DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1924, Page 4

DOMINION ITEMS.

[bt telegraph—rmi riisss association.] ROTORUA EUR CLARA'. ROTORUA, February IS. AL.-, Annie .McMillan's .Men's Clothing 'Establishment in Arawu Street was entered between Saturday night and this morning, and a quantity ol goods .stolen. The thief apparently had a key as no violence was used to enter. A CORRECT TON. AUCKLAND, February 18. Correction.—Tn the Kayll case, no verdict, lias yet been given. The case is proceeding. FIRES. WELLINGTON, Feb. 17 AL 4.45 yesterday afternoon a fire broke out on the top floor of R. Hannah's new boot factory in Leeds street. The tire brigade quickly appeared on iho scene, however, and by a quarter past five the outbreak was completely suppressed. Mr Hannah stated that the factory contents were insured in tho New Zealand Insurance Company for some £70,000 to £BO,OOO. He could not state from memory the exact amount. The damage done was very small in comparison to the insurance. The origin is unknown. It is believed to be due to a lighted cigarette butt being swept up with scraps of leather on the top floor, which were not carried outside as they should have boon. A large crowd congregated and as the brigade had to run the hose across Manners street, the tram traffic there was Hold up and had to be diverted to Cuba street.

POLICE OFFENCES ACT. WELLINGTON, Fob. 15. Archibald Gleilhill was charged before Mr E. Page, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, with sending Airs M. Tremaine, 70 Fox street, South Dunedin, a document in imitation of judicial process. Chief-Detective Kemp, who conducted the prosecution, said that defendant was in charge of the Grand Auxiliary Company, Customhouse Quay,-a debt-collecting agency. On January lath Gledhill posted the notice complained of. He admitted being responsible for it. It was contended that- the notice was a breach of Section 19 of the Police Offences Act. Mrs Tremaine, who would naturally think the paper was a summons, sent it to her solicitor, who forwarded it to the AVellington police. Mr T. C. A. Hislop, who appeared for defendant, said that the question really was: AA’as the paper a document calculated to make a person of average intelligence think it was an official document? He contended that it was not. Air Page, S.AL,• AA'hy is it printed on blue paper? Afr His To- “That is the nfilv re-

semblance between it and ail official document.” Blue paper was cheaper when bought in large quantities.' The Magistrate said it was clear that the document came within the section under which the charge was made. Any ordinary person not versed in law would take ’ the document as a preliminary step to proceedings, if not as an official document. Defendant would be lined Co.

A SHIP'S TRADE. BIN BORNE, Feb. 1G The Poverty Bay Meat Co's Admiral Codrington, which was recently excluded from flic New Zealand meat trade, has found a charter to carry meat from Argentina to England. The directors complain of the loss of revenue involved, and urge that the rights of their boat to trade in New Zealand waters be re-established. NEATNESS REQUIRED. AUCKLAND, Feb. 17 An appeal to teachers to give groat attention to the simple virtues of neatness and accuracy was made by the Minister of Education (the Hon 0. J. Part-) in opening the Newton Central School. Mr Parr said that to-day not only were they turning out trained and certificated teachers at the rate of 1-00 a year, but they were allowing those teachers greater Freedom in carrying out the curriculum. There was a wide syllabus of subjects from which teachers might select, and to a large extent plan their own'scheme of work. That Irceilnm had perhaps gone too far. There uax evidence in some scltimis that the old virtues of accuracy, ilioroiightte-s. and neatness were forgotten. He found thill some inspectors anil teaclnrs had been giving marks to children for gelling sums nearly right. The pupils had gone about the problem with good method. They showed thev miller tood it. but some "merely technical error” of .subtractimt or addition bail given a wrong answer. “.Merely mechanical errors” anil "nearly right” would mu do in Queen street, in shop, in office, or bank. Accuracy was very necessary. The slim must be right, am! employers required that it lie set out with neatness and neeuraev.