The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, December 10, 1910. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 929, 10 December 1910, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, December 10, 1910. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The most important subject for discussion at Monday’s Council meeting will be the desirabilty or otherwise of erecting a Municipal Town Hall to take the place of the building which was recently destroyed by fire. So far as we have been able to gauge public opinion, the feeling is almost unanimous in favour of the project and all the Councillors we have spoken to approve of the proposition. The question tue Council will have to decide and submit to the ratepayers for endorsement is the cost. As we previously pointed out, to think of erecting a suitable building at a cost of less than ,£2OOO will be a waste of time. We hope every Councillor will attend Monday night’s meeting well posted on the question, and that no time will be lost in submitting proposals to the ratepayers. The question of a suitable site will also have to be taken into consideration. In this respect the Council have one or two central sections which are all equally well situated.

Dk. Kennedy, of Eeviu, has kindly consented to examine the children of the local State School in first aid on Tuesday next. Dr. Mandl, to whom the committee, parents and children are under a debt of gratitude, has completed a course of lectures and demonstrations in this connection, and in order to reward merit offered proficiency prizes. We are of opinion that the medical examiner will have a very difficult task to perform in singling out the most competent among the pupils, because a majority of them have taken a very intelligent interest in the work, and have displayed commendable skill. One little fellow, in order to enlist his younger brother as ‘ ‘ the patient ’ ’ bribed him with certain concessions, and when he had finished “ dressing,” the “ patient ” looked as if he had been in a railway smash. We do not think any other primary school enjoys such advantages and we hope that some provision may be made to continue this important branch of education in the future.