LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 25 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is proUible that art el-asses will In' opened at tin' St rat lord l'c< llliU;tI School next week, under Mr. S. 11.I 1 . I'm ti,n, the Education Hoard's iiistrmtor. 'flu- Ciiiiirniiin reported to the meeting til' tin- llawora Count.}' Council on Thursday tlmt the total taking.' from t'no Main Suiilh liuad tull-yate since it had j been upi'ii were .CI4U ljs 3d, or an average of L2 !)s lid pur day. | We arc in receipt of tho IiIUT issue j I~| tin. Municipal JhuidlKiuk, compiled i,v ilio direction of the Minister for Internal Ailairs. Tin' statistic, of _ tin- I various towns in the colony -arc. given 'n concise form, together with notes of I the principal features, micli as the methods of street-lighting, lire-prevention, etc., -and Hie facilities 'for recreation. A bullfight in which one matador was fatally injured and another dangerously. , hurt.'was the feature of the festivities given at Lima, Feiti, in honor of the crews of the American battleship Ih'ct. A despatch firoiii Lima states that 3500 oilicers and sailors were present at the bullfight, which was also attended by the I'resideiit of Peru and his Cabinet, and many other high Government olbtials. An American traveller in Cuba wril.'s as follows iu regard to the sheep there. He says:—"lu a ride of over W miles from "Havana to Ncivitas through the best portion of the grazing country or the island I did not see a dozen sheep. 1 saw three or four in the city of Havana, and tiliont half-a-dozen on the way to Ncivitas. and all of these sheep were covered with hair like our common ..oatsof the Shite,; they were neariv ill si-otled. resembling the common B'billygoat. If the best-covered sheep in ~„, States is iMO'ught here it will lo,c its wool the first year, and in >t* « will come a growth of uair, and it will become spotted." AsthcrcapiK'arSAobesoiue.loi.blas to what constitutes a "Householda under the provisions of the Educauou Act wc supply the dcumtioil, wlneh is as follows —Householder means and includes (a) every adult male or female person who has for the period of three months next before the day of election resided in auv dwelling-house within the school district as owner or tenant thereof; and (b) if not qualified under the. previous sub-sections includes the father, wherever resident, or, if he be dead or absent from the Dominion, the guardian or other person wherever resident, who lias the actual custody of any child attending any State school situated within such district. The Te Whiti monument, for erection in the inarae at l'arihaka over the funeral vault of the late chief To Wjiili, will probably be sent on to the village by Messrs. 'Russell & Ron next week. The monument, as previously described, is of grey granite, with red granita column*, standing 20 feet high. It will be surrounded by a concrete wall and iron railing, with gale openings, and ■two lamps which will be lighted every night. The inscriptions will be carved in both English and Maori. De.-pito tin enormous quantities of concrete used in the construction of the vault it has been decided to further strengthen it ■ by the addition of another twelve inches of concrete, and above the vault, will b< placed four steel girders embedded ii concrete to take the weight of the me __ inorial column. The total cost will lit about £250. Householder- throughout the proline, are reminded that the annual meeting for the election of school committee: take place on .Monday evening at i o'clock. In a matter of such vital im portance to the rising generation it i' surprising that so much apathy is din played by the great majority of'parents in whose hands is entrusted so much o the government of education. The Iran chise is a very wide one—"every resi dent householder"—and if for no otlu" reason than to show some appreciatioi of the inestimable privileges of inoderi education available for every child, i might reasonably lie expected that these meetings would he largely atlcnded. Much is heard nowadays about Government centralisation of education contiol. but if such is ever accomplished, householders will be in no small meiwurc to blame, owing to their failure to ap- 1 preciate their present liberal privileges. It is to be hopWl that the meetings throughout the district will be largely attended anil a more intelligent