FEATHERSTON

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 335, 23 October 1908, Page 5

FEATHERSTON

A meeting was held on Wednesday evening in tho Methodist Church for the purposo of making arrangements for the picnic to be held on November 9. _ Mr. A. W. Gray was elocttd secretary, and it .was decided to apply to the Town Board for the use of tho Domain for the purpose. In tho. event of tho weather boing wet, it was. decidcd to hold tho gathering in the Town Hall. 'The following were elected a coinmitteo: —Messrs. L. Groathead, Willis, Holdcroft, Roberts; Mesdames Tait, Holdcroft; Misses Aitchison (3), C. Bartlett, Sadlor (3), Davidson, and I. Tait. . Tho monthly meeting of the School Committee was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. Benton in tho chair. The recent concert showed a credit balance of £19 12s. 6d. A voto of thanks was accorded Dr. Palmer and all who had assisted' in tho entertainment. The headmaster reported that tho averago attendants for tho quarter ended September was 123. The inspector's report was of a satisfactory nature. It showed that while the roll number was 138, tho school was staffed for an averago of 90.

•We imagine that at this time of day it is quite impossible to exclude women from the labour market. But from their presence therein certain consequences ensue, one of which is the inevitable lowering of rates of wages by reason of the excessive supply. Woman must always be the weaker animal, and, when it comes to competition, the weaker is bound to go to the wall.—"Pall Mall Gazette." It is the want of critical faculty and discrimination in the English lower class that makes possible the poorness of acting—and consequent poorness of salaries. If the public positively refused to tolerate any performanco which was beneath a certain standard, the bogus actor could not exist, and the underpaying travelling manager would bo crowded out.—" Era." For Bronchial Coughs take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. CBl