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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1907, Page 6

Last night 290 boys of the Third Wellington Battalion of. Public School Cadets marched through tho city and embarked on the- .Mararoa for Lyttelton, en route to the International Exhibition at Christchurch. Fishermen report that that part of Lyell Bay near the Heads has seen its best day as a fishing ground. For the last two seasons, the catches there have been exceptionally bad, although there aro come fair hauls of warehou during the season for that fish. The members of the Education Board are visiting the Lpwer Hutt this afternoon to inspect sites which have been offered for the new school which is required for that borough. The tender of Messrs. Martin, Hurrell, and Snaddon has been accopted for the erection of a brick building of three stories and a basement, in Mani ners-street West, in accordance with the plans and specifications of Mr. James M'Gill. The contract price is i £5984. 1 The City Council has written to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals forwarding its annual donation of £5. The amount was acknowledged with thanks at yesterday's meeting. Mr. W. H. P. Barber, M.H.R., has i received formal notification from the Electoral Boundaries Commission that it is impossible to alter the boundaries j of his electorate, as desired by a number of residents who have, been taken out of the electorate and placed in the new Suburbs Electorate. i Complaint of non-observande of the awafd recently made in the Cooks' and Waiters' Dispute was made at last night's meeting of the union. It was also allegod that in some cases employers were dismissing workers belonging to the union The secretary was instructed to investigate the complants and report the result of his enquiries to . tho Department of Labour. The Miramar Borough Council is at last-troubled with outEtandipg rates. The Mayor 'nformed last night's meeting that until this year never since the borough i had been in existence, and for some time before the Roard Board ceased, were there any ratea outstanding. The clerk was given some further pointed instructions as to how h« fehould get the rates in at once. ! A conference was held at Levin yesterday between the Native Minister, who was accompanied by Mr. W. 11. Field, M.H.R., and the Horowhenua Lake Board and the native owners of land adjoining the lake, and an adjustment of various I differences vr&s made. It was arranged that ten acres be taken by tho Government to give access to the lake, and that a larger piece of native bu6h on the lake front be taken under the Scenery Preservation Act. The resignation of Mr. J. W. Salmond, Professor of Law at Victoria College, was Considered by the College Council in committee last night. It was decided to accept the resignation ajj from to-day, which will enable Profeeeor Salmond to take up his new position in the Crown Law Office at once. He will, however, arrange for the lectures to be carried on to the end of June. The Inspector of the Society for tha Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported at a meeting yesterday that 'he had good reason to believo that some contractors in Wellington encouraged their drivers to ride on loads of ccal and trot their horses. He had interviewed several drivers with respect to this practice, and warned them to desist. Two contractors, he .was pleased to .say, we?e supporting him in preventing this practice, and had informed their drivers that they would be discharged if r ound disregarding instructions in this respert. The second refrigerating engineer on board of the steamer Marere, named Wm. j Ward, pleaded guilty at tho Magistrate's j Court this morning to having absented himself from the vessel without leave. Defendant explained that he had been drinking. He had a misunderstanding ', with the chief engineer, and, losing his head, went ashore. He was now sorry for what had taken place. The presiding Justices of the Peace, Messrs. John Young, Chas. Wilson, and Geo. Winder, directed the defendant to forfeit two days' pay, to pay 7s costs, and return to the vessel. Last week Mr. A. J. Wicks, Chief Secretary for New Zealand, received a cablegram from Trinity College of Music, London, instructing him not to use the San Francisco mails for the transmission of correspondence. Owing to this the dates for closing entries for tho . various examinations have had to be revised, as will be seen by advertisoment appearing in another column. Teachers and candidates are requested to take note of the now dates, which necessarily cancel those upon the syllabus at present in circulation. Entries for the Juno theory examination will close on Wednesday, 6th March, instead of Saturday, 9th March. The presiding justices at the Magistrate's Court this morning were Messrs. J. Young, Geo. Winder, and Chas. Wilson. For having fought in Customhousequay, yesterday afternoon, Thos. Dorsey and Peter Tiernan were each fined 20s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. John Lawrenson, for habitual drunkenness, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, with_hard labour, two first offending inebria£es'bcing convicted and discharged. Chas. Moir and Daniel Morgan, alias Brown, alias Grey, aliai Duncan, were charged with having been found last uigbt without lawful excuse on the premises of the Occidental Hotel. On the application of Sub-Inijpector O Donovan accused were remanded until 11th mat. A number of bylaw casea were dealt \yith. Inspector Hill, of Hawkcs Bay, has given no.tice to move at the conference pf inspbetors, " That tho manual and technical instruction regulations dealing with agriculture, woodwork, and cookery clnsses be amended to allow such classes boing conducted in country schools by itinerary teacher, and that either twenty two-how lesson^ on consecutive school days ot forty one-hour lessons he deemed to qualify for a grant under duly recognised instructors. Inspector Bossence, of Otago, wants the Government to bring in a Teachere' Registration Act. and Mr. T. S. Bassinet will move ''That it is desirable that a School Gazette bo issued by the Education Department. Several alterations have been made in the personnel of the team splectsd a few days ago to ropresenfc WollJngton at the athletic championship meeting at Christchurch. The final selection io as follows : — lOOyds Flat, Hondersoni Goodbehere and Fishsr ; 920 yds Flat, Henderson, Goodbeharo, Fisher, &n.d Wilton ; 440 yds Flat, Hondorson, Goodbehero, Fisher, and Wilton ; 880 yds Flat, Bradbury and Gosling ; One Mile, Bradbury, Prondevillo, amf Go»lrng ; Three Miles, Bradbury and Prendovillo ; 120 and 440 Yds Hurdles, Halligsn and Cook (Nelson) ; One and Three Mile Walk, Kerr (And possibly M'Coll) ; High Jump, Halligan, L. M'Kfiy, Thprnnispen (Nelson), Cook (Nelson) ; Long Jump, M'Kay and Halligan ; Polo Jumg, M'Kay ; putting Weight, Thomassen and M'Kay ;' Hammo r Throwing, Thomassdn and Mtirdoch. it is probable that P. A. M/001l will compete in the walks if ho is rein/ statod by the New Zealand Council on Thursday. Mr. W. H. Pollock will act as mauagor of tho team, and will also enter for one or two events. The team wjll leave for Christchurch on the 19th inst. and return on tho 24th.