NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

(By Tclocraph, —l'reos Association;! ■■ . ' OUR PRISONS. REMEDIAL IUTHKIt THAN PENAL. "'' . Invoroargiil, July 28. v The Invorcargill- Ministers' Association unanimously .passed the following; motions! tho Ministers' Association''desires j\, to express' keen appreciation 'of' the efforts • being inado by Dr. • Fiiidlay in: the direction of prison reform, and " heartily sympathises ': with tho Jiumanita'ri.iiiism 'revealed' in his ' raccnt'-'.public utterance;!"'; 1 and "Tho association further affirms its conviction that while the general!treatment of prisbiiCTs with tha : firm hand of 'discipline should' not'lie' relaxed, nioro attention rliould bp; given to makingthe prison system remedial rather'*than, as at present, almost purely /penal,""•■'/ ; ,

AEROPLANE EXHIBITION. '":■■■■"•'• .;.':'' .'■;•• ' Auckland, July 28. . Mr. Oswald Coatcs,' of, Christchitrcliy who claims to ha vo invented an aeroplane which, on account of its raft-like, shape arid auxiliary governor, will be a greater success than.' any machine of its cla-ss, yesterday.exhibited the model before Lord and Lady Fluuket, and gave a ■ gliding trial in' Government House grounds. Their Excellencies expressed keen interest in'trie' model and its' working, and; on Lady Plunket's Suggestion;, Mr/ Coates Has decided te call his invention ''The Long White Ciotirl." Sir. Coatcs is rio'w busy'fprming a syndicate, and, wheii' this is accomplished,, ho will proced to England, and place his r invention before the British Government,

LOST LICEHScS.,. . \ Auckland, July 28; ' Inquiries made regarding the future of the hotels closed 'as the result qf tho -last' No-Li-cense and Reduction polls show that the favourite method of dealing with tho prernisee seems to have been to turn them into boaxd-ing-houses. As far as can be ascertained at present, eleven out of • twenty-eight boteU closed in the Auckland district have been converted into '.boarding-nouses.-.'-'- Of -the remainder, one .(The Park) has' been leased to tho Girls' Friendly Society, one (the Wairoa. South. Clcyedon) has been let as a store, ono (the Golden-Cross,■Waitckauri); is.being pulled down, and one city hotel (the Nevrtou) is being turned into shops. ■■ '■. .--.-..

SHOP-LIFTINC. ' -... '~ Christchurch, jnl; ,28. \ During bargain! saleson local, drapery es-: { tablishmeuts,, cases of shoprliEUng have been only too evident. Totday-a married couple were remanded on a charge of stealing goods from Strango and Co.'dnring'"a*.sale/ The. man went into the s'bopwearuig a long over/ coat, and tho woman carried a big~maorikit: .Accused kept au.'.oyster. saloon, and on leaving the shop,, an'assistant,' noticing the bulging overcoat and distended kit, folloircd. The;pair went into" their'wloon on the pre- - te-nco of wantingl oysters, and tie* assistant saw the uoodi, which were disgorged. The man pleaded, guilty in; the. Court to-day, but the woman , pleaded not guilty,. : '.,".'j

, HAWERA TECHNIGAL SCHOOL. ' '■: >' ; u!"'.!■_:• .i .'.■ '■.•..^•-■v/-V , Hawera , ,'Jniy";.M;';-' A technical Bchool, costing £1700," of which £200 was subscribed locaJJy/-was opened by tho'lHon.'. G; Fowlds (Ministw for Educa-' tidn); last, evening.■ uThe- Minister"'advocated an: extension of .the: subsidy system, whereby people'the readiest to help themselves -woujd repoivc- mostiansiftancei'liMri)Pirani,'- chairman' -of the Wanganui Education Board, , submitted figures showing' the rbmarkable development.of-technical (educatioriif.in thif distridt , .- :vHe.;claimed that, Wanganu; , Board was doing. more advanced and mort successful work tjian.any board in New Zealand. ' -The: cereinoiiy',was , attended. by several members of -the; Education Board, aiiJ the-,preceeditigs .jviwo most^enthusiastic.".;.-

. Tlio .Wauganui .pricuot,, Association,,emaxfr, un3cr.;.tT(o by, ' Council ~pver' r Lors . Eawk'e's tcam'sH'isit. , is , not'disrjosed' : ttf'con.. tribute :t-he towards: the visit of an Australian team. , '.'A similar'proiwsal to that -non; jnadp-wae, forwarded to\ the Cricket Associations in'l9o3, .but when the profits wfere divided the Cricket Counoil • refused'. to.. pay losses sustained. by the smaller.associations..■'•, : - :i:-'Kxil s :'.