TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 June 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

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GRADING TEACHERS.

WELLINGTON, June 10. , Mr J. W. Poynton, Stipendiary Magistrate, has been appointed chairman of all Appeal Boards to be set op during the year 1920 in connection with the grading of teachers. i IMMIGRATION STATISTICS. I WELLINGTON, June 10. ; A Gazette announcement shows the arrivals in New Zealand during May exceeded the departures by 353. The arrivals included 97 Chinese and the departures 53 Chinese. j A SCHOOL INNOVATION. WELLINGTON, June 10. To a deputation representing the temperance bodies of the Dominion, .Mr Parr (Minister of 'Education) to-day announced his Department’s intention to make arrangements for some r ore definite instruction of the children in State schools in the subject of temperance. He said lie looked at the subject from the point of) view of a parent'. He did not thing any reasonably minded parent could object to sound instruction being given, to children about tomp'eraney and the dangers of alcohol to the human organs. He fully agreed that the time'had arrived when sound instructions in this matter should be given more in detail and more specifically. He had already resolved on a plan of action and proposed to see that every teacher in the scheme of work to be prepared for the year should have part' of the time devoted to health and hygiene devoted to this subject which the deputation came to discuss. Inspectors would be instructed to see that this instruction was duly given. Naturally there would be no hint of politics or prohibitoin in this teaching. He would have to be very emphatic about that.

j SUPPLY OF SHIPPING, J WISLINGTON, June 8. i The supply of shipping for frozen produce from New Zealand has been extraordinarily good over since the British . Government began to make its serious effort to take away from this country the accumulations of mea ( t in the cold stores. ( The Prime Minister said tb-day that ! ever since the congestion in England j was overcome, the supply of ships apj peared to have been very good, and it t was keeping up very well indeed. If | the present rate should be sustained, the quantity of mutton in the stores at the "beginning of next season or jit'the j end ofthc calendar year would certain- ! ly not fee more than the estimated quanJ titv he had given to the conference of I producers in Wellington some. two I weeks ago. That estimate, was two and jji half million carcases, but some of the shipping men at the conference had said that they would be able to do better ! than this. It appeared now that they might do so. Shjps in sight for June loading proI vide for 505,000 carcases, and for July I loading 992,000 carcases. There are j also a number of ships, some of which | have already arrived, which are not included in this reckoning. They will take cargo also in June and July. BUTTER PETCm HAMILTON, June 11. Replying to the official statement that Government ha‘d done po more than follow the custom of recent years Mr Goodfellow, Manager of the New Zealand Dairy Association states producers took no exception to holding hack a quantity of butter sufficient to supply local requirements until the coming season’s make is available. At the . present time, there are 220,000 boxes of butter in N.Z., compared with 100,000 this time last year. This estimated surplus had, in reality been sold to the Imperial Government, but the N.Z. Government intended to appropriate a'l, extra quantity for the purpose of supplying the local market, in competition with the new season’s make, whi»h I would be available in increasing qua als tities after August Ist next. Government, would by this questionable nwars continue to keep down the price- of butter to a figure very much below the : cost of production. Mr Goldfillow quoted prices ruling in other countries, showing inferior butter was sold to-fday ,in Australia at 2.3 per lb, Canada and U.S.A. at 3s. to 3s 6d and in England 3s to 5s per lb. TOWN PLANNING. WELLINGTON, June 11. Tile Minister of Internal Affairs replying to a deputation from the Town Planning Association to-day, promised he would bring a Town Planning Bill down this session if possible, though it might have to' be delayed until next year. Personally, however, he would do his best- to get the bill through Parliament this session. ' THEFT FROM SAFE. .ROTORUA June 11. About £76 in cash and £4O in cheques was stolen from the office of Johnson and Cooper, Auctioneers yesterday afternoon. A clerk went out for a few minutes, leaving the safe open. When’ he returned, he found the cash box gone,.