SPECIAL ARTICLES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9811, 21 August 1897, Page 7

SPECIAL ARTICLES.

Elsewhere in this issue will be found a graphic description of the great Naval Review, as given by Mr Louis Becke. from which one gathers how the event struck " a colonial with no Imperialistic tendencies." An account of the wreck on the island of Socotra of the P. and O. steamer Aden is also given, and our London correspondent furnishes some notes on the London markets so far as they affect Now Zealand produce. OUR LITERARY COLUMN. In our " Literary Column "in Monday's isaue there will be published an article by Colonel Sir George Whitmore, now visiting England, on "The British Army of To-day/ RECEPTION OF THE PREMIER. At Wellington, last night, at a well attended public meeting, it was decided to give the Premier a public welcome on his return, and a large Committee was appointed to arrange details. THE GOTHENBURG SYSTEM. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a special meeting of the Mildura Irrigation Trust carried a resolution approving of the adoption of the Gothenburg system of selling intoxicants. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE. The Press Association telegraphs that at Dunedin a number of petty thefts from houses have been reported during the past few days. In one ease a newly married couple, on going to their prepared home from the wedding festivities, found their blankets, drosses and other articles stolen, and they had to retrace their steps to the house of the parents.

TECHNICAL EDUCATION. A sub-Committee of the Dunedin Technical Classes Association has been appointed to draw up a memorial for presentation to Parliament in support of the demand of the Auckland Technical Institute that the Manual and Technical Instruction Act of 1895 should be amended in the direction of making adequate provision for the support of technical institutions throughout the colony. A STRANGE FISH. Professor Hutton writes to the Aharoa Mail regarding the strange fish captured hy Mr T. Ryan in Children's Bay :—" Your fish is no doubt the scaly tunny {lepidothynnue huttoni), described in the voyage of the Challenger. I have a specimen in this Museum; and a few months ago another was obtained at Dunedin, and is now in the Museum there. It is a very rare fish, but I do not care to have another specimen. The flesh of the European tunny is largely eaten —both fresh and salted—and used to be thought a great delicacy. I have no doubt that the scaled tunny is equally good,— Yours truly, F. W. Hutton, Curator." COOKING CLASSES. Our Wellington correspondent tele, graphs :—The New Zealand Workers' Union purpose interviewing the Eduoation Board with the object of getting cooking taught in technical schools. If the Board have no funds for such a purpose, the Minister of Education will then be interviewed and asked to place a sum on the Estimates for the purpose. The present proposal is that all girl scholars and pupil teachers be taught and that adults outside of the schools be allowed to attend the classes on payment of a fee. The Thorndon School Committee has already approved of the proposal, and other Committees are likely to approve also. JUBILEE DEMONSTRATION. The following letter has been received by the Chairman of the Jubilee Demonstration Committee from the representative of the Maori people at Rapaki:—To the Chairman of the Jubilee Demonstration Committee, Christchurch.—Long life to you and y6ur Committee. Your fear that the Maoris had not enough to eat on the day of our festival in honour of our Queen is wellfounded. But it was not the Maoris alone who had tc~complain of want of food, but the Europeans too. But we think that both they and we felt at the time that we had not gathered there in response to your invitation to a feast, but in response to your invitation to take part in what was being done that day to honour our Queen. It will be well to put away from your minds as we do from ours, all disquieting thoughts about the matter. We have received your gift for our children. Their joy was great on getting it, and we thank you for it. Do not forget to invite us to take part in any future public demonstration you may organise.—H. Tmlb Tikao, for the Rapaki Maoris.

VIRTUOUS QUEENSLAND. The Queensland Government recently passed a law foi*bidding sweepstakes, lotteries, gift distributions, Sec. The effect of this law 18 seen from a communication from the General Post Office, Wellington, to the Otago Daily Times, in which it is stated that a copy of the Jubilee number of the Otago Witness, addressed to a place in Queensland and posted in New Zealand by a private person, has just been returned marked "Contains illegal advertisements " —the advertisement objected to being that on page 16 relating to the Boating Club Art Union. Commenting on this the Otago Daily Times says —Of course we must humbly bow to the decision, humiliating theugh it be to confess that the Otago Witness is not suitable for circulation in a colony where not even the Kanaka is vile, but we would plead in mitigation of the offence that we were misled by the authorities. If the Colonial Secretary of this colony had not sanctioned the Boating Club's Art Union, the advertisement would never have appeared, for there .would have been no Art Union, and it is evident that the Colonial Secretary must now feel ashamed of himself for having sanctioned a proceeding which has shocked the sensibilities of the Queensland authorities.