CONFERENCE OF INSPECTORS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8734, 7 February 1907, Page 2

CONFERENCE OF INSPECTORS.

a ~ . . I';-' Association. s I Wj.i. ......Tr:.;. February 7. 3 ) The Kaliool Id spu-ctors’ Conference 5 j was continued this morning, t j A number of important questions 3 I were referred to committees for consideration and report. A motion by Inspector Batewell t that in t lie regulations for examinations “ proficiency ” should he substituted ’ for “ competency,” in other words that there should be one examination with one certificate, was lost by 2b votes to 8. . Inspector iluigna, Canterbury, moved that senior national scholarships bo awarded to persons of either sex who, being under l‘J years, have resided in the colony for six months and obtained credit at the junior scholarship examination of the University of New Zealand. The motion was carried by 20 votes to 17. 1). J. Cooper, M.A., Senior Inspector of New South Wales, delivered an address. F!RES. I’cr Press Association. \V nir.ixGTO.v, February 7. i A house of five rooms at Crofton, i owned by Chews’ trustees and occupied by J. S. McLean of the Lands and Survey Department, was destroyed by . | fire between 1 and 2 o'clock this morni ing, together with the whole of its conj tents. The inmates escaped in night i attire. The bouse was insured in tho Commercial Union for £250, and the j furniture in the Now Zealand ComI pany for £l5O. ==— ——