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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 24, 27 July 1907, Page 4

Tho Telegraph Department advised today that the Karamea line is still interrupted and communication will probably not be restored for two or three days. Notification of the following cases of infectious diseases was received by 'in Public Health Department during tb© week ended to-day: — City — Scjrlct fever 21, diphtheria 2, tuberculosis 1, bloSd poisoning 1." Hutt County — Scarlet fever 3. i The Technical Education Board held its monthly meeting last night. Present — Messrs,. J. V. Luke (chairman), Wm. Alhn, T. Carmichael, T. Ballingcr, T. [ W. M'Donald, and W. S. La Trofce (director). Tho ■chairman, in presenting the financial statement, said that although tho board at present had a debit balance of £999, it would be in a Eound financial position by the let August. • The need for accommodation for the jewellery and metalwoi-k class was mentioned by the director, and Messrs Carmichael and Ballinger were associated with Mr- La Xrobe in reporting upon ths equipment of a room in the present buildings. A report from the Plumbers' Board of Control stated that 54 candidates (40, from Wellington, 7 from Dannevirke, and 7 from Masterton), have entered for th« August examinations, constituting a record. ' Three vcars ago the average was 16. The board resolved that the examination for theory bo held on the Bth, August, and for tho practical examinations on tho 10th prox. The director presented a comprehensive report upon the proposed classes for providing instruction for electricians and electric wiremen, in which it was v suggested that a special Board of Control should be set up, on- the lines of the Plumbers' Bonrd of Control, to direct examinations under the proposed city bj T law ior tho issue of licenses to wiromes:. T,t waa resolved that tho director should consult with Messrs. S. . Richardson (City Electrical Engineer) and J. K. Logan (Telograph Department) upon the conditions in the report. Tho board agreed ta inspect tho school next Friday evening, prior to deciding tho question of extia accommodation. The Wellington Automobile Club held a mosting at the Grand Hotel last ovening to discuss a circular issued to tha various clubs by the. Hon. T. W. Hislop, president of tlie Wellington club, and Mr. I>. M. Macdonald, president of the Canterbury Automobile Association, with reference to matters of importance to motorists. The chair was occupied by Dr. Gibbs, " vice-president. Tha Hon. T. W. Hislop and Mr. C. M. Banks were appointed delegates to tlis conferance, which is to open to-night, when matters to bo laid beloro tha Min.lster of Customs by a d«jjutation on Monday morning will b3 considerad. The deputation is to consist of delegates to tho conference, and Drs. Gibbs and Prendergast Knight and Messrs. Ingli« and Scott. At a meeting of the Holidays Committee of the Wairara-pa Employers' Association yeetetday. the. following resolution was parseed : — "That this committee stronijlv approves the weekly statutory half-holiday being observed on Thursday as at present, and that the petition now being signed by shopkeepers and residents is heartily endorsed." A deputation from the Dunedin Harbour Board left Dunedin for Wellington to-day. Its principal business, telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent, is in connection with an enabling Bill tot authorise the board to borro\r up to th» extent of £100.000, but the deputation wili nlso enquire when tha Petitions Committee of Parliament are likely to report on the question of. the board't reserves. A traveller by the mail train last night states that he had tho somewhat unufnul experience of a view of Mount Egmont from a point on the line just sqath .of Otaki. There was a brilliant - sunset and against the roce pink of the afterglow tho familiar shape of -the voloauo was outlined on the horizon. A. peculiar effect was created by the gingulae purity of the air after the recent rain. Not only was ths cap of the mountain visible, but by a sort of mirage tl)» spreading' bare seemed to rise oat of the water. A question of considerable interest to teachers vas raised at. tho annual meeting of tho Educational Institute last night by a motion — ''That wheroas in a progi % essivo district a tims ccmes when a head teacher of a large school must retire from legular class teaching ior tho purpose of efficiently supervising his school, this institute is o[ opinion thaL the seals of staffs should be so amended as to provide at thnt stago for an additional teacheT -to ' take over tho class vacated by head teacher." Th; rcsolu* tion was carried by a majority of one. In the Juvenile Court yestorday after* noon,- before' Mr. Riddell, S.M., three ; boys named Charles Pcttigrew, Thomas j Goodwin, and Enoch Horsfall, were charged with theft of sacks valued at ■ 3s from tho Sanitoritim Food Company j Evidence showed that all the boys had j previously been before tho court. Goodwin and • Horsfall were , described as vagrant boys, and members of tho "Oriental Bay Kelly gang." The other defendant was stated to be be* yond the control of his mother. Recently he was on a sailing vessel ; but at the time of arrest was running wild. His Worship committed the trio to ail industrial school. A strange story regarding tho treatment of a child 'by it> mother was rulated in ths Magistrate's Court by SubInspector O'Donovan this morning when ft comparatively young woman, named Annie Loonev, was charged before Mr. Riddoll, "S.M., with having dm ing the month of July, wilfully illtreated, neglected and exposed her child in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering and injury to its health. Th<j Sub-Inspoctor stated that the child was in the hospital but wa 6 removed from the institution by ths mother against the advice of tho surgeon, and taken to lodgings in Tarnnaki-stvest. Since then sho had bsen taking the child about in the open air. The ca&* was brought under the notice of the Benevolent Trustees ; they offsrpd to make provision ' for tho child but the mother refused to accept it. Ev«ntimlly the child wnz taken away from tho mother by the polkc .ir.d sent to the hospital. They did not know what itj condition might be during tho next week, so desired a remand until 2nd August. The application was granted. After mentioning last night that the Maoris of tho olden times wero very polite to ono another, iur. A. Hamilton addou that if a native did lapse at all into rudeness he would tay that the object of his scorn had no parents and had been laid by a bird. This was a phrasa often applied to tho Europeans when they first came tv New Zealand, for they were considered boorish in their ways. "Even now,", declared tha speaker, "in many places the European Li regarded ay a person from whom no manners can be expected." Tha cost of making a new football ground iv connection with Wellington College is estimated at £800. It ia hoped that tho "old boy*" will subscribe half that amount. Plans and specifications are to b-3 preparod by Mr. T. Ward, C.E., for the consideration of . the Board of Governors at its next meeting. New Customs Tariff. — Information ref aiding changes can be supplied by tho few Zealand Express Company, Ltd.. 20 Customhouse-quay: Telephone No. 24.10.