DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1921, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

EDUCATION IN NELSON. By Telegraph —Press Association. Nelson, Lost Night. The Hon. W. Downie Stewart was , accorded a civic reception to-day. Referring to the educational prospects of Nelson, the Minister said he believed that in this connaction alone there was a great future before it. He was particularly interested in the subject, because in Dunedin it had been his aim to foster educational institutions. It was possible, whether it had great industrial possibilities or not, to make Nelson the mecca for students from New Zealand as well as Australia. Nelson did well to take a pride in its institutions and they had had generous citizens. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER Christchurch, August 16. William Cannon, a watersider, was arrested at Lyttelton on a charge of having attempted to murder his wife, Ruby Cannon. He was brought before the Magistrate’s Court and remanded. It is stated that Cannon had a disagreement with his wife, produced a revolver and fired a shot through the window. THE MINERS’ DISPUTE. Reefton, August 16. The Conciliation Council met at Reefton this morning to deal with the coal dispute. There was no appearance of the union assessors, and the matter was referred to the Arbitration Court. Mr. Newton (Commissioner) expressed regret at the union’s decision not to be represented, and hoped that in a short time they would see matters in a different light. BLIND SOLDIERS’ RELIEb Wellington, August 16. A meeting of the advisory board of the Patriotic War Relief Society to-day on the question of the blind soldiers’ fund, on the lines suggested by Mr. Clutha Mackenzie, decided that, in view of the division of opinion amongst the societies, and as blinded soldiers are receiving pensions as well as liberal assistance where required from the Repatriation Department, it is not necessary to take further action to establish a separate fund, particularly as such a course would be opposed to the estabbshed principle that moneys must not be distinctively set aside for any particular section of wounded men, but that each case should be treated on its merits.