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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 51, 2 March 1905, Page 4

A match for the Hill Pins was played on tho Thorndon bowling green yesterday afternoon between the holders oK tho Thorndon Club and a challenging team from Wellington. The game was decidodly interesting throughout. At, the fourteenth beau Thorndon had a lead •of five, but on the next head Wellington hnd tho fortune to get in seven, giving them a majority of two. Thorn don replied with a five, and by the end of the twentieth head the score was 22 all. On the last bead, after some closo play, Louglon drew a couple of shots for Thorndon, which, thus retains the trophies. Tho scores were : — Thorndon : Freeman, Hatch, Mowbray, Longton (skip), 24; Wollington; D.- M'Lean, Hamilton, Berry, Veitch (skip), 22. Tho following will represent the Petone Club in a .match against the Hutt Clnb on Saturday noxt : — Marsdcn, Barlow, Castle, Wylie; Coles, Fraser, Wilmshurst, Home; Gihnour, Carter, Colquitt, Reid; Johnston, T. M' Arthur. Kingdon, Dr. Ross; emergencies, Reynolds, Renai, Hooper, Griffiths, Jones. Threo prisoners who had pleaded guilty in the Lower Court came up for sentence before Mr. Justice Cooper this morning. Michael Wheeler, alias Frank Mumfoid, alias John Connor, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of causing actual bodily harm at Pahnerston North, said he invited tho man he had wounded into his camp and gave him plenty of tucker and beer to celebrate the New Year. Then the man robbed him, and he hit him with an uxe. His Honour said prisoner had already been in gaol for n, month, and in consideration of that fact he would only sentence him to another month's imprisonment. Albert (alias Alfred) Good, alias John Willis, a young man who only recently arrived from Tasmania, came up for sentence on two chnrjMis of theft from a dwelling-house and on a chargo of breaking and entering at Wellington. His Honour said the records showed that prisoner had eight previous convictions against him in New > South Wales and Queensland for breaking and entering and such-like offences, tho sentences for which aggregated four or five years. It was quite clear he was ono of those undesirable characters who come over from the other colonies and carry on the same career of crime that they followed there. This class of crime, house-breaking and theft, must be putdown. Prisoner would bo sentenced to five years' imprisonment > with hard labour. Thos. F. Bhnnaghan, who had pleaded guilty to four charges of forgery at Wellington,, was sentenced to two years' hard labour. The other morning (reports the Sydnoy Daily Telegraph) an examination of the Icotli of the children attending the Plun-kett-street School, Woolloomooloo, was made by several members of tho Now South Wales Dental Association. This is the beginning of a series of examinations which nro to be made throughout tho public schools of the State. After the children have been examined, they arc supplied with a card stating the number of teeth that require to be attended tb. If their parents cannot pay for tho work, the Dental Hospital, in tho most commendable philanthropic spirit, will attend to it. Altogether about 200 children— l2o boys and GO girls— between the ages of 7 ahd 14 years, woro examined. The members were . delighted with tho result, which showed that 'thero was not nearly so much decay in chiiurcn's teeth as had boon generally supposed. The mouths of the boys especially were found to be in vory good condition, but the percenUigo of decayed teeth was much higher with tho girls. Practically tho wholo causo of the decay in the girls' teeth was neglect. In the great majority of cases tho children's mouths were dirty, through failing to use a toothbrush, and this was Ticld to bo responsible for their defective teeth. In on single case was there any appearance of consumption, or other dread disease, in tho condition of the tooth of the children. At the monthly meeting of the Mirani&r Borough Council last night thero wero present i Messrs Fl Townsond (Chairmanl, T Wardoll, lirodio, Witt, Richards, and M'Grnth. Leave of absence was granted to Councillor Crawford. Tho General Bylaw was confirmed, the Mayor remarking that although it would come into force almost at onco, it was not intended to enforce all its provisions. It was decided that the bylaw come into force on the Bth inst. The Building Bylaw was also confirmed, an amendment being mado dealing with work commenced, or for which ,a contract has been let before tho coming into operation of the bylaw. The Building Bylaw will come into force on tho Bth Mnrch. Messrs. Senton and Sladden wrote urging that the alterations proposed by the Council lo their plans for Jlaupuia-road, - in older to ease the grade, would entail & considerable expense on Miraniar, Ltd. The Mayor said he and Councillor Witt had visited the road, and he reported that an easy grade could be got in another direction, and he would advise the Council not to lmvc tho rond' at all rather than lake over a road with a grade of 1 in 8. After some discussion, further consideration of the matter was adjourned, tho Conncil deciding to personally inspect the locality. It was decided to disagree with the basis of tho adjustment of accounts proposed by tho Hutl County Council bs^ twven the council nnd the borough. Mr John lligg wrote complaining of straying stock at Seatoun. The Mayor said arrangements had beon made for impounding all stock straying on the roads in all parts of the borough. Accounts amounting to £91 were passed for payment. Tho Mayor reported a credit bakneo of £236. I'iio trouble that has arisen between the Petone School Committee and the LdtiCAtion Board over tho appointment of a first assistant is to receive still more prominence. Last night the Chairman of tho Committee (the Rev. J. D. Russell) submitted to his Committee a circular and petition addressed to the members of every School Committee in the colony, which were unanimously adopted. Tho circular refers to the difference in the case in point, and to the powerless condition of Committees in such cases owing to tho insufficient provisions of the Education Act. Each Committee is asked to sign the petition attached, and to ask ita member for the district, or some other delegate, to form part of a deputation tb the Minister for Education to present the signed petitions and to bring tho whole matter prominently beforo him. The petition itself represents to the Minister the practice of Education Boards in interpreting tho Aot in regard to consultations with committees before making applications. The farcical nature of thio "consultation" is referred to, and it ia shown how it causes frequent friction be tween Boards and Committees. In fact, the provision of the Act, as interpreted, is stated to be really only a useless courtesy. The Minister is asked to amend tho Act so that an Education Board must submit all the applications for positions to ihe School Committee interested, naming the two or three candidate il prefers; in order of preference if desired. In the cbso of a difference of opinion between Board and Committee, a conference could be held, and if there was stiH a deadlock, the evidence on both sides could b» submitted to the Minister for Education tor a final decision. Copies of the circular and petitions will also be sent by tho Petone Committee to all members of tho House of Representatives. Munt, Cottrell, nncl Co., general car riers, Customs and forwarding agents Storage a speciality. Furniture packed and removed. Office : Queen's Cham* bers. Telenhone No. 23.— Advt.