting of the Upper Hutt Borough Council last evening. Councillors said that from shortly before midnight on Saturdays until 2 or 3 a.m. on Sunday cars roared down from the Brown Owl tearooms at speeds of from 6(hm.p.h. upwards. The noise of the cars was sufficient to wake, the residents. -It was decided to write to the Highways Board asking what the staffing arrangements were and requesting that attention be paid to the speed of cars at night during weekends.