LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hi the Supreme Court, New Plymouth, yesterday judgment for plaintiff was given by Hie Honor (Mr. Justice Husking) in a claim made by Henry Brown and Co. against the British Petroleum Development Co., for the sum of £228 5s 4d for goods sold. Mr. T. P. Anderson appeared for plaintiff. The defendant company was not represented, their defence having been abandoned.

Reporting to the Taranaki Education Board yesterday in regard to ah application for a new school at Rangi, the senior inspeetoi (Mr. J. A. Valentine) stated that after considering the matter he was of opinion the board should take steps to provide for the settlers such a school as was asked for. If later on it was proved that the school should be built, he said, the necessary application could be made to the department.

From time to time the Taranaki Education Board have been endeavoring to secure increased travelling and boarding allowances to children compelled to live away from home in order to attend school, and in one respect the representations have been met by the department, as indicated by the following letter from the Director of Education: “I have to acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum covering applications for boarding allowance in the case of certain children attending the Whangamomona and Tahora schools, and in reply have to 1 inform you that on the grounds stated, viz., that the parents in eacli case are put to additional expense in providing and maintaining a second home in order to permit of the attendance of Their children’ at school, payment of boarding allowance at the prescribed rate is approved by the department.”

Mr. L. Ayson, Chief Inspector of Fisheries, who is visiting New Plymouth in connection with the re-establishment of the hatcheries in Pukekura Park, has kindly consented to give an address on fish culture during his stay here. This should prove an exceptional treat to anglers and others interested,, who should make a point of. hearing the foremost authority on this subject in New Zealand. Particulars of time and place appear in our advertisement columns.

A warning of a shortage, of carpenters, owing to sufficient boys not learning the building trade, was given by Mr. C. H. Moore in the course of his report to the Taranaki Education Board yesterday. Mr. Moore stated: —“There is one matter I wish to draw the hoard’s attention to and that is the small number of apprentices put to the building trade generally. I made enquiries whilst away lately, and generally speaking there are very few boys taking to the trade, and when the better class of tradesmen drop out it will mean a serious thing. More than half the workers in the building trade to-day are only handy men. Personally, I think some concentrated effort should be made to rectify the present state of affairs. I am bringing this matter before the board with the idea that probably the boys in the various woodwork classes- could he encouraged to take on the trade. At the present time boys can get too much money at unskilled work, but this will not last and every effort should be made io get -more boys to learn trades, especially engineering and building.” The Urenui sports will be run under the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Jinisn ruler