TELEGRAMS.
float IMIKSB ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] A DOUBLE FATALITY. CHRISTCHURCH. This Day At Kaiapoi yesterday afternoon Harry Harper, afeed 45, and his daughter Eileen, aged 13, were drowned near the railway bridge. Harper, his wife and five children and another man, were sailing in the Waimakariri river, when the boom knocked Eileen overboard. The father, who was a strong swimmer, jumped after her and got a hold, hut both sank. Harper was employed at the Kaiapoi Woollen Mills.
P. AND T. CONFERENCE. . CHRISTCHURCH, This Day The'Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Officers Association opened at Wellington, the delegates present representing 7,5ui) members. The business is of more than ordinary importance, and groat interest centres in the conference among all branches of the service. W. R. Mclsaac, of Wellington, president of the Association, will be in the chair.
LIMITATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS. WELLINGTON, This Day. Rcfering to a telegram from Napier on the" subject c.f the limitation of scholarships, the Minister of Education said he was not aware that a circular limiting entries for National Scholarships had boon issued by the Department, until the resolutions on the subject were received by him. He then immediately obtained an explanatory statement from the Department-. This showed an absurdly large number of pupids being entered from several education districts for examination, who had not even a slender chance of securing half the marks and had no hope of obtaining a scholarship, a circular was issued, to save needless expense and labour, under the wide margin allowed to headmasters in certifying to candidates having a reasonable chance of obtaining a scholarship. No likely pupil would be excluded from sitting for examination. Summarising the position tho Minister said the circular was to be taken merely for a guidance, and was not- to be regarded as a prohibitive restriction.
SCRATCHED.
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Mangamahoo was scratched for tho New Zealand Cup at 9 a.m. to-day.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1918, Page 3
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