DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[I!Y TEL EG RATO —i’EIl MESS ASSOCIATION.] A MAN MISSING. WELLINGTON, Bareli 10. Vincent Howard, furniture manufactuedr, of Tory Street, left his home on Friday, and it was understood that lie was going to l.yall Ray for a swim. Jle has not returned home. A search yesterday revealed the missing man’s suitcase under a bush near the Lyall Bay beach, but no clothes were found. It is feared that lie lias met with an accident. He is about thirty years of age, and married with two children. CRUS IE OF H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE. DUNEDIN. March 10. H.M.A.S. Melbourne sailed at six o’clock this morning for Milford Sound and Jervis Bay. TRADES SCHOOLS. AUCKLAND. March 10. Trades schools were referred to by tha Hon. CL .1. Anderson, Minister ol Labour, in discussing the Apprentices Act in his address to the Grocers’ Federation Conference to-day. II a man had a trade at his finger-ends he might do anything else he liked, said the Minister, hut in times of stress, when he got on his beam-ends, he could always fall back mi his trade. When things were not too good, the tradesman was always the one that could bo most easily provided for. The hardest man to do anything for was the tin-, skilled man. That- was one of the rcasons, speaking from the social point of view, why the Minister asked for a lair trial of the Act. lie explained the details much on the lines of his recent addre-s in Wellington. He dwelt a geti deal on the possibilities that might he expected from trades schools. 'I lie \i't gave permission for setting up

these schools providing the employers in anv particular trade agreed. Much ocod had been done by such a .school i.r bricklayers in New South Wales

I'P.e matter was entirely voluntary, and it was for a majority <4 ike employ ors iu Iho trade concerned to say \\ betlier or not they should put up Lie money that would be requited. Tl-e .Minister oointed out that the t-o----vi rnmeflt now supported schools for the teaching of the professions. It was continually living asked Ft J mnocfv

l ,r s(h.ools for this and lor that, and he believed —at least he had heard that Auckland was now asking lor a dental school. (Laughter.) If it was rig, lit to help the teaching professions, jg was much more essential that the Slate should help to teach useful tiados, and he believed that in a couple if genetat lons such instruction would he regarded as perfectly natural and right.

dental association, annual 'melting. AUCKLAND. March 10. Speaking at the president's dinner iieht in connexion with the annual meeting of the New Zealand Dental Association. Dr. J. M. Warren said that it was the duty of the Association to watch the education of students, and to see that they were well equipped with the best methods el pieveuti'c and reparative dentbtiy. He "as ot opinion that no good put pose:- could be observed by increasing the period from four ti> live years, as "as recently done in Otago. The following was the res alt ot the election of officers:—I'resident. Mr C. 11. Moses (Auckland); vice-president. Mr W. R. ReyI urn (Auckland!; Measurer, Mr H. D. Oump (Auckland); committee. Messrs R King (Auckland). A. TI. Cranwell (Auckland). R. J. Owen (Auckland), and J. A. IL Nash (Auckland 1 .