LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1921, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

Tlir kiwi Eooibifll Club hold S' praet ice mi Cass Square tins evening at, 7.30 sharp. Every member must attend. \n enquiry is made by Mi' -D* 1 • Stuart, in reference to a cheque for £]() cashed oil March 24th. There is a better tone about the sawmilling industry just now. Mint* tihi- !;,>|. is being moved north of late, and orders are coming in a little better, but the specifications for supplies are more stringent, requiring the lust classes of timber. One local mill is like-, lv to resume cutting on Monday with a reduced staff, and another local null is likelv to make an early start. "he „ew mill neat Lake Kanieri is now cutting, and has timber ready to send in for export. The Maorilnnd “Worker” says:—“ltj.a recent issue “The Worker” stated that it knew of a. ease in Talmerston North where a school child had been several times flogged for refusing to sing more than “Three Cheers for the l?ed. . This statement was made lo u s bv a reader whose reliability wo saw no reason to doubt, “lhe Moikor” subsequently received from the Education Department a communication asking for the name of the child and the school at which the alleged floggings have taken place. We have made inquiries and, we are now satisfied that our allegations are incorrect. Wei therefore withdraw (them unreservedly, and tender our sincere apologies to the Education Department and to the teachers whom we thus placed in a falso position.”