GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 231, 28 March 1912, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

, s PRAISE FOR WELLINGTON TEACHERS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Wednesday. The inspectors of schools in the Wellington Education District yesterday presented their ;umu;il report to the hoard. The following is included therein: ''We have every reason to know that the board is fortunate in having in its service a body of men and women whose character and professional attainments are without question very high, and on our part we feel we have every reason to congratulate ourselves on our association with fellow-workers whose loyal co-operation and strenuous endeavor have been the chief factors in maintaining the high educational efficiency of the district." ' The' report showed that 151 schools were classed as satisfactory to good, 12 fair, and (i inferior. In 1910 the figures were 135, 18 and 10 respectively.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERATION. Diinedin, Wednesday. In the court to-day Susan Millar Wilson, widow, was charged with having performed an illegal operation on a young woman, whose condition is alleged to be precarious. She was remanded fqr a week. Bail was allowed. FAILING TO KEEP BOOKS. Hamilton, Wednesday. Henry Hollick, of Rotorua, for failing to keep proper books, was sentenced to 14 days' hard labor. APPOINTMENT OF A VICAR. ! Christclmrch, Wednesday, There has boon considerable controversy lately over the appointment of a' vicar for the new parish district of St. Alban's East, and a section of Anglicans carried a strong resolution protesting against the appointment of the Rev. J. C. Mortimer, on the ground that he is a ritualist. The position is a peculiar one in that the parish has %. right to a voice, in the selection of a. \ vicar, whereas the appointment to the j parochial district was entirely in the hands of the Bishop. Bishop Julius has I now replied to the protest by stating that he has no intention of reconsidering his action, and he adds that the people would serve the church better by loyal support to the vicar than by stirring up strife and making idle protests.