LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 February 1920, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

• Notice of the holding of an election Pf five members ot the Westland Licens- . jug Committee appears in tiiis issue. ’ Nominations close on Saturday, 28th j. February, at noon, with Mr J. N. Nalder, Returning Officer, Hokitika. ' j A fire on Saturday afternoon at the residence of Mr J. Petherbridge of Cobden was extinguised, but not before damage had been done to one of the bedrooms estimated at £SO. The fire apparently originated from some burning gorse near by. The ferry liner Wahine, after being delayed on tlie outward voyage at Fremantle for five days securing bunker supplies:-Sailed on Tuesday night direct for Port Chalmers where she should arrive on Wednesday next. On arrival tlie Wahine will fie floated into, dock for cleaning and painting, and to have necessary repairs effected. It is expected that within a week thereafter the ferry service will be maintained regularly by the Maori in conjunction with the Wahine. Tlie Canterbury Education Board at its meeting on Friday, received the legal opinion of its solicitor that if a person was a householder- in two school districts, he or she could sit on the committees in both districts..and that

a parent or guardian could sit on the committee of the school which his or her child attended, whether tlie parent or guardian lived in the district or not. Tlie Board discussed the position at sotne length, and made a recommendation to the Minister of Education that no householder should be allowed to exercise two votes in the election of School Committtes, or.sit. on two committees. i In his annual report to the Canterbury Education Board, Mr R. Grant (Supervisor. )says:—At Hokitika, a new woodwork building lias been erected and considerable alterations-have been made to the cookery and science rooms, all of which enable the'work to be car- . ried out under more ideal conditions than - formerly. This is now an important centre ,and pupils are conveyed from all tlie surrounding schools to receive instruction. -About 240 schools now take up Elementary Agriculture as a' school subject, and there is distinct evidence to show that some very fine experimental work has been done. In spite of the great difficulties still laboured under, a marked improvement is apparent in tlie work on the Coast. This is largely due to the appointment of Mr Ridley as permanent Instructor at Greymouth. He has created a great deal of enthusiasm in connexion with the work where very little; existed before, Rural courses of instruction were taken at Hokitika and Grcymouth.