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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 3, 28 January 1909, Page 3

t A letter from the International Arbitration and Peace Association comes as a cold douche after the noisy wave , of militarv and naval enthusiasm that recently swept ,over this town and district Mrs. M. Addis, the lion, secretary of the Auckland branch, has written , asking the Taranaki Education Board , to recommend its teachers to celebrate r /Peace Day'' on February 22ad by , drawing the attention of their pupil* to the occasion either by giving a special lesson, or in any other suitable method of celebrating important anivu- , saries. The anniversary, she said, iva» bein« increasingly observed throughout the world, and since the preservation , of peace was an object of the hrst. pub- , lie importance, and its achievement depended upon the. diffusion of a peaceoving spirit among the peoples «f tnc world, it was highly desirable that enQ effort should be made to inculcate tins spirit in the rising generation. l« Board allowed the letter to lie peacefully on the table, a suggestion t<> '«>- ward a copy to the Bird committee not being taken seriously. The Tongaporutu school teacher's residence which is at b«t a. poor specimen of the old bush whare, has loomed large in the Education Board's business lor eoine months past- The teachers who have had to occupy it have complained ad nauseam concerning its wretched condition, and of the fact that they were not placed in undivided authority, the Iran being inclined to dispute possesJ& at times. The Education Board sent its inspector to sec the place, and at another time Mr. Broil "übmittcd a comprehensive report. But still tie Department declined to relieve the teacher of the necessity of living in the whare. InspectorGardiucr, of the Health Department, went out there recently, and he submitted several yards of a report on the position, dimensions, aspect floor space, window space, capacity, and -50 on. Figures were given ad lib., and .'the Board accepted without comment tthe Elaborate arithmetical calculations tffcrat this little bush hut for which no landlord would dare to ask a tenant four shillings a week in a town. J"e inspector found that the building wa» old;and damp, infested with bugs, and falling into decay; information that ,-ould have been obtained from the Vard without putting the country to t he expense of despatching a full-blow-.i *?£„> exterminator into the bush for "I* He recommended a great, lUt of-wpw™ a " ( 1 r<™™ als ' mit 1,,s -luneArf Officer, Dr. Frengley recom-l rnCth^oardtocoi^^einie, tionof narniF***-. T f g t"teme„t inspector's Teport lay in the statement ITdo boards, with the spaces covered mth battens, the hoard, nad ta*t«™» 7Zt placed "hon/onWly" ''""> I 1 ate -to plate Mmt l "- o uittf / n imUe specimen of the builder's art, - pJjWea, wHj; pay five guineas a suit m