Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 24

Interprovincial

- Among -the successful candidates at the recent Matriculation examination were Wo pupils of -the 'Convent school, Greymouth-Miss Mabel Dempsey and Miss Eileen Hcaphy. JL-het latter is only fifteen years of age." n n , l he Y ei Ts Rev - ' J^an (writes our Wanganui : correspondent) mentioned at Mass yesterday that it was - oAgmajlly mtended to- re-open the .Marist - Brothers' ' schools .on February 4, ■ but as the other schools are to start on January 28 the Brothers also commence- thismorning. . ■>•_', Some idea of the value and- importance of the flax- " millll lS industry may be gathered "from the fact that 900 men fin-d employment at the mills in .the Manawatu district and another. 3oo in Hawke's Bay. Seifert- Bros alone employ over 150 men in the Manawatu district. vAll "'bulls' are not-- made in ' Ireland, as witness ' the following taken from a" local newspaper :— A sheep- • worrying dog was caught red-banded the other- -day among the flock of an -Ota XJreek. (Edendate) settler, - but not until 19 ewes and lambs had succumbed to the brute's voracity. i .. Nevv Zealand was a landing-place^ for 5259 persons dining December, an excess of 1151 over the aggregate for that month in 1905: Isfew South Wales'con--trabutod 2411, Victoria 1154, and the United Kingdom1095. The departures totalled 2596 (for New South Wales 1778, Victoria 460, United JKirajdota 106); leaving" a gain of- (2633— temporarily, at least; - - The annual 'scholarships ~of £25 eaoh, tenable for four years at St. Patrick's College, Wellington, have" been gained by Masters John Gordon, Convent school, . -Otaka; Courtenay O'Rourke,- Convent- school, Otaki John Crotty, Marist Brothers' ' School, Wanganui ; and" John Hogan, Marist Brothers' School, G-reymouth. The U Leary scholarship - of £25, ' tenable for three years, and open to students, of -the Marlborough district only ' was . gained ;by Master • George Uurry, Convent school, Blenheim. ■ The college re-opens" on February 0.4. ' , At Ihe meetings held here for organising a fitting re'ceplaon to Mr. J. Devlin, M.P. (writes our Walhi correspondent), there were large attendances, notwitlistand- " ing the unseasonable weather.' Among those present were several non-Catholics, who are enthusiastic supporters of Ireland's demand for self-government.. One of them tape's a prominent part in all local affairs Everything promises that the result of Mr. Devlin's , visit will be .. highly successful. JFhe conversazione tendered' -to Sir- Joseph Ward on Thursday night at Wellington, on the -eve of his, de- " parture' to attend the Impeiial Conference in London, drew an enormous crowd of people to the-Parliamen-tary Buildings. Some 4000 people "assembled, 'arid thiere was a great crush in -the rooms and. lobbies of * the big building. The gathering was a thoroughly" representative one, and. non-political. 'The proceedings were opened with speeches from the Mayor of Wellington (the -Hon. T. W. Hislop) and Mr, Skerrett (the well-known Wellington banister). Sir Joseph Ward, w-ho was received with cheers, gave some important information in connection with the finances of the Colony, predicting that this year's revenue would reach the unprecedented ' sum of £8,276,000, or £7:00,000 more than that of the preceding ' year. He also gave an. estimate of tlie revenue and expenditure ,in connection with, the* Exhibition. The toial estimated expenditure was £160,000, and . the estimated loss. £35,000. >. -~ The Hon. - William Hall-Jones, Minister of Railways on being 1 interviewed regarding the statement which he made some time ago tliat ■ he t intended .to^ institute a system of special excursions from the various centres to the International Exhibition,' stated that the arrangements in connection with the matter were now complete. In regard to the excursions from the-Noritb Island it had been necessary to negotiate with . the Union Company in order to obtain a « bed-rock ' fare from it and so as to make workable arrangements- as between the company and the Railway Department to enable the traffic to- be expeditiously handled. The Union Company 'had met him very fairly in the matter, and arrangements had been made for > a special excursion fare between Wellington and. Lyttel-ton of £1 for first-class return and 12s 6d for second-class return, wiiicfr,. means - return passages for ' ordinary single rates: - The railway - fares have been reduced to' about ' oner-third of a peumy " per .mile, and the first-class fare to slightly over £d per male for the actual distance over which' the passenger is carried.