NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

, (BY. TELEOBAm—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) '' t\ INTERESTING TO SCHOOLMASTERS. Auckland, February 3. The; Auckland Board of Education, after • a lengthy, discussion, declined, to agree to a committee's suggestion that the 1 wife of ' - a headmaster should be appointed his: tem-. porary assistant in a country school in tha ■ absence of other applicants for the position. It. was decided that the principle that" no ' V . ■ relative of .a -headmaster - should, be ap- . ■ pointed ; to. his school should be strictly ad. ' hered to. .-■■ BOROUOH'S FINANCES. . . 'Walht,, Febnrtry £[ 3'Hi" ; r ■ The arrangements between t:.d Bank-and,,. ; the Borough Council regarding, finances'havfl been . completed. The borough workmen ww sumed work this morning.' UNEMPLOYED. ■ ■ _ Waihl, February 3. , _At an open meeting of unemployed iart < night, it was resolved: to -petition, the Gor- ; . . ernment for temporary employment for lot? ■" ' men. ■ , ROWING regatta. . . Auckland,' February 3. ■ -The entries ' for, the-.New Zealand. chatm pionship .roTrfng. regatta to-day. '.'ll* • average five per race, the largest entry. being in the champion sculls, for. which : " eight have entered. : The fours has . attracted' an: entry of' six' 'crews from Wa-.' .7 ngarnii, Clifton, Picton, -Napier,' : and Waitemata Clubs. PROPOSAL TO BORROW DEFEATED. . , Invercargill,.February 3. •A poll of the ratepayers to-day on the pro' . - posal to .borrow .£100,000;. for' ,; :a ! :gravitation . -:.% ■ water supply: resulted in the defeat of the proposal by 698 votes to ,192. .Out. of 2080'• '' / people on tjio roll 900 voted. : - V.'. KINC EDWARD BARRACKS. • Clirlstchurch, February 3. The military bazaar held by the trustees"' : of the King Edward Barracks last year has resulted .in a, balance to credit of £2040. Tha trustees are'asking' .the .Government' to sub- '■ y sidise this .amount 'pound for pound, or make' up the sum necessary; (£3000) to clear the debt on the barracks. ~.. : • /•" *: . MINE VENTILATION'. ' Duncdln,' February 3. • - Last .week Mr/Widdowson. • !.M., heard.a:, ■ case, in which Alexander Sinclair Gillainders,' manager of Freeman's Collie'y, Abbotsfo'rd, ' was charged that being manager of the:said coal-mine.hel did. not-maintain 15 cubic feet, of air.', per., minute .for every person-, and ■ 600 ' : - . cubic: feet per: minute for every animal: eraployed underground as -required by the- Act. This: morning: the .-Magistrate gave i. his deci- - ; . : , sion,' holding that a breach of the Act had been committed. 'Defendant was fined £5 and, costs. o-'--';'l- r"--: