INTERPROVINCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 95, 22 April 1908, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

It is seldom (says the Auckland Star) Miat even the finest and bravest of canines is made the subject of special no- : tice, brrt Thursday night's meeting of -*'■ the ' Trade's and Labour Council passeda resolution concerning one of the most -'■-insignificant of the! race. The diiainu? tive creature posted itself under the meeting place, and barked during ■ the greater part of tho proceedyigs. „, The annoyance was sufficient to cajlse..a resoj lution to be passed notifying 4he/ care,. r- taker of the hall (who, it iu>- thought, - 1 " owns the dog) that 7 tha dog ,r«^uired a muzzle. • . "* " The Southland News states^ that* a persoo of unsound mind, while, • being taken by a friend into town on'ThUlrs.day, escaped when the train stopped, -at OpoTO, and gave so much trouble- to* his' attendant that the latter had to' wait- - iot a later train. A passenger .^rites'", to , ," ; state tHa€ he was surprised ."thjfc,Volun- . tears* who were aboard the ;train fend ,'■, witnessed ihe incident, did not give as- 1 siatance; . as, he says, if the man 'had got clear away, there is no telling what might have happened. There is a rumour that, in certain eventualities, Mr. T. Mackenzie may r ,' make incursion into Mr. James Allen's district, says the Oamaru Mail, and that, if this should happen, the opposition .will be skimmed of the cream of its finx . ancial genius. It goes without saying that, whilst Mr. Mackenzie is popular even with those, whose political sympathies are averso to what he would call his politics, and particularly with the fanning classes; Mr. Allen's tenure of Ids s?-called representative position has been due to a personality which would not stand the strain >of Mr. Mackenzie's popularity." If there; should be a combat between the two,' it' will be one of the most striking and interesting of the 121T •general'- election. -'• '>■ ■*«>--■ •v*" *" a *feore mecficd tiad an 'unwelcome vis~j Hot a day or two since in the shape . ' ctf a ferret, which took up his quarters k. under a bush near the house. The dor.- / tor's dog (says tha Ensign) did" not rel- '_' ish the idea of attacking the intruder, but a baker's boy who happened aloilg S quickly caught the animal by .the tail, ~ and. the doctor lost no time^iaijprovid l- £ ' Ing. the lad with means of ct>s^ing his * treasure away. The boy was ,<Juite as- '■ tonished at the medico's generosity, and , asked if he was 'certain he 'did riot w&rit * the brute, and was overjoyed -on- being' ' assured' that the ferret could be spared. iWeasels, by the way, are sajd-to be becoming exceedingly common around ; Gore. Three were noticed' from the i tWaimumu-road, iwithin ■ & comparatively ■ 1 Bhprsl«r|staii<sa' of eaoh c ,<Sther,>to j: a' local' 5 ,tfW^:ae4iftpae 'irflier day;' t of iQi© Ajidetson's £ -r3Pay r YAngficaji '. Ohuarcn" '^choir / (remarks * I in surpnce§." ~"Oiie~ "of *Xne Anglican 7 Churches in Christchurch and an Angli- -. can Church at Tovercargill are said to a be tha only other churches in the Do-, r minion that have made this departure. "j The better-class -drama -does not apg peal to everybody. When- Miss- Nance * 'OVNeill appeared in "Magiia;" in Aiick-' * land, some' years ago, a member of a * holiday night audience demanded loudly < to know, in the middle of the first act, ; when she was going_to.give them a song. I OuJ§atprday> night (sayy/tfo Lyttelton I a there were two men in the pit 6i : ; *S2t Majesty \\thp, wjbuld have liked ; a song^antfrasnee in^ "T-hs Mummy and f the Humming -Bird.* 1 " "This is no ?; good," said one, "there's nothing to * laugh at." "I went to a variety show "_ the other night," said the other. "The [' dogs were fine." • v ■* "ilora in Sorrow taani-tn ]Anger" i .« \Eidteß rfo - tha Xytteltoa^ Titties :-^-Engq fata^v J>l#^i* *<J. <* have "t^fl -, up>ib-date ■• i y6ung ladies,-? and it seems 'Chnstchurch <-, * can boast of a fair stiare of those wing- ; less angels^ '.who n6* douhd'are peffectioh '-,) in their own homes. But what a falling ■'^way^wKeii ; r tfiese' 'p^usKful' virgms' board "i^.'afrtraut land monopolize the smokers' cab ! If a mere man should dare to light t, pipe or cigarette it's "Oh, you brute; you're no gentleman !'* Just so ; but '-■•orely-tbesewould-bo. young ladies could & JBn'tf'ainple ,! r^l<jia r iS- Ine/lody of ihV?caf,'> .'^.^f ,-le^in'. wl&t tli^'bSsje^f ojfgßtten ' or' ' ■ . ,^?,-|n future" liandtf; will 'nc* 'be', permitted ; ■^tb? give Sunday mghfe performances . in .J the Bptanic Gardens^ T)uiiediii. '^„,1,-' a - Ariiearing upon the proposal that the jt ;City>-i'sliall purchase Forbnry Park, it >^ nfiay (remarks the Dnnedm Star) be men;.?|^oned that no fewer than fifty-two now' in work on that ;|j.\#aining track. '*.•> The Bay of Plenty. 13 saia, to be teemj^lag with fish. ' The export of fish from .' Tauranga-^ is assuming large dimensions. ■ '"Three thousand were sent away to Auck* '"'fend by one steamer, nearly 1000 having .>,>Deen caught by a party «f three men. ' t-*The ■Maoris of the district are finding 'C/4h.e industry a profitable one. ' They - already possess several motor, fishing ''Jaun.ches, - and orders for others have •>/3jjeen placed. '"'Si ,In the course of conversation with a jTofmy.. Bay Herald reporter, Webb, ';-.K»£. wor|d'»^champion sculler remarked * itheie; ynwiut I 'new' 'developments, reViipef^k.'t^'wall^alfe^ Arnst'^ad.'as a}/ ""I Mady^njtimaied, : 'pttt jVup^ his; £100, but • J '~- rkjthing further had ,Beeq arranged, and -P in' f£ct<,,he knew sio 'fnoxe tha'n"'appearod -,Z in thejnewifpafperfei, Wehb' is rat present „; Jjn charge of the- .ancompleted main pipe -. JSte' contract \J of '/the ' ; v^af^nro'rks, ' of which his employers, the Wanganui Spiral Pipe Company is the contractor. !What was he doing in respect to train- , ,ing and keeping up, his. condition for the next -'struggle for tne laurels? he was asked. Well, he replied, he did not believe in leavings'' it td a,Jieavy three months' trainjug, tot were he to do:so lie would be no mor6 prepared to take the sculls at th,o end of tnat time than to ride a racehorse He made it a practice wherever possible "to take' a gr-in at leaat twice a week, just so that he woaid not lose, the feel of the boat. .! A novelty in the'way of "vehicles is < -io be' seen, jn Dann'evirke, where a 'ocal ■''ißfedlco'Jiirt had built, from his own design, a- species of hansom cab. The vehicle is entirely enclosed with a glass "f'fftont, 1 ■ T>rote*cting the occupant and driver, in all, weather.' For additional • comfort ah" oil stove is fixed inside for , nse.in .winter, and night travelling. The Otago Education Board recently received, from a' donor, who. desifed to bo anoiixmouj, the :,9Ujh yi'/£l as the nudeps "of a f rin^ which .he'asked the board to promote' foY th* purpose of having, printed copies of tho Decalogue placed in the classrooms of all the gchbots' inv,the Otago district., ,/ It was decided to^thank tne donor for his gift, l>ujr<ts?*-tnere was some doubt in the minds" b'f -members as to whether it was within tfcejf' 'powers as an Education Board to givo auchority for placing the Decalogne in schools, it was deemed advisable to take the advico of the board's legal adviser on th»qnc«tion. . --'JEh© following is a, Quotation from a *J«(t !^r ; >ddrgsßed to chairman of the •* cO*Ma>''Bdtf««liion -Board by tho matron 28 4>f3&2# <tf^h^il)pWtt^tt. city; schools, the

