DOMINION NEWS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 58, 4 March 1913, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

B&v • n&Enaa&ft&ht »'%®k d si» u ' A^oll s was given' by' Hon; r. - - > iSp5. Iftship *t the Reform Club toJ. H. Bradney and MangSsßk» we-preaienv There-ar-in Oompany with 'the Minister 4 -pofcara Cohtes and Glover, M.P.'s, and Mr "Fisher prefaced his remarks with a tlifwence wtheir presence, as they are gnotfn as (Independent and Opjwsition members. He gaid-that his opinion was / that it was well lo meet opponents andJ <Us«isß the trailer with them openly - sad. fairly. °He sincerely hoped, too, that members whom he had invited into the be conviheed that, the party in'power waa worthy of their - . support; but if they were of » contrary opinion they had Ml right to exercise lueir judgment.

TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS/ .SPECIAL MENTION. WELLINGTON Feb. 28. . The following is a list or the candidates at the recent teachers' examinawhose work has been deemed tsortliy of special Mention: Isabella Todd Cnrrie, Dunedin, geometrical drawing, class C; Arthur Edward Day, Auckland, commercial geograpihy, class C; Frederick Oliarles Day, Auckland, .and. Haria Goggin, St. Dominic s Priory, Dunedin, class D; Margaret Grealish, St. Dominic's Priory, Dunedin, needlework, class D; Emily Alice King, InvercapilL. geometrical drawing, class C ; Walter Plrilltp Macdougail, Dunedin, beat and light, pure mathematics, class C; Herbert' Dugdale Pritchard, Dunedin, psychology, class ' Q; Mary Ellen Renshaw, Dunedin, needlework, class C; and Mary Jane Vickers, Dunedin, blackboard drawing, class D<

LADY SCOTT'S FAREWELL. THANKS TO NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, Feb. 28. Lady Scott and Mrs Wilson have forwarded the following letter to the press:—''Before leaving this country we would-like to express our very real gratitude te the Government and people of New: Zealand for their sympathy and thoughtful help to us. The forethought for our welfare has touched us very deeply and will not readily be forgotten.—(Signed) Kathleen Scott, Oriana Wilson." THE DROWNING TOLL. HUSBAND, WIFE AND CHILD. WELLINGTON, Feb. 28. A distressing drowning accident occurred at Seatoun to-day, as the result of which Mr W. M. Ham., an employee of the gasworks, his wife and child, aged four years, lost their lives. The three, with a friend named Richard Potter, were fishing from a 12ft. boat near the Pinnacle Rocks. They decided to move to a. fresh ground, and while , Potter was hauling up the anchor the boat capsized. Potter and Ham got Mrs Ham and the child on to the upturned craft, but after a few minutes they slipped off and were not seen again. Ham tried to make for the rocks, but sank. Potter managed to keep afloat until picked up by a boat from the steamer Pateena, which was passing. He was put ashore in an unconscious condition, and after half an hour's strenuous exertion was brought rotind by Dr. Herbert. The bodies of Mrs Ham and the child have been recovered.

TEACHERS' SALARIES. TIMARU, March 1 The local branch of the fearers Institute set up five committees, represent ng groups of schools different grades, to report on the best steps to take in connection with fi. e "campj',in for justice'' in regard to salaries.

WESTPORT AGAIN SHAKEN. WESTPORT, March 2. Several slight earth tremors this morning preceded a big one, lasting for several seconds, at 6.28 a.m. It was the heaviest and most sustained shake since that of Saturday week, but no further damage is reported. An authenticated report is current oi the bubbling of a mud spring at TauBay, some 10 miles south-west of Westp'ort, and in the direction of which the earth tremors appeared to have originated.

FISH IMPORTATION. DUNEDIN, March 1. The Waimana, arrived this morning at Port Chalmers, brought out from England, alive and in the best of health, 40 lobsters, 40 crabs, and 210 voung turbot. Mr T. Anderton, cura-e tor of the Portobello Fish Hatchery, who recently went to England to collect the fish, came out in the Waimana, and the fish, were, in his charge. One of the insulated' chambers was fitted up to accommodate the fish, and by means of a system of circulatinfg pipes, passing through brine, the temperature was maintained throughout the voyage at 56deg and 57deg.

REFUSES TO WORK. AUCKLAND, March 2. Joseph Edgar whq was convicted by Mr F. V. Fraser. S.M., at Mount Eden Gaol on Thursday for a breach ot the gaol regu ! ations by refusing to work, continues to persist in his obstinacy. On Thursday the magistrate ordered him to come up for sentence when called, upon, so that he might have an opportunity of profiting by the advice which his Worship gave him. This; however, has been entirely without" "effect, as Edgar flatly refused to work.