DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1925, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

UY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MOTOR. ’BUS CAPSIZES. NEW PLYMOUTH, March 10. A big motor-’hus carrying ten women capsized on TVailii Hill, near Hawere to-night. W. C. Kelland, driver and owner, was pinned underneath and seriously injured. Mrs O’Brien, of Stratford, was slightly injured. Others had remarkable escapes, being only bruised and shaken The ’bus was taking the women to Opunake, 7 hailing from Stratford and three from Wanganui. A BODY FOUND. AUCKLAND, March 17. The body of Allan Gillespie, storekeeper, has been found at Campbell’s Bay. Gillespie was a married man with seven children. He went out fishing hy himself on the night of March 11, about 8 p.m. lie was. heard hy his wife calling for help. Subsequently the boat in which lie had been fishing, was found overturned. SIR ROBERT STOUT’S VIEWS. WEI.LINTON, March ]<>.

The great need for inculcating a love of farm work and country life in primary schools throughout the Dominion was strongly stressed hy Sir Robert SI out in his evidence to-day before the Board of Agriculture in regard to agricultural education. Sir Robert Stout stated that forty years ago lie had urged need for [ roller instruction in agriculture. 110 therefore welcomed the present inquiry. He thought the need to-day was not for colleges for turning out ten to twenty expert men every year for research work and for giving instruct ions in agriculture, hut rather for agricultural training, even in our primary schools, to popularise farming.. induce love of country hie, to show the young people that the highest intellectual life was just as possible to the farmer as to the doctor or lawyer, and that scientific training in agriculture would yield big results in increasing the productivity and wealth of the country. Ho, therefore, was not in favour of one big central institution to turn out exports, hut suggested rather giving scientific training in agriculture, first on small [dots in connection with primary schools than on larger areas in connection with secondary schools, and from thorn those best qualified could go in for still higher training. In this way he thought that we would secure not only a few experts, hut a large number ol young fellows who were willing to put their brains and energy into this agricultural work, which for many years Up come, if not for ever, must he the main industry of the Dominion.

Replying to a question. Sir Robert Stout said that he did not see why the matriculation examination should not include papers on primary agriculture to meet the requirements of students who wished to go on and secure a diploma or degree in agriculture. He woidd do'wluit he could in the I’niversitv Senate in this direction, lie repeated that not ten or twenty experts hut something like 500 young agricultural entlmsiastists should he turned out everv year. HOSPITAL BOARD REQUEST. WESTPORT, Alavc-li 17. At a meeting of the Buffer Hospital Board to-night, it was decided to request the Government to remove the duty on imported Hour, or, in the alternative, to subsidise the bakers in the mining districts 2d per -Jib loaf, with a condition they sell the loaf at one shilling. It was pointed ou£ that the miners’ awards made no provision for this extra cost of living. v

MACKENZIE CASE. WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE. AUCKLAND, Alarcli 17. In the SlacKenzie case, numerous patients gave evidence regarding benefits derived from his treatment. The mother of a young woman deposed to having taken her daughter to a number of doctors. She could not dress herself, or wash- herself, nor turn in the hod. The doctors could not do anything for her. A\ itness did not think the doctors really knew the cause of the trouble. Witness consulted Dr AVilliam Pettit, and the Abrams treatment was given. “She is now able to dress herself, clean herself. and sits here in the Court, a living monument of the result of the Abrams treatment,” said witness.

The case was adjourned until tomorrow.