AMERICAN FLEET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 6

AMERICAN FLEET.

j CIVIC DECEPTION AT AUCKLAND"'* v . ~ Auckland, . April 24. £ A large f, and representative meeting of t ~ citizens, presided oyer ;6jr;the'. Mayor, was :± held this afternoon for 'the purpose of' deciding what steps should to-taken to-accord . ' a fitting'civic .reception,'to 'the Fleet. 'The Mayor said' 1 that,, independently j of,what was done,by the Government,'itbe- • >hoved; tlie citizen's of Aubkliind the , visitors a 1 welcome worthy of thecity.;- On . his-motion a general committee consisting of j. the. Mayors; arid,' chairmen; ofother' local. JJ bodies, together with.'the 'members of .tho City-Council'and Harbour; Boatdi (with.power. to itheir.LnuniberVVwas 'set'-up,- -vnth \ authority to organise a,programme .of . enter-: . 5 tainments, to appoint 'sub-committees, to ;assist-in ■ Carrying ouK-"^he..'..delails ( : ofs.tha, S scheme. .It was stated; that aniple', provision 4 ~ yraiild.be made for theentertamment-'of both officers and- men. A list of .suggested: funotioris'was ready by the Mayor, arid .it; was y agreed that th'o.v be referred to the committee to'deal; with. The American .ConsuMJeneral '. for .New Zealand' (Mr/ fWy-Prickitt).'was':pre- . <serit, 'and received, an 'enthusiastic'reception 3 " on- rising to . express. his'willingness to-co- ■ i. operate as far as possible in carrying out the fobjects:6f'the-meeting; : is > MR T E SEDDON, MP. - ' Greymouth, April 24 < •? Mr. T. E.. Seddon/ M.P., was -tendered a j. complimentary, .social'iby.vthe^-r^idents..of/ i; j. Kolnri to-night.. -Tho gathering was a. very if' ; largo one . and . representative of' the dis- -- trict. : ' !■- _ OBITUARY ' , 1 it " Greymouth," April 24. 11: A very old resident of the town inthepsrit son of Mr.;James -.Coakley, 73 years of-age, , !;■ passed away to-night.'- DeceaSediwas a pi®-.,-; B inment figure m the'gold rushes of'the early days of i the ■ Coast, , He. leaves, a• grown-up., * c 'i family ' ' i OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. 1 ' , SOME CRITIGISMS. = ' ', ! ... Auckland,'April-24.', ' i Mr.'H: .A. >Milnes; B.A.,.Principal of tho f. Training, Collegei ; , addressing'-.'iCthe >.-Auckland,. ■ Educational - said' jt was a" treat .. . to come;,to.NeW •'Zealand'. and.: see, people .; healthy and,happy; with' time tolaugh. .In ', some of tho Home schools it,was' painful to 3 see the suffering,'of little children, ' who. had 8 often! to* with.' breakfast,.before • an ; attemptcould 'be ;made;tb"teich-. jbhem. . | New'.'Zealand; pupils in..tEe .'State'schools were N ' of .' a;better class, , arid" possessed. of'* more...jntelligonce. .*t He: regretted -the 'strbng : movo- / mont ,iii. : England' iri.favour-' of. the abolition of . ) corporal punishment. ;■ • In his. bpimon'. it: was . impossible to. do without,,it.j'.. ' . )-■ 1- New. Zealand, continued- Mr. ' Milnes, : • physical'. | was;.' oy.erdone; -''singing ; x j, .was: not properly ' attacked. - Tho- teacher's ' ! status hero w'as'better, th'au .in England, _but !; the sataries'.were' 'about -tho. same. Tho fi teaching of infants hero required: special att 'tention. To. place 120 infants' in- ohe clais . was little short ; of criminal;. ■ , , . r 'hASTING^RAILWAY;ACCOMMODATION. , - ;f :Hastings, -April-24:" ; Mr. ?T.v: Arthur,' - Traffic . . Superintendent, i .Wellington, visited Hastings' , yesterday to. I "ascertain, what, improvemcnts. to tho railway ■' 'station yards arid,sued were necessary to meet .. -the. increased traffic.- Ho was- met by the v. 'Chamber of Commerce, who-spoko.of the-in-' convenience-and loss to-the-public owing to [ Uio'want - of. bettor ' accommodation. • :Tho. superiiitendont realised- that • 'tho, : 'prcs'erit /arrangements ..'iVero '.irisufficient,'', and suggested':that a station similar tc that i .at.'. ,wanted at' Hastings. Ho" r i jprbmiscdvto". wing ;the.'';mattef. f before-the ih&ds' .A DAMAGES FOR A V CAB .ACCIDENT; " I Asfiburton, 'Apnl 24. " l ,'At .the Magistrate's Court / to-day, Mr.-V.'-G. ;Day, -'5.M.,; gavo judgment -for • plaintiffs , ';f6r ,£2O :in a -'case brought ;by - E.- G. and , ; jJes'sio- Crisp against J.. v . Moncneff Glenio, ; clMming'£4o;'7si' damages for mjunes sus- - .t-ained by ;Mrs. ,Crisp when a passenger, in . .doferidant's'cab: on ''January-17> through: negli-.' 'gent' ! aiid.. unsldlful:'dririiig;<. .U'-;.-;; 1 : A.WHALE f J j ' ■ Chrlstchurch, Apnl 24. ' ; Inooriversation-witli a -renortor -.tois' morn.irig, on tho,subicct of tno West Coast wftaie, . which 1 lio has been endeavouring .to';secqro , ■for the museum, Mr. Edgax R. Waite,stated, • that after frequent. oonsultfitwns'with, tho ' Chairman of Canterbury. CoJlcge (who had .met him in a'very liberal spirit), hb ; had been unablo .to come toterms with .tho pcoplo '. who had "pegged out" tho whale,: owing to •thoir very unsatisfactory replies. , \Ho (Mr. Waito) was extrehioly sorry.. to take that • oourse, but it was tho ouly thing to;bo dono under the circumstances.' ' • . NAUTICAL INQUIRY. ". ViV Auckland, April.24. ■ " The adjourned inquiry into tho. .collision between! the steamer Wairuna and-the ketch Moonah oil tho aight of Mirch 10 was concliuled to-day, - tho Court resomng its' decision. '.' ' _ . > . ! '-. „v 1 : ' TIMAR-U HARBOUR BOARD Timaru, April 24., ! , The Harbour Board to-day resolved to roduco tho charges on shipping .for fendera and hawsers, making tho maximum for each trip. £15. The Harbour ..rate was fixed-at .' the same as.last year, three-sixteenths penny on capital values. ' .. >■ : 'NEWS IN BRIEF. - '"v Naplsr, April 24. ' ■ ' A cablo has been received from th« ltev.' J.. K. Archer, of Grimsby, England,, accepting a call to the Napier Baptist Ghnreh. ■ ■ - . Timaru,, April 14. ' ■ -At to-day's meeting of tho Harbour Board Mr. J: Craigio was unanimously chairman., ; Auckland, April.24. > Mr. F. W. Lang, M.P., addressed his constituents at Onehunga-last night.. Ho as. serted that tho legislation last session had not improved the position of tho peopleVdosiring to go oil tho.'land.'.Mr. Lang,'wa» '~ accorded a vote, of thanks and confidence. -