interest' evinced in school matters than can be said to have Urn shown—except in the case of the few—in the pant. (.in Thursday we published a paragraph from "the Christehurch Star, wherein a writer expressed the opinion that Aucklanders take themselves too* seriously. Sew Zealand is a suburb of Auckland; at least so the Aucklanders think, lie w rote. " For gross, undiluted, spirited, and flatly irrelevant paroehial- ., ism the northern city taken all the cakes in the Dominion and most of the confectionery in the Conunonweallh." _ etc. It has been said that egotism is the tongue of vanity and egotists are the pests of .society. We cannot say how true the application of the quotations is to Auckland, but it certainly is somewhat tiresome io have continually dinned into one's ears the marvels of the great and only. No one grudges Aucklanders their praiseworthy selfesteem, or their wonderful athletic record, but continually reiterated selfpraise does become tiresome. The following Press Association wire from Auckland last night has prompted tin; introduction:—A tribute to the athletic prowess of Aucklanders is at present on view in the city, practically every shield and banner presented for open competition throughout the Dominion bcin«- displayed. T he trophies include the I lunket cricket shield, Ranfurlv shield, the Brown shield, New Zealand' Hockey Association s shield, North Island Bowi ">g .Wncialmn's shield and banner, llll( | -, liTIo"; '"'l7'" 1 ™ 1 Wr. in addislliel) r„ .1 '"!" im ' " ,s ° lho K <~* s " n tlie o • h r" |,ion '"' ,Ss '""'lof e Do, ,„,„„, ~,,,, th( , Co] . ""» »!• [or ride shooting l, v C ad s o. oi pu, ; bc ; c„oo,s lhlwwWt . ft f J )o . i. In Inspector MacUonncll. . "t.m oi the I.x ii J poliee (~„,,* ~ \.,.„„,. IfIKT.,. The in., t ,„„,e„.t is h an ,ed' ■i, -[•"tor MiaeDonnell rcccnUH 'traced ,► t»> the po-.-5i.,,, of a granddaii-htcrol ~"'; ■ l ' 1 ","- »■'■' •-f v-v i'k ~",. ;,'" "'"'",' ll !' i'"'.''a>.M it i„ M,.|. '."""""■•- . Nlr - «il-"" -opplie, a m.,sl ■ i.terotinj; j m , „ ~,,. Wi|i|| |M|| -ay. .1 uas brought ■(„ .\„ w ;<,..,,, <"" l'"la»d by Major Von T«,,,«kv. "n \..,i lenity's ,|,,,t1, the instr',,"lent came into the hands of one of the soldier* attached to his command. Mr Inn Ilowanl. who is now settled oil a •ami at Orcpuki. Mr. Wilson purchase 1 't from Mr. Howard in Ijivercamiil al"Oiit ISIIS for a considerable sum of money. According to the story told he Mr. Howard, the violin was on one occasion, during the progress of the Maori "■"'■ I' 1"'""' »n <<> l' of a si.v-h»rse uagon. which capsized over a precipice. I he hor-.es and driver were killed and <l'c wagon smashed to pieces, but ll,e violin and -,i-c slid |„ the bottom and "ere picked up none the worse. Twi.e •he violm tell into the \\au".uiui river and floated d«« n. ,1,-eain. The first tune 'I was broug'ht to shore by a pointer ■log. and the second time it W as picked "I' by a boat, escaping injury un each - occasion. 'I he nn»sl wonderful thing about the iir-lriiment u some beautiful '"laid work on the back, characteristic o Maggmi. The scene depicts an old Main,,, ra-,tle or nioiiavleiy. ami the «"i - kinaiisliip is wonderful. A quaint i!,s,.ripli„,i in old Italian adds interest to the relic, which is und.Hiledh one of rare value. ' I The A.B.C. Hod Company are holding theiranniialdispo,ingsale. A few price,Gents' glace kid bals, ll) s (id per pairchrome bil*. light, !)s fid; chroai;' shooters, heavy. I.'fn (i,| : bovs' chrome Ms, 7s ,'M: iven's carpel slippers. L's fid; ladiOf glace button boots, His fid; glare shoes, button, 5s lid felt slipi en!. Hid; carpet slippen. Is: children's slippers fell. 7,1 per pair: fool ha 11 boots (l, ; ,;-.| '""s|. in. ;i,| ; the f;,,,,,,,,, AIIBIok wiih walerprool l„es. ,lnbl,s ~„ „rder,-.| Willi or witholll. heels; genls' s||„„f.| = (heav.u. 7s i;,|. |i,s fid: cents' haimorah fid. Us fill: stochya.-d knee bno(,. \l| ,'„o,|s greatly redo, "d. Call oar'/. \.!!.('. lioot Company, Devon-street \Art. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Jrent Peppermint Cure Is fid and 2s fid. I

