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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 5

The v abolition of junior ■ national ■v: 'scholarships is advocated by members of the. Wellington Education Institute. K Recently: a. committee of the institute . went into tlio question of; tlieso scholarships, and last evening made tho following report to : the institute:—"(l) That ; tlio language used, in the papers generally is beyond comprehension of -the ■ - children who sit; for t the examination. (/!), That ficienco questions should bo '. placed undfer lioadings showing to ..which branch.they belong. (3) That the scope of tlie,}instrumental drawing ;sliould bo clearly defined and restricted. (-1) Th#® v representatives should bo. urged to for,' abolition of scholarships." . i A billiard saloon-keeper named Sidney Palmer pleaded not guilty in tlio Mag- ■ ' istrate's, Court yesterday to a .charge of permitting - a youth under thoago.of cifeh teen years to remain in his licensed billiard room. The" Magistrate (Mr. D.: 6.'. A. Cooper,. S.M.)-dismissed tho information, as'the boy., 'had stated to the keeper-of. the saloon that he. was eighteen years.; of age, while -.tho bojr.'s. •' appearance .-might, have, yerified this. ; ■ Mr. P.' W.' Jackson appeared for dc- ' . fondant.- ,- -In Parliament yesterday Mr. R. Fletcher (Wellington Central) movod for a-report of the Advisory Board of Experts'; appointed to selcct the most suitable liian to act as .war correspondent, and all documents or correspondonco in :i ; connection with the matter. ;! ; Tire was responsible for severely damaging a wash-houso. at the residence • of Mr. Cyril ■ Beasley, No. 7 Zolirab 1 'KilbirniOj ■at about nalf7past seven- yesterday morning.. - The , firo originated from' a spark from -a copper ■ firo'igniting-eome clothes." Tlio Hastings Borough ;> Council is -. erecting' two 2000 candle-power lamps in the District High School grounds, so that tho National Reserve may carry on: its .drills thero. • >»-. I .''Tlie school examination is not an • tmmixed'blessing,!' observed tlio chair- . man of tho Wellington Educational In- ■ . stituto last evening;: "and _ I think tho day will come when it will be swept out of existence, ; and children will bo ■promoted np the ladder by those who ■ work with: them i'ear in and year/ out,. ■' • and-who know them best." ■ . • "One of the. greatest blemishes of tlio scholarship' papers' is the language .; ; used, in-, the; examination .papers,'', said . . a member of the Wellington' Educa- /. . tional - Institute last ; evening, ex-. ' nnnnors miciht easily, use. words familiar to tlio children, and then they would discover ; what the children could' <10. Instead, a language which the children . ■ did not understand -.was used in. the papers. The children, in.such eases, bijeame confused, and the examiners put them down as incompetent, whereas tho trouble "was that-: they were "faced - witV language/unfamiliar to-them. • "Doctor's should bo shown.a certain amount of consideration in this respect, and I.'t-hiilk it only fair that I" Should dismiss-tile information," said Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M;, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in dismissing; the charge against Dr. H. C. Faulke of leaving his motor-car in Willis.Street with no ono in charge. The evidence showed : that defendant with another doctor ■Was nttendinp: a case, and .had left his ; motor unattended on the street while, engaged dn the same. Mr, R. C. Kirk, .'on-.behalf/of submitted, that ■■the by-law had not been framed to harass medical practitioners in this fashion. .. y ' ■