NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 23 January 1908, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

OIiCA.N IdJAJI'IViLS. j A'er I'rcstj Association. U eliiiigion, w euncsday. A deputation rcpic-soniing Uju \veiiington Society ui Prok'ssiun.w jiusiciuns wailed upon tlic finance Committee of the City Council and suggested mat an experiment should b<< made bjythe Cuumni by appointing a uily urg.ui ist to give a denes of recitals on city organ. The .\layor stated that Luc matter iiad been under the coiiojdeiation ol" tlie Council, winch uuuld do vvimi it could tu give tiled to the wishes ui the deputation.

IIOTELKKJiI'iiK Jr'jNJil). Christchurcli, Last .Night. -Mary Harding, licence of the JJlack itorse ilotei at Addingtou, was lined A) sin the Police Court this morning lor selling liquor after hours, and had her license endorsed.

AUCKLAND EDUCATION BOARD. Auckland, Last Night. The estimates of income and expendi.- : ture of the Auckland Kducation Board, for I'JUH, aa prepared by the seciitary, Mr V. E. Kice, show that the esiiniateuj income is £11)8,OUO, and expenditure £2O-1,000. The chief items under the

latter head are teachers' salaries .CI3U,UUU; technical instruction mantcnance, £14,000; school buildings' maintenance, £12,000, new schools, .UU.OOO; training college and normal school, £SOOO.

MUSICIANS' CONFERENCE. Wellington, Wednesday. Delegates attending the Musicians' Conference were formally welcomed by the Mayor this morning. Mr Maughan Barnctt was elected president, Air ji i. land Gardner vice-president, Mr 11. Hunt secretary, and Mr D. Mackintosh assistant secretary. The president, in his address, referred to the .Musicians' Bill, which professional musicians could not support. it li.id been decided to reconsider the matter this year, lie spoke of the comparatively limited opportunities for the study of modern orchestral works, and he trusted the time was not far distant when there would be a permanent orchestra in New Zealand.

ANNIVERSARY DAY. Wellington, Wednesday. Anniversary Day was celebrated in the city to-day. The weather was fine but cloudy. The principal attraetiona were the race meeting at Trentham and the regatta and carnival at Worser Bay.

TUB HALF-HOLIDAY. Auckland, Wednesday. A meeting of local bodies this morning decided on the retention of Wednesday as the statutory weekly half-holi-day for Auckland an suburbs.

ASSISTANCE TO UNIVERSITIES. Wellington, Wednesday. 1 111 his address at the annual session ' of the New Zealand University Senate to-day, the Chancellor, Sir .Robert Stout, referred to the marked difference between New Zealand .University institutions and those of the United States in regard to the assistance granted by private persons. Wealthy men of the United States had recognised it both as a privilege and as a duty to give freely of their wealth to university institutions. In New Zealand wealthy men had done little in this direction. If wealthy men in the Dominion were to give as freely of their wealth for higher education! as wealthy United States citizens, there would be benefactions amounting to at least £40,000 a year—that was on a proportional estimate of the wealth and the population of the respective countries. New Zealand University institutions dated back to 3871, and dM l '\ ing the past 37 veirs there had not been received an aggregate of £40,000 from the wealthy men of the Dominion. During the past ten years the estates of twenty-one deceased persons, of the value of £IOO,OOO each, had passed through the Stairip Office, and not one of the deceased had left anything for education.

PALMERSTON NEWS. Palmerston X.. Last Night. Anniversary Day was celebrated here in sultry weather, a heavy haze of smoke enveloping Ihe town. Numerous picnics and sports were held, and large crowds journeyed to the Foxton races. The local volunteers took part in manoeuvres at Turakina. The Pahiatua and Palmerston Wednesday associations met at cricket, Pahiatua winning by 41 runs. Rain is wanted, but there is as yet no sign of any. FREEZING WORKS PROJECT. Nelson, Last Night. The freezing works project is being enthusiastically supported, and so far shares to the value of about £12,000 have been taken up. Several parcels have been subscribed in Wellington and Christehurch.

THE OYSTER SEASON. Tnvereargill. Last Nightj Prospects for the oyster season are good. The beds are said to be in a promising condition, and about 00 or 7C craft will be employed in the industry.