CHRISTCHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 292, 3 September 1908, Page 4

CHRISTCHURCH.

J <"$> & ? 7 September 1...- '■ nhen/'i'letter"from'"'tho Senate of tho ..UuiviJi'sitJ'jof r Zealand, on the subject of a superannuationschemo. for college profes- • '"sow' the Boartl of .Oauterb'ilry,- Collego yesterday, the chairman (Mr. G. \V. Russell) said that tho posi-tion"-jaken up by tho Government in tho matter was that. they not allow the men who had been laying-, tho foundation of 'odueation in New Zealand to como under tho scheme,; which j applied.,tp collego officials and officials oh ediipatign boards. He thought' that r thg position', v/aa/monstrous, but, unfortun-: ately,. the .professors had not sufficient votes to bo 'able to influenco'Pariiainont, and could not exert L strong*' enough'' political influence Ho uiiderstood "tliat the" professors in Can-' .terbury,;.AV6llingtoii;v.aridi.Auckland favoured' a superannuation schemo,,',, whilst those in Otago; did not.. Ho had learned unofficially that somo of the Canterbury\ professors, in view of possiblo increases of their salaries, had expressed tho desire'-that such increases ■ s J l ? u 'n superannuation scheme. Tho'- Colleger. Cqminitteo <is to. report on tho Tho Defence Report. ' ''.Eijess;" •).dealing ; ,.with the defonco. report;'remarks.: rlt iis van illuminating document which: shows only .'too clearly that our •dcfoiico -forc'Ss/-'making 'all' allowanco for tllo' .2^9 d corps and- the useful "'material they con■'tim, aro weak in tho cxtremo. Wo aro paying for tho real thing t and getting only a lath andi-plaster'imitation'•'of it. If tho milii tary .members of "tho'Council of Defonco had their way they would no doubt make short work as a beginning, of.jtb© inefficient corps, if they did'iiot do away with the wholo system and establish either a partially paid force or introduce compulsory, training. But behind :the military'-members' 'aro the Minister and ;tho Acting-Minister for Defence, and the iast thing these gentlpinen 'want to do is to,incur tho oiio' inefficient ..volunteer corps. So 'muddle along year after year in tho same ■ foolish extravagant way, relying for our • defonco upon a force that is next to useless,.becauso tho capable enthusiastic men jijiftifc "iVo handicapped bv . a crowd of incompi&fejjts. The money ivo spend j every year on jdcfeico should givo us an admirable and As it is it ,;might:almost as well into tho sea, and certainly would bo-piifc to an infinitely better; uso if added.„to> o.ur naval contribution. :Tho Premier.vde.clar.es that tho public would 1 ; not'tolerato" a .-'system of compulsory •training. ■ They probably, would not like it, ..b.ttt..if; populafity'-'liunting=was .not the guidprinciple of, tho Ministry's policy, that! . contingency" would "ho.t its adoption.' ; Wo shall bo luckj;. iri^oqd,; luckier than we deserve, if we do riot somo day have redson. to deplore tho manner, iii? which successive, Governments havo in ; tliis matter paltered with their duty to t New Zealand. h I'i.sti mouDUNHDIN. -'• |' v . j »„•> sr von ««• September 2. . Thoi Customs duty at Dunedin for August came 't6"-'£57,000;'' l aii I! amohnt only once exceeded ,in thor.history .of tho port. "immediate prospect of a riso' :iii /the price pkmeat in Jlunedin. ' It" is\.undfti'st66d;;,that a number of the , .unions have- refused to consider the resolution urging- thcrworkors" to vote No-License with a view' of _ ttyo "trado" placed ■under; State'control;>f«vr>;w. '• lifa friiit brokers in Dunedin, a fßarotonga states'.'' that'there • appointed there: •yet, but a Jman.rwho.;(vent, there by last •steamer to repopt' fiiid&tiiKt so far thero is' ~no.,Queenslaisai'?flJ:2thenei-'f)Tliis - ought-to-be-roasfeujring growers,. as the greater portiqn;bffth,(!j|.lj)nd oranges, which •come to this. ; ;market;?arOj"from Rarotonga and MangaiaiVS^^'i'^V