LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS
(Special to the Daily Tei.eobai'H.)
Auckland this day.
THE TEACHING OF AGRICULTURE
A d potation from the Agricultural Assoy cintion discussed with the Education Board yeateidny a sohoino for tho teaching of agriculture, which has been under con* sideration for some tiino. Tho Board askrd if the Associntion waul I provide £IOO per annum t wards tho cost, I>CO, and received a reply that tho farui?rs would havo to provide tho moiioy themselves, as the Association had no power (o contribute, This evoked a remark that though tho Board taught othor small trades gratis, iininedhloly tho fanners askod that tho %.- most important industry in sho colony should bo taught thoy wcro told to find tho money themsolvcs. Finally a committee was appointed to draw up a scheme. NEW STEAMER
Tho Union Steamship Company havo ordered froj] Charles Bailey, Auckland, a steam lighter for Gisborno, Sho will carry t.bout ninety tons and will be fitted with powerful engines.
ARRIVAL OF lAVIUKI Tho Taviuni has arrived from the So ciety and Cook Islands, RISE IN SUGAR
The Colonial Sugar Company has ad< vanced tho price of sugar 10i per ton,
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1106, 29 September 1904, Page 3
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