Telegraphic.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3013, 26 September 1888, Page 2

Telegraphic.

....: Educational Conference, . ' Auckland, September 25, ■ The Educational? Conference ''have-;. ft passed the following resolutions: 1, That the teaching of trades and manufactoring processes in primary schools V'ould be a great loss of time, and for other reasons thoroughly, impracticable. 2. That it is ■. desirable to extaud the teaching of these scientific ' principals whioh underlie the processes of agricultural, metallurgy and mechanical arts, 8. That scientific education would be of little benefit to thoso who have not passed the fourth standard;

>.'. Past Sessional Address. . Chkistchuroh, Wednesday. Sir.«T, Hall addressed the electoral •' at Leeston last night and received mf vote, of thanks and confidence. , speech was.a history of last session,<i/ i iu which ;he oulogised the action of '- ,- the Government. Ho leares for England by the Kaikoura. - ; Strike.Troubles.;.';. Auoklamd, September 25. A crowd of men and boys joined together in Wakefield-street, opposite Garratt Bros.' Factory, yesterday evening, a system of organisedannoyanse hiving been intended against tho two men Waurman and Smith, who had returned to work. As soon as the two men came outside the Factory hooting commenced, but no attempts were made to maltreat thcin, the presence of the police having, no. doubt, a preventitive effect. It is estimated by some of tho onlookers: .; that; the | crowd riuraberedsomething like2ooQ.'-Th'fl -- ;f > mob followed tjie men into Queen-sti ' whoro the latter entered a tram-car; and thuf eluded : {he pthpr|; Tbil eveiiiiig, (it five p'cloqk, the crpw| again assembled in the street, but .it transpired that the mon had gone homo about three o'clock, ; Not on the Programme,

_ Dunedin, Sept. 25. /.-The English football team met with an'accident May . which might.have bndj serious, results. With 'several , others they, were dtivpn out to • Brigh- ) - ton beach jn ;.n -In returning, , t '' coming ((oW't|^ ; ;p(no|i I»lund, tho Weak' failed to'hold, 'alii - s - tho result was that tha . vehicle was ; *■"'* capsized over the. bank/' 1 .. smashing * through;a ferico and roliina: into an adjoining paddock, A number of the occupants jumped out, but tho others wero unable to got clear, and were thrown heavily on tho ground} but ■ fortunately all escaped with slight injuries, though the escapes wero almost mMculoiin. "HarperjofNp|g6n •' sprainepf his'wrist 1 , ffislem, an English -jL player,'had his haiui cut , Lillywhito W was pitched fully tpn yards ' and £T receiyed a severe shaking. Tjjo bpr- "• dpss was a good deal broken,. and onp * of tho four horses receivod a severe ivojud in crushing through the fence. Ihe driver pluckily stuck to his team ind bo saved serious consequences, Hie toofballera came back to totfa in the train. #" s - jltx ? >t. , "

1 DairyiCowsV,' s ' )f|vailae!^ Jeai 40 WS r2O 't ' ; lfiOlba of butter per) ear, and with inat he ms satisfied.. : Bis-return's' pre'abont .'£7 10g;per"<jpw;:. Ohe^^

.^surprised.aVtlio,diffurenoo .he dis- : .s covered in tho amount ot butter pro- . . „duce derived. 1 /He. was -so mueli ' . impressed with the figures given that lw resolved to take the trouble to test 'Ms own herd, Accordingly he arranged to keep tho milk of each , separate, ohurn the prnduce of |®oli by itself, until {lo..could determine the exaot results and seo whether it .wdiild be host to aggregate the cows oivd confine liimsclf in futuro to tho offspring of the best. Tho result of his expcrhiitnt was astonishing from tho first, Ho found the milk product of this herd varied all tbe way from 181bs. to 481bs per _ cow. But thja ks liufcail ' Sotiio of the lightest ; milkers> produced the most butter.' He' then commenced raising only the heifers, of tho best butter producers, for his own use, soiling off all tho otliors, and in a / short time lie;found ho had increased tho average yield of his herd from lfiOlbs to 2(i(ilbsa year porcow, ' an increase 6f 1181bs per ; 'cow per £ year, or a money produce of Ll2los ™ instead of L 7 10s, and the improved herd ate no more and took no more • care than the old toe, An expert can almost unerringly'pick out the ' best cows for butter by their marks , and appearance, but the surer way to test their produce, and insist on 5?tM Darwinian law, tLe survival of the fittest, /H ■ ; / \J