DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

[BY TKT.EGBAIMI —BF.lt I’EKSS ASSOCIATION.]

JliXlOli llHill SCHOOLS. WKId.IXOTOX. Oct. 0. Air Cuugldey, Hirecfor of Hduoation, addressed .Members ef Parliament on the Junior High School system, explaining the necessity to overcome the present sudden change In-tween pi i mnry and secondary schools, and t<make transition occur at a more suitable are. lie said that there had been some scepticism recording the cost, but the Kowliai School (Auckland) showed the system cost not more than one shilling per head per annum 'than the present primary-secondary systems. At" the conclusion, several members said that they had been impressed bv Air Caughley’s statement. One said that the Junior High Schools would be of great benefit to rural districts, and the system would be better appreciated when more fully understood. TXGI'RST. AVAIPFK FT! Ah'. Oct. I. An inquest- on two workmen, crushed to death by falling from a girder at the new Town Hall building lastweek. was opened before Coroner Saunders this morning. Ic. Batson, a single man, and F. Ilasell. a married man, were the victims, and their relatives were represented by counsel, as were the contractors and the Borough Council. A workman who saw the affair said the girder slowly sagged and collapsed. Lengthy evidence is likely.