THE NAYAL TRAINING SCHOOL.

Evening Star, Issue 3785, 12 April 1875, Page 3

THE NAYAL TRAINING SCHOOL.

«• Kellar, Secretary of Customs, reports to the Commissioner of Customs as follows ■rvSw 18 * scll 9pl the Act was established at Eohmarama, Auckland, early in December, 1874 where provision is made for about Up to Hie end of February—threomonths^-only ±S 6 ?ift 9 L boyß v± admitted - lof these bave been transferred from Industrial Scbpob at Auckland (5) and Dunedin (6), while W r£? committed by Magistrates aU at appear ® me bo unsatisfactory a result of the three months’ operation of the Act so fVfimfv ll onA i + ad ?v Ua,te to the requirements of the Colony, and to the expensive machinery that is in ta^n°toit mt Ideem my duty to your at-

It is well known that in most if not all of the large towns of the Colony there are numbers of boys sections 8 to 10, uncared not’ «i22 y li 00 J?® l7 to o . w . up as criminals, iP l by !v® “ eanß of institutions bf this Wnd; and from the absence of committals at any place other than Auckland, it appears evident that 811(1 T tt - lue ® f th ® school, and the object ?wi in passing the Act, are not sufflmagistrates and police authothe Colony; I and would suggest abt ®ntion ofthe Hon. Minister of JiStice be called thereto, with a view to such action as he l aSy knownf 8 * 18^!6 * to make subject more geneO ? os ’ i , bly *be name may have been misunderstood. some Parents and guardians from themseives ofthe 10th section. The term &K. 40 mean a place for training boys for would be well to explain the intention is to train boys for, and toapof the Colnnv th o mercantile marine t * Colony, Magistrates sbonld bear this in fffif comtaittalß under the Bth to the each B fl^ tdd make careful inquiry in *¥ htaesa of the boy for training cme oI S A tmd ? rt^ e + lo Jv s ®c-» it woulfbe well that they should examine mto the parents’ or guardians’ ability 2 ? ay a , contribution towards the expense of the boy’s maintenance and training, and make order aocordingly, without waiting for formal complaint from manager of the school. The taXig of a boy for a seafaring life cannot well be done under two (21 years. A knowledge of this may be useful to Mogistrates when exercising the discretion given to them to determine the time for which a boy shall be committed (in the case above referred to the boy was committed for one year only). 3 . To prevent the introduction into the school of mfcchoua or contagious diseases, T thihk that Magistrates might be requested to have booh boy examined by a medical man, before commitment, \ and.be authorised to pay a fee for the same.l

The hon. the Commiaeionei, alluding to the report, aaya;—“ I have no doubtas to the necessity for the Act, and that both the boys and the State will benefit by its provisions being more fully given effect to j and I can only infer that the reason why it has not been taken advantage of to a much greater extent is because it is not sufficiently well known. Might I therefore suggest that the attention of magistrates and police authorities, especially in the larger centres of population, may be specially called to the Act. 1

“ ’Tis strange,” muttered a young man as he staggeT? d home from a supper party, “how evil communications corrupt good manners. I’ve beett BUtTPunded by tumblers all the evening, and now I'ni ft niysdf. “ Thou art a little boftf, mamUne, said a Quaker to a fashionable belle at an evening party. “ Sk!” exclaimed the fair outraged one. “ About the shoulders I mean,” smilingly replied he. Somebody says a wife should be like roastlamb—tender and nicely dressed. A bachelor adds, “And without any sauce, v If you are cursed with an insatiable appetite, buy a plaid vest, so that you can always keep a check on your stomach.” Perhaps He was Right.—Swell: I want you to make ms a short coat, without tails or seams in the back. Do you know what I mean ? - German Tailor“Yaas, yaas; I know vat you vant. You vant a straight jacket.”