Bad Handwriting.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1938, Page 6

Bad Handwriting.

A complaint that insufficient attention was given to handwriting in secondary schools was made by Captain S. Holm at a meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night Captain Holm said that very few young people leaving school nowadays were good writers. The underlying cause seemed to be speed. In the secondary schools they learned to scribble, and penmanship suffered accordingly. Girls were better writers than boys, but there was room for improvement. It was decided to ask the secondary schools’ authorities if it would not be possible to pay more attention to handwriting.

Junior Chamber of Commerce. A resolution approving the principle of the formation of a junior chamber was carried unanimously at a meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce last night. The chairman, Mr P. E. Pattrick, said that a junior chamber was formed in England in 1924, and other countries, including South Africa and Australia, had followed suit. In 1932 a junior chamber was formed in Auckland, and last year another was established in Timaru. Dunedin had formed one recently. Strictly speaking, the junior chamber would be a division or an integral part of the senior chamber.

Repasturing in Esk Valley. The work of sowing grass seed in the Esk Valley is being carried out as fast as seed becomes available. The Public Works Department is co-oper-ating with the Department of Agriculture in levelling some of the areas which were scoured out by the flood waters and also in getting water away from the areas below the general level of the valley. A tractor drainer is being employed in this task and also for releasing impounded water at the Bayview end of the valley. When this water is released further areas will be ready for sowing. Court Improvements.

Appreciation of the alterations to the Masterton Courthouse was expressed this morning by the Magistrate, Mr H. P. Lawry, who stated that he and the Law Society had made representations to the Department to further improve the acoustics of the court. He was pleased to say that as the result of the alterations a still greater improvement was noticeable. Mr C. C. Marsack expressed the appreciation of the profession, stating that there was no question that it was a great deal easier to hear now than before.