DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 67, 22 March 1915, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

4» ROLBERJES AT WANCANUI. i 'Waiigitmii, March'-21: Tun robberies were reported to the >olico during Saturday night. In the first case an old man front ";ha country came to town to spend a loliday. He started off l>y drinhiiig •lore than was good for his wits. He 'chummed up" with two raw, ivbo •ffered to take him to a hoarding hor.se icross the river. The sequel was that he men wont through his pockets, and ook eight pounds. The second castccurred in a hoarding house, where a nan was awakened at midnight hy hi. 1 ng three men in his room, one of whoa. dragged away his coat from under the pillow. The rohhed man raised a. great noise and awakened the household. Jn is excitement he smote in the eye one mn whom he evidently thought was a obhor. In return he received a black ye. The police arrived and restored ,uiet. The coat was found in the yard, nit a purse with £8 12s was gone. There is no trace of the offenders. SCHOOLBOYS FARMINC. Feilding, March 20. The Wanganui Education Board's ichool farm completed its first week )ii Mr K. Shortt's Almadale farm at Cheltenham, to-day. Fifty hoys are inder canvas in charge of the agricultural instructors, Messrs Grant and Banner. The practical instruction has neluded the study, of Hereford cattle, ihire horses, and Roiiinoy sheep. Mr j -Short placed his experts and stud lock at the disposal of the boys. 'During the day and at night lantern displays specially relating to farming subjects are given. The boys are very keen, and the results very satisfactory. The cooking is done by the boys in hatches, and the health of all in camp is good. In addition to the boys taking the agricultural course in the secondary departments, the chairman of the hoard has initiated a new departure by including some boys in the highest standards in backblocks schools, and they seemed among the best. The camp breaks up next week.