from 545 in the- year 1904 to 502 last year, with the result that three teachers' lose £10 a year each, and three lose £5 : ■— "L! understand that the InspectorGeneral told our" headmaster that salaries were not now paid according to' attendance. . . My salary is reduced this year by £5, because of 1 tho attendange .of last year. This is an anomaly, for my work was harder last year than 1 the year previous, and this year it. is much harder. than last year, I the present number of scholars in my I infant room being JB2, as against 153 at ' the same time last year." Does it not seem strange that for increased work this year I am. to receive less salary. -The , infant , room work means a great nervous- strain, yet the salary • of tne ,teacher oi that department seems to be 'always 'on a descending sdale, my salary being' £20 a year less -than when ,1 c<>nijnenced,' these duties.',: •- • We .have-no guarantee that our salaries will I ever remain fixed. "-" - "Tjie chairman replied'that it.'was a misapprehension to usay -tha|t the salaries , w,ere not dopendi ent .upon the average attendance. The I salaries 'were- T>ased upon ,the attendance, I and- rose - and fell t witji the; grade in which ;the ■ average \'f or the past two years placed the- school. ,A tramcar of a type new to Auckland has been put in pommission, and was out for the conveyance of passengers on Thursday (reports the Herald). The car is one of the new shipment from England, and has, in addition to a wind shield, a glass shield for the motorman. . The "eneral build of the car is similar to that of the most recant locally-constructed cars. :

There was a startling incident at a surprise party in Hastings the other night. After some music an adjoucn- 1 ment was made to another part of the house. The candles on the piano w*|re left burning, and .during the -absence >-of tho host, th© hostess and guests, the music caught alight. The piano was set on fire, and ihe front of the instrument, including the koyboard, was destroyed.

Members of. the Land Board who have returned to Napier from an official visit to Gisborne, report that no time is being lost by those lucky at the Te Arai ballot in making a start with their sections, and tho settlement will soon present a scene of activity.