DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1918, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

UNATTRACTIVE PAY OP CADET'? ■ TEACHERS. % By Telegraph.—Press Association.' r 5 Wellington, Last Night '1 Replying to a deputation to-day, tljal Minister for Education said tho v Fub]s Service Commissioner could outbid tie Education Department in the payment of cadets. The wliolo efficienoyi-of Public Service depended on a dwjud ays* t em of education, with competent ers, yet the profession whidh was to pro-* mote general efficiency had tie disa<Jvftfcjj tage that the 'Public Service could offetv more attractive pay to beginners. - SUPPLYING iiiiTTO AH •' inebriate. 'Wellington, Last; At the Magistrate's Court, Willias £ Earl, barman at the Midland Hotel, apj Joseph Dwyer, licensee, were with selling beer to a person already lq| a state of intoxication. The barman Wilij fined 40s. Mr. Frazer, S.M.,- said -ihlt licensee was responsible for tie■. act «| his servant, but as the offetice itas noi? serious, and as the licensee had not had', a charge againt him before, ho thought! it was a case that could be dismissed! ' A NAUTICAL INQUIRY. ",' E Napier, August. 18. : A nautical inquiry was held to-dayai to the collision between the TangaroiT.' and the trawler Weka, by whieli the fow' mer was badly damased and left in -ft 3 ■sinking condition. The collision, octy curred in hte Iron Pot at high tide on'f July 13. Mr. R, W. Dyer, S.M., pi#sided, and Captains White and' Parsons ■ and 0. J. W. Lake acted as assessors. J The evidence of the officers was <aken, '-■) and those of the Weka alleged that a i bag caught in the steering-chains,, rea-'i dering the vessel reluctant to answer' the wheel. The inquiry was adjourned till next Monday, , ]