A feature- of the Californian scheme of agricultural education is the reading coiu'sc for students iu their homes. It vfas found that tile ordinary lectures | did mot, go liii' enough, and the reading I courses were adopLcd in order to complete the. system. Voting men working on Itir'ms, farmers, and orclianlisls attend the lectures, and are invited to write letters „ u the sulijeets under ile,cussion. Tln.ie letters are posted to the lecturers, the students paying the | (Hostage. Standard text-hooks are lent to the f-Hulcnts, \rho are tliereliv aided in their work during such hours'as they may he aide to give to reading, it is "»'"<l, "I"". Hon good use is made ol the bulletins issued liv the authorities ol I lie Agricultural College. , A mountain of old booU and shoes, I indoKeribahly .ugly, indescribably liltliy, lay m the factory y u ,,l. -Well make comiis out 0 | intm/. M i,\ the chemist. -Comilk that, will pass through the perfumed ami lustrous h lc k. s „f Cue nwwU beautiful girl,. Seems strange, doesn't ltr "Very.'' "let, it' H a tact. That | is what become, 0 f the world's old iKJots; they are turned into comb's. The leather is hirst cut into small pieces and immersed two days in a chloride of sulphur iiMtli. He.,, it j s washed, dried, and ground to powdt'r, then it is mixed with glue or gum and pressed into tomb moulds. Hi makes good enough combs, but 1 prefer the rubber ones myself, i don't like to put. Un my head what may i hseii onee on the feet of an old tramp. ■■ ■Sea salt and sea water have been pro- | posed as ell'eetive remedies for combat-

ting road dust, says a contemporary. The idea of using sea. salt seems to be based upon its well-known property, especially when in large grains, of absorbing the moisture of the atmosphere, it is this property, it is claimed, that will dampen the dust and thus prevent its j dissemination. When salt extracted from sea water becomes damp it is because of the impurities n contains (pure salt not being hygroscopic), carbonate of magnesium, and calcium being the principal impurities which provoke the liquefaction. It is pointed out that these salts abuund in sea water, from which, if evaporated in great' shallow trays by the rays of tlie sun, the different salts cryslalise in order of insolubility, chloride of sodium being the lirst to separate, wWle the others, more soluble, accumulate in the remaining water.

The League of Empire in England

encouraging correspondence between schoolchildren at Home and abroad. The Education Board is in receipt of a letter front Einryß Jones, a pupil of the (Jouln.il school at (Jaersus, Jloligotneryshire, Wales, and this will lie given to sonic Tarunaki sc-lboolboy or schoolgirl to reply 10. The system should prove almost invaluable as an educative medium, besides being of prospective value to the correspondents. This little writer has written an intelligent letter, which will open up plenty of ground upon which to frame a reply. Like most other children, Emrys Jones was at the time of writing, December 12th bust., very much concerned about Christmas lestivites, and wondered how the lilt'lc -New Zen landers managed to enjoy I heir Christmas in the middle of slimmer, Another matter upon which this youthful student of foreign alfaifs desires some information is colonial school life, and the letter emu-hides with the wish that Kmrys and his (or her) unknown friend may Mime day meet, llr. A. -\l. Finlaysou, of Diinedin, to I whom the University Senate recently awarded th* Exhibition Science Research Scholarship of the year, is the second son nf the well-known Presbyterian minister at Waitati. The chairman of the I'rofeissorial Hoard of the Otago University wrote of him:--'' All the nieinJieit. of our ltoard consider llr. j Kiulayson a man of altogether exceptional ability. In the whole history of Otago University, only two of our student* have graduated with double iirst--1 class honors, and Mr. Finlaysou is one of the two. This of itself is sullic.ieirt to stamp hint as a man of mark in the academic history of New Zealand.'' 1 During h : s University course (states the "Dutlook") llr. Finlaysou obtained twenty clans certificates, and every one i is a first-daps certificate, lie won the < Jjiii (leorge Grey scholarship and a Senior University scholarship, gradu- ■ ated B.Sc. and AI.Sc, and Jiow crowns' i his successes by carrying oil' the Kxhi- - bition scholarship of the value of :C15(I , per annum for two years. In terms ol 1 the scholarship, Sir. Finlaysou must' - study abroad for two years, and give - his wlwle time to some branch of ' science. And ill the event of his satisi lying the commissioners as to the i (|'iialiiy of liis work, he may have his i >cliolar-hip continued for a third year.