GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

DAYLIGHT SAVING QUESTION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. luvercargill, Ulst Night. Reporting to the Education Board, Inspector Wylie touched oil one aspect of the daylight saving question. He. said it would be a decided benefit in opening and closing the schools in the summer earlier than at present. Tile heated atmosphere in the summer afternoon induced languor of mind in the pupils, and the combination of heat and apathetic pupils was calculated tu excite in the teacher instability and irritability of temper. This could be modified by using a cooler part of tile day for school work. The experiment in a small way had been tested, the summer hours in some of the schools having been chan'ged from 9.30 to 11.30 to !) to 3. The change had resulted in a benefit to education and the relief of teachers and pupils. GOLD AND SILVER EXPORTS. Wellington, Last Night. During the last month New Zealand exported 40,044 ounces of gold, of the value of ,-C1,10,522, as compared with 41,585 ounces, of the value of £1(1(1,27(1 in March of last year. The export of silver last month was 204,008 ounces, valued at i' 20,343, as against 80,038 ounces, valued at t!!,051, in the corresponding month of last year. LOCAL BODIES' LIABILITY. , . [Miburton, Insist Night. Mr. Day. S.JI.. to-day delivered his reserved judgment in the ease l'\ Knicr•""ii v. the Kaagitata lioad Board, in which plainlilf claimed C2O for damage; sustained in a trap accident owing to his horse shying nt a fallen signboard which was lying on one of the roads under the Hoard's jurisdiction. The magistrate Miiili he had come to the conclusion that the defendant Hoard was liable, and would allow £7 lis (id damages. Leave to appeal was grunted, tile case being of importance to local bodies. STII'ENDIARY MAGISTRATES. ' Wellington. Last Niglit. In tile Civil Service ''move on," some , stipendiary magistrates are to have a ' change. .Mr. Young (Naseliy) is to be transferred to Quccnstown, and .Mr. I'.vans (Queeastown) is to go to Nelson. Several transfers are to lie made in the North Island, but details are not yet available. INCREASED VALUATION. I Fcikling, Last Night. ] Both local and country land-holders j are strongly objecting to the increase in valuations, It is stated the increases range up to 75 per cent. Farmers are complaining that if rated on these new valuations they will not be able to live. {SUGGESTED FREEZING WORKS. Feilding, Last Night. A public meeting of farmers was held here to-day to consider the (|iiestion of supporting the Wairarapa proposal for a cooperative freezing works. The meeting showed lio favor to the proposal, it being pointed out that previous experiments had not been verv >ucce<sful. PRICE OF BREAD. Dnnedin. Friday. Owing to the continued high price of I Hour. Ihe cash price of bread for (he ■lib li.;if will be raised to 7d from Mondav next. THE WAIIIT MINE. Auckland. Friday. The Wnilii Company's representative is advised that al (lie annual mceling to Vc h -ld iu London on May 13, the directors will recommend a bonus of two shillings per share to lie paid Willi an oi'iliniu'y dividend of four shillings on .Tune 1. They also recommended the addition o'f .-CiO.OOO to the reserve fund, writing oft' £3(1,<100. appropriating C 41.000 from profits for capital expenditure, and eari'vino 1 forward £28,000. A LEVANTING BANKRUPT. Auckland. Friday. At a meeting of creditors of WilliViM Wolf Benjamin, it was slated that bankrupt left for Wellington on Mmvh 3. and that it was believed he had pnceedeil thence to Sydney. _ his whereaboutis being unknown. His liabilities were estimated at .ClfiOO, a little CSOO being secured. Tfis assets woud not realise £BOO. so probably tlie da' »s of bis unsecured creditor* total ov:*r tIIOOO. Tlit- question of taking proceeding* for tlio apprehension of banKrupt was left in abeyance pending ue Crown Solicitor being consulted.