LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1165, 28 June 1911, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho plans for the new Training College building at Kelburne were approved by the Education Board yesterday, and tho sub-committee appointed to supervise the building scheme generally was empowered to confer with the Inspector-General and to proceed with the erection of college buildings on authorisation of grant.

A craving for soap induccd someone in Sydney or on tho boat to cleverly broach a largo ease of "super-excellent" imported by Mr.' L. M'henzie, pharmacist, of Manners Street. Mr. M'Kenzie states that the case opened up magnificently, aiid a clean receipt was given for it, but on delving down it was discovered that half the contents were missing, and in the place of the "best scentcd" was a quantity of paper and other material to make up' the weight. Tho Union Steam Ship Company, which brought the case over, refused to recognise any claim Mr. M'Kenzie might make, and the Customs Department deolincd to allow a refund of tho duty on' the soap which never arrived because the loss was not discovered whilst tho case was under Customs control. When reporting on tho matter, Mr. M'lvenzic says a Customs official remarked: "Jt looked in good order and condition, but on close examination it showed traces of having been carefully opened and closed again."

Wet weather has delayed the track-for-mation work in connection with the extension of the electric car system from AY illis Street to the General Post Olhce. Ihe rails are now laid (on concrete sleepers) as far down as the Hunter Street intersection, and the trenching gang have reached a point opposite the entrance to tho Gl' 0. Given a week's fino weather tho actual work of laying the track would bo completed, but before the cars will bo allowed to'travel-so the now track it will have to lie wood-blocked, and this work is always better done in tine, dry weather. As soon as the pick-and-sliovel gang are finished with tho track-formation work they will most probably be employed in the construction of the new Charlotte Street section of the city tramways.

"There is no doubt that in this country the lot of tho wastrel is made too easy," remarked Dr. \ alintine, ill addressing the Hospital Conference yesterday. "We should not allow a mawkish sentimentality to prevent us from doing our duty by'these, outcasts and pariahs. Wo havo no hesitation in confining infectious patients or unfortunate lepers, and why should we hesitate to confine these social outcasts—these men who are. distributing disease, inteinperates, and so forth—ami why should we not make tlieni work for the living of their wives and children? I hope that wo shall give one absolute vote on this important subject."

Owing to the concert by the Sheffield Choir on Thursday evening, the meeting of the City Council fixed for that evening will bo held at 1 o'clock in tho afternoon. The annual dinner of the Wellington Accountant Sludents' Society will be held at the lintel Windsor this evening.

Tho Wellington Education Hoard decided yesterday, without discussion, that it could not endorse the suggestion of the South Canterbury Education Board that Government subsidies should be granted ou all moneys raised. It approves, however, of tho payment of subsidies on moneys raised for strictly defined purposes approved by the board,

The secretary of Hip Sunday School I'liion has received 71."> onirics for the PflinlnrV examination, which is (n lake plate next J'ri'.lay evening. The questions have been set by Mesdames G. \\. Darvall, T. 11. Gill, and A. 1!. Atkinson, Miss llelyer, Mr. T. H. Gill, -M.A., LL.B., and Mr. C. Calhie. The supervisors for the city will be a*, follow: —Willis Street State School, Mr. T. Sims; Newtown School, Mrs. Callain; Brooklyn School, Mr. .T. B. llopkirk; Terrace Congregational School, Mr. W. G. llo'ldswortli; Clyde Quay, Mr. E. C. Jack.

• SI. Hilda's Club. Island Kay, held ils weekly mcoliin! on Moiuhy evening, there l>?ing a ffootl attendance. The president of the club (the Rev. W. Kaneaurl) Rave an iiilere.sting paper on the economic progress of the .Anglo-Saxon people from the time at which they migrated to Britain till the time of Edward the Confessor. After members had taken part in the discussion, a vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer.

.At o spscial meeting of the Easthourno Borough Council,'held in Mr. J. D. Avery's rooms, Feathersk™ Street, last evening, it was decided to confirm the rate for the year IUII-ISI2 as struck at the last general meeting.

Mr. R. B. Ross, M.P., of Pahiatua, interviewed the Wellington Education Board yesterday attcrnoou with reterencc to the educational wants of a small settlement at the back of Pongaroa, in his electorate. It was desired, he explained, that a small aided school at Manuhara, 011 the estate of one of the. settlers interested, should bo removed to a more convenient site o:i the same .estate, but fronting the AVnihi ltoad. The difficulty was that the new site was rather near to two other small schools in the vicinity— Pukehinua and Puketoi—the attendances at which might be prejudiced by the advent of a third, practically on the same line of road. It was pointed out, however, that the proposal would only alfect the particular family immediately interested, who under present conditions were under considerable hardship in having to travel a long distance—in wet weather the conditions were particularly severe. Having heard Mr. Ross, the board decided after a brief discussion to agree to the change.

That much-discussed proposal, the question of establishing a rural course of instruction at the l'ctonc District High School, is to be the subject of a conference between the members of the Wellington Education Board and the Petone School Committee, which has been fixed for the Monday evening preceding the next monthly meeting of tlie board—that is to say, on July 21. Yesterday Detectives lvemp and Hammond arrested a youth, who will be brought before the magistrate this morning and charged with the theft of ,£t 15s. and a cash-box, the property of Messrs. Laery and Co.

In connection with the pending aplointment by the "Wellington Education Joard of an instructor in domestic

science, it was decided at the board's meeting yesterday to commission Mr. J. S. Tennant (one of the inspectors), who has bscvi granted six months' leave to visit England, to select a suitable teacher. Passage money amounting to ,£ao will bo paid to the appointee, whose salary will commence from the dato of arrival in New Zealand. , The Jewish Literary and Debating Society held a social gathering last evening (Mr! J. Zachariah presiding), at which Mr. James Doyle gave a lecture on physical culture and it.s value from a. commercial point of view.

Delegates attending the Hospital Conference, and their wives, will be received by his Excellency the Governor at Government House 011 Thursday, June 29, at 1 p.m. The Supreme Court cases of Glasgow v. Glasgow, relating to the interpretation of n will, and Soames v. Soames are set down to be heard by his Honour Sir Joshua 'Williams at 2 p.m. to-day. "Suburban" writes:—ln view of the large amount ol interest that: is evinced ii:. the forthcoming visit of the Sheffield Choir, it is to be hoped that the tramway authorities will continue tho five minute services next Saturday night until 11 p.m. instead of II) p.m. If' this is done, tho large number of patrons (already assured), will be able to reach their homes w'ithout an overdose bV' sttaphanging.