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Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1922, Page 4

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. SYDNEY, July 22,

Mr Bruntell announces the abolition of qualifying certificates as a medium for testing the fitness of pupils admission to high schools. The system employed in the future will be a report from the headmaster and local inspector on the individual pupils, who have completed the sixth class course, such a report covering their studies throughout the year. AN UNSEA'WORTHY SHJI\ SYDNEY, July 22. The officers and crew of the Ahemana have been paid off pending the sto|>ping of the leakage as ordered by the Navigation Department prior to the schooner again putting to sea. The cargo of hardwood piles for the Bluff will be .shipped by another steamer. BEEF FOB GERMANY. SYDNEY, July 22. It is stated eight thousand tons of beef and two hundred tons of mutton, sold to Germany, will be shipped from Queensland meat works, and represents the new season’s kill. The prices are undisclosed, but it is understood to be better than the London rates. WIRELESS BOARD. MELBOURNE, July 22. In the House of Representatives MiHughes announced the receipt of a letter from Sir Thomas Hughes resigning the chairmanship of' the Wireless Board to avoid friction, but denying that the agreement provided for the appointment of an independent chairman. Sir Thomas added he would not seriously consider a proposal to accept a position on tlie Board if one of his colleagues retired.