DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1925, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by TELEGRAPH-—PEB FBES9 ASSOCIATION. LOST TIME OF SCHOOLS. 1 XSTTTUTE’S R ECOMMEN DATIONS WELLINGTON, April 25. Ihe Executive of the Educational Institute iu response to an invitation font the Education Department has submitted an opinion on the question of making up lost time. It considers that it is not advisable to lengthen the school day by an order covering all classes. It would he better to leave it to the teachers to meet the special circumstances in their own way and some have already taken measures to that effect. If. however, experience shows some lengthening is advisable, the Institute favours waiting till after August, on account of lighting and heating. Holding school on Saturdays is not recommended on account of the inconvenience to parents and interference with games. One suggestion is to reduce the arithmetic syllabus from five hours to three, which would enable most losses to he made good. The proficiency examinations will not lie prejudiced as the tendency is to accent the headmaster’s reeommendat ions. The institute, on the whole. considers the teachers must he relied on to d-> what is necessary to meet the situation and they had belter not he hampered hy detailed ins i met ions. SHIPWRECK FEARED. AUCKLAND. April 28. Advice has been received that the Tnngan cutter Manukainui is feared to have been lost, with all hands. The vessel sailed from Yavan for llaainai and Nukualofa in a storm on March 9th. and has not been heard of since. IU addition to a crew of three she had ten passengers. There were no Europeans on hoard. The Manukainui was a 19-ton cutter, and she was built iu Auckland in 1928. DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. DUNEDIN. April 22. At the invitation of the Dunedin Expansion League, some -R) delegates from practically every local body in Otago, attended a conference at Dunedin to-day to consider the organisation of one lig Otago Court, instead of various County Bays, at the forthcoming Exhibition. The delegates were shown oVi-r the huge buildings now nearly completed, and at a conference in the at ternonn. they very heartily agreed to form an Otago Court. A committee consisting of the .Mayors of Boroughs, Chairmen of County Councils, and several others, was set up to take charge of the arrangements of the Court . It was indicated that Mr Y> . B. Steel (secretary of the Expansion League) would lie released to undertake a large- pari of the necessary organisation work. DAIRY CONTROL HOARD. W ELLINGTON. April 2-1. Details concerning the absolute control of marketing | i'oduce were given the Fanners Fnimi Executive by Messrs Grounds (Chairman) and Goodfellow (members) of the Dairy Control .Board. Grounds said Tooley Street merchants Welcomed the scheme and we're prepared to advance iretlils en shipments.

Alter years of striving, the co-operative svstem wa ; on trial. If it could not

stand uu t the ordeal it- must take s eenilary plane. Goodfellow said the Board was not engaged on an experiment. The method had obtained in London for many yeais and was working satisfactorily. Dairy farmers need not fear that the Beard would not make advances a. gencraiH a.s mer-

chants had done in the past. It was essential that large quantities of butte rand cheese should he iu .London, so that advantage could he taken ot n favourable market. Holding l ack shipments in New Zealand must lie done only after the ea ref idle ,t consideration. Alter hearing the- statements the Executive t esol ntiened the tullest ionfit It: nee in t!ie Dairy (cl.lml Board

AN INVITATION. WELLINGTON'. April 21. The. Department of Industries and ('(numeric lias received an invitation to sciul two or three business men delegates to represent New Zealand at the . third biennial emigres; < f International ( hamhers of Cuiiiiiioreo at Brussels on - June 21st to 27th. The Department is . asking Xe.v Zealand ( ham hors of Commerce if they desire to He represented. HOSPITALS' ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. April 2L Welling! : (i Hospital Board has decided 111 join the Hospital Board’s Association.' Delegates jo the forthcoming Gonfereme were instructed lo op|.,se the proposal to raise hospital lees. (inLTV lII' THEFT. WAIROA. April 2-L ,\ vi.uug Maori. David Widhape, I leaded guilt v this morning to charges e.r hrciking and entering S Morgan’s drapery simp at North (Jyde and stealing goods vahmd at £’> I|S !,< *- ,H ' was ei.mmil led for sentence next sitting of the Napier Simreme vourt. MAGISTERIAL DECISIONS. T \ I’M A RAN EL April 2-L U the Magisi raid’s Court Mr Platts S.M. gave a reserved decision j., a cam wheviu W, !». V, dlmmson (aoent for Dalgety and CoD was (harg-al wit’ii cruelty to 123 .sheep ,{• that he omitted to supply t-'Oiu » t > prooer and silflieient l„od from 1 1,1, till Eehnmry Ufn. I hey had also been without food fur two days previous to Eehnmry lUh.. the da f In which accused took charge ol Hum The ease arose out,'of the annual Sheep. Fair, when more than thiiiy thousand sheep changed banns, and there was much cniurestum I Magistrate said it was no ■ <'•' >' “ ' rc -t that tiiere was unusual demy .n c.htaiiiing I'ms.' o . . i,., large nuniher of sheen that Had to _v sent awav by rail niter the sale Hut that did not justify the neem-ed »> kcu.ing the animals eonhned i bum a period will,out sullcent fomh 1 was convicted and lined £lO ilih costs. security fur appeal was il llscpli Maeliin, on charges of keep- ' iU ,(I ol,struct mg a eoiistahh D execution of Ins duty, was - ' nn each charge and hin d £ ■ ■ "'U Security for appeal was fixed : nt 20 guineas.

OAMARE GAR MV STUDY. OAMAIM • April \ vimirous seareli is being P l ' "' cnWd Cy a large party oi Leo ; . Hudson, but so far U I'® The river is being diaggOil. The girl's condition is unchanged. and is • stlli surrounding 3he mystety ttimit doenen the whole a (fair appears to <kepei with every movement.

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FFILDING, April 2-L j Alurphy. married, with two children .of Palmerston North whde op • - ; ,s jt;liil iw. «»*,» '’»> i %■ ;, ,„„i ,fc.i <-.( "»■“ o ■"j, There .re indications that the *nnn . ."iiAIR tHie Hum. though instructions make Ibis compulsory.