CANTERBURY NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 519, 28 May 1909, Page 4

CANTERBURY NOTES.

. "'!■?!*■ TE V M^ i r B -~^"^M>^pEß , Rsro!»iiiiijT.|';!'' !'''^v!';-?!!-';'' -:ff ' !v.•!Christcriurch, 'May-27/ ■■;':-.-• At the Education Bbard> meeting yesterday "the chairman (Jlr; C.-A. C.-Hardy, M.P;) expected to be back from Weilington : w ;time to /attend; tho;next.'me'btihg -of; the ;;tarMr*'',TOks' ; |iehC6;';if tliey-'cmlld' take 'Xhe:.Prime';Mmi3ter , s':"feeler'.' "regarding 'his ■■': 4 01n r S' Home to v attend■'thevlmperial;Defencs : Conference as meaning:anything. '■■':■'■■■ A- -; ; Mr.^ C, A.- C!: : Hardy^ I M.P;',-'doesvnot: be-' : lieyethat.the'New.Zealandrdcichcb scheme! re- '.:!^ fa' it3 ;greater'.succbsSy^hat^thb'aft ■;..of shooting:should ho more'.gbhetally taught. !" .at';tho!Edu'ca,;.tion;Board/meeting.yesterday, tho .-.;coloiiial-youth .can.shobt Anything, !oven 'tho; ■' eyo.of'a sparrow."■ Ho is becoming so-expert■ :V;that; he" has taken to : shooting hares-with'a ; rifle;instead.of: a gun./ What'he •:/!^? rß . : drill-and discipline;. '/His sKoo'tiiig: is"' -:;all-nght/'Q;':;':•::; ;..'" >; l ;' % / ';;:; -"-. : -.';;' ./'; ..Somo interesting, figures, ""snowing' the' tre-' ■: mendous- annual 'slaughter bf-.'smallfoirdS,' ,;/wore quoted;bv/Mr. : 'K;itVilsoh at:th'b mcbt-> .y jng of; the ; Selwyn 'County Cbuheil vesterday." .;.Thfl:fiEure's,for thovthreo years, .1906, 1907, .and 1908, wfcro respcctivelv; as - follows :— ; Small: birds,''llß,292;': 262",309. and ''183,432: : /blackbirds,-,.- 9582-, .-,10,580..: arid 9300;'."small ■:. birds' <"E<rs, for/the last two. years,' 65.410 and .: 10.200. ■'■■ The •,»ypr»^ft;nnmb'' l i':!of:small birds', ■: '■■« Zg bnught annually,was-.450.916, and! at a ■ Mchi.the. amount !paid"was"£93n '-~ .Thr-..fi.iif>nil- decided,that' from Jtino Ito Scp- ._; te'r;,y-T SO; ir r -woiild/ ; 'doJEen!''! for ;; oVl.;'i : rds'."hpa:h|.aiid-.tbei'u9ual,prico. ■.-'■'.•Sir-'-*; v will ■■; also/i'bii -taken ! te 'distribute -.- or—'-"I: wli»3t./-:-/ ; ;-'/' '■';//;:"'/'."/ - '-.-' .:/,.;-. '"'■•? /'cnimcil of. thr.Canterlmry Philoaophi-- -: »!.;;'''iiitnte;has-li>.tely.,tak'e>n steps! to in-. .'/('■-!: -ato in a thorough manner!tho artesian ;'.v h'^ffirji/of;,Chrißtohiuoh..and/the- surrounding,■ '/■'.' V;"-'■*•:»,. "A 'committoo ;.h'as/;h'een. appointed, ;' ;?.;itb Dr., Chilton;! as secretary, •to/make ,ar-, !:■•.:fr-' > !'!?"nt»''for. ftivrrying;bh.diffefoiit.linos of n; ./..<:< coition., Thnse/aro: ohinHy .concerned ::;i>v!'!;.i!:b:chcniical,::bacteriological,'and-rftdio- .;■•■. J':'! V'S p rpn'of ties'; of-tho/ water- from different' //.In--'?,; with its" animal/life, '.-arid with.: tho .; V-; ;•!»•.! s. physical /and! geological! probloms con;:p.^.',,,< ,j.ij(.jj tho ; yarying-;flow'pf water;-,the -;:f : ''",r' <•'-, r'niii jnrid/ ba:'bmctic;.pross'uro,;:in- /;<!; •/•^"?;tfin:.tide, i 'Bte. ; ;In/ order ; to -carry '-;!/■ :';!'''''^'>.:'n | !t>thbroiigh]y : accurato observa-';':V-\?;'"''V^!^%!:l'r'j<iit'.'^'..,wliiclv';Avcll3'l-'.rjj'o.frorn: : -r,---/-/■■;>Wr i>rvlUbe' ; iriade-ia; as -many locali:;/'i!::3:':a3'/pbsSibin-. ■■■y.i'.f--; '/ •''..-'/ ■'■'-" ''."'-...